BAE Systems, The Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence, announced today at Farnborough International 2006 that the UK government has signed a production contract with BAE Systems for a 12-aircraft fleet of the next-generation Nimrod aircraft, the MRA4, successor to the in-service Nimrod MR2. Immediately following the announcement, the Nimrod MRA4 made its first public appearance as it performed a fly-past in the skies above Farnborough.
Mike Turner, chief executive of BAE Systems, said:
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