18. Air transport platforms
Tanker / transport
Transport
2010
2015
C130K
2020
2025
2030
2035
A400M ATLAS - UK 22 A/C ordered,
ISD 2015
A400M
C130J
C17
8th aircraft ordered in 2012
Tristar
Voyager
VC10
Voyager Airbus A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transporter
14 a/c over 27yr PFI, ISD 2011 - 3 available in Jan 2013
19. C4ISTARreplaced by 3xRivet Joint
MR 1
Broad C4ISTAR
2010 purchased second hand from the USAF
2015
2020
and called Air Seeker – ISD 2014
MR4A cancelled in SDSR 2010
Tactical Strategic
Local
2030
2035
AWACS
E3D Sentry
Nimrod
Sentinel
UAV
2025
MR2, R1 MRA4
ISD
UOR to fulfil Herrick (Afghanistan)
Full Motion Video requirement.
Core requirement – Armed or not armed?
More Reaper or Mantis
Scavenger
UOR for Herrick and
Telic (Iraq) - being taken
into core
WatchKeeper
Desert Hawk
Black Hornet
UOR for Herrick –
Mini/Nano UAVs, UOR
well regarded being
taken in to core
21. Combat Air Capability
2010
Typhoon
Tornado GR4
2015
Future weapons integration will include
Meteor air-to-air missile, Paveway IV,
2020
2025
Storm Shadow, Brimstone and
Small Diameter Bomb.
Upgrade the radar to an Active
Electronically Scanned Array.
2030
2035
OSD
Tornado F3
Harrier
GR9
JCA
(JSF STOVL)
FCAS – Options
- UCAV
- More JSF
- Typhoon - Upgrade or
replacement?
Lightning II first UK flight Mid 2012
UK Manufacture of two Queen Elizabeth underway
ISD 2018
TARANIS UCAV - Flight
test, 2013
FCAS – UCAV Fight
Demonstrator 2022