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Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2018, 13:28
Replies: 12,075
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Posted By Not_a_boffin

An alternate interpretation might just be that as...

An alternate interpretation might just be that as one of the four members of NETMA and also responsible in partnership with the other three nations for sales, the UK is just trying to demonstrate...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th May 2018, 08:39
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

PAC plagiarises previous NAO report and elements...

PAC plagiarises previous NAO report and elements of HCDC inquiries. Republishes as "new". Sigh....
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2018, 14:36
Replies: 12,075
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Posted By Not_a_boffin

Selective quoting by Bloomberg from a round table...

Selective quoting by Bloomberg from a round table briefing is a tad on the naughty side. The full IHS Jane's quote from the meeting is :


UK officials are pleased with the current state of F-35B...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2018, 15:52
Replies: 12,075
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Posted By Not_a_boffin

A circular reference. How illuminating.

A circular reference. How illuminating.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2018, 11:41
Replies: 12,075
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Posted By Not_a_boffin

I don't think anyone is buying any "new" C/D...

I don't think anyone is buying any "new" C/D models. Presumably you mean E/F.


There's a reason they're doing this - the average remaining frame life for the 460 or so C/D across the combined...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2018, 13:26
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

If only analysis of the USN budget materials for...

If only analysis of the USN budget materials for F35C since FY2016 supported that contention....
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2018, 09:27
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Navy cans knackered classic bugs on logistics...

Navy cans knackered classic bugs on logistics grounds - shock horror! Must inevitably mean F35C is dead says well respected and not at all sensational blogsite.

Or you could try what the USN is...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 18:03
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Theoretically, so do submarines, mines and in...

Theoretically, so do submarines, mines and in other environments double digit SAM, AAA, 4th gen DCA fighters, ATGW, UAV-cued MLRS etc, etc.


Point being, radii lines on a map do not always...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 16:13
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I'm struggling to understand why anti-submarine...

I'm struggling to understand why anti-submarine warfare missiles would keep a carrier 250nm offshore.

Likewise, the F35C is the only CVW system available now and in the near to medium term that...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 14:20
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

That's another rather large extrapolation of...

That's another rather large extrapolation of DOT&E conclusions, primarily relevant to the pre lot 10 aircraft IIRC.


As opposed to the F35C that have not yet been bought.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 13:07
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

That's a bit of an extension to make, based on...

That's a bit of an extension to make, based on the veracity of wiki.


Binning the only system available to a CVW that can do day 1 strike is a far from logical decision given the near universal...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2018, 15:57
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

To be fair to HH, I think he's actually posting...

To be fair to HH, I think he's actually posting someone else's comment from the SNAFU link ORAC put up, albeit one he's chosen from a range of different opinions.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2018, 13:26
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

The A3, A5, particularly A6 and to a degree the...

The A3, A5, particularly A6 and to a degree the Bombcat role for F14 towards the end of its life tend to contradict that. The failure/cancellation of the A12 programme to replace the A6 constrained...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2017, 13:44
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

"understand the threat from the north" ...

"understand the threat from the north"


Warton?:}
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2017, 12:38
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Without wishing to indulge in semantics, there's...

Without wishing to indulge in semantics, there's a difference between the phrase "fully combat capable aircraft" and "reduced combat capability compared to the Block 15 onwards".


The potential...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2017, 10:20
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

It's almost as if the early F-16A/B models (that...

It's almost as if the early F-16A/B models (that had reduced combat capability compared to the Block 15 onwards) were never upgraded to be compatible with the C/D either......
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2017, 10:19
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Looks like someone in Land HQ is getting their...

Looks like someone in Land HQ is getting their retaliation in first........
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2017, 17:13
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Back in 98, that "requirement" was about to be...

Back in 98, that "requirement" was about to be removed when the various CVS SLEP, CVS/JSF studies ongoing as required to support the CVF submissions exposed the impact on cost of trying to operate...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2017, 09:30
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

All of which continues to re-inforce the logic...

All of which continues to re-inforce the logic for what was once the Common Support Aircraft (CSA), intended to replace E2/C2/S3 and the capability of the KA6D.


Whatever the CoD V22 ends up...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2017, 15:31
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

No different to this (1969) ...

No different to this (1969)
...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2016, 09:14
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Given that HMAS Melbourne decommissioned in 1982...

Given that HMAS Melbourne decommissioned in 1982 and that in 1983 the Australian Government announced she would not be replaced, I'd suggest that "interest" was at best wishful thinking. Particularly...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2016, 18:45
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

My bold. Once on type though, how much cross-pol...

My bold. Once on type though, how much cross-pol would there actually be? Absolutely agree on the mission systems, but the airframe and lift engine? Emergency procedures? Non-aircrew training? It's...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2016, 17:10
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

My (probably hazy) recollections are that the...

My (probably hazy) recollections are that the FCBA requirement looked at JSF-STOVL, JSF-CV, F/A18E and what was referred to as Navalised Eurofighter 2000 (NEF2000) as candidate aircraft. With STOVL,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2016, 13:54
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Errr, 14:00 is the nominal time for flypast at...

Errr, 14:00 is the nominal time for flypast at Rosyth.......
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2016, 12:06
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Hmmm. Another F-35 bashing article, which while...

Hmmm. Another F-35 bashing article, which while wailing that the F35 is not mentioned, conspicuously fails to mention that neither is the F22 or any other patform bar the B21.

While it's all very...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2016, 05:40
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Possibly. But not quite the same with a fuel or...

Possibly. But not quite the same with a fuel or bomb farm. Which is why I was specific about them.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Feb 2016, 22:31
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Why is it that these things are always an...

Why is it that these things are always an existential threat to a moving and therefore harder to target ship, complete with some fairly heavy SAM carrying escorts, but somehow never to a fixed point...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2016, 08:56
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

New thread required?

Is it time to rename this thread? Something along the lines of "My dad's bigger than your dad?"

Leave this thread to revel in debates best summarised as

"F35 is an uber-ship. Anyone who says...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2015, 09:23
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Let's wait and see the detail. All that says is...

Let's wait and see the detail. All that says is that 617/809 should both be available for QE/PoW ops in eight years time, with a nominal 12 cabs apiece.

What is of higher importance is the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2015, 18:40
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Fair one - it was a poor choice of bird. However,...

Fair one - it was a poor choice of bird. However, the analogy, primarily aimed at demonstrating that we didn't need to spend north of £16BN to essentially service QRA, when we could have had...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2015, 22:17
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Being equally contentious one might argue that...

Being equally contentious one might argue that the total cost of Typhoon exceeds that of CVF and the likely F35 buy.

You don't need Typhoon to do "the simple stuff" either, but I rarely hear calls...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2015, 16:43
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

It will undoubtedly take time to work out the...

It will undoubtedly take time to work out the best way of doing it, but taking 25% of the manpower off the ships and providing systems designed to modern (ie supportable) engineering standards and...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2015, 12:49
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

The rather significant difference being that...

The rather significant difference being that NAVSEA/NAVAIR maintained a number of offices (including some very interesting ones inside the old airship hangars at what was Navy Lakehurst) staffed by...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2015, 10:24
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

A bit more context on the Select Ctte evidence...

A bit more context on the Select Ctte evidence session might be useful here.

At that stage, the costings for the programme were almost entirely based on the original concept designs for the ships...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2015, 21:46
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,626,858
Posted By Not_a_boffin

There's only one way to settle this...(and you...

There's only one way to settle this...(and you know what it is)

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