It is not like BAE systems is the only UK defence company. See Chemring group,Cobham plc. And, also consider that not everything is inside one company. Brimstone is British-designed but made by MBDA, a specialist missile manufacturer owned jointly by BAE, France-based Airbus Group and Finmeccanica of Italy.
You don't. You'ld compare to Gerald R. Ford and successors. And not until QE gets catapults and F-35C, anyway
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
Intended for something like 75 sorties per day over the five-day period.
Tailored air group of up to 40 aircraft (max 50 full load)
- F-35B Lightning II (max 36?)
- Chinook
- Apache AH64
- Merlin HM2 and HC4
- Wildcat AH1 and HMA2
- Merlin Crowsnest AEW
Gerarld R.
Ford class
The
Ford class are intended to sustain 160 sorties per day for 30-plus days, with a surge capability of 270 sorties per day.
- Air group 75+. Ability to carry up to 90 aircraft, including:
- Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet,
- Boeing EA-18G Growler,
- Grumman C-2 Greyhound,
- Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye,
- Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II,
- Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, and
- unmanned combat air vehicles such as the Northrop Grumman X-47B
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