Posts Tagged ‘Merlin’
The recently upgraded Merlin Mark 4 has spent its first weeks at sea aboard aviation training ship RFA Argus. During the last month an operating manual has been drafted for the crews who will be operating the Royal Marines’ upgraded battlewagon over the next couple of decades. Fleet Air Arm squadrons ...
UK maritime forces have trained alongside partner nations’ navies during deployment on board a French warship. Around 60 Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel exercised with their counterparts from other countries during the five-month annual French naval deployment to the Indian Ocean and Far East, including the first ever four-part maritime exercise ...
Lockheed Martin has led the celebrations to recognise the 25th anniversary of the Royal Navy’s Merlin anti-submarine and anti-surface helicopter. An event held in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard brought together past and present members of the Ministry of Defence, Royal Navy and industry team in celebration of the milestone. Awarded in October 1991, the £2.2 billion Merlin ...
Lockheed Martin UK recently joined representatives from the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence for a ceremony to mark the handover of the final Mk2 helicopter airframe at Leonardo’s facility in Yeovil. For the last ten years, employees from both Lockheed Martin and Leonardo have been involved in the design, ...
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