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Those are most probably satlink and UHF antenna.

They do outsource plenty of parts if the need arise, it is just that none of those parts are related to critical technology. AN/ALR-94 is a BAE systems product and when it comes to BAE, you should understand that their US subsidiary, or rather US division, works within US regulations and...

Oh, my friend, that video is a wrong wrong source to mention, and I certainly hope that video isn't the only source. Orpheus is a demonstrator engine, and it is not a demonstrator of Tempest powerplant, but a new design and manufacturing technique. The AWST article that goes into detail about...

Whole heartedly agree... Seems like the go-to solution for now is to get private sector involved in various programs, since as you describe, the private sector of India works very differently from its public sector nowadays. Though I'm not really sure if it will work that simple. Last time I've...

The design of the joint UK-Japan turbofan engine to power Tempest/F-X is going to be based on the IHI XF9 and RR XG240. XG240 is a separate design from Orpheus.

Been away for quite a while but had to come see after receiving the news, and man oh my, that plane looks gorgeous, especially from behind. I'm waiting to see the completed aircraft. For those who bring the updates here, thanks as always. Now it's a good time to say that I appreciate you folks...

The German transmissions also never reached anywhere near 9600km. In fact, that double standard (accepting RENK transmission which didn't achieve said standard whereas applying stricter standards to S&T) was one of S&T's biggest complaint. On the other hand, problems regarding S&T EST15K cannot...

Would be nice to know which problem that is. He implied its a technical problem, and I'd suspect it's concerning the S&T transmission. A right transmission is harder to pull off than a right engine.

Yes, just like any other 4.5th gen. No, it's not ALQ-200K. The lineage of EW technologies continues on from ALQ-200K but the overall system requirements are very different between the ALQ-200K and KF-21 ES suite. Aparently the KF-21 EW suite has considerably higher jamming power and operating...

Hmm, makes sense. So Libyan Sea, Levantine Sea and Black Sea that is it sounds like?

Then let's agree to disagree. Once more, MILDEN just entered preliminary design phase and things can still change. I think we've discussed enough about VLS on MILDEN and there are other interesting topics about TDK programs, for example naval SIPER for TD-2000.

Using Link-16, be it with your own terminal or with MIDS, means that you conform to US requirements, are a US ally and are being supplied with code keys every single day. If the US doesn't want to sell MIDS to a certain country, there is absolutely no chance that country's domestic data link...

I stand corrected. Thanks for letting me know. I'd say it's in line with more recent developments between Indonesia and the US.

Size doesn't only matters in terms of if a ship is capable of housing a VLS or not. When it comes to submarines, it could also mean range of other things, such as the AIP, flank array sonar, etc or could mean bigger batteries and bow sonar, etc. That's why we see quite a few submarines around...

Are you sure? Indonesia buying MIDS without the plans to use them would be wasge of money. Also, MIDS is synonymous to the hardware part of Link-16. I doubt that the US sold those terminals in the first place. Only US aligned countries are allowed to take part in the program. Indonesia is...

Batch 1 also has 6 cells of VLS Batch 2 and will have 10. Their delivery status are as I've mentioned.

When the Japanese planned to build 2 Aegis Ashore systems a few years ago, there were concerns about SM-3 and SM-6 boosters falling down on civilian areas and causing collateral damage. As such, plans to build Aegis Ashores were met with considerable opposition. In the end, they've replaced...

EPAWSS is a self protection integrated EW suite for Eagle II. Growler is the nickname given to E/A-18 EW aircraft which are equipped with AN/ALQ-218 and AN/ALQ-99 EW systems. They perform both the stand-off and stand-in jamming and SEAD. The functionalities and performance between the two are...

MIDS is the name of the terminal for the Link-16 tactical data link. There are several variants of MIDS, for both aircrafts and ships and they are necessary when someone wants to use Link-16, but it is also important to know that one needs more than just the MIDS terminals to use the Link-16...

Yes, Türkiye will probably get there in the future. They have both the ballistic missile and VLS on ships. The thing is that they don't need to achieve everything in one go. Most importantly, as I've said submarines without VLS are still very lethal and useful as an asymmetric force. If they...