At last a savior for the Royal Navy

[TLAM Strike]

... and its name is Boeing?

Navy to buy new aircraft


Published on Tue Feb 22 13:07:21 GMT 2011

THE Royal Navy is looking to buy a fleet of maritime patrol aircraft for up to £1 billion just weeks after the Ministry of Defence scrapped the new Nimrod aircraft at a cost of £3.6 billion.
The MoD confirmed last week that the navy wanted to buy its own maritime patrol aircraft to track enemy submarines to replace the Nimrods, which are being broken up for scrap.
The new RAF Nimrod MRA4s had not even come into service when the prime minister announced last October that as part of the strategic defence review he was scrapping Nimrod.
The navy, which was furious that RAF bosses had agreed to get rid of Nimrod at a time of increased submarine activity, has already set up a team to buy a replacement and ensure that it is flown by the Fleet Air Arm. The programme is being run by Commodore Simon Kings with a team made up of naval officers.

Its got to be the Boeing P-8. That is the only western MPA in development. Either that or that new Kawasaki P-1.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

... and its name is Boeing?



Its got to be the Boeing P-8. That is the only western MPA in development. Either that or that new Kawasaki P-1.

Good news for U.K

[Tchocky]

Would like to see the P-1, nice looking bird

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Would like to see the P-1, nice looking bird

Can't beat the P-3 for looks IMO

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not a Boeing XP-8?



Still - better than nothing

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Not a Boeing XP-8?



Still - better than nothing

I'm a huge fan of the '20s and '30s. Many years ago I even built models of the Curtiss P-1 series.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Can't beat the P-3 for looks IMO

You sure about that?

[August]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You sure about that?

Cheap Russian knock off...

[nikimcbee]

so it wasn't jebus then?