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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #15 em: Junho 18, 2015, 05:09:37 pm »
Lá se vai o nosso sonho molhado de ficar com os J dos bifes  :mrgreen:

Paris Air Show 2015: Lockheed Martin says maritime C-130 offering for UK has international potential

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Lockheed Martin plans to leverage for the international market the maritime patrol C-130 upgrade that it proposes for the UK, a company official told IHS Jane's at the Paris Air Show.

With dozens of operators around the world already fielding the venerable airlifter, George Shultz, Vice President and General Manager C-130 Programs, said that the palletised maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) that it is touting for the UK could be a good fit for others.

"We have been in discussions with the UK over its MMA [maritime multimission aircraft] requirement, and we believe that our solution [of converting existing C-130s in the inventory] could meet other customer needs around the world," he said.

While no formal requirement currently exists, the UK is widely believed to be looking at options for reintroducing the MPA capability that was effectively lost when the BAE Systems Nimrod MRA.4 programme was cancelled in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has 24 C-130Js in its inventory, which are currently due for retirement in 2022. It has been suggested that some might be kept in service for special forces use, and Lockheed Martin's proposal is that a palletised mission kit might be a good option for the UK.

"The components that would go into our roll-on/roll-off mission kit already exist and are in service today, and we have integrated everything that would be required, except torpedoes, which could be done," said Shultz.

Shultz said that Lockheed Martin would have a better understanding of UK requirements after the SDSR that is due later this year, but with all the talk being that the procurement or lease of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon is a done deal, he noted the advantages that the C-130 might have over it. "The P-8 is a fine aircraft, but the C-130 [upgrade] offers an innovative way to use already existing platforms for a completely new mission, and it means that you can use the infrastructure that you already have also," he said.

In terms of potential international customers, Shultz declined to name specific countries, except to say that the company has had a lot of interest in the concept from various operators.

http://www.janes.com/article/52394/paris-air-show-2015-lockheed-martin-says-maritime-c-130-offering-for-uk-has-international-potential

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #16 em: Julho 10, 2015, 08:08:08 pm »

Battle of Britain flypast on London today.
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #17 em: Julho 15, 2015, 09:20:12 am »


Cameron calls for more spending on 'spy planes, drones and special forces'  
UK prime minister David Cameron talks to RAF officers in front of an E-30 Sentry AWACS aircraft during a visit to RAF Coningsby on 13 July.

http://www.janes.com/article/52964

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UK prime minister David Cameron has urged UK defence chiefs to spend more on 'special forces and readily deployable counter-terrorist capabilities' , such as unmanned aerial vehicles  (UAV) as part of the ongoing Strategic Defence and Security Review  (SDSR), according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office released on July 13. (...)

In terms of special operations personnel, the UK Special Forces Directorate currently comprises 22 Special Air Service Regiment, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 Signal Regiment 0, and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #18 em: Julho 22, 2015, 08:39:02 pm »

Impressive footage of RAF's GR4 Tornadoes from the XV (R) Squadron dropping  the Paveway III laser-guided bombs, used against hardened and concealed targets.
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #19 em: Julho 23, 2015, 11:37:28 am »
http://www.janes.com/article/53114/uk-fighter-numbers-to-reach-all-time-low-with-loss-of-tornados-and-early-typhoons-in-2019
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The UK's frontline fast-jet force is set to fall to its lowest numerical strength just ahead of the turn of the decade, with the almost simultaneous retirement of both the Panavia Tornado GR.4 and early model Eurofighter Typhoon fleets, the government disclosed on 21 July.

Answering questions in the House of Commons, Philip Dunne, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support, and Technology said that the retirement of the Tornados is to coincide with that of the Tranche 1 Typhoons in 2019.

Currently, the Royal Air Force (RAF) fields 53 Tranche 1 Typhoons and 87 Tornados which, when coupled with the Tranche 2 and 3A Typhoons now flying, brings its frontline combat inventory up to 192 aircraft. Although the loss of 140 aircraft by 2019 represents a 77% reduction in the current force strength on paper, it should be noted that this will be offset somewhat by the continued delivery of the Tranche 3 Typhoons, as well as the arrival of the first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters.

