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Post by lordroel on Apr 19, 2022 16:35:19 GMT
So the British Aerospace EAP (standing for Experimental Aircraft Programme) was a British technology demonstrator aircraft developed by aviation company British Aerospace (BAe) as a private venture. It was designed to research technologies to be used for a future European combat aircraft, and eventually formed the basis for the multinational Eurofighter Typhoon.  Wikipedia: British Aerospace EAPBut what if the British decided to build them instead of joining the Eurofighter program |
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Post by stevep on Apr 20, 2022 19:22:08 GMT
So the British Aerospace EAP (standing for Experimental Aircraft Programme) was a British technology demonstrator aircraft developed by aviation company British Aerospace (BAe) as a private venture. It was designed to research technologies to be used for a future European combat aircraft, and eventually formed the basis for the multinational Eurofighter Typhoon. Wikipedia: British Aerospace EAPBut what if the British decided to build them instead of joining the Eurofighter program
Well the two issues would be: a) This implies Britain is playing no part in Eurofighter, which assuming some programme goes ahead without us would see us excluded from both most of the W European market and also having to compete with the TTL Eurofighter which is going to have a markedly larger home base and government support than a British programme would.
b) Given that government policy since 1979 has been NOT to support British industry I think it would be difficult for BAe to get the necessary long term funding for such a big project. I do recall, think it was in the 1990's they were involved in a proposed joint-project with a S Korean company for the development of a light fighter. This fell through because one side couldn't get the necessary funding for it and that wasn't in S Korea.  |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 21, 2022 4:06:41 GMT
So the British Aerospace EAP (standing for Experimental Aircraft Programme) was a British technology demonstrator aircraft developed by aviation company British Aerospace (BAe) as a private venture. It was designed to research technologies to be used for a future European combat aircraft, and eventually formed the basis for the multinational Eurofighter Typhoon. Wikipedia: British Aerospace EAPBut what if the British decided to build them instead of joining the Eurofighter program Well the two issues would be: a) This implies Britain is playing no part in Eurofighter, which assuming some programme goes ahead without us would see us excluded from both most of the W European market and also having to compete with the TTL Eurofighter which is going to have a markedly larger home base and government support than a British programme would. b) Given that government policy since 1979 has been NOT to support British industry I think it would be difficult for BAe to get the necessary long term funding for such a big project. I do recall, think it was in the 1990's they were involved in a proposed joint-project with a S Korean company for the development of a light fighter. This fell through because one side couldn't get the necessary funding for it and that wasn't in S Korea.  There is a nice What if article over at the Red Dawn 20 + Wiki about the British Aerospace EAP designated as the BAe TempestVariantsBAe Tempest FGR.1: Single seat fighter variant. BAe Tempest FGR.1A: Single seat fighter variant, added Active Skyflash (Skyflash Mk.2) and AIM-120 capability. BAe Tempest FGR.1B: Single seat fighter variant with improved A2G capabilities. BAe Tempest T.2: Two-seat trainer, combat capable BAe Tempest FGR.3: entered into service in 1994, last version of the BAe Tempest. BAe Tempest T.4: Two-seat version of the BAe Tempest FGR.3, combat capable. |
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