British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3
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The British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 was a planned airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft intended as to provide airborne radar cover for the air defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The project was designed to use the existing Nimrod airframe in use with the RAF as a maritime patrol aircraft combined with a brand new radar system and avionics package developed by Marconi Avionics.

The British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 was a planned airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft intended as to provide airborne radar cover for the air defence of the United Kingdom by the 1
Cockpit is that of a British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 It was previously operated by the RAF but is now scrapped and on display at The Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle.2

Made by British Aerospace.

It is the successor of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod .

British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 was a planned airborne early warning aircraft intended as to provide airborne radar cover for the air 3
British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 project to replace the Avro Shackleton AEW2 during the 1980s. The UK E-3 order was placed in February 1987, with deliveries starting in 1990.4
Height Main
10.67 m
Align
right
Height Alt
35.0
Predecessor
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Quote
...The choice of national procurement rather than the available US alternative
involved not only higher costs for Britain but also the lack of an adequate system in-service when needed... It appears that buying British was given a high priority than having a system available to meet the assessed Soviet threat
Engine(jet)
Rolls-Royce Spey
Length Alt
137
Max Takeoff Weight Main
85185.0
Thrust Main
54.0
Jet Or Prop
jet
Max Speed Alt
21000.0
Topic
Nimrod AEW3 Hi-res cutaway
Status
Development cancelled
Developed From
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
187800.0
Ceiling Main
10
972 m
Number Built
3
8
Crew
Up to 12
Thrust Alt
12140
Area Main
197.05 m2
Span Alt
3507.7400000000002
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Manufacturer
British Aerospace
Source
Historians Ron Smith and Jacques Fontanel
discussing the procurement process.
First Flight
16
Number Of Jets
4
Production End Year
0011
Hardpoints
None
Span Main
35.08 m
Image
www.flightglobal.comairspacemediamilitaryaviation1946-2006cutawaysimages10816bae-nimrod-aew3-cutaway.jpg
Production Start Year
0011
Type of jet
turbofan
Guns
None
Empty Weight Alt
86000.0
Length Main
41.97 m
Area Alt
2121.0
Empty Weight Main
39010.0
Ceiling Alt
36000.0
Produced
11
Width
25
Category
AWACS aircraft
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
BAE Systems

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