Typhoon jets based at RAF Coningsby have taken to the skies to join one of Europe’s biggest ever military exercises with a view to strengthening NATO’s response to aggression. In total, six Typhoon jets – all part of the Lincolnshire-based 3 (Fighter) Squadron – have made the trip to Greece to ...
DPRTE 2018 – the UK’s premier defence procurement – event kicks off tomorrow at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, granting attendees access to the DPRTE Product Showcase Exhibition (featuring over 125 suppliers), Live Keynote Arena, four Knowledge Transfer Zones and five Networking and Collaboration Zones. Ahead of the event, Defence Online Editor Matt Brown ...
Saab successfully completed the first flight of the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft from the company’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden. The aircraft, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 jet platform, undertook a 1 hour 46 minutes test flight collecting extensive flight-test data using the on-board instrumentation suite. This data is ...
A West Midlands-born pilot from the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, met hundreds of students at a major science and engineering fair being staged in Birmingham. Squadron Leader Adam Collins, known as Red 10, spoke about his career flying fast-jets at the Big Bang event at The NEC ...