The Nimrod XV232 is a preserved maritime patrol plane which was used during the Falklands War and has been based at the airport, in Baginton, since May 2010. Operators of Coventry Airport have ...

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 ...

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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 The Nimrods, all based overseas, will be withdrawn on 31 March in ...

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 ...

At least 10 pilots and crew have quit their posts at RAF Kinloss in the last decade because of safety concerns over the ageing Nimrod fleet, it is claimed. Aviation writer David Morgan said he was ...