Jonathan

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@UKDefJournal This is what a decade of delayed investment and indecision looks like, all we can do now is hope first in class trials go well and we get new ships in service as soon as practicable.

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@IntrepidUSA2018 @BredsguardDalen Calm down you flag shagger, I’m Scottish and can safely say British in that context as the team who made it happen were British and working on behalf of the Admiralty.

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

How about we move Dreadnought and all CAS funding to the Treasury at the same time as GCAP, it would show we were serious about developing programs and apply pressure to industry to not massively overspend on yet another program?

Sadly CAS will remain and cripple the MoD budget.

[Lucy Fisher @LOS_Fisher]

EXC: Treasury is preparing to seize control from the MoD of spending on the GCAP multibillion-pound fighter jet programme, as part of DIP settlement

Turf grab is part of the final DIP wrangling, with PM set to unveil c. £15bn extra for military up til 2030, including c. £6bn for GCAP, in an announcement as soon as next week (with Thurs 11 June mooted as target date)

PM and Chx have a “fundamental disagreement” over GCAP, which Reeves fears could be “just the next HS2” - ie beset by spiralling costs, delivery delays and shrinking scope - acc to govt figure. (Person close to Reeves denies characterisation of disagreement with PM)

The Treasury bid to take control of GCAP spending is designed to help avoid repeat of past MoD debacles on equipment programmes

Officials are set to justify the move by pointing to complicated intl structure of GCAP, which UK is developing with Japan and Italy, and complexity of programme... but some govt insiders fear those same structures will make spending difficult to rein in

Comes ahead of Japanese PM’s planned visit to UK next week

w/ @sylviapfeifer & @Urbandirt

https://t.co/5yRWSJiTBX

[Tom Cotterill @TomCotterillX]

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Sir Keir Starmer��s plan to fund Britain’s military is set to be unveiled next week, industry sources have told The Telegraph.

Several insiders have signalled the long-delayed defence investment plan (DIP) could be ready by June 11.

It would mean the plan can be revealed a week before John Healey, the Defence Secretary, is expected to attend a major summit of Nato defence ministers in Ramstein, Germany, on June 18.

“We’re hearing it from all angles,” one defence source said of the June 11 date, while another claimed some major military contractors have been told to begin moving equipment to support a potential announcement next Thursday.

“We’ve heard similar things before and they haven’t happened but this time it felt like it was a bit more co-ordinated and a bit less flaky... the movement around this suggests this date is very credible,” another source said.

Full story: https://t.co/W0vNYBzNe3

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@DefenceGeek We’re not that lucky now are we!

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

This is a significant statement that will hopefully quell the rumours of the RN order being significantly cut.

There will be delays to the RN getting T26 hulls into service but this may provide some breathing space to allocate funding to MRSS, replacement OPVs or similar.

[UK Defence Journal @UKDefJournal]

The Royal Navy will still receive all eight Type 26 frigates despite build slots being offered to Norway, Minister Luke Pollard has told Parliament, as the two countries work toward a combined fleet of 13 vessels. Click image for more.
https://t.co/D8bkuxrHz8

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@pegge49 @Zaphod2042 I'll keep shouting about the Vlissigen/City class as an option for a RN MCM/MCMV, it's a design that could be bought and built under license at one of several smaller yards.

[HMS Duncan @HMSDuncan]

🇬🇧🤝🇩🇰

Alongside Aarhus, City of Smiles. HMS DUNCAN joined our Danish friends in HDMS Esbern Snare for a PASSEX, exchanging personnel between ships and strengthening the partnership.

Working together. Learning together. Stronger together.

#ArcticSentry #WeAreNATO @RoyalNavy

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@MtarfaL If F35 is currently hobbled by software issues limiting weapons it can use then now would be the time to invest in other systems. Return to F35 to replace ageing airframes although I would maintain a lower limit of 60 is probably still needed to maintain a credible force.

[Aviation News UK @AviationNews_UK]

The ongoing disruption affecting some airlines at Glasgow & Edinburgh is understood to be linked to a supplier issue.

Reports suggest supplier Esser has not delivered fuel to certain carriers, which is why only select airlines are currently affected.

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@thinkdefence 1. Nuclear Submarines
2. Frigates
3. Airpower

[UK Defence Journal @UKDefJournal]

The government has confirmed SSN-AUKUS submarine construction will begin in the late 2020s, with a target of delivering one boat every 18 months once the production rate is established. Click image for more.
https://t.co/NG7yVP61wi

[JamesFennell MBE @FennellJW]

It is time for us to act on defence https://t.co/8wGKtp9ZAD

[Philippe Top-Action @top_force]

✈️🇩🇪 Nouveaux avions de transport #A400M pour l'armée de l'air @luftwaffe Allemande. Des discussions sont en cours entre le constructeur @AirbusDefence and Space et la partie officielle allemande. Il s'agit d'un nombre compris entre 10 et 20 appareils. https://t.co/JE5E6LHMZV

[Philippe Top-Action @top_force]

⚓️🇧🇪🇳🇱 Frégates belgo-néerlandaises #ASWF @damen : face aux retards accumulant trois à quatre années de retards et à l'impasse capacitaire, la #FDI @navalgroup 🇫🇷 en embuscade ? https://t.co/jriemfFGq1

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@willgray3108692 @thomsonrichardg Off shore licenses for oil and gas exploration are a reserved matter, if Labour keep saying no it doesn’t matter what people in the NE want.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

The two F-35s stranded in the Azores since 9th March after a malfunction during delivery flight from the US have now made it safely to the UK.

This marks the end of the Tranche 1 procurement of 48 jets.

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@Zaphod2042 Imagine a world where the following countires Navies accquired:

Norway - 5 T26
Belgium - 2 T26
Netherlands - 2 T26
UK - 8 T26

The GIUK gap would seem a lot more secure, can but dream.

[Jonathan @JonoCC]

@thinkdefence So new Red Arrows jet, got it!