The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded a contract to Lagan Aviation & Infrastructure to resurface the runway at RAF Northolt. The contract, worth £23 million, will upgrade the existing runway, improve drainage and install new arrestor beds to improve safety. The resurfacing work will extend the life of the runway ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson welcomed his counterpart, His Excellency Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, to London as he reaffirmed the UK and Qatar’s Defence relationship as production ramps up on Typhoon fighter jets that will be sold to the Gulf nation. The two men spoke about the future of the ...
Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel are the first overseas students to complete the Weapons Tactics Instructor Course; a grueling seven-week training initiative for the US Marine Corps. Chinook pilots and aircrew from RAF Odiham temporarily relocated to Marine Air Corps Station Yuma in southern Arizona to complete the course. While there, ...
A fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, has successfully launched on behalf of the US Air Force. From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocketed into Earth’s atmosphere carrying the communications satellite on board. Now in orbit, the ...