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[ribblewader] 27/4/2020 07:05

America Sells More Than Half Of All Weapons Sold Each Year

U.S. companies were responsible for 59 percent of arms sales among the Top 100. Coming in at number one among global defense companies was Lockheed Martin, with $47.2 billion in arms sales in 2018. A distant second was Boeing at $29.2 billion, followed by Northrop Grumman at $26.2 billion, Raytheon at $23.4 billion and General Dynamics at $22 billion. In sixth place came British defense firm BAE, at $21 billion.

[lithological heterogeneities] 24/4/2020 16:48

"The UK defence takes a major hit".So that's all 3 aircraft and both ships out of action then.:0)

[ribblewader] 24/4/2020 16:38

Royal Navy's New Nuclear Attack Submarine Can Find Targets 3,000 Nautical Miles Away

The Royal Navy's Astute-class of nuclear-powered submarines have been described as the "most capable ever built," and with a £1.6billion price tag for each boat, the ships need to live up to the bold promise. Fittingly, the latest has a name that is more than fitting: HMS Audacious.

[geckotheglorious] 24/4/2020 11:06

Britain should cut foreign Aid to zero.
£15bn right there for Defence.
Defending UK populace far more important than giving aid to the rest of the world.

Budgetary problem solved.

[ribblewader] 24/4/2020 07:24

UK defense plans could take major hit from coronavirus fallout

Britain is facing some “distasteful medicine “ in an upcoming defense review, with question marks around money, allies, the industrial base, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned.

Giving evidence in a virtual session of the Parliamentary Defence Committee April 22, Wallace said there were some difficult issues to be addressed by a post COVID-19 Britain.

[l0ngterm] 23/4/2020 11:46

It was the same in the north, remote working etc. However it seems they are bringing the manual workers/ labour back.

[ribblewader] 23/4/2020 11:41

L0ngterm. Warton & Samlesbury are working (or depending on task, working from home). Not much in the way of shift work as Air dont have the projects to support it. Both sites have never been fully shut, office layouts have been changed to conform.

[l0ngterm] 23/4/2020 10:51

I just heard that BAE (shipyards) in the north are starting to bring shift workers back in on site as of 1st. Not sure if any other sites are standing staff back up? Has anyone else heard anything?

[ribblewader] 23/4/2020 07:14

Fears of Lancashire aviation job losses shot down by BAE Systems and business chiefs
Fears that Lancashire jobs are at serious risk from the impacts of the coronavirus crisis because of the county’s dependence on the aviation industry and service sector have been shot down by business chiefs.

[ribblewader] 22/4/2020 16:02

BAE Systems wins DARPA contract to develop machine learning analytics as a service for constant global situational awareness

BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop machine learning analytics as a service – a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based model for the government. This new technology model seeks to provide an automated service that aims to leverage commercial and open source data, including satellite imagery, to deliver continuous worldwide situational awareness for a diverse range of challenges, including anomaly detection and prediction.

[ribblewader] 22/4/2020 12:19

Covid-19: Australia assesses impact of pandemic on military procurements

The Australian Department of Defence is monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on procurement programmes such as the acquisition of Hunter-class frigates from BAE Systems Australia. Source: Royal Australian Navy

[ribblewader] 22/4/2020 07:18

F-35 deliveries could slow down, as COVID-19 jolts Lockheed’s supply chain

The coronavirus pandemic has rattled Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business, with the F-35 joint strike fighter program facing the prospect of a slowdown in deliveries, company executives said Tuesday

[ribblewader] 21/4/2020 14:26

Northern, yes that is true but I think the price per barrel changes to reflect the market.

[ribblewader] 21/4/2020 08:01

Team Tempest comprises Ministry of Defence personnel from the Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Defence Equipment & Support and industry partners, including ourselves, Leonardo, MBDA, and Rolls-Royce.
Together we are harnessing the capabilities that are critical for future combat air capability and for retaining the UK’s position as a globally competitive leader.
The team is working on a broad portfolio of more than sixty technology demonstrations spanning the breadth of combat air systems. Each will develop UK industry’s skills, technologies and capabilities for the future.
We plan to focus our energy alongside that of our industrial partners to refine such concepts in preparation for significant decisions that know we will have to be made in the near future.
Innovation sits at the heart of Team Tempest and our aim is to build on our strong UK heritage of world-class in-service capabilities, and our previous advanced technology development programmes in air systems, propulsion and power, sensors and effectors.

