British Army News and Discussion

[OldTex]

It is being reported that the British Army will be buying the RCH155 wheeled artillery to be co-developed by Germany and UK. While it is still early days, one question will be whether AS90 will be retained only for armoured brigades. The other question is how quickly will the interim buy of 14 Archer SPHs be retired.

 

[Big_Zucchini]

Wheels for SPH, tracks for MRL. That's real something.

 

[swerve]

News - Watchkeeper UAV to retire

A classic sad story of British military procurement. Buy an existing product, then spend a fortune & many years modifying it before finally putting it into service, by which time it looks distinctly old-fashioned & only lasts a few years in service.

And everything requires new facilities! Often, a new factory for the new product, & the training of a new workforce.

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

News - Watchkeeper UAV to retire

A classic sad story of British military procurement. Buy an existing product, then spend a fortune & many years modifying it before finally putting it into service, by which time it looks distinctly old-fashioned & only lasts a few years in service.

And everything requires new facilities! Often, a new factory for the new product, & the training of a new workforce.

|"It is one of several platforms that are being sunset early to save money ahead of the UK's upcoming Strategic Defense Review."|

And they claim this is all to save money....

 

[StobieWan]

News - Watchkeeper UAV to retire

A classic sad story of British military procurement. Buy an existing product, then spend a fortune & many years modifying it before finally putting it into service, by which time it looks distinctly old-fashioned & only lasts a few years in service.

And everything requires new facilities! Often, a new factory for the new product, & the training of a new workforce.

We really do need to let go of that special snowflake feeling that seems to overcome purchasing so often and just buy something that works as nearly off the shelf as possible. Stuff like Ajax and Boxer flip flop really do stick in my craw, as it were.

 

[swerve]

Yeah. We should have bought Boxer from the start. Quitting the programme, faffing around with other types, then rejoining, cost a bloody fortune.