RAF Typhoon Fires First Brimstone in Anger

Project Centurion was a three-year, £425m project to re-equip the RAF’s Typhoon fleet with the deep strike cruise missile Storm Shadow, air-to-air missile Meteor and the precision attack missile Brimstone, involving industry partners BAE Systems, MBDA and Leonardo.

RAF Typhoons 83 EAG on Op SHADER Syria fire Brimstone (Crown Copyright, 2017)

RAF Typhoon Fires First Brimstone in Anger

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

RAF Typhoons on Operation SHADER Use Brimstone Missiles for First Time The Royal Air Force’s Brimstone missile capability has been fired from a Typhoon jet for the first time, on […]

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RAF Tornado Op Shader, Wing Commander James Heeps, OC 31 Squadron (centre left) and Wing Commander Matt Bressani, OC 9 Squadron (centre right) (Crown Copyright, 2019)

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Last Return of the RAF’s Tornados

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

RAF Marham Welcomes Home Last of the Tornados After Operation SHADER The RAF’s iconic Tornado jets have returned home for the last time after almost 40 years serving Britain on […]

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RAF Typhoon FGR4, 29 (R) Squadron, RAF Coningsby (Crown Copyright, 2018) [880]

Project Centurion Ensures Future of RAF Typhoons

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

£425m Project Equips Typhoons with Storm Shadow, Meteor and Brimstone In three years, the £425m ‘Project Centurion’, has re-equipped the RAF’s Typhoon fleet with the deep strike cruise missile Storm […]

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RAF Typhoon with Meteor missiles, RAF Lossiemouth QRA (Crown Copyright, 2018)

Typhoons First Flight Armed with Meteors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

RAF’s New Meteor Air-to-Air Missile Now in Operational Service with QRA RAF Typhoons took off from RAF Lossiemouth this morning for the first time with the Meteor air-to-air missile – […]

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Brimstone Weapon Integration for RAF Typhoons

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

Project Centurion Upgrades See RAF Typhoons Flight Trialling Brimstone Missiles A further series of flight trials of Eurofighter Typhoon with the low-collateral, high precision MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface weapon have been […]

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RAF Tornado GR4 with Storm Shadow Missiles (Crown Copyright, OGL)

Storm Shadow Deal Worth £146 Million

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today

Contract with MBDA to Regenerate Air-Launched Cruise Missile Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has today announced a £146 million contract with MBDA to regenerate an air-launched cruise missile, alongside […]

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