Even so, while all 40 Tranche 3A Typhoons should be with the RAF by 2019, the United Kingdom is expected to have received only about 15 to 20 F-35Bs by this time (to be operated by both the RAF and Royal Navy). When the loss of the Tornados and Tranche 1 Typhoons is taken into account, the United Kingdom will be left with about 127 frontline combat jets at best when this happens (the lowest number that the RAF will have fielded since its creation in 1918).

Notwithstanding the fact that at that early point in its service the F-35 will likely not be fully combat capable (the Block 3F [full combat capability] software is slated to be rolled out in late 2017, but the United Kingdom is not due to declare full operating capability [land and maritime] for the type until 2023). To date, only the first 14 operational F-35Bs have been authorised (of which four have been ordered), and while overall numbers have not yet been disclosed there is a possibility that the original planned order for 138 aircraft may be truncated to just 48 for the new Queen Elizabeth-class carriers.

If this were to occur, the UK frontline fast-jet fleet would number just 107 Tranche 2 and 3A Typhoons and 48 F-35Bs, for a grand total of 155 combat aircraft. While this could be increased with the 48 additional Typhoons earmarked for a Tranche 3B buy, this now seems all but certain not to happen.

While there is some validation to the argument that, because the Tranche 2 and 3A Typhoons and the F-35Bs are more capable aircraft than those that came before them, fewer will be needed, it is also true that no aircraft, no matter how capable, can be in more than one place at any time. This has been shown by the government's recent decision to slow down the pace of the Tornado retirement, even reconstituting an already disbanded unit, to ensure that simultaneous operational commitments in three theatres (Afghanistan, Iraq, and North Africa at that time) could be met.

The United Kingdom currently faces a number of threats to its security that require the application of combat aircraft, either in a kinetic warfighting role, as over Iraq and no doubt soon over Syria, or in a deterrent role, such as with the Baltic Air Policing missions currently being flown to ward off Russian aggression against NATO allies. With at least one of these threats only recently having been described by the UK prime minister, David Cameron, as "generational", and the other not likely to be resolved anytime soon, the further loss of UK airpower at such a precarious time as this seems somewhat perverse.

One solution to this quandary might be not to retire the Tranche 1 Typhoons at all, after all a 16-year service life - given the investment that has been made - does not appear to provide value for money or to make much sense. Although there will certainly be a cost implication of retaining the Tranche 1 Typhoons in service, this would be relatively small given that all of the initial investment has already been made, and that the training, operating, and sustainment infrastructures are already in place and are set to serve the wider Typhoon force through to the 2030 out-of-service date now earmarked for the Tranche 2 and 3A aircraft.

While it is true that the early-model Typhoons are not compatible with many of the hardware and software upgrades that would be needed to afford them a full multirole capability, they remain highly potent air-to-air fighter platforms and should be able to more than match any adversaries that they might meet in this arena for a number of years yet.

There is no physical reason why these 53 Tranche 1 Typhoons could not be retained in service out to 2030. While they will never match the outright capabilities of their more modern stablemates, a rolling programme of upgrades to their systems, such as the already very capable Captor mechanically-scanned radar, should at the very least afford the United Kingdom with a highly potent force multiplier to relieve some of the pressure from the newer Typhoons and Lightning IIs.


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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #20 em: Agosto 20, 2015, 09:53:17 pm »
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RAF bringing Augmented Reality to Bournemouth Air Festival



http://vrfocus.com/archives/20397/raf-b ... -festival/

Starting today is the Bournemouth Air Festival, a four - day event that includes air displays, sea displays, live music and a lot more. The Royal Air Force will be there with a number of planes, helicopters and the RAF village for visitors to enjoy. In a tweet today  by RAF Engineering, they have revealed an Augmented Reality will be available for those interested in becoming an RAF ICT technician.Being an engineer is just as important as being a pilot, so if you prefer getting your hands dirty to being up in the  air you might want to give the Augmented Reality experience a try . No details have been released  on what the RAF AR experience entails, other than the technician role, but it may involve seeing how different mechanisms work inside various vehicles or being able to differentiate certain parts.

