Tagged: UK

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Regent Seaglider Scotland coastal transport

Regent’s All-Electric Seaglider Could Transform Coastal Travel in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands U.S.-based Regent Craft partners with HITRANS to explore the feasibility of deploying sustainable Seaglider vessels for inter-island transport, offering a faster, greener...

20223 04 23 Joint UK-Qatar Typhoon Squadron returns home to continue partnership 0

Joint UK-Qatar Typhoon Squadron returns home to continue partnership

12 Squadron, the joint UK-Qatar Typhoon squadron, will continue operating as a bilateral squadron at RAF Coningsby for the next two years, as agreed today by both nations’ air forces. The agreement was signed...

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First ECRS Mk2 radar for UK Typhoon fleet delivered to BAE Systems for integration

The milestone is the latest step towards bringing the world’s most capable combat air radar into Royal Air Force service by the end of the decade. First ECRS Mk2 radar for UK Typhoon (Photo...

2023 03 10 12 Squadron to continue as joint UK-Qatari Typhoon unit 0

12 Squadron to continue as joint UK-Qatari Typhoon unit

Qatari and UK governments extend joint Eurofighter Typhoon squadron until 2025 The Qatari and UK governments are to continue 12 Squadron as a joint Eurofighter Typhoon, overturning an earlier decision to revert it to...

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) 0

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF)

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), on behalf of the Royal Navy, has received its final AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. The Royal Navy AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. (Photo by Leonard) The UK Ministry of...

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Science SEOSAT-Ingenio’s lost promise for Earth observation

Spain’s satellite, the SEOSAT-Ingenio, was billed as the latest in high resolution land imaging technology. Originally, we presented what it would have done. But its launch vehicle, a Vega rocket called VV17, failed. The...

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United Kingdom Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) orders four more Airbus H145s

Airbus Helicopters in the UK is to provide four additional H145 helicopters as part of an expansion of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS). The new helicopters will join the existing fleet of...

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First flight of ‘most advanced variant of Kuwaiti Eurofighter’ takes place

The first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) configured for the Kuwaiti Air Force has successfully completed its first flight. The aircraft is the first to fly the Captor E-Scan Radar with Phase Enhancement...

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First Shadow R2 for RAF No 14 Squadron

Shadow R2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft for No 14 Squadron is serial ZZ507, seen at its RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, base on November 4. The aircraft previously wore the civilian registration G-LBSB, and...

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UK Orders Five Boeing E-7 AEW&C in $2 Billion Deal

The Wedgetail is an Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft with maritime search capabilities, the ability to control unmanned aircraft and intelligence gathering capabilities. The Wedgetail is based on a Boeing 737-700, with the...