Nimrod MRA4
Replacement Maritime Patrol Aircraft (RMPA)
| Specifications | |
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| Wing Span | 38.71m |
| Length | 38.63m |
| Weight Empty | 46,500kg |
| Max Operating | Mach No 0.77 |
| Service Ceiling | 12,800m |
| Range | more than 6,000 n miles |
| Endurance | more than 15 hours |
| Procurement cost | approximately £2 billion |
| First Flight | end December 2001 |
| First Aircraft | delivered to the RAF - August 2004 |
| In Service Date | March 2005 |
| Total | 21 Aircraft |
| Prime Contractor | British Aerospace |
| Major Sub-contractor | Boeing Defence and Aerospace Group |
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