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	Future Offensive Air System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Future Offensive Air System was a study which sought to replace the Royal Air Force's strike capability currently provided by the Tornado GR4.
		It seems likely that the United Kingdom would seek to procure such a system in collaboration with another nation; the country with the most similar requirements is perhaps France, which maintains a similar expeditionary strategy for its military.
		However, the Royal Air Force has been cooperating with the U.S. Department of Defense on the F-35 project, and it is currently the favourite (per industry trade magazine Aviation Week and Space Technology) for UAV/UCAV cooperation as well, given the American lead in unmanned aircraft technology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Future_Offensive_Air_System (222 words)

	Royal Air Force - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
		The Tornado F.3 is the RAF's air defence fighter aircraft, based at RAF Leuchars and RAF Leeming to defend the UK’s airspace.
		Therefore in October 1914 the French system of three concentric rings was adopted, with the colours reversed to a red surrounded by a white and finally a blue ring.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (4058 words)

	Royal Air Force - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces.
		The decision to merge the two units and create an independent air force was a response to the events of World War I which was the first war in which air power proved to be decisive.
		The head of the RAF is known as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), currently Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (3919 words)

	Future Offensive Air System (FOAS)
		The Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) is the UK project to replace the air strike capability currently provided by the Tornado GR4 from 2017.
		Part of the SDR process was the study of future offensive air power requirements, balancing the need for FOAS with that for future aircraft carriers and carrier-borne aircraft.
		Long-range air attack was found to remain important both as an integral part of war-fighting and as a coercive instrument to support political objectives.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/foas.htm (1041 words)

	Royal Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom.
		Of particular note was 1928 's air evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan the first operation of its kind.
		In 1937 the Naval Air Branch was returned the Royal Navy and was soon renamed the Fleet Air Arm.
	www.freeglossary.com /Royal_Air_Force (1502 words)

	LogicaCMG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The company started life as a systems integration business at the same time as the birth of the mini computer.
		The average member of the public cannot afford, say, a £5m electricity trading system, but the clients who need their services know who they are and often have had relationships with Logica or CMG that have lasted over 40 years.
		Two industry teams are competing for the contract to build the Future Offensive Air System, one led by BAE Systems and the other by LogicaCMG.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LogicaCMG (768 words)

	Deep Strike Creativity Sparkles
		The United Kingdom is embarking on a series of studies to define a future offensive air system concept, a program to replace Tornado strike aircraft, beginning in 2017.
		As the program approaches the start of its life cycle, planners of the future offensive air system, or FOAS, identify a requirement to deliver a defense capability in the form of a deep strike.
		Three JSF variants will be produced: a conventional takeoff and landing aircraft for the Air Force, a carrier-based aircraft for the Navy, and a short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft for the Marine Corps and Royal Navy.
	www.afcea.org /signal/europe2000/britain/Britain-Sidebar.htm (437 words)

	Air Force Technology - FOAS - Future Offensive Air System
		FOAS, or the Future Offensive Air System, is the name given to a number of concept options which were being examined for the UK Ministry of Defence's requirement to replace the capabilities provided by the Tornado GR4 aircraft.
		The aircraft and airborne systems developed under the FOAS initiative would become operational around the year 2018 when the Tornado GR4s reach the end of their operational lives.
		The Future Combat Air Capability Programme will be looking at the force mix of aircraft and missiles already under procurement and the Strategic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Experiment (SUAVE) will be investigating UAV technologies in the light of the replacement of the Tornado GR4.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/foas/index.html (900 words)

	KOSOVO: British Forces deployed in the region: British air assets
		The undercarriage is also unusual, in that the main wheels and nose wheel retract in tandem into the fuselage and there are two outrigger wheels that retract into housings on the wing at about two-thirds span.
		Air and surface contacts are detected by its AN/APY-2 surveillance radar and information is transmitted to ground and ship-based units using a wide variety of digital data links, allowing up to 600 low-flying aircraft to be tracked at any one time.
		Future plans include carriage of the new Storm Shadow long-range stand-off missile and the Brimstone anti-armour missile system.
	www.kosovo.mod.uk /air.htm (1070 words)

	Future Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle - UCAV
		Designed for the suppression of enemy air defence and specialised attack roles, it was the first of two Spiral 0 X-45As to be followed by three larger Spiral 1 X-45Bs in 2005-6.
		Boeing is using system commonality between the X-45 and the X-46, its proposed navy UCAV-N that is competing with Northrop Grumman's company-funded X-47A Pegasus.
		At the same time BAE Systems Australia began trials of the autonomous navigation and sensing experiment research (ANSER) programme to demonstrate a decentralised data fusion that may be used for future manned and UCAV operations.
	www.global-defence.com /2003/ucav_03.htm (1201 words)

