Nimrod MR2s stood guard against attacks from Argentinian submarines. Equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles to hunt Argentinian reconnaissance aircraft, they also became perhaps the largest and ...

DEFENCE orders worth #4000m, including a #2000m contract to replace the RAF's 30-year-old fleet of Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, are expected to create and sustain 5000 jobs, more than 700 of them ...

An RAF vintage aircraft preservation group said it was looking for another airfield for its Nimrod plane after Coventry Airport announced its closure. The Nimrod XV232 is a preserved maritime patrol ...

All Nimrod aircraft that have not had a vital safety modification are to be grounded by the Ministry of Defence, the BBC has learned. The Nimrods, all based overseas, will be withdrawn on 31 March in ...

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BAE Systems' Nimrod MRA4 has successfully released the Sting Ray torpedo for the first time, during the 75th flight of development aircraft PA02. The MRA4's stores release system is a radical redesign ...

IBM UK has joined the Lockheed Martin consortium competing to win the contract for Project Helix, the reconnaissance upgrade to the Royal Air Force's veteran fleet of Nimrod R Mk1 aircraft. The ...

A Nimrod aircraft and a helicopter came within 200ft of colliding at RAF Kinloss, it has emerged. An official report into the incident last October gave it a category A rating - meaning there was a ...