Cobham Mission Systems has announced the expansion of its facilities supporting the AirTanker consortium at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Cobham Mission Systems aims to increase the capability, speed and efficiency of its repair and return of parts operations. This supports the Voyager fleet of Airbus A330s, which provide state-of-the-art air-to-air refuelling, air ...
Finding a home for the Royal Air Force’s mammoth A400M Atlas aircraft is no easy task. Designed and built to operate in the toughest locations, the aircraft will enhance the UK’s strategic capability and can carry up to 37 tonnes over a range of 2000 nautical miles and has a wingspan of nearly 42.5 metres. A ...
A £70 million hangar large enough to contain three of the RAF’s new Atlas transport aircraft at the same time was officially opened by Defence Minister, Guto Bebb, at RAF Brize Norton. The Atlas maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, which covers 24,000 metres squared and is 28 metres high, is now ...