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BAE Systems wins Sceptre mission planner contract

Air August 15, 2019

A revolutionary new system will allow Royal Air Force planners to integrate real and virtual technologies to direct its future Typhoon frontline fleet. The system, Sceptre, draws on huge amounts of command and control information needed to plan and deliver a successful mission and presents this in a simple and actionable way. BAE Systems has ...

DIO increases power to RAF Lakenheath for F35 construction

Homeland August 8, 2019

DIO has increased power to RAF Lakenheath ahead of schedule to allow F35 construction to be continued. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has increased power to the RAF airbase a year ahead of schedule to allow F35 construction ahead of the aircraft’s arrival to continue. The increased power will support the ...

MOD awards contract for Typhoon engine support

Air August 8, 2019

MOD has awarded a nearly £350 million contract for Typhoon engine support to Rolls-Royce. The contract, worth £346.7million was awarded to Rolls-Royce for the maintenance of Typhoon engines with jobs in Bristol, Lincolnshire, and Moray. The EJ200 engines will be maintained and repaired by Rolls-Royce over five years. The contract includes Rolls-Royce ...

Gladiator Training: State-of-the-art simulators to prepare UK and US pilots

Air August 7, 2019

RAF pilots will get to face some ‘Gladiator’ training as the MOD recently announced a new cutting–edge simulation capability that will enable up to three pilots to be immersed in the same virtual environment.  In May, Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets based at Ämari Air Base in Estonia were launched to intercept Russian aircraft – the ...