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Technical description REBORN IN AN OLD SKIN BAE has spent the past six years updating the Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft to modern standards. But how much of the original airframe remains? STEWART PENNEY / WOODFORD & WARTON Later this year, BAE Systems will fly 1996. BAE's proposal combined a new mis- the first Nimrod MRA4 at the start sion system with rebuilt Nimrod MR2 fuse- of an aggressive flight-test pro- lages, new wings and engines, gramme which will lead to the The only MR2 components retained are handover of the first aircraft to the the fuselage pressure shell and empennage. UK Royal Air Force in August 2004. The rest of the structure is new. To accom- The £2.98 billion ($4.6 billion) MRA4 modate the high-bypass Rolls-Royce BR710 programme, however, has not always run turbofans, which replace low-bypass R-R smoothly since it won the Replacement Speys, the inboard wing had to be Maritime Patrol Aircraft competition in redesigned and, as a contract option, the 58 23-29 JULY 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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