3 ms·
The big spend in the UK defence budget is Eurofighter/Typhoon @ £23bn. Astute comes in at £1bn per pop, £7bn total program cost (I believe), future SSBN will be
by sgt101 8y ago
The big spend in the UK defence budget is Eurofighter/Typhoon @ £23bn. Astute comes in at £1bn per pop, £7bn total program cost (I believe), future SSBN will be similar.
Turkey and India are trying to develop fighters as well, the UK has the tech to build these, there are markets.
- adventured 8y agoIt's pretty tough when you've got Russia and China out there competing with you and you're running from behind. The Tempest looked interesting, until I saw the hoping to fly by 2035 part, which really means 2040 or later. It's really a technology make-work project to keep their skills up and retain defense capability, which isn't a terrible idea so long as the cost is tightly contained.
- simonh 8y agoConsidering they already make the Typhoon and have a century of experience in the field across many different aircraft platforms, in what way are they running from behind?
- Zarathust 8y agoRussia announced the abandonment of the su-57 yesterday. https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/russias-stealthkiller-fighter-project-has-been-abandoned/news-story/03e50ea76d6a5dfb5aaac69b9c75fbd6 https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/russi...
- sgt101 8y agoIn service by 2035, flying much earlier - certification, training, development and integration programs to run after flights of the production design, flights of early designs years before to work out the preprod kinks.