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Old 27th Aug 2021, 12:59
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ORAC
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I’d be surprised if at least one proposal is not a jet powered STOL UAV. It would need lift augmentation devices to perform a ski-jump take off and SRVL landing, but technologies to provide that are well known.
I'd be incredibly surprised if it was - because the Request for Information to industry is to assess the state of electromagnetic launch and arrestor technology available for fitting to the aircraft carriers with the RfI demanding a solution that is “sufficiently technically mature to be fitted to a suitable ship from 2023”.

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