UK orders Boeing E7...
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group.
Aren't you supposed to be an Aerospace and Defence journo?
I do find the change odd after the initial announcement of the E-7 purchase said that the 5 aircraft would be converted from baseline commercial 737 to E-7 by Marshall Aerospace. Surely they would only announce that if there was a contractual commitment?
Aren't you supposed to be an Aerospace and Defence journo?
I do find the change odd after the initial announcement of the E-7 purchase said that the 5 aircraft would be converted from baseline commercial 737 to E-7 by Marshall Aerospace. Surely they would only announce that if there was a contractual commitment?
Proone,
Yeah, but it's not an acronym I use, nor one that the company uses,
And at 2020 on a Friday night, I have limited comprehension, memory and sobriety
Yeah, but it's not an acronym I use, nor one that the company uses,
And at 2020 on a Friday night, I have limited comprehension, memory and sobriety
MG,
Pretty sure that Boeing will do nothing about the P-8 fuel tank production, why would they pay someone else to design, engineer, fabricate, test, certify and set up a production line when they have already done this with Marshall Aerospace? Boeing are not exactly sat on a huge cash pile right now!
And as for "...getting a reputation for being risk averse..." you can only know that if you are in the mind of each and every company that has negotiated deals with Marshall recently, and that is quite a large number of companies if you look at their recent contract wins and awards. Isn't being risk averse what you want from a company? It only exists to turn a profit after all, that's the whole point of a company. If they couldn't reach a price with Boeing that meant they turned a profit, what is point of the contract? As to their future, look at what they do, they are hardly 'metal bashers" now.
Other companies like MADG are also available!
Pretty sure that Boeing will do nothing about the P-8 fuel tank production, why would they pay someone else to design, engineer, fabricate, test, certify and set up a production line when they have already done this with Marshall Aerospace? Boeing are not exactly sat on a huge cash pile right now!
And as for "...getting a reputation for being risk averse..." you can only know that if you are in the mind of each and every company that has negotiated deals with Marshall recently, and that is quite a large number of companies if you look at their recent contract wins and awards. Isn't being risk averse what you want from a company? It only exists to turn a profit after all, that's the whole point of a company. If they couldn't reach a price with Boeing that meant they turned a profit, what is point of the contract? As to their future, look at what they do, they are hardly 'metal bashers" now.
Other companies like MADG are also available!
Isn't being risk averse what you want from a company?
As you say, others are available and, more usefully, keen to do the work.
Australia is already looking at a Wedgetail replacement. Forethought, planning and early public disclosure - can't see that happening here. 
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/details-emerge-on-australian-wedgetail-replacement
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has confirmed some of the broad outlines of the replacement of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.
A DoD spokesperson told Janes that the Wedgetail Replacement project, designated AIR7002 Phase 1, will commence in 2029. At that point the programme “is designed to begin scoping and risk reduction studies, informing potential platform replacement and technology options for the E-7A [Wedgetail]. The replacement of the [E-7A] Wedgetail fleet will begin in the second half of the 2030s.”
Source Janes.com 15JUL2020
A DoD spokesperson told Janes that the Wedgetail Replacement project, designated AIR7002 Phase 1, will commence in 2029. At that point the programme “is designed to begin scoping and risk reduction studies, informing potential platform replacement and technology options for the E-7A [Wedgetail]. The replacement of the [E-7A] Wedgetail fleet will begin in the second half of the 2030s.”
Source Janes.com 15JUL2020
"Australia is already looking at a Wedgetail replacement. Forethought, planning and early public disclosure - can't see that happening here"
Given Australia's awful record at getting new kit and then getting it to work they should have started in 1966...................
Given Australia's awful record at getting new kit and then getting it to work they should have started in 1966...................
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