UK Maritime Patrol Aircraft - An Urgent Requirement

[BEagle]

I'm still waiting to see the pictures of tombstone with that rose he promised to...insert if the Vulcan ever flew again....

[The Old Fat One]

RP,

More than happy to 'fess up that I was very negative for along time about future UK MPA prospects and delighted that my pessimism was ultimately flawed.

GL to the P8 boys n girls, happy hunting

[Eminence Gris]

MRA4 was cancelled to save the £2bn operating cost over 10 years to 2020. So here we are spending the same money and probably a good deal more on getting nine half as capable P-8s into service in the same timescale. Good game, good game!

EG

[jindabyne]

Half as capable for half the task needed? Cloth cut?

[camelspyyder]

Oh is that why the MRA4 was cancelled?

I had wondered...

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by Eminence Gris

MRA4 was cancelled to save the £2bn operating cost over 10 years to 2020. So here we are spending the same money and probably a good deal more on getting nine half as capable P-8s into service in the same timescale. Good game, good game!

EG

How do we figure an operational aircraft to be half as capable as MRA 4 that demonstrated no capability at all?

[Roland Pulfrew]

PN

MRA 4 that demonstrated no capability at all

That's a bit harsh. The MRA4 systems worked and demonstrated lots of capability (much of which is now embedded within the P-8); it was that airframe that really let the mission system down.