With an election perhaps only a few months away, the British government is facing a politically sensitive decision over what kind of airborne early warning defense system to buy for the country. Th… ...

The last design iteration, Comet 4, was used as a research platform until 1997. The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was the most extensive modification of the Comet which was used in maritime patrol ...

The British Defense Ministry will review safety documentation for several military aircraft types as a result of the report on a Nimrod aircraft crash in Afghanistan that killed 14 personnel.

O n this day in aviation history, May 23, 1967-58 years ago-the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod took to the skies for the first time. Developed by the British as a long-range maritime patrol aircraft, the ...

The Nimrod MR2 was also culled in this review, retiring in March 2010, leaving the UK without a fixed wing maritime patrol aircraft until the arrival of the P-8 Poseidon MRA1 in 2020. Nimrod MRA4 ...

Budgetary pressures may stymie ambitions to convert all Nimrod MRA4 test aircraft to the production standard, potentially leaving the Royal Air Force with only nine of the type. The Defense ...

There have been no British specialised maritime patrol aircraft since the last Nimrod left service in 2012, although some types of aircraft, including the Hercules and Sentry, can carry out some ...

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 ...

SIR – The scrapping of the Nimrod MRA4 (report, January 20) is criminal and will see us lose a much-needed capability. It demonstrates just how flawed the so-called Strategic Defence Review was ...

September23, 2008: A detailed study of a British Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft discovered that two fuel lines were misaligned, and that put stress on couplings and caused leaks. After a ...