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 ...
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 ...
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