ORAC
21st Jul 2002, 14:47
The Sunday Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/21/nscoot21.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/07/21/ixhome.html)
BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence supplier, is to lead a campaign to sell the revolutionary Segway single-person transporter to the Ministry of Defence and other Government departments.
The futuristic machine - a kind of electrically powered scooter that uses missile-guidance technology to maintain the rider's balance - will be launched in Britain this week and the target market is the armed forces, BAE executives told The Telegraph.
The defence company will sign an agreement with Segway, the American inventors, to market the transporter for military uses in Britain.
Executives will demonstrate the transporter to Army, Navy and Air Force officials and other VIPs at the Farnborough International Air show, which starts tomorrow. Segway hopes that contracts with Government departments will help sell the transporter to the general public...............
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2002/07/21/nscoot21.jpeg
Let's see now. Gotta do this properly. RAF version should cost at least 500K. Need FLIR at least for night ops.
Then there's trials and acceptance and release to service. Got to get Q and BD in on it. Then we'll need an OCU and an OEU. Should manage to get it into service as early as 2010..... :D
BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence supplier, is to lead a campaign to sell the revolutionary Segway single-person transporter to the Ministry of Defence and other Government departments.
The futuristic machine - a kind of electrically powered scooter that uses missile-guidance technology to maintain the rider's balance - will be launched in Britain this week and the target market is the armed forces, BAE executives told The Telegraph.
The defence company will sign an agreement with Segway, the American inventors, to market the transporter for military uses in Britain.
Executives will demonstrate the transporter to Army, Navy and Air Force officials and other VIPs at the Farnborough International Air show, which starts tomorrow. Segway hopes that contracts with Government departments will help sell the transporter to the general public...............
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2002/07/21/nscoot21.jpeg
Let's see now. Gotta do this properly. RAF version should cost at least 500K. Need FLIR at least for night ops.
Then there's trials and acceptance and release to service. Got to get Q and BD in on it. Then we'll need an OCU and an OEU. Should manage to get it into service as early as 2010..... :D