Boeing delivery of 14th new-build Mk6 Chinook completes current orders for the United Kingdom
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Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered its 14th Mk6 Chinook, completing the United Kingdom’s most recent order and growing the RAF Chinook fleet to 60 aircraft. The order completion coincided with the 35th anniversary of Chinook operations for the U.K. “Since they were introduced into service in 1980, our Chinook fleet has played an integral supporting […]
U.K. awards BAE Systems contract for Astute-class submarine
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The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has awarded the British shipbuilder BAE Systems Submarines a contract for the delivery of the fifth Astute-class submarine, taking the total value for work on the vessel to £1.3 billion. The contract covers the design and remaining build, test and commissioning activities on HMS Anson boat, the fifth of […]
India Expected to Sign Deal to Buy 20 Hawks for Surya Kiran Team
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to expand an order for BAE Systems Hawk training aircraft to revive India’s aerobatic display team when he visits Britain this week, government sources said on Monday. Sources familiar with the talks say Modi wants to buy an extra 20 Hawk Mk132s, worth $400-$450 million, on top of existing […]
UK Army Watchkeeper Drone Crash Lands At Boscombe Down
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An unmanned UK Army spyplane has crashed landed at MOD Boscombe Down. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Watchkeeper drone — one of eight currently being tested from the base — suffered extensive damage last night. The £1.2billion fleet of drones is under testing and it is expected to come into operation in 2017. […]
PHOTO : Royal Air Force A400M Atlas aircraft visits Japan
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M Atlas transport aircraft visited Japan during 23-25 October 2015. The aircraft landed at Miho Base (Tottori prefecture) of the Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF). Crew from 70 Squadron and 24 Squadron based in RAF Brize Norton met with counterparts in the JASDF 403 Squadron of the 3rd Tactical […]
US Navy pilot killed in F-18 jet crash in Cambridgeshire Fens
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A US Navy pilot has died in an F-18 jet crash in the Fens in Cambridgeshire, close to an RAF base. The Hornet crashed on farm land in Redmere, near Ely, close to the Suffolk border, with the alarm raised at 10:30 BST. Cambridgeshire Police confirmed the pilot, the only crew member, died. The aircraft […]
UK takes the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) on the road
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UK is putting the latest in 8×8 wheeled combat technologies, the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) Demonstrator, through its paces as it undertakes a 650-mile journey in less than 24 hours. Travelling from Plymouth on the South Coast to Inverness, Scotland on Tuesday 20 October 2015 – with waypoints in Bridgwater, Gloucester, Stafford, Chorley, Carlisle and […]
Suicide car bomb targets UK troop convoy in Kabul
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The Ministry of Defence confirms a UK military vehicle was struck by an IED in Kabul this morning in an attack aimed at foreign troops. A spokesman said: “We can confirm that at approximately 9.10am this morning a convoy of UK military vehicles on a routine road move as part of the NATO Resolute Support […]
Photo : Stryker US fighting vehicle load testing on the A400M Grizzly
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Led by the Officer Commanding 70 Squadron, Wing Commander Simon Boyle and accompanied by Squadron Leader Kate Houghton of the Air Warfare Centre’s Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit, the UK team worked in concert with US forces to complete load and tie-down trials with a US Army Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV). This […]
British Army 8×8 infantry fighting vehicle tender expected soon
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British Army C-in-C Gen. Nick Carter has fired the starter’s gun on a program to equip his forces with an eight-wheel-drive armored fighting vehicle by telling an audience at the DSEI defense exhibition here that a program to supply a mechanized infantry vehicle would get underway soon. An MoD official said the new program had […]