The UK's existing fleet of Boeing C-17A Globemaster 鈪 will be boosted following the purchase of an eighth aircraft. Confirmation of the order for ZZ178 (c/n UK8, ex 11-0218) was given by Prime Minister David Cameron on February 8. The Ministry of Defence has revealed that the ...
Group Captain Chris Layden, station commander of the RAF’s Lossiemouth base – which will from later this year house the service’s eventually nine-strong P-8A fleet – says: “The aircraft has significant range and endurance, as well as the ability to support command and control...
摘要: Additional aircrew, flying hours, and engineering support are needed to sustain the UK Royal Air Force (RAF's) fleet of Lockheed Martin C-l 30J Hercules transport aircraft beyond 2019, according to a safety investigation into the loss of one its aircraft in Iraq....
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pains to stress the reliability of the A400M, this has been another criticism of the aircraft. It was reported in 2019 that as few as two of the RAF’s fleet (which then consisted of 20 aircraft) were airworthy at any one time. ...
The air station in Lincolnshire will host all 16 Protector remotely piloted aircraft that are currently on order for the RAF. The government will invest a total of £94m in infrastructural improvements to enable RAF Waddington to house the entire fleet of drones. ...
The BOI had found that the most probable physical cause of the loss of the aircraft was “the escape of fuel during Air-to-Air Refuelling” after which the fuel was ignited by “contact with an exposed element of the aircraft’s Cross-Feed/Supplementary Cooling Pack (SCP) duct”. ...
UK Rivet Joint fleet ups tempo for Black Sea ops UK Royal Air Force (RAF) RC-135W Rivet Joint signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft have been operating at nearly three times their normal operating tempo ... R Scott - 《Jane S Defence Weekly Ihs Jane S Defence Weekly》 被引量: 0发表:...
He adds: “Other fleets were having to limit what they could take and at what time of day; the performance of the A400M and its capabilities mean we are going fully loaded, all day, every day. We are not limited by the aircraft in our missions, which is a game-changer.” This ...
The UK’s fleet of Mk5 and Mk6 Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, as part of a £64 million contract with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) which will make them harder for adversaries to detect. Combat Aircraft - Market and Technology Forecast to 2033 ...