Recent figures released have showed that the UK aerospace industry is on track to deliver a record year. October’s figures show that orders for new aircraft are up once again and deliveries are now on target to fly through last year’s record levels. A two per cent increase in orders from last ...
A $1.2Bn contract to modernise the Republic of Korea’s F-16’s has been awarded to Lockheed Martin. Upgrading the aircraft to the latest advanced configuration, will see enhancements to the radar with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, plus a modern commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based avionics subsystem, a large-format, high-resolution center pedestal ...
Construction firm, Balfour Beatty, has recently completed work at RAF Brize Norton to develop a maintenance facility for the A400M, or Atlas. The three-bay hangar will service the 22 A400M aircraft that are due to replace the RAF’s C130 Hercules, supporting the deployment of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force. At 45m ...
The first new rotorcraft, one of 32 which will be used to deliver training to RAF and Army Air Corps, has been delivered to Airbus Helicopters UK. The rotorcraft will now be refitted with UK specific mission equipment at Airbus Helicopters UK, Oxford and then handed over to Ascent Flight Training ...
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