	BAESYSTEMS.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Air Systems Business Unit is tasked with maximising the Company's position in the military air market sector.
		Air Systems is focused on driving operational efficiency and working with its customers and suppliers to deliver its commitments world-wide.
		Air Systems employs 10,500 people on four military aircraft businesses - Typhoon, Nimrod, Hawk and JSF - and its Autonomous Systems and Future Capability (Air) team.
	www.baesystems.com /programmes/airsystems/index.htm (159 words)

	Company - Pressroom - In the news - Press releases
		The FOAS programme, which will be moving from concept to assessment phase later this year, will provide the UK with a long-range offensive air capability in succession to the Tornado GR4.
		Air Commodore Andy Sweetman, FOAS Team Leader said, “This contract is extremely important to our programme.
		The Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) is a concept phase project developing deep target attack capability for 2010 and beyond.
	www.logicacmg.com /cmt/press-releases/index.asp?display=detail&id=680 (441 words)

	Navy Matters \| Maritime Underwater Future Capability
		The Maritime Underwater Future Capability (MUFC) evolved out of the defunct Future Attack Submarine (FASM) project and appears to now be directed towards producing a multipurpose nuclear powered submarine that will replace the RN's hunter killers (Trafalgar and Astute Class SSN's), and ballistic missile submarines (Vanguard Class SSBN's).
		In May 2001 the Future Attack Submarine project was renamed the "Maritime Underwater Future Capability" (MUFC) and effectively cancelled in terms of meeting the original requirement for a new generation attack submarine.
		In the future manned submarines are increasingly expected to be used for command and transport roles rather than fighting sea battles.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /mufc.htm (1138 words)

	U.K. Defense Policy
		In contrast to earlier reforms, the SDR is firmly rooted in foreign policy and a clear intellectual framework for assessing the future size and shape of U.K. armed forces.
		Future U.K. armed forces must be able to conduct either an operation similar in size and duration to the Gulf War, or two concurrent medium-scale operations.
		Air superiority and air defense would be vital for many deployed operations, requiring a continued balanced mix of aircraft but more emphasis on precision missiles and transport aircraft.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/strforum/SF157/forum157.html (2423 words)

	INTERNATIONAL AIR FORCE DIRECTORY 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The air force is split into a western and central air command based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, respectively.
		The air defence element is formed of 43 and 111 Squadrons at Leuchars, 11 and 25 Squadrons at Leeming and 29 and 56 (Reserve) Squadrons at Coningsby.
		All air defence units operate the Tornado F3; 29 Squadron is due to disband as part of the SDR reduction in Tornado F3s.
	mylima.com /airforce/u.htm (2991 words)

	MilitaryMary.com -- Royal Air Force
		Marshal of The Royal Air Force is the highest rank in The Royal Air Force....
		The Future Offensive Air System is the system which will replace The Royal Air Force's strike capability currently provided by the Tornado GR4.
		The term V bomber was used for The Royal Air Force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s...
	www.militarymary.com /raf.html (337 words)

	Unmanned combat air vehicles and military aeronautics of the future
		The air forces of the future will continue to need the skills and know-how of their flight crews, but these will become part of a broader and highly automated integrated system in which they will work side by side (until they are supplanted) with extremely sophisticated and increasingly powerful and autonomous machines.
		The use of this technology is perceived as a means for the cost-effective rationalisation of the air forces, by gradually removing the human factor and the corresponding costs and constraints.
		FOAS (Future Offensive Air System) is a forward-looking programme launched by the British air forces with a view to developing a deep air-strike capability to replace the Tornado Gr.
	www.assembly-weu.org /en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2004/1884.html (12060 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle vision is an affordable weapon system that expands tactical mission options for revolutionary new air power as an integrated part of a system of systems solution.
		The UCAV weapon system will exploit the design and operational freedoms of relocating the pilot outside of the vehicle to enable a new paradigm in aircraft affordability while maintaining the rationale, judgment, and moral qualities of the human operator.
		Unmanned combat air vehicle technologies mature at AFRL (AFPN) 22 Feb 2000 -- A $140 million, advanced technology demonstration jointly funded by the Air Force, DARPA and Boeing Co., the UCAV is being developed as an affordable weapon system for two lethal roles: suppression of enemy air defenses and precision strike.
	robocat.users.btopenworld.com /ucav.html (2537 words)

	Articles - RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The professional head of the RAF is known as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), currently Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.
		JFACHQ Joint Force Air Component Headquarters is the Deployable Air HQ for the RAF.
		The choice of motto is attributed to a junior officer by the name of J S Yule, in response to a request from the first Commander of the RFC, Colonel Sykes, for suggestions.
	www.kimia-sains.com /articles/RAF (4024 words)

