UK Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

[Broccoli]

Royal Navy is going to replace River-class Batch 1 OPV's by 2028 and i'm wondering if there has been any rumors about Batch 3? Succesfull ships so i'd be surprised if we don't continuation. Helicopter hangar and maybe 57mm could be useful additions for larger variant.

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[Broccoli]

Arrrowhead and Type 26 are becoming popular.

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[Aegrotare]

Arrrowhead and Type 26 are becoming popular.

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The Arrowhead 140 is the basis for the Type 31 not Type 26

 

[Broccoli]

The Arrowhead 140 is the basis for the Type 31 not Type 26

Thats why I wrote and Type 26 since it has also seen export success.

 

[Phead128]

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Italian Defense Minister complaining (for second time) that British aren't sharing technology for GCAP fighter to Italian and Japanese counterparts.

“It’s a huge favor to the Russians and the Chinese,” the Italian Defense minister told Defense News.

This is hilarious as German Defense Minister is also complaining French aren't sharing technology for FCAS to German and Spanish counterparts, and Germans considering GCAP as Plan B/C, as if they will get any technology benefits from GCAP...

Meanwhile China goes ahead with dual 6th gen projects like Shenyang sharing tech with Chengdu and vice-versa, helping each other out when needed.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Italian Defense Minister complaining (for second time) that British aren't sharing technology for GCAP fighter to Italian and Japanese counterparts.



This is hilarious as German Defense Minister is also complaining French aren't sharing technology for FCAS to German and Spanish counterparts, and Germans considering GCAP as Plan B/C, as if they will get any technology benefits from GCAP...

Meanwhile China goes ahead with dual 6th gen projects like Shenyang sharing tech with Chengdu and vice-versa, helping each other out when needed.

Frigging thing has vertical slabs so 5.75 gen at best.

 

[Wrought]

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Italian Defense Minister complaining (for second time) that British aren't sharing technology for GCAP fighter to Italian and Japanese counterparts.



This is hilarious as German Defense Minister is also complaining French aren't sharing technology for FCAS to German and Spanish counterparts, and Germans considering GCAP as Plan B/C, as if they will get any technology benefits from GCAP...

Meanwhile China goes ahead with dual 6th gen projects like Shenyang sharing tech with Chengdu and vice-versa, helping each other out when needed.

There's an obvious difference between sharing technology with companies vs countries.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

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Italian Defense Minister complaining (for second time) that British aren't sharing technology for GCAP fighter to Italian and Japanese counterparts.



This is hilarious as German Defense Minister is also complaining French aren't sharing technology for FCAS to German and Spanish counterparts, and Germans considering GCAP as Plan B/C, as if they will get any technology benefits from GCAP...

Meanwhile China goes ahead with dual 6th gen projects like Shenyang sharing tech with Chengdu and vice-versa, helping each other out when needed.

Should we nove this discussion to the GCAP thread? @Mods

 

[Lethe]

^ There's a GCAP thread? In any case, perhaps there should be.

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Sir Keir Starmer risks a diplomatic rift with Japan and Italy as Labour dithers over funding for Britain’s next-generation fighter jet.

Ministers have pushed back the signing of a trilateral contract for the multibillion-pound global combat aircraft programme (GCAP), also known as Tempest, despite vowing to conclude an agreement by last year.

They are understood to be insisting that Britain cannot commit to the next phase until the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has finalised its wider blueprint for buying military equipment, known as the defence investment plan (DIP).

But that plan is already facing significant delays after the Prime Minister reportedly baulked at a £28bn budget shortfall up to 2030 and ordered defence chiefs to revise their proposals.

Now the holdup is causing tensions with Tokyo and Rome and threatens to derail the highly ambitious timeline to deliver the first combat-ready jets by 2035, multiple industry sources have warned.

It is the latest example of the growing gulf between Sir Keir’s public rhetoric on defence and the Government’s actual spending commitments, with companies complaining that the MoD is still not placing major orders.

Industry sources said progress on Tempest was continuing for now using existing national funding streams, but that the UK money is expected to run out within months.

One source said: “There is a real risk of delays if this isn’t resolved soon.”

Is this the same country that just pulled an order for a dozen F-35As out of its ass? Talk about getting your priorities in order...

 

[Aegrotare]

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Italian Defense Minister complaining (for second time) that British aren't sharing technology for GCAP fighter to Italian and Japanese counterparts.



This is hilarious as German Defense Minister is also complaining French aren't sharing technology for FCAS to German and Spanish counterparts, and Germans considering GCAP as Plan B/C, as if they will get any technology benefits from GCAP...

Meanwhile China goes ahead with dual 6th gen projects like Shenyang sharing tech with Chengdu and vice-versa, helping each other out when needed.

Germany nver considered GCAP as plan B