Raytheon awarded £10m AMRAAM missile support contract
Raytheon Systems have today been awarded a £10m contract for in-service support for the AMRAAM missile system.
New British military air traffic control system being rolled out
The new system has been installed at RAF Shawbury (before rolling out to 60 other military sites around the world) under a £1.5-billion contract placed by DE&S.
British aircraft continue to monitor Russian border with Ukraine
There has been an increase in the frequency of British RC-135 aircraft being deployed to the Black Sea region near Ukraine's border with Russia.
UK planning to purchase additional A400M transport aircraft
In a table detailing current and future Ministry of Defence expenditure, an entry is listed mentioning that the UK plans to purchase additional A400M Atlas transport aircraft later this decade.
Boeing wins £460m British military logistics contract
A logistics system critical to British military operations around the world will be supported under a new five-year, £460 million contract with Boeing Defence UK.
Contract awarded for maintenance of RAF’s High-G Centrifuge
Thales UK has been awarded a contract for the continued service provision and equipment maintenance of the High-G Centrifuge at RAF Cranwell.
First F-35B undergoes airframe strengthening using lasers
Laser shock peening strengthens the aircraft’s frame without adding any additional material or weight, which would reduce its capability by limiting fuel or weapon carrying capacity.
BAE to boost staff in UK by around 1,700
The 1,700 apprentices and graduates will be based at BAE sites in England, Scotland and Wales.
British surveillance aircraft busy near Crimea
British RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft, designed to soak up electronic signals, have been deployed near Crimea twice in the last seven days.
NATO jets scrambled 370 times in 2021
Around 80 percent of the missions, 290 in total, were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft near NATO airspace.
