UK

Air Europe 

Royal Air Force Tornado Combat Jets Return Home From Operations for Last Time

February 6, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ground-attack aircraft, Panavia Tornado, RAF Marham, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

After almost 40 years serving the UK on military operations across the world, the Royal Air Force (RAF)’s iconic Tornado

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Europe Misc 

QinetiQ Orders Third-Generation Robonic KONTIO Pneumatic Launcher

February 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerial Target Drone, Pneumatic UAV launcher, QinetiQ, Robonic KONTIO, Robonic Ltd Oy, Safran Electronics and Defense, Safran Group, UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Robonic Ltd Oy, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, is to deliver in March 2019 a third-generation KONTIO pneumatic

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Air Americas 

Boeing Receives $2.4 Billion Contract for 19 P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

January 28, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Boeing, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Norway, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA

Boeing has been awarded a $2.4 billion production contract from the U.S. Navy for the next 19 P-8A Poseidon maritime

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Air Europe Missiles 

MBDA to Integrate its Brimstone High-Precision Strike Missile onto Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft

January 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air-to-ground missile (AGM), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B Protector, General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian, MBDA Brimstone, MBDA Missile Systems, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

MBDA has received a contract for the integration of its Brimstone high-precision strike missile onto the Royal Air Force’s Protector

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Europe Industry 

Meggitt Signs $750M Contract with Pratt & Whitney for Supply of Parts for F135, F119 Military Turbofan Engines

January 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Meggitt PLC, Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney F119, Pratt & Whitney F135, Turbofan, UK

Meggitt PLC has signed a long term agreement with Pratt & Whitney to continue the supply of advanced composite components

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Europe Industry 

Rheinmetall, BAE Systems Sign Agreement to Create UK based Land Systems Joint Venture

January 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, BOXER 8x8, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), UK, UK Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) Program

Rheinmetall and BAE Systems announced, on Jan. 21, that they have signed an agreement to create a joint UK based

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy Sail Together in South China Sea

January 20, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arleigh Burke-class DDG, HMS Argyll (F231), Royal Navy, South China Sea, Type 23 frigate, U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA, USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh-Burke guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll

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Air Europe 

UK Announces Initial Operational Capability for its Land-Based F-35B Lightning Fleet

January 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, RAF Marham, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy, UK

The United Kingdom has formally announced Initial Operational Capability for its land-based F-35B Lightning fleet, becoming the 5th service to

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Europe Naval 

Babcock’s Rosyth Dockyard to Conduct First Planned Dry-Dock Maintenance of Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth

January 10, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Babcock International, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), Queen Elizabeth-class CV, Rosyth Dockyard, Royal Navy, UK

Babcock’s Rosyth Dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of the UK Royal

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Air C4ISR Europe 

Raytheon UK Signs £250M Support Contract for Royal Air Force’s Shadow R1 ISTAR Aircraft Fleet

January 3, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), Raytheon, Raytheon Shadow R1, Royal Air Force (RAF), Surveillance aircraft, UK

Raytheon UK signed a £250 million contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to provide 11 years of support and

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