	MOD LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF OFFENSIVE AIRCRAFT
		The system - which might not even be a conventional fast jet - would be intended to maintain the capability provided by the Tornado GR4 ground attack aircraft.
		A full range of future technologies will be considered, including not only fly-by-wire but also fly-by-light, stealth, virtual reality cockpits and integrated modular avionics.
		Options to be examined include variants of the Eurofighter and other new design and off-the-shelf combat aircraft; unmanned air vehicles; and stand-off air-to-ground missiles launched from transport aircraft.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/uk/961216-uk.htm (460 words)

	missile systems - beyond tomahawk
		Future developments may see a greater exploitation of the non-lethal capabilities such as the dispenser TLAM Kit 2 missiles that were so effective in disabling Iraqi and Serbian power stations in 1991 and 1999.
		Widely deployed in the USN, and the subject of much speculation in the UK as a possible future platform option, the simple measurements of the Mk41 dictate to a considerable degree the kind of weapons system that can be fired from them.
		From the UK's perspective, TLAM requirements are being vectored into the planning stages of the future offensive air system (and whether this will be missile, aircraft, unmanned vehicle or a combination of these), of the future attack submarine and the surface combatant.
	www.global-defence.com /2001/MSpart3.html (1513 words)

	KOSOVO: British Forces deployed in the region: Units involved
		The first jet bomber to serve with the Royal Air Force, the English Electric Canberra was designed with no defensive armament, relying instead on high speed, an operational ceiling of 48,000 feet, and great manoeuvrability to avoid opposing fighter aircraft.
		Her standard displacement is 20,600 tonnes with a length of 206 metres and beam of 36 metres.
		With a standard displacement of 3,500 tonnes, she is 125 metres long, has a beam of 14.3 metres and a complement of 280.
	www.kosovo.mod.uk /ukunits.htm (1845 words)

	COMBATSIM.COM: Daily News
		BAE SYSTEMS has been awarded one of two £700,000 contracts by the UK's Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) to develop the definition of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information/Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting Acquisition and Reconnaissance (C4ISTAR) architecture for the Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) programme.
		The programme is addressing a number of current and future platforms, weapon systems and capabilities that need to be harnessed and integrated into the wider battlespace, in order to achieve best results.
		This has been an early opportunity for the Air Systems and C4ISR Business Units to demonstrate the potential of an integrated approach in the field of C4I and ISTAR that will be required to ensure a successful programme.
	www.combatsim.com /cnews/arch1/cnews-arc346.htm (1485 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Future British military space policy - 12/4/04
		If Britain were to put defensive lasers or other protective devices on its satellites, equivalent to the missile defense systems that the Royal Air Force is installing on its C-17s, these would also be seen as “space weapons.” Britain, like many European states has been quietly wrestling with the issue of space weaponization for years.
		The RAF has a requirement for a Future Offensive Air System (FOAS), planned to replace the Tornado GR 4 sometime around 2017.
		In the future, it may be said that Britain’s place in space was gained through a similar accident.
	www.cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/future_british_space_policy.htm (1047 words)

	BAE Systems Detailing UCAV Research Efforts
		LONDON -- BAE Systems is beginning to detail previously classified unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) research efforts, including flying a representative low observable air vehicle.
		The air intake is mounted on top of the fuselage, with control surfaces on the wing aligned with the trailing edge.
		The Raven is fully autonomous from takeoff to landing, with the flight control system providing the air vehicle with considerable maneuverability.
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/BAE02166.xml (468 words)

	Navy Matters \| Future Aircraft Carrier Part 12
		Consider the flexibility of being able to jointly sea base all of the services' primary tactical air assets, not only in the context of the tenets mentioned earlier, but also in the form of indefinite sustainment for the force structure.
		BAE Systems sources also indicated that, from a programmatic and long-term business outlook, a decision in favour of STOVL would be favoured by it.
		The recent cancellation of the Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) also seems to have opened the possibility of a split version JSF buy - perhaps 60-75 navalised and carrier capable aircraft probably (but not certainly) STOVL, plus a similar number of a longer range and purely land based variant that is unlikely to be STVOL.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /cvf1-12.htm (2432 words)

	BAE Chief Sees Ballistic Missiles as Biggest Defense Threat, in Air Power Review
		Asian Aerospace 2000 -- Ballistic missiles are the most ominous of today's emerging threats, Sir Charles Masefield, BAE Systems group managing director and main board member, said at Monday's Millennium Air Power Conference.
		Elsewhere, "Over-the-horizon (OTH) surface-wave radar is now a feasible and practicable option for long-range air space and maritime surveillance," Sir Charles said.
		Such systems may be operationally deployed within 20 to 25 years," said Sir Charles, "so we can assume that radar will remain the interceptor's primary on-board sensor."
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/00sing3/hardwr07.htm (300 words)

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