BAE Systems to equip RAF Typhoons with ECRS Mk2 radars
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a GBP 870 million contract to deliver ECRS Mk2 radar to enhance the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Typhoon fighter jet fleet.
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a GBP 870 million contract to deliver ECRS Mk2 radar to enhance the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Typhoon fighter jet fleet.
Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons in Estonia participating in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, forward deployed to Norway to take part in exercises Tempest Strike and Tower Guardian with Allied air forces.
Royal Air Force Typhoons have scrambled for the second time in less than 24 hours to intercept Russian aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea.
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Royal Air Force Typhoons have participated in a large multinational exercise in Turkey.
RAF Typhoon fighter jets from IX (B) Sqn have exercised with US Air Force F-22s in the skies over Estonia.
RAF Typhoons deployed in Estonia conducting the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission have also taken part in Swedish exercise Aurora 2023.
Royal Air Force Lossiemouth based Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept a Russian military aircraft operating near UK airspace.
The RAF Typhoons currently conducting the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission, in Estonia, have been conducting Close Air Support training during Exercise Bold Hussar.
A prototype of ECRS Mk2 radar that will be fitted to the UK’s Typhoon fleet has been delivered by Leonardo to BAE Systems’ flight-testing facility at Warton in Lancashire.
RAF Typhoons have been exercising alongside German Air Force Eurofighters, Portuguese and Romanian F16s and Finnish F18s over the skies of the Baltic nations.
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