Originally Posted by
Foxed Moth
Nor are UAVs or RPAs being ignored for when I talked to the Minister of Defence a few weeks ago he acknowledge that they may, in future, have a role to play.
He also mentioned the P-8 and told me about the small fleet of converted commercial aircraft being considered for SAR missions.
He was interviewed on the BBC last week and said that we may need to replace the capability, but that Nimrod wasn't the aircraft for the long term. Interesting comments, and ones I haven't seen repeated elsewhere.
I still suspect we'll see P-8s operating in UK service by 2020.