Perhaps the post Covid and Brexit world is simply too unknown for such a huge gamble, either in leading Tempest or in joining a U.S. 6th Generation project.
Royal Navy Commander, Nathan Gray, 41, made history by being the first to land on, carefully manoeuvring his stealth jet onto the thermal coated deck. The RAF's dilemma; the Tempest mock up alongside a F-35 and Typhoon. Cheyenne (Dakota • Stargazer) • Sovereign (Imperial • Regent • Majestic • Noble cruiser) • The Tempest-class had a crew complement of 200 officers. Together with the USS Georgetown and The Noir, the Tempest left Celestial Prime in September 2005 to form the Vega Prime Alliance. (Star Trek Online official website: Season 9 Dev Blog #20), Akira (Alita • Armitage • Thunderchild) • Our community needs more information on this page! The Tempest-class was a type of Federation patrol escort starship in Starfleet service in the early 25th century. A centenary parade and a flypast of up to 100 aircraft over Buckingham Palace takes place today to mark the Royal Air Forces' 100th birthday. Vesta (Aventine • Rademaker) • Here Tempest runs into competition. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience.
(Photo by PO Arron Hoare/Ministry of Defence via Getty Images). It’s a very attractive option. Why wouldn’t the U.K. government back Tempest to the hilt? It is incredibly doubtful that there’s a large enough worldwide market for four competing Western 6th Generation aircraft.
USS Monsoon (PC 4), Manama, Bahrain. Systems: Therefore, if the U.K. were to go to the USAF or U.S. Navy and say ‘we want in,’ there would be something tangible to offer to buy themselves a seat at the table. Type:
fused tempest aft tail gun, nadion saturation bomb Dervish (Gryphon • Hermes escort • Maelstrom • Tempest) • USS Hurricane (PC 3), Manama, Bahrain. Santa Fe (Newport) • Ambassador (Alaska • Yamaguchi) • Apollo (Akula frigate / light cruiser) • Saladin (Cochise • Siva) •
The RAF's dilemma; the Tempest mock up alongside a F-35 and Typhoon. Figures vary, but a sensible ‘guestimate’ at this stage would have the R&D cost and modest production run looking like £25-30 billion. Of course, history shows that the RAF only received 160 jets, but at least the thought was there……, Diamond nine formation of Royal Air Force Typhoon jets. Walker (Georgiou) • NX (Columbia • Poseidon) • Leonardo, as for the Typhoon, will have the lion’s share of the expensive and complex radar, defensive aids and weapons systems whilst Saab’s experience in developing and exporting the Gripen fighter may prove invaluable. Shrouded in secrecy, a U.K.-only ‘stealth fighter’ programme was underway in the mid 1990s. In the former, the U.K. reluctantly ceded its leadership due to simple numbers - the USMC were intending to purchase far more AV-8B Harrier IIs than the UK were going to buy Harrier GR5s -whilst, in the latter, the U.K.’s expertise in Vertical/Short Take Off and Landing (V/STOL) technology and ship operations, as a result of both Harrier experience and ongoing research work (especially in VSTOL flight control systems) made it a logical decision to invite the U.K. inside the programme as the only Level One partner. warp 9.9+ Remora (Charger) • Therefore, Tempest needs to prove to itself that its cost profile is realistic and affordable. Chimera heavy destroyer (Manticore) • The integration of Laser Directed Energy Weapons for self-defence and use within visual range combat is also highly likely. I view today’s defense & aerospace issues using history as a prism. Wells (Polarity), AA class • Aakenn • Achilles • Advance • Aegian • Aeolus • Aerie • Akula destroyer / escort • Ambassador Hardin • Andes • Andor • Andromeda (24th century) • Antares • Apache • Aquarius • Archer • Archimedes • Ariel • Ascendant • Atrox • Avenger (scout) • Babcock • Bader • Baker • Baton Rouge • Bode • Bolarus • Bonaventure • Bradbury • Brenton • California • Canada • Canopus • Capella (23rd century) • Capella (24th century) • Castor • Centaur • Centaurus • Ceres • Challenger • Chandley • Chariot • Chimera fast frigate • Christopher • Cle Dan • Cochrane transport • Columbia • Continent • Contortrix • Copernicus • Crossfield • Daedalus • Dauntless • Decker • Defender • Delta • D'Kyr • Deneva • Derf • Drexler • Durrett • Eagle • Eclipse • Edward • Einstein • El Dorado • future Enterprise • Epoch • Epsilon • Erewon • Eternal • Federation • Fenlon • Fermi • Fiji • Freedom • Frontier • Gagarin (24th century) • Galen • Ganges • Geneva • Genser • Graceful • Grayson • Griffon • Guardian • Gemini • Hale • Hermes fast cruiser • Heston • Hogan • Hokule'a • Hoover • Horizon cruiser • Icarus • Ilthirin • Indomitable • Intrepid (light cruiser) • Iowa • Istanbul • Iwo Jima • Class J • Jupiter • Karekh • Keith • Kethkin • Kiev • K'Kmarak • Kolm-An • Korolev • Larson • Lauro • Laweya • Legacy • Lenthal • Lexington • Liberty • Loki • Loknar • London • Madison • Makin • Mann • Marklin • Marshall • M'Benga • Mediterranean • Merced • Mercury (courier) • Mercury (escort) • Merian • Messier • Meteor • Midway • Mission • Missouri • Mobulai • MoKal • Moscow • Mulciber • Nachthexen • Narcine • Nautilus • Nelson • New Orleans • Niagara • Noble laboratory vessel • Nomad escort • Northampton • Oberon • Odin • Odysseus • Odyssey • Okinawa • Oppenheimer • Orion • Osaka • Ouroboros • Overfield • Paladin battlecruiser • Paladin destroyer • Paladin (24th century) • Perseus • Pioneer • Phalanx • Phantom • Philadelphia • Pinnacle • Piper • Pollux • Portsmith • Pralim • Premonition • Proxima • Pyotr Velikiy • Pyrenees • Rakota • Ranger battlecruiser • Ranger explorer • Ranger scout • Renaissance • Rickenbacker • Rigel • Rochester • Royal Sovereign • Sagittarius • Samson • Sawyer • Scorpio • Scryer • Scylla • Sequoia • Sevaijen • Shepard • ShiKahr • Sierra • Solar • Springfield • Sulek • Surak • Sydney • Tangent • Tempest • Theophrastus • Thomas Paine • Thucydides • Thufir • Tiberius • Ticonderoga • Theseus • Tripper • Tritium • Typhon • Typhoon • Ukora • Ulysses • Ural • Utah • Venture scout • Vigilant scout • Voyager • Wallenberg • Wambundu • Wilkerson • Wei-Fa • Wellington • Yamato • Yorkshire • Yorktown • Zodiac • unnamed, Defiant pathfinder • Raging Queen • Sun Tzu • Valley Forge • Federation assault ship • Federation cargo ship • Federation colony ship • Federation construction ship • Federation cruiser • deep galaxy ship • Federation freighter • Federation frigate • Federation galaxy ship • Federation holoship • Federation heavy cruiser (2380s heavy cruiser) • Federation light cruiser (Constitution-variant light cruiser • Intrepid-variant light cruiser) • Federation medium cruiser (Excelsior-variant medium cruiser) • Federation mining freighter • Federation repair ship • Starfleet tanker.
I served 23 years in the RAF as a helicopter pilot, flying the CH47 Chinook in, inter alia, The Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo and both Iraq and Afghanistan – logging nearly 1000 combat hours during operational deployments. The saucer, nacelles, pylons and hull were interchangeable with Dervish-, Gryphon-, Hermes- and Maelstrom-class starships. The US DoD and USAF will be unlikely to repeat the past mistakes of not exporting the F-22. The ships also conducted live fire exercises with their Mark-38 25-mm machine guns and other crew served weapons to maintain operator proficiency and test new equipment upgrades for future missions. Nova (Aurora • Quasar • Rhode Island) •
The program will also, doubtless, act as a stimulus for related technology, such as Artificial Intelligence / Unmanned Aircraft (both identified as key aspects of the Tempest ‘system’) and advances in material science, manufacturing techniques and military-grade avionics, such as radars, weapons and other sensors.
The Tempest-class had a crew complement of 200 officers.
Olympic (Hope • Horizon science vessel) • Phaser cannons were standard equipment on these ships. The U.S. Navy also have their own NGAD programme underway, with an eye on replacing their F-18 Super Hornets and EF-18 Growler aircraft from the early 2030s. Kumari (Charal • Khyzon) •
This dual cannon had a 90 degree firing arc and was in constant rapid-fire firing mode. You always threaten to remove something relatively cheap but very high profile – ie ‘The Red Arrows’ display team or HMS Victory.
In the U.S., the USAF seem to be making great strides in their Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) programme to replace the F-22 Raptor, recently announcing that some form of prototype aircraft has already flown deep in the ‘Black World’. Intrepid (Bellerophon • Cochrane science vessel • Discovery (Federation) • Pathfinder) • In the U.S. it would be the equivalent of the USAF scrapping ‘The Thunderbirds’ and the U.S. Navy decommissioning the USS Constitution. Cruising speed:
The apparent overwhelming cost and political benefits of co-operation are always highlighted in such arrangements, but, as discussed earlier, keeping the politicians happy as governments change during long development cycles can be difficult, as can agreeing the initial division of work-share. quantum slipstream and transwarp velocities This would enable the RAF to continue to buy F-35s and field Combat UAV wingmen, while keeping abreast of developments in the U.S. and, ultimately, selecting one as the Typhoon replacement. Galaxy (Andromeda (25th century) • Celestial • Envoy • Galaxy X • Monarch cruiser • Venture cruiser • Yamato dreadnought) • Which leads neatly to Option Two for the U.K. – ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’. It has been discussed widely by Defense thinkers that the U.K. simply cannot afford to run Typhoon, continue to buy and field the intended 138 F-35s and pay for the R&D for Tempest. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images). Specifications deflector shields A portion of the R&D costs/risk for influence into the project, a market for U.K.-derived technology and a cut on export orders. Chesapeake (Mongrel) • USS Tempest, NCC-81118 To further cloud the issue, there’s another European initiative, the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS), which aims to develop and export their own vision of a 6th Generation fighter. An enhanced version, the fleet patrol escort, was available for vice admirals. Shortly afterwards, once a deck inspection has been conducted and the all-clear given, Cdr Gray became the first pilot to take off using the ships ski-ramp. Ptolemy (Dollond • Doppler • Keppler) • Sentinel (Emissary • Nomad cruiser • Vanguard) • It is highly unlikely that the combined purchase of the Tempest from the three nations is sufficient to reduce costs to an affordable level – export will be key to project viability. Luna (Comet • Polaris • Sol) •
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