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.
Lockheed to design new F-35 variant for mystery customer
Lockheed Martin has received a $49 million contract from the United States to design and develop an F-35 variant "tailored for an unspecified Foreign Military Sales customer".
Voyager tankers scrambled to refuel cargo aircraft over Arctic
Two Royal Air Force Voyager tanker aircraft are now being deployed to refuel a small cargo aircraft over the Arctic.
British surveillance aircraft monitoring Russian forces near Crimea
A British RC-135 'Rivet Joint' intelligence gathering aircraft has been monitoring Russian forces around Crimea.
Britain and Japan to develop new fighter jet engine
In addition to working together on a new jet engine for their future fighter jets, Britain and Japan will also work together on Japan's new 'Joint New Air-to-Air Missile' programme.
Chinook troop insertion and extraction contract awarded
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £410k contract to IrvingGQ to support 'Chinook Helicopter Troop Insertion & Extraction System Equipment'.
Merlin engineers save £12m with part replacement ‘simple fix’
Engineers who maintain Merlin helicopters have saved £12m per year with what they call 'a simple fix'.
First Typhoon jets delivered to Kuwait
The first Typhoon jets for Kuwait have landed in the country.
BAE exploring military applications for Eve eVTOL aircraft
BAE Systems and Embraer say they will explore potential defence variants for the Eve eVTOL aircraft.
