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HMS Astute said:
Good info, but I thought Indian Navy would operate Rafale, and Chinese Navy would operate 5th gen J-31 in the future.
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To my knowledge, the Indians have no plans to use the Rafael for their carriers. I do not believe they even offially looked at the carrier variant of the aircraft when they were reveiwing it.

I think it is pretty clear that the Indians consider the Mig-29K to be their go forward naval fixed wing aircraft. They may augment it with the navalized Tejas for light attack shjould it ever actually get produced. The Indians want to eventually go indegenous and it would be woirth their while, even if costly to develop that industry onshore via the Tejas as a start.

As to the Chinese, the J-31 has had no takers to date.

The J-15 is now in serial production and I believe that the J-15 and the two seat J-15S will be their carrier fixed wing aircraft for the forseeable future.

At some point the Chinese Navy may pick up the J-31, but to date, after several years, there has been no apparent move to do so, and everything I had heard indicated that the J-31 was more for the export market anyway.
 
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BAE Systems teams with DSME to support UK naval ships business transformation

Under a sector restructuring plan agreed with the UK Ministry of Defence in late 2013, BAE Systems has committed to create a "world-class" complex warship capability on the River Clyde to deliver an affordable Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme and ensure long-term competitiveness. This effort is underpinned by a wide-ranging business change programme intended to generate step changes in efficiency, quality, and safety.

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HMS Montrose upgrade programme begins

Babcock has started upgrading the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose at its Devonport dockyard.

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The work to be undertaken on the whole fleet, is a 15 month programme that will see a large number of updates and upgrades. Among the planned improvements is the replacement of the Type 996 RADAR with Artisan 3D Medium Range RADAR 997, an update to the Seawolf missile system, installation of a chloropac system that reduces marine growth in the pipe system and installation of Automatic Small Calibre Guns.

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32 UK-funded pickup trucks to assist efforts to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone have been loaded aboard RFA Argus during a planned stop in Gibraltar.

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Warrior recovery vehicles and Challenger 2 main battle tanks sit side by side waiting to depart Germany for Exercise Black Eagle.

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Jeff Head

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HMS Montrose upgrade programme begins

Babcock has started upgrading the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose at its Devonport dockyard.

The work to be undertaken on the whole fleet, is a 15 month programme that will see a large number of updates and upgrades. Among the planned improvements is the replacement of the Type 996 RADAR with Artisan 3D Medium Range RADAR 997, an update to the Seawolf missile system, installation of a chloropac system that reduces marine growth in the pipe system and installation of Automatic Small Calibre Guns.
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Is the update to the Sea Wolf system the beginning of the proposed upgrade to the CAMM(M) Sea Ceptor Common Anti-Air Modular Missile?

It is my understanding that these new missiles would start replacing the Sea Wolf missile on the Type 23 frigates beginning in 2016. (See
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Defense Industry daily said:
In 2013, Britain confirmed its Type 23 Duke Class frigates, its forthcoming Type 26 frigates, and its Type 45 Daring Class air defense destroyers as the missile’s initial platforms. The Type 23 Duke Class will be the 1st in-service platform, with refits taking place from 2015 – 2021.
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If this is a 15 month refit, then the Montrose will come out if it in 2016, which would be the right time for the CAMM(M) missile to begin appearing on the Type 23s. That is going to be a very nice improvement.

The Type 23s are very good FFGs.
 
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Excellent...when are we going to get to see a Sea-Phoon (navalize version of the Typhoon)getting develop?:eek::p
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Never. There is no money to develop such an aircraft or produce it or rebuild the flattops to use them and you need to pay for all three.
 
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Britain orders more F-35s as part of biggest-ever defence project

British defence and engineering companies including BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce have been given a boost after the Ministry of Defence struck a deal to order the first production batch of F-35 fighter-bombers.

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UK to upgrade Sentinel R.1s for maritime operations

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The United Kingdom is to begin the process of upgrading its fleet of Raytheon Sentinel R.1 Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) surveillance aircraft to conduct maritime operations in mid-2015, the government disclosed on 24 October. Answering questions in the House of Commons, the parliamentary undersecretary of state for defence, Philip Dunne, said that a contract for the development and installation of the maritime-capable software upgrade aboard the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) five aircraft will be signed in spring (Q2) 2015. In late 2013 Raytheon first touted using the platform as a possible solution to bridge the United Kingdom's maritime patrol capability gap. As the aircraft is already equipped with a DB-110 dual-band (synthetic aperture radar and ground moving-target indicator modes) airborne reconnaissance sensor, the upgrade would largely involve modifying the sensor's software rather than installing new hardware. This upgrade should enable the Sentinel R.1 to detect surface vessels and potentially submarine periscopes. Additional sensors could be fitted to further boost the platform's maritime surveillance capability.

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