I've been thinking quite a lot about European manufacturers lately and an intriguing what-if scenario came to mind about an alternative grouping of European manufacturers - sort of following on from this thread...
aerial refueling
aerospace industry
airborne early warning
airlifter
airliner
alternate history
british aerospace plc
civil aviation
cold war
fighters
isr
maritime reconnaissance
naval aviation
pilatus flugzeugwerke
post-cold war
saab
special operations
stol
western europe
what-if
2025
cold war ii
electric propulsion
general atomics
general atomics aeronautical systems
isr
strategic reconnaissance
tactical reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
It is unclear if they are being leased out to the RAAF or another government agency, though on reflection, the wording makes it seem more like the company itself will providing ISR coverage under contract/s?:
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/bombardier-challenger-australia
Interesting...
From Insidedefense Newsstand;
USAF Winds Down Blue Devil Program While Preparing Response To Hill
Posted: Jan. 22, 2014
The Air Force's recent experiment in intelligence sensor fusion known as the Blue Devil program is in the process of winding down -- but congressional interest in the...
2000s
aerial surveillance
elint
federal republic of germany
general aviation
grob aerospace
grob-worke
groß aerospace
groß-worke
high altitude long endurance
in-flight refueling tanker
isr
maritime reconnaissance
optionally manned
post-cold war
sigint
strategic reconnaissance
testbed
very light jet
war on terror
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