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Naval Today said:
Flight deck teams at Culdrose are training 70 sailors to ensure F-35 jets, and Merlin, Chinook, Apache and Wildcat helicopters are safely marshalled around the Navy’s two new carriers.

Fourteen working Harrier jump jets – their engines limited so they don’t take off – give aircraft handlers the experience of the noise, smells and jet blast of a busy deck.

Although the Harrier was axed at the end of 2010 following the last defence review and its successor, the F-35 Lightning II, won’t fly from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth until 2018, the RN School of Flight Deck Operations is maintaining the skills needed to safely marshal multi-million-pound strike fighters around a flight deck, launch them, and recover them.
Each of the two new carriers will need a 70-strong flight deck team directing operations – four officers, six senior and 60 junior rates.

The school uses a mock-up of an Invincible-class carrier flight deck, with a limiter on the engine keeping the 14 single and twin-seat Harrier rooted to the Cornish tarmac.
The existing ‘dummy deck’ will require rebuilding for the Queen Elizabeths, whose flight decks are more than twice the size of their forerunners.

The school doesn’t need the entire flight deck, but it does need a section recreating – a 140-metre-long section from the aft island to the stern (including one of the ship’s two lifts), and 70 metres across; it’s the width, more than the length, of the new carriers which is likely to catch people out.

The first handlers are due to join HMS Queen Elizabeth early next year, followed by the bulk of the deck teams in the summer of 2016, ready for her sea trials. The ship will work with helicopters for the first 18 months of her life before the Lightning IIs come aboard in 2018.
 
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UK Advances Type 26 Frigate Program
The British government has agreed to a deal with BAE Systems to move forward on the Type 26 frigate program but has stopped short of signing a production contract.
The £859 million (US $1.3 billion) demonstration contract announced by Prime Minister David Cameron Friday includes investment in long-lead items and the creation of onshore test facilities.

Some 30 supply chain companies will benefit from the deal covering Rolls-Royce gas turbines, diesel generators and steering gear for the first three ships in what is scheduled to be a 13-strong fleet of frigates.

BAE and the Conservative-led coalition government had hoped to agree to a production deal before the end of 2014 but negotiations over risk and other issues have slowed progress.

UK Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray told Defense News late last year that the two sides were looking at eight areas of risk, "all of which we need to get better clarity on prior to making the manufacture investment."

However, a government commitment in hard cash to the program ahead of the general election in May is a welcome move forward, analysts said.

BAE said in a statement: "The demonstration contract builds on the initial assessment phase and takes effect from 1 April 2015, marking the next significant stage of the program to support progression towards the manufacturing phase [first metal cutting], which is expected to begin in Glasgow in 2016."

Cameron said the deal was a "substantial investment in our shipbuilding industry, safeguarding the jobs of 600 workers in Scotland and many more across the UK."

Last year, the government invested £348 million in a program with BAE to build three offshore patrol vessels in its Glasgow yards.

Visiting the Portsmouth naval base earlier this month, Chancellor George Osborne asked officials to look at the potential to build a "new complex warship every two years" as part of a new national shipbuilding strategy

The first of the 6,500-ton anti-submarine warfare frigates is scheduled to be delivered in 2022 to start replacing Type-23 warships, Gray said in the Defence News interview last year.

Concerns are being voiced by analysts and others that the size of the program might be put at risk by possible heavy defense spending cuts and a strategic defense and security review due to be decided the other side of the election

