A Royal Air Force Poseidon MRA1 recently landed for the first time at RAF Lossiemouth, the new home of UK maritime patrol operations based in the heart of Moray, Scotland. Touching down on the newly resurfaced runway, ZP802 named the ‘City of Elgin’ parked outside the brand new £132m facility which ...
Work to resurface the runways at RAF Lossiemouth has reached a major milestone with the return of aircraft to the Moray station. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) awarded a £75-million contract for the airfield operating surfaces project to VolkerFitzpatrick in August 2019. For most of the work, which started in May, aircraft ...
An aerospace centre of excellence will be established adjacent to RAF Lossiemouth, backed by £21 million funding, the UK Government Minister for Scotland Iain Stewart has announced. Following RAF Lossiemouth taking ownership of a strategic facility to house nine new submarine hunting Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the Moray Aerospace, Advanced Technology ...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded a contract worth £20-million to Galliford Try for work which will house Number IX (Bomber) Squadron in facilities that are fit for purpose, enabling them to deliver in their role as a Typhoon Aggressor Squadron. Their re-role from Tornado to Typhoon, and move from RAF Marham ...