View Full Version : BAE to assemble UK JSF's?
emitex
4th Sep 2003, 22:24
Should prompt some discussion ;)
Click here. (http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID=652941)
A proper job?
gimme gimme gimme!
WASALOADIE
4th Sep 2003, 23:02
That should ensure that the a/c enters service well behind schedule!
Navaleye
4th Sep 2003, 23:20
Actually no JSFs have been ordered. The govt has just selected it with an expectation that up 150 will be ordered.
It does raise one interesting question. The reason the govt selected the STOVL version was because of a two year ISD delay by procuring the CV variant. If BAe opens up another production line then this reason may no longer exist.
Comments?
emitex
4th Sep 2003, 23:38
The reason the govt selected the STOVL version was because of a two year ISD delay by procuring the CV variant. If BAe opens up another production line then this reason may no longer exist.
Of course! - end up with a better version of the kite AND a shed load of jobs! :D
Now, what about those ships...
bluetail
4th Sep 2003, 23:53
The best bit in the article is at the bottom,
Bae have being working on a "STEALTH FIGHTER" code name "REPLICA".
Must be the Nimrod replacement then
Navaleye
5th Sep 2003, 00:16
That this has little to do with Pres. Blair but its Uncle Sam's decision if they will let us build them here. Why would they?
Runaway Gun
5th Sep 2003, 01:41
It's all to do with contracts and the like. The UK could afford to buy more (and risk share in the development) if they can build them under licence in the UK.
Look at Australia. They licence build F/A-18s, PC-9s, Blackhawks and more. Hundreds of contractors are involved, and the spin-offs include a technology gain. Some of Australia's mods have even made it back to the USA, which must be a money earner. I say that there should be more of it. Partnerships with some of the world's best and largest aerospace companies can only do more with the limited Defence Pounds.....