BAE wins Hawk upgrade contract

Manufacturing News, Source : TheManufacturer.com
Published : 23 Dec 2004 11:10

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded BAE Systems a £158.5 million design and development contract to upgrade the Hawk 128 Advanced Jet Trainer.

The contract covers the initial phase of development of Hawk as part of its evolution to meet the MoD's full capability requirement.

The Hawk 128 is designed and built at BAE Systems' Brough factory on Humberside. The MoD will work closely with BAE Systems to manage the design of the avionics architecture, introduce a modern digital cockpit environment and deliver two trials aircraft to support the development and test flying.

Exact aircraft numbers, delivery schedule and In-Service Date will all be set at the time of the main investment decision, currently planned for the first half of 2006.

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