The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom. Within the space domain, the RAF is responsible for protecting UK interests through the U.K. Space Command, which was established in April 2021. This command oversees space operations, workforce generation, and capability development, including the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) in partnership with the UK Space Agency and the Met Office, and RAF Fylingdales for space surveillance. The RAF collaborates with allies like the U.S. Space Force and partners with industry to enhance space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
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A Royal Navy warship and a Royal Air Force P-8 aircraft monitored the Russian submarines continuously with allied forces.
GA-ASI has made deliveries of MQ-9B to the U.K.’s Royal Air Force and the Belgian Air Force.
The former Royal Air Force station at the SaxaVord site closed in 2006 and the radar system was re-opened as an autonomous Remote Radar Head in 2019.
The SaxaVord site uses existing infrastructure left over from a former Royal Air Force station that operated a critical Cold War radar system.
Space Launch Complex 10 hosted Air Force weather satellite launches in the 1970s and Royal Air Force Thor missile practice launches in the early 1960s.
Slick-10 (Space Launch Complex 10) is the historic site where the Air Force launched weather satellites in the 1970s and where the Royal Air Force practiced launching Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the early 1960s.
From 1959 to 1963, the Royal Air Force operated 60 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles as part of Project Emily.
A Royal Air Force training pad for launching Thor missiles existed in the United Kingdom.
UK Strategic Command will integrate the uncrewed systems approach of the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.
Protector RG Mk 1 is currently being delivered to the U.K. Royal Air Force.
Mark Steel spent 15 years in the Royal Air Force working on Airfield Navigational Aids, including terrestrial microwave links.
Mark Steel spent 15 years in the Royal Air Force working on Airfield Navigational Aids, including terrestrial microwave links.
The UK Ministry of Defence has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and provide safety for Royal Air Force Force Protection personnel during training exercises at RAF Honington.
The UK Ministry of Defence has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and provide safety for Royal Air Force Force Protection personnel during training exercises at RAF Honington.
Chris Moore spent three decades at the U.K. Royal Air Force and was the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s director of operations for defence’s core IT services between 2017 and 2021.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston of the U.K. Royal Air Force visited the United States for talks about the DARC plans and supports the United Kingdom hosting a U.S. radar station.
CGI partnered with the Royal Air Force and the UK Space Agency to design, develop, and deploy the first element of the AURORA software.
CGI began working with the Royal Air Force in 2016.
Virgin Orbit is working with the U.S., British, Canadian, and French Air Forces to provide rapid satellite replacement capabilities.
The Royal Air Force is partnering with Virgin Orbit to support the small satellite project.