UK requests Hellfires

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2 hours ago, exdraken said:

wonder what are the plans from and for RR if all engine related  is going to be procured from elsewhere

Not RR problem helicopter engines were sold off to SAFRAN...so no SAFRAN donkeys in the E and potentially replaced with GE in UK Merlins maybe possibly....im a bit out the loop now with Merlin

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3 minutes ago, Troffa said:

At this point I will interject with the Boeing Chinook HC3 saga- a direct buy, straight from the manufacturer, who supplied exactly what was asked for. 

10 Years from delivery to entering service, and massive cost over runs.  I propose that If they had been Westland products, or licence built in Yeovil, that Westland would have moved heaven and earth to get them into service quickly. It's what you do for your prime customer.

The UK order of 50 or so E models is a very small drop in the ocean, so we will be well behind the like of Israel and Japan in terms of clout, and we will get exactly what we pay for, no more, no less. 

 

 

 

 

Ooh you're bored....and im doing Market abuse regs on line...also bored🤪 was thinking along the same lines troffa 

[Troffa]

I'm on holiday!