The Bournemouth Air Festival has started today and will continue until Sunday. (...)
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #21 em: Setembro 05, 2015, 04:25:23 pm »
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RAF gets RC-135 River Joint surveillance plane

http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/brit ... e-1.366430

  The British Royal Air Force accepted delivery Friday of a surveillance plane from the United States at RAF Mildenhall, England.  

The RC-135 River Joint, called an Airseeker by the RAF, arrived seven months early and is the second to be delivered to the RAF as part of the Airseeker program. The United Kingdom is to receive three River Joints under the program at a cost of about  £650 billion (about  $1 billion).

The RAF plans to have the most recent plane deployable within weeks. The first British River Joint is currently being used in the fight against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. (...)
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #22 em: Setembro 23, 2015, 05:01:46 pm »
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #23 em: Janeiro 14, 2016, 10:36:41 am »
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #24 em: Fevereiro 03, 2016, 10:09:53 pm »
OFF: Reino Unido escolhe jato executivo da Embraer para treinar pilotos militares

Phenom 100 será utilizado pelas forças armadas britânicas para preparar tripulantes em aeronave categoria multimotor



O Reino Unido selecionou o jato Embraer Phenom 100 para realizar o treinamento dos pilotos das forças armadas em aeronaves multimotor. O contrato do programa MFTS (Military Flight Training System), do Ministério da Defesa do Reino Unido, autorizou a compra de 38 aeronaves, sendo 23 Grob G120TP Prefect, 10 Beechcraft T-6C e cinco Embraer Phenom 100, em acordo formalizado com a Affinity Flight Training Services. Os aviões serão operados numa parceria público-privado para prover o treinamento em aeronaves de asa fixa para os pilotos e navegadores de força aérea, marinha e exército britânico a partir de 2019.

A solução é derivada do modelo de formação desenvolvido pela Ascent Flight Training, empresa responsável pelos serviços de treinamento do programa MFTS no Reino Unido. Em 2014, a Affinity foi selecionada pela Ascent Flight Training para fornecer e operar as aeronaves selecionadas para o programa MFTS. “Esse modelo vai proporcionar um sistema de treinamento moderno que irá preparar os tripulantes militares para atuar na linha da frente”, comentou Philip Dunne, ministro da Defesa do Reino Unido.

O programa MFTS do Reino Unido é voltado para a formação de pilotos das forças armadas desde a fase inicial até o treinamento em voos elementar, básico e avançado, preparando-os para atuar em suas unidades operacionais designadas. O sistema é operado pela Ascent Flight Training, consórcio formado por Lockheed Martin e Babcock International, por meio de uma parceria público-privado firmada com o Ministério da Defesa do Reino Unido.


Original: http://aeromagazine.uol.com.br/artigo/aviao-brasileiro-e-escolhido-pelas-forcas-armadas-do-reino-unido_2514.html#ixzz3z94v8w5D
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #25 em: Fevereiro 22, 2016, 12:03:15 pm »










Rare insight into the Royal Navy Commando Helicopter Force

http://theaviationist.com/2016/02/21/rare-insight-into-royal-navy-chf/
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #26 em: Março 08, 2016, 05:50:01 pm »
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #27 em: Setembro 04, 2016, 09:01:11 pm »

Taranis, the stealthy unmanned combat vehicle demonstrator, was filmed during its initial flight trials. It's the most advanced aircraft ever built in the UK

http://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/watch-taranis-unmanned-aircraft-first-flight-footage/
 

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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #28 em: Outubro 31, 2016, 12:25:34 pm »




Four Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth at JASD Misawa Air Base for joint exercise "Guardian North 16". This is the first bilateral air exercise ever in Japan with foreign air forces other than USAF
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Re: Royal Air Force
« Responder #29 em: Novembro 04, 2016, 11:01:02 pm »
British Sentry Aircraft No Longer on Guard Over Electrical Issues


http://www.defensenews.com/articles/raf-sentry-no-longer-on-guard

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