Following the SDSR 2015 decision to purchase the Boeing P-8A Patrol Aircraft (Maritime Patrol or Multi Mission Aircraft) the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) notification has been published. WASHINGTON, Mar. 25, 2016 – The State Department has made a determination approving…
There have been relatively few pre-SDSR leaks this time around but as we get into the vinegar strokes, expect a few more. As the review work has nearly completed and various options presented to ministers the decision-making process gets into…
From a recent published FOI request, the number of flying and simulator hours in support of flying training. During the financial year 2014/15 the RAF provided 3,890 hours of Typhoon simulator flying training and During the financial year 2014/15 the…
To coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the RAF have released a an interesting brochure that compares and contrasts the defence of British airspace then and now; the raison d’être of any Air Force is to…
Boeing has proposed a series if upgrades to the F-15C to supplement the small numbers of F-22’s and extend the production line once their order for Saudi Arabia is completed by the end of 2019. Apart from all the systems improvements…
If we look beyond the maritime patrol aircraft and into the future, it strikes me there are two roads to take, or maybe a third. Option 1; concentrate on the multi-mission ISTAR space and look at either the P-8 or…
At what point does the legitimate self-defence become an extra-judicial murder? That seems to be the question of the day, with predictably opposing views The justification came in the simple form of they were planning to kill civilians in…
In the 7 years I have been dribbling my thoughts into Think Defence there are a few things on which I have been consistent; the ISO container is the greatest invention since the Bailey Bridge, commonality is not a dirty…
Given Russian and China will sell complex integrated air defence systems to pretty much anyone, or at least use the threat of selling them, it strikes me that the low observability of the F35B and information integration using sources such…
