https://stormbirds.blog/2020/10/23/fjp-podcast-interviews-simon-pearson-from-ed-on-future-of-dcs/
The interview with Simon Pearson has plenty of chit-chat and banter, however, it also gets into some interesting
Working with the A-10C’s and F-16C’s in the USAF, with the RCAF and the Hornet, the RAAF, with the French Air Force with 50-60 players, and working with the Norwegian Air Force with their mechanical students with the UH-1, F-5, and others
Notes the requests for the Jaguar, Lightning, Tornado in the chat and says that ED probably won’t do the Tornado because its a two seater
Notes the disparity between the DCS WWII aircraft, they are going to do more early war Battle of Britain era types later
After the Mosquito, the team is intending to head to the east to Japan with the Essex and Akagi carriers and aiming for early 1944
Working on real world dynamic weather is higher on the priority list than ATC at the moment
Central European map (‘Fulda gap’) is on the list to do
Proper high fidelity Russian aircraft they are interested in doing and want to do that right when the time is right
Mosquito intended to arrive before Christmas, in Q1 the Mi-24 Hind P is coming
ED would love to do another Hawk trainer, but it’s not on the list right now
It takes about $1.5-2 million USD to develop an aircraft
Full fidelity tank module is something they want to do in the future
Simon is excited about the F-4 Phantom coming sometime in the future
There will be big announcements coming in Q4
In 2021, the dynamic campaign will come to DCS and so will Modern Air Combat
Electronic warfare and electronic support is 5-years off
There’s plenty more covered in the show so give it a listen if you have some time.