The Nimrod MRA4 in flight. The BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 was a maritime patrol and attack aircraft intended to replace the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2.The rebuilt aircraft would have extended the operating life of the Nimrod fleet by several decades and significantly improved the aircraft by installing more efficient Rolls-Royce BR700 turbofan jet engines to almost double the flight range. The Searchwater 2000 radar was stated to have been capable over land as well as water; with the ability to have swept an area the size of the UK every 10 seconds.The original scheduled date of entry into service for the MRA4 was April 2003; however, development proved far more protracted than anticipated.In December 2002, BAE Systems issued a shock profit warning due to cost overruns of the Nimrod MRA4 and the Announcing plans for the future of the British military on 21 July 2004, the Defence Secretary Further disputes over cost meant that the number of MRA4s to be delivered was further reduced to nine by Spring 2008.Although late and over-budget the decision to cancel the MRA4 was controversial as the remaining airframes had all been near completion.The aircraft would also have been used in the civilian Reports in mid-2011 suggested that a purchase of up to five British planned maritime patrol and attack aircraft"[The] loss of the capability offered by the Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance and Attack Mk4 would have an adverse effect on the protection of the strategic nuclear deterrent [This meant that the cost of three Nimrod MRA4s equalled that of one Britain is an island nation and history has shown that, to survive, it needs to control the seas around it. Le Royaume-Uni utilise depuis longtemps des avions d’espionnage électronique et le Nimrode a été conçu pour remplacer l’avion à moteurs à piston Shackleton et est extrapolé de l’appareil commercial Comet 4C. The first flight of the PA1 flight trials aircraft, which has no mission system fitted, took place in August 2004. Though I'm sure someone will post info here when we finally manage to actually do something with her.Hopefully the 'scrap' word isn't going to be uttered....the cockpit in question is XV263, a Nimrod AEW3 that was an instructional airframe at Finningley. That was at Warton for a while and may have been moved elsewhere.IIRC XV147 was scrapped when its home in 13 hangar was demolished back in 2001/2What Zebedee posted looks like the rig (I can't remember what we called it - SIR was it?? the fuselage went on to be a testbed for the MRA4 program.An AEW3 and then an MRA4...how unlucky can a Nimrod get? The aircraft was stripped and the outer wings cut off and the centre box, including both inner wings, were removed from the fuselage which was stripped back to the bare alloy.The new wings were built by BAE Systems at Woodford. Aussi, pour les six anciens officiers, l’arrêt du programme Nimrod MRA4 risque de « porter sérieusement atteinte aux intérêts du pays sur le long terme », pour une économie de 2 milliards de livres sterling sur les dix prochaines années. The aircraft is also equipped with a radar warning receiver, an Elta electronic support measures system and magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) system.Nimrod MRA4 is equipped with a navigation and flight management system (NAV/FMS) from Smiths Industries. Comet cn. The NAV/FMS consists of a navigation computer and flight management computer which are interfaced to the aircraft’s MIL-STD-1553B data bus.The navigation sensors include a laser inertial navigation system and two LN-100G global positioning systems from Northrop Grumman which provide redundant position, velocity and attitude data to the flight management system. This report will impact all industries helping:Hover over the logos to learn more about the companies who made this project possible.Follow the company to be always up to date with this companyNew technologies, news, new products, essential guides and more.“The Nimrod MRA4 maritime reconnaissance and attack aircraft was rolled out in August 2002.”“Nimrod MRA4 roles include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface unit warfare, and search and rescue missions.”“The remanufacture of the MR2 Aircraft involves an extensive reconstruction.”AIM-9 Sidewinder (air-to-air) AGM-84 Harpoon (air-to-surface)Air-dropped mk46 torpedoes, Sting Ray torpedoes, naval mines and sonobuoysAir-dropped mk46 torpedoes, Sting Ray torpedoes, naval mines and sonobuoysDownload our 2019 Technology, Media and Telecoms Predictions Report The AGM-84 is the air-launched version of the all weather anti-ship Harpoon missile, with a range over 50 nautical miles and a high subsonic speed. Cet appareil effectua son vol initial en juillet 1980, mais le programme de production en série fut gravement contrarié par des problèmes techniques touchant le radar et par une modification complète du cahier des charges. PA4, the first production aircraft, began engine ground runs in June 2009.In July 2006, the UK MoD awarded the production contract for 12 Nimrod MRA4 aircraft to BAE Systems. I guess we have to debate the importance of the Nimrod AEW3 before considering the importance of perhaps saving chunks of airframe. There's an MoD no.