BAE Systems last week said major milestones were been achieved on the Nimrod MRA4 program with the first production aircraft, PA04, being powered up for the first time and two development aircraft completing tests, events that together indicate good progress towards meeting the planned 2010 in-service date. MRA4 development aircraft PA01 and PA02 completed Airfield Performance Trials at Istres in France. Using Europe's longest runway, ten weeks of trials saw extensive performance information gathered, BAE said. "The trials have been…
Nimrod Achieves Power and Trial Milestones
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