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DODGYOLDFART

29th Jul 2021 14:24

Tempest

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by DODGYOLDFART (Post 11086771)

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.

ORAC	29th Jul 2021 21:19

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-avia...hlight=Tempest

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