Nimrod

U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon Several decisions made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) were lamented for being militarily unsound, with the House of Commons Defence Select Com...

Major General Nick Pope, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Communications Officer, said: "Royal Air Force aircraft yesterday helped save the lives of Libyan civilians both by neutralising th...

Non-Traditional ISR (NTISR) has emerged to fill the gap between the increasing demand for intelligence by commanders in the field, and the amount of intelligence that traditional airborne ISR ass...

"In support of the UK’s ongoing commitment to enforcing UNSCR 1973 to protect Libyan civilians, RAF Tornado aircraft flying from Gioia del Colle in Italy conducted a series of armed air reconn...

The Nimrod has been deployed with UK armed forces since 1969 as a maritime patrol and intelligence-gathering platform. Over its lifetime the aircraft has received numerous upgrades as its mission pr...

09 Dec 2010 Farnborough, United Kingdom: Following a detailed review of the implications of the UK Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and, in particular the impact o...

The collapse of the Soviet Union cut the level of the submarine threat for Western defence planners, but the ongoing acquisition of short-range, ultra-quiet non-nuclear- powered boats by nations aro...

It is probably a futile exercise to add to the invective that has followed the publication of David Cameron’s much-heralded and financially-driven SDSR. However, many in the broader defence c...