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[ribblewader] 13/3/2019 16:30

bb. Reading the report....

RAF personnel on secondment to BAE Systems in Saudi Arabia have provided routine engineering support for UK-supplied aircraft operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF), including aircraft engaged in military operations in Yemen.”

BAE may be contracted with a support contract, the RAF are not and should not be involved!

I am not aware of any BAE "large numbers of employees" in the NE.

Both Warton and Wharton are in the NW, only one of which is a BAE site! Which one do you refer to?

The Typhoon jobs at risk have been at risk for years because Typhoon production is being run down. A Saudi order will not effect the ultimate job losses (which are likelly to have been mitigated anyway)!

[bookbroker] 13/3/2019 14:45

Are they not contracted to assist the RSAF, I do not condone the bombing of innocent civilians, but this company employs a considerable number of people in this country, the ethics of any war is questionable, but I suggest that this company is our last remaining high tech defence company, and large numbers of employees in the North East rely upon their jobs in the Typhoon project. This company has already in the past considered reducing the labour force at Wharton should orders dry up, it is time that the truce in Yemen be honoured, but the Houthi’s have shown contempt for that recently!

[ribblewader] 13/3/2019 06:59

This is not going tohelp anyone.......

RAF maintaining Saudi aircraft being used against Yemen, minister reveals

[wbecki] 12/3/2019 23:13

Worlds Number 1 IP thief - China

[ribblewader] 12/3/2019 16:25

Wad, hope he got back home again!

BAE Systems, a global provider of more than 10,000 electric drive propulsion systems, has achieved a milestone of 200 megawatt hours of capacity for the battery energy storage systems it has delivered to leading transit bus fleets around the world. For more than 20 years, BAE Systems has been designing, manufacturing, and supporting industry-leading battery energy storage systems from its facility in Endicott, New York.

[wad collector] 12/3/2019 12:47

Thanks Losos he spent a gruelling day at Blackburn. Shows how well he knew the place ; told me he had gone to Salisbury when he was at Samlisbury. Hopefully they didn't ask him anything about navigation!

[ribblewader] 10/3/2019 09:21

If you wonder what the difference between the three F35 varients (A,B & C)are...

[losos] 08/3/2019 13:17

RibbleWader - Posts 1800 & 1801 Thanks.

Wadcollector - I don't read this forum everyday hope your son did OK at the BAE interview.

[ribblewader] 08/3/2019 08:34

BAE Systems offers combat-proven CV90 for LAND 400 Phase 3 bid



BAE Systems today confirmed it is offering the CV90, a combat-proven Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), to the Commonwealth of Australia in response to the LAND 400 Phase 3 Mounted Close Combat Capability Request for Tender.

[ribblewader] 08/3/2019 08:30

BAE announces F-35 electronic warfare milestone

[cmackay] 07/3/2019 18:59

NorthernHills, perhaps it is a game of catch up, but with no supply in the market for many years I don't see that as a bad thing. Why UK/EU would object, I don't know. Free market economics is good for everyone.

[bookbroker] 07/3/2019 14:46

Germans are an absolute disgrace, they assume to be partners, and then break ranks over ethics, absolutely in no position to dictate the terms, they should held to account for breach of agreement, many jobs depend on trade, particularly issues of national security. I understand the moral high ground, but not when it compromises outside partners within an agreement. If they wish to object to the behavior of other country’s and their actions, it should be unanimous, perhaps they should put a blanket ban on trade with the likes of Saudi via German companies alone!

[ribblewader] 07/3/2019 12:07

F-35 global maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade assignments

[northernhills] 06/3/2019 08:45

cmackay. Looks like the Yanks trying to play catch up! Wonder what they will do if UK/EU refuses to let the thing operate in airspace controlled by Europe. Toys out of cot, Trump Tantrum at the very least!

[ribblewader] 06/3/2019 08:02

Farnborough Airshow public weekend axed..... This is a shame but not a shock! It will be interesting to see if its the same next year,



Wad, best of luck to your son. Its a good career choice, lots of options. RW

[cmackay] 05/3/2019 23:57

Re: Concorde. That account of the original project sounded like a wonderful experience! A few years ago I was listening to radio 4 at night at work while teaching myself about investing from online resources, and I heard a story about a company aiming to bring back supersonic commercial flights, due mainly to it now being economically viable. I was trying to think of the name, and I was drawing zoom and boost, but it was right in between the two...




P.S. I am sure they touted themselves as having Mach 2.6 capabilities on the radio. Of course I immediately searched the company to see if they were public, but they're private.

[wad collector] 05/3/2019 23:19

Politics and the Defence Industry have always been uncomfortable bedfellows, I have a certain respect for the absolutist approach of Corbyn which would work fine if there were no nasty people, but think I would rather be in a country with the best weapon systems and keeping ahead of the dangerous regimes . Merkel doesn't seem so naive but presumably has taken that approach after careful vote assessments.
Meanwhile everyone else will fill the gap.
My son has a job interview with BAe tomorrow so feeling biased!

[ribblewader] 04/3/2019 12:17

BAE awarded $90.5M US Navy C5ISR engineering and support contract

[oriana2] 03/3/2019 12:36

Thank you Ribble......

Seems to be a lot of German input to "mitigate"

[ribblewader] 03/3/2019 08:55

oriana2, Germany have a 33% stake in Typhoon, UK 33%, Italy 21% and Spain 13%.