JSF: Drayson Bats For Britain
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Another possibility is for the UK to buy Rafale jets from the French.
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Originally Posted by Unmissable
....and of course the frogs will release all their technology to us when Typhoon is an even more direct competitor to Rafale. The principle of understanding the jet applies to Rafale just as much as JSF.
Seems funny how they were on the Typhoon board, then left after a while, then suddenly a plane comes out which happens to be a spitting image?
Ghostie31,
If you really think that the Typhoon and Rafale look alike then you either have never seen either, or you REALLY need a new pair of glasses!
If you really think that the Typhoon and Rafale look alike then you either have never seen either, or you REALLY need a new pair of glasses!
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
U.S.-U.K. JSF impasse persists
....The British say they remain committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for which they’ve already spent $2 billion and plan to buy 150 of the jets when they are ready some time next decade. But for the first time, Britain is asserting its right to use and maintain joint weapons systems on its own terms, said Lee Willett, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London.
“This is not just hot air. The U.K. are actually backing themselves into a very tight corner and challenging the U.S. to call their bluff,” Willett said. A recent agreement between Britain and France to build a new fleet of aircraft carriers showed “it’s not outside the realm of possibility that the U.K. has a serious Plan B,” he said.....
....The British say they remain committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for which they’ve already spent $2 billion and plan to buy 150 of the jets when they are ready some time next decade. But for the first time, Britain is asserting its right to use and maintain joint weapons systems on its own terms, said Lee Willett, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London.
“This is not just hot air. The U.K. are actually backing themselves into a very tight corner and challenging the U.S. to call their bluff,” Willett said. A recent agreement between Britain and France to build a new fleet of aircraft carriers showed “it’s not outside the realm of possibility that the U.K. has a serious Plan B,” he said.....
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
And now add the Italians..... Italian industry hits out at JSF technology transfer.
Over even more interest in the article: "Italy’s request to host a second final-assembly and check-out facility for the JSF has been approved."
So it looks like the Italian doubling of their order to gazump the UK has succeeded, and the original stated position was that there was only sufficient work available in Europe to justify one line. What chance now for a UK line?
Over even more interest in the article: "Italy’s request to host a second final-assembly and check-out facility for the JSF has been approved."
So it looks like the Italian doubling of their order to gazump the UK has succeeded, and the original stated position was that there was only sufficient work available in Europe to justify one line. What chance now for a UK line?
Still, at least selling Airbus means that BAE's links with the perfidious French are reduced. Will this make ITAR waivers and tech transfer any easier?
