The Royal Air Force on Wednesday 29 April announced the conclusion of the first RAF-led knowledge-sharing event for the Protector remotely piloted aircraft, hosted at RAF Waddington from 16 to 27 March. The event, which the RAF describes as a Short Look, brought twelve military personnel from Canada, Denmark and ...
Echodyne, the Washington-based radar platform company, has been named as the primary radar system within Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System platform, to be delivered to the United States Air Force under a $490 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The IDIQ, announced in August 2025, covers the development and ...
1,200 UK jobs have been secured through a new contract worth close to £900 million that’s set to keep the British Army’s Apache helicopters – as well as the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Chinook fleet – ‘mission-ready’. The three-year £879 million contract has been awarded to Boeing Defence UK to maintain ...
Babcock has been awarded a four‑year extension to the Light Aircraft Flying Task (LAFT) contract, continuing delivery of essential military flying training to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The extension reinforces a long-standing partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) enabling trainee pilots to access safe, reliable and cost-effective training. Operating seven days a ...
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