The full-scale GCAP model outside the consortium's chalet at the Farnborough Airshow last July (photo courtesy AIN/David McIntosh) Our new Prime Minister has invited Germany into the GCAP programme, and they’re thinking about it. Is this a good thing? On the one hand, Germany could bring an infusion of funds to a very expensive programme … Continue reading GERMANY AND GCAP – WHAT’S THE OFFER, AND CAN THEY AFFORD IT?
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THE F-35: OUR MISSILES, THEIR NUKES
The UK may be considering the addition of an American nuclear bomb to the F-35. Meanwhile, the integration of other British weapons is proving problematic.
TEMPEST SHOULD INDEED BE REVIEWED
The new Labour government in the UK predictably ordered a new defence review. Excitable national media journalists soon wrote that the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) aka Tempest might be scrapped, citing comments by the Prime Minster and the Armed Forces Minister. Actually they said nothing of the sort, but as I wrote previously here, … Continue reading TEMPEST SHOULD INDEED BE REVIEWED
MAKE FCAS A PRIORITY, NOT TEMPEST
Soon after the next British government takes office, it must take an important decision: whether to approve full-scale development of the Tempest sixth-generation combat aircraft. Right now, the go-ahead looks like a foregone conclusion. It shouldn’t be.
