Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon agrees £100M investment in Britain’s future “Projector” programme for RAF. A new £100M contract has been agreed by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, which will develop the cutting edge Protector Remotely Piloted Air System especially for RAF. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will develop their current drone ...
MOD agrees £1Bn contract amendments that will deliver £300M of efficiencies over the next 11 years. An amendment agreed by the MOD to the existing Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA) contract with the UK company QinetiQ, will allow modernisation and running of some of its UK test and training sites, that ...
BAE Systems officially opens new £15.6M training facility in Lancashire, marking largest single investment in UK aerospace skills. A brand new £15.6M training facility has officially been opened at Samlesbury, Aerospace Enterprise Zone, alongside BAE Systems’ military aircraft advanced manufacturing centre in Lancashire. The investment in the Academy for Skills and Knowledge ...
An RAF engineer who lost his right leg five years ago has become the first amputee since Sir Douglas Bader to complete a solo flight in a Spitfire. Sergeant Alan Robinson, an aircraft engineer in the RAF, said the experience of flying the legendary aircraft was his “childhood dream”. Alan was one ...
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