BAE Systems - 41 Squadron Week

Few partnerships between our business and the Royal Air Force are as enduring as our partnership with 41 Test and Evaluation Squadron.
 
This squadron is dedicated to ensuring Typhoon remains a world-leading multi-role combat aircraft and sees RAF personnel working alongside our people to deliver its capability.
 
Today, this partnership sees us working alongside 41 Squadron personnel on Project Centurion, which will ensure Typhoon is equipped to replace the Tornado GR4 when it retires in 2019.
 
The squadron's connections to both Typhoon and Tornado go back to 2006 when it operated the Tornado F3 and GR4, before becoming a Typhoon squadron in 2013.
 
The squadron served with distinction in the Second World War, operating the Supermarine Spitfire built by our predecessor companies.
 
One of its pilots, Flt Lt Eric Lock, was the most successful RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain.

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