MRA4
It would appear someone is listening. I have posted here many a time that MRA4 has LESS protection than the aircraft it replaces. I have also pointed out the complete void in defensive capability when compared with the American multi mission aircraft P8A.
Well, would you believe it, New task for BAE ....To study Fuel Tank Protection for MRA4 .
Another victory for common sense, not an easy task when dealing with MOD.
That only leaves;
Dry bay protection,
Bomb bay protection,
Under-floor fire protection,
Fuel probe inerting,
Flight deck armour,
on the list!
Yet more evidence, if any were needed, that MoD policy is increasingly based on Pprune posts. This one is simple. The MoD must have got the shock of their lives when the link was posted to the 1981/82 MoD(PE) specifications for foam in (a) Fuel tanks and (b) Dry Bays.