HMS Astute
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HMS Astute
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UK should order more C17 (which is a more capable and bigger transporter) instead of A400M.
HMS Astute
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Typhoon radar upgrade contract signed
The United Kingdom and partner nations Germany, Italy and Spain have signed a £830 million pound contract to provide the Typhoon with the new CAPTOR-E AESA radar.
The deal was announced following a meeting of partner nation representatives in Edinburgh on the 19th of November. The four nation-backed Typhoon is produced by BAE Systems, Airbus Group and Alenia Aermacchi. BAE Systems said its share of the deal to develop the Captor E-Scan radar for the jet fighter was worth £365m. The deal secures 500 jobs at Selex ES in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
“This will give Eurofighter Typhoon one of the most advanced radar systems in the world providing a wider field of regard than any other combat aircraft. Other benefits include increased detection and tracking ranges, advanced air-to-surface capability and enhanced electronic protection measures.”
The Eurofighter consortium described the radar as the world’s most advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar System. The CAPTOR-E system has greatly increased range, faster detection and tracking of targets, improved tracking performance, increased operational availability and a raft of new features available.
HMS Astute
Junior Member
Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill team successfully fired a Javelin missile from a turret at Cranfield Ordnance Test & Evaluation Center (COTEC) firing range on Salisbury Plain near Wiltshire, England. The missile hit the target successfully.
[video=youtube;M2kBLg5O3Hk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2kBLg5O3Hk[/video]
[video=youtube;M2kBLg5O3Hk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2kBLg5O3Hk[/video]
HMS Astute
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UK and US navies carry out counter piracy training
18/11/2014
Sailors and Royal Marines played out scenes reminiscent of Captain Phillips as they practised taking down pirates in the Indian Ocean.
Plymouth-based HMS Bulwark and Portsmouth-based HM Ships Chiddingfold and Penzance, as well as Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cardigan Bay, have been training with the US Navy’s minehunters USS Dexterous and USS Devastator.
It was all part of the ongoing International Mine Counter Measures Exercise (IMCMEX) which takes place over two weeks every 18 months in the Middle East.
A key element of the exercise was maritime security training, enabling ships to practise procedures such as defending commercial shipping and carrying out board and search operations.
18/11/2014
Sailors and Royal Marines played out scenes reminiscent of Captain Phillips as they practised taking down pirates in the Indian Ocean.
Plymouth-based HMS Bulwark and Portsmouth-based HM Ships Chiddingfold and Penzance, as well as Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cardigan Bay, have been training with the US Navy’s minehunters USS Dexterous and USS Devastator.
It was all part of the ongoing International Mine Counter Measures Exercise (IMCMEX) which takes place over two weeks every 18 months in the Middle East.
A key element of the exercise was maritime security training, enabling ships to practise procedures such as defending commercial shipping and carrying out board and search operations.
HMS Astute
Junior Member
£365m contract boost for BAE Systems
[video=youtube;HOvAtAX3DT0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvAtAX3DT0[/video]
BAE Systems workers in Lancashire have been given a boost after the four Eurofighter partner nations placed a multi-million-pound order for the full integration of the new Captor E-Scan radar onto Typhoon. As the system integrator, the contract will represent an order worth £365 million to BAE Systems, safeguarding jobs in Warton and Samlesbury. This will give Eurofighter Typhoon one of the most advanced radar systems in the world providing a wider field of regard than any other combat aircraft. Other benefits include increased detection and tracking ranges, advanced air-to-surface capability and enhanced electronic protection measures. An upgraded development aircraft has already undergone a series of modifications as part of ongoing Captor E-Scan development.
[video=youtube;HOvAtAX3DT0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvAtAX3DT0[/video]
BAE Systems workers in Lancashire have been given a boost after the four Eurofighter partner nations placed a multi-million-pound order for the full integration of the new Captor E-Scan radar onto Typhoon. As the system integrator, the contract will represent an order worth £365 million to BAE Systems, safeguarding jobs in Warton and Samlesbury. This will give Eurofighter Typhoon one of the most advanced radar systems in the world providing a wider field of regard than any other combat aircraft. Other benefits include increased detection and tracking ranges, advanced air-to-surface capability and enhanced electronic protection measures. An upgraded development aircraft has already undergone a series of modifications as part of ongoing Captor E-Scan development.
Jura The idiot
General
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I guess they're covered by the second boat and the helicopter, but still I wouldn't like to be the one who climbs up first LOL
HMS Astute
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Timelapse of HMS Prince of Wales's LB02 and LB03 superblocks being skidded tother for joining is finally online:
[video=youtube;D5tlLuHpHYw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=D5tlLuHpHYw[/video]
[video=youtube;D5tlLuHpHYw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=D5tlLuHpHYw[/video]
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
The US army worked on Launching Javelins in place of Tow missiles form the Bradley, they called it the Warhammer. I always thought it would have been a great idea to implement, Am glad to see the british take it up.