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Future Maritime Surveillance

We have discussed this a number of times and to add further to those discussions the House of Commons Defence Select Committee has published its fifth report, …

September 19, 2012 | News and Information | 261 Comments

Future UK Maritime Patrol

Almost immediately after the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 was announced in the SDSR there were persistent rumours of a reinstatement of the capability at …

April 9, 2012 | Analysis and Proposal | 202 Comments

Nimrod Strikes Back

I am of the opinion that the decision to cancel the MRA4 was the most operationally and strategically illiterate decision of all the operationally and …

June 15, 2011 | Analysis and Proposal | 44 Comments

A spare billion for MPA’s ? What shall we buy then…..

With all the rumour around at the moment about a spare billion being spirited from somewhere, I just thought we should have a little look at some of the …

March 3, 2011 | Analysis and Proposal | 120 Comments
Look Away Now

Look Away Now

Original story

January 26, 2011 | News and Information | 45 Comments
The Future of the RAF 13 – ISTAR #07 (Maritime)

The Future of the RAF 13 – ISTAR #07 (Maritime)

I was writing a long piece on the run up to the cancellation but I decided to delete it, Nimrod is gone and is not coming back. Of all the decisions in the …

January 23, 2011 | Analysis and Proposal | 49 Comments

4 Billion Quid About to Be Flushed

As we all know there was never any chance of the Nimrod MRA4 getting a reprieve but the day when they are scrapped is drawing pretty close. When the …

January 21, 2011 | Analysis and Proposal | 62 Comments
Nimrod – Is It Too Late

Nimrod – Is It Too Late

I will be covering Nimrod and its roles in a future post but I received this yesterday and thought it worth publishing, despite the media attention of …

January 10, 2011 | Analysis and Proposal | 100 Comments
What Does £200m a Year Buy These Days?

What Does £200m a Year Buy These Days?

Binning the Nimrod MRA4 was without a doubt the most idiotic decision to come out of the SDSR, no doubt about that. But if the savings were going to massive …

November 30, 2010 | News and Information | 13 Comments
More on Nimrod

More on Nimrod

Of all the insane decision in the 2010 SDSR, not bringing the MRA4 into service was quite probably the most far reaching in terms of its

November 14, 2010 | News and Information | 33 Comments
The Nimrod Insanity

The Nimrod Insanity

Reducing Challenger 2 I can understand, withdrawing the ageing Type 22 frigates I can understand, I can even understand (just) the logic of withdrawing the …

October 26, 2010 | Analysis and Proposal | 69 Comments

The Nimrod Saga: A Personal Touch Take 2

Following on from the previous post about the Nimrod MRA.4 and the two prototypes sat idle at Woodford Aerodrome, I contacted my MP and received the following …

June 22, 2010 | News and Information | 2 Comments

Quick, Spend It Now

So, General (BOWMAN) Dynamics have been named as preferred bidder for the demonstration phase of the Specialist Vehicle Recce Block 1. The Common Base Platform …

March 22, 2010 | News and Information | 8 Comments

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