The RAF has signed its first partner contract for the newly-established Rapid Capability Office. This first joint project will see Leonardo and the RAF work together on next generation RF countermeasures, with the BriteCloud system brought into use. The organisations will work together on the next generation of fighter jet countermeasures ...
Norfolk-based NBC Environment has been awarded an MOD contract for the management of wildlife on six RAF bases. Located in Lincolnshire and Cambridge, the six bases include RAF Scampton, home to the world-famous Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force College at RAF Cranwell, and RAF Coningsby, which is the main operating ...
The Italian Ministry of Defence with industry partner Leonardo and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the first F-35B Short Take-off/Vertical Landing version built outside of the US. Delivery of the aircraft is anticipated for November, with the first flight due in August. The Italian FACO is owned by the Italian MOD and ...
Work is underway on the construction of a new rocket engine test facility at Westcott Venture Park in the UK. The facility will fire the engine core of the European Space Agency-backed Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) propulsion system within the next three years. The SABRE scoops up atmospheric air during the ...