The BAE statement said it welcomed the announcement "confirming the UK Government's continued commitment to sustaining national sovereign capability to deliver complex warships to the Royal Navy."
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Prime Minister announces major boost to UK economy with £859 million shipbuilding investment
Prime Minister David Cameron today announced a major boost to the UK’s shipbuilding industry as the Ministry of Defence signs a contract with BAE Systems worth £859 million.
Around 1700 jobs will be sustained as a result of the investment in the future Type 26 complex warship – the next generation Royal Navy frigates – with 600 of the jobs safeguarded in Scotland, where the Type 26 will be built.
Various other sites across the country will also benefit from today’s announcement including in Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Manchester, Cheshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Hampshire.
Welcoming the announcement, the Prime Minister said, "This is a substantial investment in our shipbuilding industry, safeguarding the jobs of 600 workers in Scotland and many more across the UK. Investing in these warships will ensure we continue to keep our country safe, at home and abroad.
"As part of our long term economic plan, we’re not just building the most advanced modern warships in the world – we are building the careers of many young people with apprenticeships that will set them up for life."
The T26 Global Combat Ship (GCS) will be a multi-mission warship capable of joint and multinational operations across the full spectrum of warfare, including complex combat operations, counter-piracy, humanitarian and disaster relief work.
Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, said, "This announcement is a clear vote of confidence in British industry and forms part of our commitment to invest over £160 billion in equipment and equipment support over the next 10 years.
"As a result, our military will have some of the most impressive and technologically advanced capabilities in the world; from the aircraft carriers and the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, to the Type 45 destroyers, Scout armoured vehicles, the A400M and the Astute Class submarines."
BAE Systems Chief Executive, Ian King, said, "We have a long and proud heritage of delivering complex warships in the UK and today’s announcement is a significant endorsement of the Government’s commitment to sustain this important national capability. We are committed to working with the Government, the Ministry of Defence and our partners in the maritime supply chain to ensure the Royal Navy has the capability it needs to protect national interests, while ensuring the best value for money for UK taxpayers.
"Through the Type 26 programme, we are transforming the way we design and manufacture naval ships with innovative new technologies, leading-edge processes and modern infrastructure. New ways of working ensure we can continue to deliver the highest quality equipment at the lowest possible cost and compete effectively for future UK and international orders."
The new contract will include investment in essential long lead items for the ships, shore testing facilities. There will also be investment in key equipment for the first three ships – such as gas turbines, diesel generators and steering gear – allowing suppliers to plan, invest and secure their workforce on the project.
 
Many warrior boats finished around 2025 if I knows right now? Like in Sweden and Russia all between 2020-2025. Swedes ministry wills only 42st Leopard 2A5 after modernization. Beginning in season 2016-17. Finished to 2020s. Plus russians do Army reserve force to younger warriors plus Equimpment new. In 3-5 year in Russia finished jobs.

Silvestre: welcome to the SDF :) your post is
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UK Military News Thread
 

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Welcome Silvestre.

Please review the various threads available for military news and post your news/comments in the appropriate thread.

I moved the one post to the European Military News Thread. We have a few nations who warrant their own threads, and the rest are combined into Geographical Areas. Find the appropriate thread for posting.

Thank you...and again, Welcome.
 
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Naval Today said:
More than £300m will be pumped into the home of the Royal Navy’s next-generation strike fighter to meet the demands of the new jet.

Work will begin at RAF Marham in Norfolk to provide the infrastructure and facilities needed to operate the F-35 Lightning II.

When not flying from the decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, the jets – operated jointly by the Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force in 809 NAS and 617 Sqn respectively – will be based at the air station near King’s Lynn.

The Dambusters will be the first squadron to be formed – next year – and, once training in the United States is completed, the jets will move into their new home in Norfolk in 2018.

Work is ongoing to improve community facilities at Marham, which is currently home to RAF Tornados, and a small team of RN trailblazers – including meteorologists – is already at the base as part of the long-term preparations for operating the new strike fighters.

Considerable improvements and new infrastructure is required for the F-35s, which are one generation more advanced than the jets they replace.

Among the enhancements, three heat-resistant landing pads are being built to allow the F-35B to land vertically.

Announcing the £300m investment, Prime Minister David Cameron said the work would begin later this year and create 1,700 jobs.

The F-35B – the jump jet variant of the Anglo-American built aircraft – is currently undergoing extensive testing in the USA, where as well as pilots training to operate it, RN and RAF ground engineers and technicians are learning how to maintain its complex machinery and systems.
 
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Any new submarine on the way in UK?

Big moneys for future plannes in Navy so I trust in newest strenght by submarine. Or Nobody cares about future plannes of these wonderful war machines.

I Belief UK have strenght by 8,9,10,11 submarine todays. Right?

Sivestre, please do a little more research before you ask such questions. These numbers are easily found.

Also, please restrict posts in these News threads to news. Asking how many new subs the UK is going to have is not news, and, as I say, is something easily determined.

The UK is producing its new Astute SSNs (there will be seven) and has already produced its Vanguard SSBNs (four of them). They are both very capable boats classes.
 

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Warship magazine stated this month that UK and Japan are in talks over possibly sale of Kawasaki P-1 aircraft to UK

Also in discussion possible leasing of 4 x P-8 units from America

This in light of Russian Cold War part 2

Bet the people who forced retirement of Nimrod are feeling good the endurance and range of that aircraft was awesome
 
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