Shipbucket

was there a project to make a british MPA out out of BaE146 or Airbus?

No dedicated Airbus based MPAs come to mind but there was one based on what would become the 146, the BAe 829D. Searchwater in the nose with a weapons bay and powered by RB.401 turboprops.

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I believe it was called 'Barracuda', but I don't know if that's a fan name or real BAe project name.

Just following the Airbus trend:

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kike-92

FANTASTIC work Kike

Jolly Well Done old chap... It would be nice to see some more Airbus derivatives in RAF colours

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was always amazed the A300 wasn't bought by someone as a tanker/transport

KIKE92, is your A300B4 K.2 a real never-were or an AU drawing?
If its pure AU then it belongs in the FD AU thread as this thread is for real never-were designs.
But, I think the drawing looks very good!

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I do believe that when the FSTA project was put out for tender (Later won by AirTanker Ltd) one of the tenders (Omega I believe) proposed to lease a mix of new build and second-hand airframes as part of the then "up to 28" aircraft for the RAF long lease project and the Airbus A300 was one of the airframes they looked at offering at the time.

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Thanks squizzy, in that case I stand corrected!

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The whole RAF FSTA Project and the PFI requirements is an interesting as well as a "what not to do" in Defence/Defense projects and the finial 2 Competitors that got picked for final process-
•Joint EADS-Airbus, Thales UK, VT Group & Cobhams AirTanker Ltd Group (winner) with A330 MRTT
•Joint British Airways, BAe Systems, Marshalls & Serco Tanker Transport Services Consortium (runner up) with Ex-BA 767-300ER (RB211) KC-767 Conversion
I wonder if a runner up What if 767-300 will float up in the future

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