[ribblewader] 20/4/2020 13:11

shalder.

F35 is 5th generation with Rafale a very advanced 4.5 gen fighter, as is Typhoon both of which have been identified as candidates for future upgrades to make them 5th gen. F35 competition aircraft include Russian, Chinease, Korean and Indian aircraft (India making Russian Sukhoi under an agreement). Turkey also have a candidate but has a number of issues (Political and Industrial).

So European (including the UK) 6th generation air systems (note. Not called aircraft) will be based on upgrades incorporated to Typhoon/Rafale and then integrated as one system to the new Tempest/FCAS. Generaly called a system of sytems embodied into a new airframe with engines yet to be developed (or still experimental) and weapons curently in development.

The big question will be, does Tempest or FCAS make it that far. Both projects will need an enormous amount of money. At some time in the future (5 years?) either the UK (because geographically UK is part of Europe) or the EU will agree to some form of partnership. Without a partnership and therefore a merger of customers it will be too expensive for many countries to buy.

[simonc5] 20/4/2020 12:45

Hi,
Newbie investor looking to invest in sound quality blue chip UK companies here.

When crossing the Rubicon said "More concerning is the £1.9bn pension deficit!
There will be a one off payment of £1bn, to be funded by DEBT." This made me gasp a little

That's a huge pension deficit isnt it? And to be funded by more debt? I'm a little wary of investing in BAE in this circumstance.
Or is my wariness unfounded do you think?
Simon

[shalder] 20/4/2020 12:11

Sounds like politics as usual. So FCAS partners won't go anywhere near F35 for fear of undermining the logic for the new euro-project, which means they will all rely on 4th Gen planes until c2040. wonder what their military guys think of that?

Japan makes sense to me, their first priority is to ensure the US remains committed to supporting allies in the W Pacific, so they want to maintain and stregthen existing ties.

[ribblewader] 20/4/2020 11:32

Speaking of Tempest.....
Japan decides against working with Britain on new fighter jet

Japan will now work with the United States instead of Britain to develop a new fighter jet, according to local media.
Sankei News reports that Japan has decided to create a working group of local and U.S. aerospace companies for the development of the successor to the Japanese F-2 fighter, meaning that Japan will not participate in the Tempest project.

[ribblewader] 20/4/2020 11:19

shalder

The Germans are inpartnership with other European nations to design and manufacture a 6th generation fighter aircraft. Our Tempest is part of its competition....This is from October of last year

Europe’s fighter jets of the future on collision course?

The European defence market is looking towards two sixth-generation aircraft programmes – the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS) and the British-led Tempest fighter project. While pressure is mounting on EU member states to pick sides, the question of whether both projects can ultimately coexist remains.

In May, spectators at the Paris Air Show watched Germany, France and Spain ink a framework agreement for the joint construction of Europe’s largest arms project to date, the so-called Future Air Combat System (FCAS).

[shalder] 20/4/2020 10:04

It is interesting that the Germans clearly have not bought into the Stealth/5th Generation arguments? Haven't seen any discussion of that.

[shalder] 19/4/2020 20:52

Report on Bloomberg that US has been notified that the Germans will be ordering 30 F/A18 plus 15 F18 Growlers.

Presumably this implies the balance of the Tornado replacement requirement will be Typhoons.

[ribblewader] 19/4/2020 07:50

BAE says safety is 'priority' as more workers sent home

MORE shipyard staff working on BAE’s next submarine have been told to stay at home for safety reasons.
Staff working on the Astute class boats have been told to not go to work to comply with social distancing guidelines.

[ribblewader] 18/4/2020 11:18

Right, the question is. If this breaks £5.80 next week, where the heck will i find a chippy thats open! Just as well the pubs are shut as it will have to be a drive.....