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Hawk 165 – Export version for the Royal Saudi Air Force. 22 aircraft were originally built in the UK by BAE [130] with delivery completed in 2017, [131] whilst another 22 aircraft are currently being built locally in Saudi Arabia [132] with the first "locally built" aircraft delivered to the RSAF in June 2019 and a further 7 by October 2019 ...
On two occasions in September 1999, the Hawk 209s were sent to intercept Australian military aircraft. A Hawk 209 and a Hawk 109 were directed to intercept two RAAF F/A-18 Hornets heading for Indonesian airspace on 16 September and on 23 September, two Hawk 209s were scrambled to intercept an RAAF F-111 Aardvark that flew over East and West ...
British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire . [ 1 ]
BAE Systems PLC (BAESY), the world's second-largest defense company by revenue, has put units of its North American commercial aerospace business up for sale, an auction that could net up to $2 ...
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft.Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is used by the United States Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer.
For ease of maintenance the Mk.10 was designed with modular assemblies, avoiding the need to remove the whole seat from the aircraft for minor servicing tasks. [1] The first successful emergency use of a Mk.10 seat involved a Red Arrows BAE Hawk on 17 May 1980 after the aircraft struck the mast of a yacht moored offshore at Brighton. [2]
Many aircraft types (e.g., the BAE Hawk and the Harrier line of aircraft) use Canopy Destruct systems, which have an explosive cord (MDC – Miniature Detonation Cord or FLSC – Flexible Linear Shaped Charge) embedded within the acrylic plastic of the canopy. The MDC is initiated when the eject handle is pulled, and shatters the canopy over ...
A cockpit view from a BAE Hawk showing the explosive cord in the canopy. On many high-performance military aircraft, the canopy is an integral part of the ejection seat system. The pilot cannot be ejected from the aircraft until the canopy is no longer in the path of the ejection seat.