Summer Special 2: NATO Tigermeet
This summer we will do some short articles about airshows, fly-ins, events, museums, military exercises under the title Summer Special. The hosting nation and specific…
Tornado
THE END OF AN ERA: RAF TORNADO RETURNS FROM OPERATIONS FOR THE LAST TIME
After almost 40 years serving the UK on military operations across the world, iconic RAF Tornado jets have returned home for the last time. First…
German military needs a “fifth-generation” replacement for its Tornado fighter jets
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German military needs a “fifth-generation” replacement for its Tornado fighter jets that is hard to detect on enemy radars and can…
BAE Supporting RAF Tornado aircraft until their retirement
We have agreed with the UK Ministry of Defence a £125 million extension to the support contract provided by us for the RAF’s Tornado GR4…
3D printed metal part flown for first time on UK fighter jet
BAE engineers have created and flown a 3D printed metal part for the first time on-board a Tornado fighter jet, paving the way for using…
Dambusters Final Tour with the Tornado GR4
Seventy years after their most famous mission the Dambusters of 617 Squadron are deploying to Afghanistan for their final operational tour on the Tornado GR4….
End of an era – After more than 30 years of service, the Tornado GR4, ZA402 retired
The aircraft is known at our Warton site as BS069. It is one of a small fleet of GR4s that are flown from Warton as…
Alenia Aermacchi: First upgraded Tornado ECR delivered to Italian Air Force
Alenia Aermacchi, in collaboration with BAE Systems and Cassidian, its Panavia consortium partners, has delivered the first upgraded Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/ Reconnaissance) to the…
Panavia Aircraft GmbH has signed a major contract with NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) to upgrade the Tornado jets in Italy
On 21st February 2013 the MET 27 contract was signed between NETMA, represented by the General Manager, Jesus Prieto Pinillos, and Panavia, represented by the…
Rolls-Royce wins new engine support contract in Saudi Arabia
Following agreement between the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, under the Saudi British Defence Co-operation Programme, Rolls-Royce, the global…
State-of-the-art helmet solutions for Tornado pilots
Farnborough, United Kingdom; BAE Systems has delivered an Urgent Operational Requirement to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to help Tornado pilots identify friendly forces….
CASSIDIAN delivers first ASSTA 3.0 Tornados to German Air Force
•Tornado combat aircraft fleet to remain serviceable until beyond 2025 •New operational capabilities after ASSTA 3.0 upgrade At the end of June, Cassidian delivered the…
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