I said they didnt plan to replace the EFTs the UK bought F35s for the QE class carriers and so far we have only ordered F35Bs so I doubt we are replacing our EFTs
If only we’d gone for the vtol eurofighter that made up one of the proposals
true would have loved for the supersonic harrier would have been cool as well
Tempest is slated to replace Typhoon in UK service. So the Typhoon will be around for a long time yet.
mhm, im curious how much tempest will have changed from the original concept by the time we have a working prototype or even the production variant
RAF website has some early examples, might look drastically different by 2035, but it would appear SPEAR 3 and StormShadow class of weapons in the internal bay, how they make that fit is yet to be seen but I’m sure BAE is cooking.
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arent the MoD looking to replace the StormShadow?
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Hence why I said “class of weapons”, the cruise missile in the picture looks to be some theoretical future cruise missile.
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oh fair enough my bad
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here’s hoping for some Bionicle esc weapon system that’s incorporated into the air frame. Who needs missiles when i can launch my wing at you sir.
Whos betting on us ditching this and going for the buccaneer due to budget cuts…
Well we are in contract now with the other partners so the penalties would be costly.
Although stealth gen 5 Buccaneer sign me up
Sounds japanese to me
The latest render for Tempest look much nicer than the original mockup, I’m wondering if it will end up tailless like the Americans and Chinese? Seems to be flavour of the month.
or like the FCAS that has a very light V tail if u can even call it that
Last I heard it is not known yet what design they went with exactly, 4 different designs were being looked at and cut down to 2 by 2024, and 1 is supposed to be picked by this year. Article says final design supposed to be picked by March of 2025 but I have not heard anything saying that they had concluded final design choice. One of the potential designs seems to be a tailless delta.
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Havnt looked into it much since last year as it will change over the course of its dev time so i remembered this on here
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thx for the heads up
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is it just me that thinks that the wing looks similar to a phantom in that angle?
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Like an AI generated F-22
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Finally, f22 but better XD
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no but what i see now is that is has no boundary seperator for the air intake