A Royal Air Force Poseidon MRA1 recently landed for the first time at RAF Lossiemouth, the new home of UK maritime patrol operations based in the heart of Moray, Scotland. Touching down on the newly resurfaced runway, ZP802 named the ‘City of Elgin’ parked outside the brand new £132m facility which ...
Work to resurface the runways at RAF Lossiemouth has reached a major milestone with the return of aircraft to the Moray station. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) awarded a £75-million contract for the airfield operating surfaces project to VolkerFitzpatrick in August 2019. For most of the work, which started in May, aircraft ...
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has announced the StormBreaker smart weapon has been approved for use on the F-15E by the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The fielding decision means that F-15E squadrons can now be equipped with StormBreaker and deployed for missions. “StormBreaker delivers an unprecedented capability to pilots in the ...
Honeywell has won a five-year IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity) contract for the repair and overhaul of its T55-GA-714A engines that operate on the US Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopters. This contract award will ensure that the U.S. Army’s Chinook fleet has spare engines to sustain its future missions and overall readiness. ...
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