Bae Systems Share Discussion Threads

[ribblewader] 18/4/2016 08:59

QP, will do :-)

[ribblewader] 15/4/2016 08:14

QuePassa
Thanks for the reply and kind words. I looked at your web site yesterday and was particularly interested in some of the names involved in your Engineering and compliance side of the project. I used to work at BAE Chadderton and was introduced to the Vulcan and Lancaster support projects via some Nimrod work I was doing, I think the chief engineer responsible for the link between BAE and the "Vulcan to the Sky" project had a very difficult task, but one that I would have loved to have been involved with full time. I have since retired but do pick up a contract every now and then with them. Its a nice project you have but I am afraid not for me now. I wish you luck and am sad its not in the UK. I will follow your project with interest. Regards
RW

[wad collector] 14/4/2016 21:06

Minor point but the assessment that the EEL is "much faster than a bullet" is not true for small arms munitions.
An M855 from an M4 has a muzzle velocity of 2,970 ft/s (910 m/s), but that is reduced to 2,522 ft/s (769 m/s) by 150 meters.
(Mach 1 at sea level being about 330m/s)
Even the heaviest 7.62mm has a muzzle velocity beyond mach2.

Don't think it would catch an ICBM though!

[ribblewader] 14/4/2016 15:58

QuePassa
Having been involved in arranging for the Vulcan to gain its CAA licence, why do you believe the UK are not suportative of your project. Have you contacted any of the heritage organisations? I also have experience of the Victor, Nimrod and VC10 heritage issues.

[fangorn2] 14/4/2016 13:49

Oh wow the old Electric Lightning...How did we manage to lose our tech advantage we still had back then.

[wad collector] 14/4/2016 13:31

I like the shiny one at Cosford. Curious that it had such a lack of camouflage - not exactly a stealth design.

[fangorn2] 10/4/2016 12:20

Puts the British Aircraft carriers to shame...........

"Supercarrier Ford to join Navy fleet in September"$20bn worth.

[fangorn2] 10/4/2016 10:59

Global Defence spending rising...

The World Has Started Spending More on Weapons
This article by Benjamin D Katz for Bloomberg may be of interest to subscribers. Here is a section:

Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the U.S. began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Defence budgets rose 1 percent to $1.68 trillion in 2015, making up about 2.3 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, Sipri said in a report Tuesday. While the U.S. spent the most at $596 billion, that was down 2.4 percent compared with 2014, while China’s outlay increased 7.4 percent to $215 billion.

Concern about a possible advance by Russia into North Atlantic Treaty Organization territory following the Crimea invasion and hostilities in east Ukraine led to a surge in spending in Eastern Europe, as Chinese ambitions in the South China Sea spurred arms purchases among Southeast Asian states.

Eoin Treacy's view
During times of economic expansion there doesn’t tend to be much in the way of mischief making in terms of geopolitics. However when expansions come under pressure from overheating or commodity prices dropping the potential for countries to try making up for lost ground through adventurism increases. Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the Caucasus and Syria offer useful examples as does China’s increasingly assertive posturing in the South China Sea.

[ribblewader] 05/4/2016 18:35

Article in tonights BBC news regarding sale of 28 Typhoon's to Kuwait. Thats the ones being assembled by Italy. Must be a slow news night!

[ribblewader] 30/3/2016 15:31

Looks like the UK Hawk availability deal has helped to support the share price above £5.

[sweyn] 17/3/2016 08:36

I'm amazed the deal has not had a decent effect on the share price It's a really big deal in many ways.

[wad collector] 16/3/2016 19:52

2 Billion drones ; wow!

[ribblewader] 03/3/2016 08:58

Is that the result of the joint UAV research announced five years or so ago?

[fangorn2] 03/3/2016 08:20

UK and France to Unveil $2 Billion Drone Project

"Utterly irrelevant that we need to be part of a political union with EU to maintain defence cooperation though - watch Cameron spin it as such however.
Talk about Dishonest."

[mr aboii] 01/3/2016 20:53

WELCOME TO BAE Systems PLC _ ACTIVE INVESTORS CLUB (BA.)

[ribblewader] 26/2/2016 13:10

Wad, i think that flag is transparent!

[wad collector] 26/2/2016 10:00

Nice touch. What colour is the flag of the Democratic Republic of Saudi Arabia ?
I do like the way the share price is heading , considering the FTSE100 is still almost 20% off its peak.

[ribblewader] 24/2/2016 15:20

Have added a flag counter to the header. Should be interesting!