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DODGYOLDFART
29th Jul 2021, 14:24
BAe announced today a further £250m from HMG for further development of the new fighter. Also announced that the planned in service date as 2035.
etudiant
29th Jul 2021, 17:41
BAe announced today a further £250m from HMG for further development of the new fighter. Also announced that the planned in service date as 2035.
At 250MM pounds/yr till 2035, we're getting close to 4B pounds just for the development, even before factoring in the hard stuff like the software.
Seems a 100MM pound fighter in the making. How many can HMG afford?
Haraka
29th Jul 2021, 18:41
Does anybody in the real world seriously think this will complete as a sole U.K. project? (If at all?)
Saintsman
29th Jul 2021, 19:58
'Development' - a licence to print money and BAES are past masters at it...
unmanned_droid
29th Jul 2021, 20:29
yeah, pretty much saintsman.
It’s already a multinational programme with three full partners (UK, Sweden, Italy) with Japan collaborating on next generation high power radar and EW systems.
And we already have a thread…..
https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/611162-uk-unveils-new-next-generation-fighter-jet-tempest-13.html?highlight=Tempest