Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
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RAF Poseidon Life Raft Sea Drills
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
I have recovered the life raft dropped by Shackleton. Nimrod and Hercules. With the withdrawal of the Hercules. The P8 would have to be the operation requirement. The recovery was done by a Air Support Craft. .
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A400m has already taken over the lift raft dropping from the Hercules when it took over the Falklands task from the Hercules several years ago.
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
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A bit more from the link G White posted.
The fact that it say under way and not just "being considered" or "reviewing stockpiles" or "discussions are being had" is great to hear.The MOD has chosen the UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo as its future torpedo capability alongside continued use of the United States Navy Mk54 weapon on the RAF’s Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
The programme to integrate Sting Ray Mod 1 on to Poseidon is now under way,
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Sounds like a good idea, we really do need another 3 Poseidon to make a viable fleet.Timmymagic wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:49The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
I really hope they don't manage to make integrating Stingray a £500 million song and dance routine!
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Agreed on both points.mrclark303 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 18:21Sounds like a good idea, we really do need another 3 Poseidon to make a viable fleet.Timmymagic wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:49The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
I really hope they don't manage to make integrating Stingray a £500 million song and dance routine!
I see our Canadian cousins have finalised an agreement to buy 14 for $5.9bn USD. Plus options for another two. Bombardier naturally spitting blood as there hasn't been a competition.
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of unused weapons.
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Please excuse my ignorance, but how much integration does a torp really need? Dont you just drop in on a referenced location and then it does the rest?mrclark303 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 18:21Sounds like a good idea, we really do need another 3 Poseidon to make a viable fleet.Timmymagic wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:49The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
I really hope they don't manage to make integrating Stingray a £500 million song and dance routine!
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Please excuse my ignorance, but how much integration does a torp really need? Dont you just drop in on a referenced location and then it does the rest?mrclark303 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 18:21Sounds like a good idea, we really do need another 3 Poseidon to make a viable fleet.Timmymagic wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:49The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
I really hope they don't manage to make integrating Stingray a £500 million song and dance routine!
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It does when you need to integrate the torpedo to the launch platform and Mk54 already exists.Timmymagic wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 08:27Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of unused weapons.
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On P8 because it flies higher than Nimrod you can't just drop the torpedo it needs wings.SD67 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 10:29Please excuse my ignorance, but how much integration does a torp really need? Dont you just drop in on a referenced location and then it does the rest?mrclark303 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 18:21Sounds like a good idea, we really do need another 3 Poseidon to make a viable fleet.Timmymagic wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:49The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
I really hope they don't manage to make integrating Stingray a £500 million song and dance routine!
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It's the combat system that is the main integration challenge, not mounting in an internal bay and release.tomuk wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 20:37It does when you need to integrate the torpedo to the launch platform and Mk54 already exists.Timmymagic wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 08:27Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of unused weapons.
The Combat System in P-8 is essentially the same as MRA.4...
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
And yet 10 years after P-8's IOC it still does not have that capability...
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It does with MK54.Timmymagic wrote: ↑03 Dec 2023, 10:55And yet 10 years after P-8's IOC it still does not have that capability...
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Yes the point stands though, that the requirement to integrate Stingray should have been specified and costed into the original PIN / ITT.
Except that there never was a Tender because for about the 300th time Boeing were handed a juicy contract without a competition. But hey it's progress, fair play to the RAF at least they're not just rolling over like Army on AH64/Brimstone.
Except that there never was a Tender because for about the 300th time Boeing were handed a juicy contract without a competition. But hey it's progress, fair play to the RAF at least they're not just rolling over like Army on AH64/Brimstone.
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At least we only leased the few MK54 from the US, leaves little room for an interim to have an additional batch making it full termSD67 wrote: ↑03 Dec 2023, 11:54 Yes the point stands though, that the requirement to integrate Stingray should have been specified and costed into the original PIN / ITT.
Except that there never was a Tender because for about the 300th time Boeing were handed a juicy contract without a competition. But hey it's progress, fair play to the RAF at least they're not just rolling over like Army on AH64/Brimstone.
Plus, the USN probably wouldn't care if we shot one as long as it sunk, deterred or damaged a Russian sub. It would be a rounding error with benefits for them.
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
HAAWC has entered IOC but only a handful have been produced to date...it took 10 years for it to arrive. Other aspects of high altitude ASW are yet to be delivered...