DoD Whiffing

[Svaz]

Looks like the boys at the Pentagon have been snooping on us. That's right! Where else would they get the idea to strap Harpoon anti-shipping missiles and a FLIR to a 737?!





One of the guys over at ARC suggested one in Coast Guard colors - now that's cool!

Well, if I can make one early enough it'll be a whif, since it is coming ...

ref 1: http://www.answers.com/topic/p-8-multimiss...ritime-aircraft
ref 2: http://www.navair.navy.mil/mma/index.cfm?m...ontroller.about

[jcf]

They did it before back in the '80s with a 757 based aircraft project that the DoD cancelled as not being needed at that time.

[Ollie]

That's the P-8, the contract has been given for at least a year.

 

[Mossie]

And it'll probably still be in service before the Nimrod MRA.4!!!

Simon

[Jennings]

That's the P-8, the contract has been given for at least a year.

Oh, far more than that.  Metal has been cut on the first airplane.  I have a good friend who is working on that project and is keeping me as up to date as security will allow him to.  The P-8 is moving ahead smartly.  Well, as smartly as flusing billions of dollars of defense money a month down the toilet in Iraq will allow.

J

[Jennings]

And it'll probably still be in service before the Nimrod MRA.4!!!

Simon

Undoubtedly, and regardless of when it's in service, it will have *far* greater capabilities than the Nimrod could ever hope for - and with half the engines.

J

[Ollie]

I said at least a year since I didn't knew how long before that it was known.  I was covering my back.  Had I been on Sniperscale, I wouldn't have said a thing.

[jcf]

A bit more on the 757-200 based P-7 project:
P-7



Cheers, Jon

[F-32]

My money's on Nimrod....................old stuff rocks! ^_^

It flew over the house during the Farnborough show, quieter than a 737 on approach.....................which was kinda disappointing!

[retro_seventies]

Undoubtedly, and regardless of when it's in service, it will have *far* greater capabilities than the Nimrod could ever hope for - and with half the engines.

and with about half the style.

MPV's are more capable that a 69 camaro too, but i know which i would rather have.

[GeorgeC]

My money's on Nimrod....................old stuff rocks! ^_^

It flew over the house during the Farnborough show, quieter than a 737 on approach.....................which was kinda disappointing!

It was submitted and lost the competition as well

[Jennings]

Undoubtedly, and regardless of when it's in service, it will have *far* greater capabilities than the Nimrod could ever hope for - and with half the engines.

and with about half the style.

MPV's are more capable that a 69 camaro too, but i know which i would rather have.

At least 737s have interchangeable parts

J

[retro_seventies]

Each Nimrod MRA4 is handcrafted by artisans to a traditional and secret recipe.

[nev]

And its paint is hand-mixed using only natural ingrediants by amazonian tribes that have yet to be discovered.


Spoke to a Nimrod scopey-dopey at Waddington, he was saying the gaps between the MRA4s new bits and the old bits were as much as 12 inches depending on whether the old bits were built in the summer or winter!  :dum:  

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

MPV's are more capable that a 69 camaro too, but i know which i would rather have.

Whilst you're over at your local dealership, can you pick me up a 70 Boss 302. In the meantime, we're seeing two or three Nimrod MRA4's coming through BAe Warton per month.

Not nearly as elegant as they were BEFORE the upgrade but stiil impressive.

Ian