UK Team Tempest
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I can't believe Japan invests a large amount of money into the XF9 engine and 3d thrust vectoring just to pay for a RR developement. While RR has very own ambitions as well of course.
At best something like the Sweden deal happens and there will be a MoU for synergy effects for specific subsystems but then the question would be what would UK provides what Lockheed can't.
At best something like the Sweden deal happens and there will be a MoU for synergy effects for specific subsystems but then the question would be what would UK provides what Lockheed can't.
This would have been SDF's "post of the day" yesterday! nice summary Mr. Brumby!
Jura The idiot
General
now I looked at what looks like a farce; I quote Mrs. May (who incidentally is gone with wind by now):
So today I can announce that the government will join with BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls Royce to fund the next phase of the Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative through a ground-breaking partnership known as ‘Team Tempest.’ This will deliver over £2 billion pounds of investment up to 2025, and help secure the long-term future of our Combat Air industry as we lay the groundwork for the Typhoon successor programme.
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so those nonexistent two billion quid are kind of pooled?!
how much HM Treasury would contribute to those nonexistent two billion quid? LOL
The Engineer actually wrote a very insightful article about what actually is real and what is PR a year ago.
UK being a leading nation in whatever is a standard sentence in British PR statements those days - like whatever USA does is a 'gamechanger'.
What we know about Tempest as a result of the acquisition programme is years behind the Franch-German FCAS, while being supposed to be finished half a decade earlier. This is interesting.
Another interesting article is also:
UK being a leading nation in whatever is a standard sentence in British PR statements those days - like whatever USA does is a 'gamechanger'.
What we know about Tempest as a result of the acquisition programme is years behind the Franch-German FCAS, while being supposed to be finished half a decade earlier. This is interesting.
Another interesting article is also:
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SamuraiBlue
Captain
Two engines can co-exist by creating variants.
The British can develop a RR variant while Japan can develop a XF9 variant with both sides developing common components that has nothing to do with the engine.
Brumby
Major
Upon completion of Project Centurion moving on to Project Evolution as a bridge to Project Tempest
Source :
U.K. To Receive Its Final Eurofighter Typhoon By The End Of The Year While Eyeing New Upgrades
Source :
U.K. To Receive Its Final Eurofighter Typhoon By The End Of The Year While Eyeing New Upgrades
Brumby
Major
Project Evolution
Mission System Architecture: The Eurofighter Typhoon already has one of the world’s most advanced Electronic Warfare systems. The LTE study will reinforce this by supporting the generation, transmission and utilisation of ever-increasing amounts of digital data both onboard (via advanced multi-spectral sensors) and offboard (via high performance tactical datalinks), whilst remaining resilient to new and emerging threats, including cyber. This will maintain Eurofighter’s ability to operate in the highly contested and congested future operating environment.
The Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS): Looking at potential future DASS requirements out to 2050, enabling Typhoon to cope faster, easier and more affordably with new requirements to counter threats as they arise in the future.
The Human-Machine Interface: Refreshed cockpit displays and controls which will enable more demanding missions in the future, whilst ensuring full interoperability with cooperating assets in the air and over land and sea.
Operational Flexibility: Applying new adaptive power and cooling techniques and facilitating the agile integration of advanced weapons, thereby enabling more flexible store configurations to be flown.
Engine Performance: In terms of the EJ200 engine, the focus is on four key areas: thrust growth; range and persistence with increased parts life; survivability as well as control system enhancements.
Mission System Architecture: The Eurofighter Typhoon already has one of the world’s most advanced Electronic Warfare systems. The LTE study will reinforce this by supporting the generation, transmission and utilisation of ever-increasing amounts of digital data both onboard (via advanced multi-spectral sensors) and offboard (via high performance tactical datalinks), whilst remaining resilient to new and emerging threats, including cyber. This will maintain Eurofighter’s ability to operate in the highly contested and congested future operating environment.
The Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS): Looking at potential future DASS requirements out to 2050, enabling Typhoon to cope faster, easier and more affordably with new requirements to counter threats as they arise in the future.
The Human-Machine Interface: Refreshed cockpit displays and controls which will enable more demanding missions in the future, whilst ensuring full interoperability with cooperating assets in the air and over land and sea.
Operational Flexibility: Applying new adaptive power and cooling techniques and facilitating the agile integration of advanced weapons, thereby enabling more flexible store configurations to be flown.
Engine Performance: In terms of the EJ200 engine, the focus is on four key areas: thrust growth; range and persistence with increased parts life; survivability as well as control system enhancements.
So you are telling me to seperate the most expensive subsystem of a plane? Did you think that through?
Even ignoring the old aircraft design rule that the engine, size, weight, fuel consumption, thrust, thrust to weight ratio etc., determines the entire aircraft design.