By: Bager1968
- 14th November 2013 at 05:41Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Along with the F-35B - will the RC-135 be IFR equipped with a boom receptacle ??
If so, what will we use to refuel them ?? - is the boom on the Voyager working yet ???
Just curious....
Ken
UK F35B will have a probe not a receptacle for a boom. (The lift fan gets in the way anyway)
UK RC-135 are not getting a probe, they will use a receptacle only. We have an agreement with the Americans to use their tankers for our RC-135 fleet.
UK Voyager are not boom equipped, they are equipped with wing mounted pods and a centreline HDU (depending if it is a KC2 or KC3 variant)
The UK F-35Bs will have a probe and will be refueled via the hose/drogue method... just like the USMC F-35Bs, the Italian F-35Bs, the USN F-35Cs, and all other F-35Bs.
By: alertken
- 14th November 2013 at 10:39Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Why not a new Euro-system? Wot fed+kev said...plus: freedom from the curse of (ex-Marconi, now bits of BAES/Finmeccanica).
I worked in (then Marconi Space & Defence Systems), 1976/77: cutting edge software, stimulating to bright young folk. But pay was constained by comparable suits/bean-counters, and job satisfaction was constrained by 20-year cycles, conception to deployment. Now those bright young things are paid very well/see results very soon in such commercial programmes as graphics and games. So (sons of Marconi/Ferranti &tc) can't recruit/retain the best. So: drift, bloat, shaft. How much better to agree a fixed price with DoD and leave it to them to procure complex software on our behalf.
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By: Bager1968 - 14th November 2013 at 05:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The UK F-35Bs will have a probe and will be refueled via the hose/drogue method... just like the USMC F-35Bs, the Italian F-35Bs, the USN F-35Cs, and all other F-35Bs.
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By: alertken - 14th November 2013 at 10:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Why not a new Euro-system? Wot fed+kev said...plus: freedom from the curse of (ex-Marconi, now bits of BAES/Finmeccanica).
I worked in (then Marconi Space & Defence Systems), 1976/77: cutting edge software, stimulating to bright young folk. But pay was constained by comparable suits/bean-counters, and job satisfaction was constrained by 20-year cycles, conception to deployment. Now those bright young things are paid very well/see results very soon in such commercial programmes as graphics and games. So (sons of Marconi/Ferranti &tc) can't recruit/retain the best. So: drift, bloat, shaft. How much better to agree a fixed price with DoD and leave it to them to procure complex software on our behalf.