BAE Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately £135m, to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements for Typhoon; one of the world’s most advanced combat aircraft. The investment will improve weapons capability, increasing the variety of precision guided munitions, and further enhance Typhoon’s defensive systems and …
Read More »UK and Qatar expand defence partnership
The new agreement builds on existing the partnership signed in October 2020. As part of the agreement, RAF Teeming in North Yorkshire will become the British base for the new UK-Qatar joint Hawk training squadron, utilizing Qatar’s recently acquired fleet of nine Hawk T2 variant aircraft. The decision to base …
Read More »British-Qatari Joint Typhoon Squadron Begins Flying Training
The Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force’s joint squadron has started flying for the first time. 12 Squadron, based at RAF Coningsby, operates Typhoon fighter jets and is the UK’s first joint squadron since the Second World War. The squadron had been scheduled to start flying training in …
Read More »Successful flight trials completed ahead of Brimstone weapon firing on Eurofighter Typhoon jet
A UK Eurofighter Typhoon has successfully completed an initial series of flight trials with the Air-to-Surface MBDA Brimstone precision strike missile ahead of firing trials as part of a programme of work to integrate the weapon on to the aircraft. The tests were conducted using UK Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 6 …
Read More »MBDA’S BRIMSTONE ENHANCEMENTS COMPLETE FINAL OPERATIONAL EVALUATION TRIALS
The Brimstone air-to-surface missile developed by MBDA has successfully undertaken challenging operational evaluation trials by the Royal Air Force (RAF) that confirm the performance of the missile’s latest technical enhancements. This was achieved during February 2016 at China Lake in the USA as the culmination of a programme to advance …
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