Maritime patrol aircraft family by Hawker Siddeley, later British Aerospace
This article is about a jet-engine maritime patrol aircraft. For the 1930s biplane fighter aircraft, see Hawker Nimrod.
Nimrod
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2
Role
Maritime patrol aircraft
Type of aircraft
National origin
United Kingdom
Manufacturer
Hawker Siddeley BAE Systems
First flight
23 May 1967
Introduction
2 October 1969
Retired
28 June 2011[1]
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Number built
49 (+2 prototypes)
Developed from
de Havilland Comet
Variants
Nimrod R.1 Nimrod AEW.3 Nimrod MRA.4
The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod is a retired maritime patrol aircraft developed and operated by the United Kingdom. It was an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first operational jet airliner. It was originally designed by de Havilland's successor firm, Hawker Siddeley; further development and maintenance work was undertaken by Hawker Siddeley's own successor companies, British Aerospace and, later, BAE Systems.
Designed in response to a requirement issued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its fleet of ageing Avro Shackletons, the Nimrod MR1/MR2s were primarily fixed-wing aerial platforms for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations; secondary roles included maritime surveillance and anti-surface warfare. It served from the early 1970s until March 2010.[2] The intended replacement was to be extensively rebuilt Nimrod MR2s, designated Nimrod MRA4. Due to considerable delays, repeated cost overruns, and financial cutbacks, the development of the MRA4 was abandoned in 2010.[3]
The RAF also operated a small number of the Nimrod R1, an electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) variant. A dedicated airborne early warning platform, the Nimrod AEW3, was in development from late 1970s to the mid-1980s; however, much like the MRA4, considerable problems were encountered in development and thus the project was cancelled in 1986 in favour of an off-the-shelf solution in the Boeing E-3 Sentry. All Nimrod variants had been retired by mid-2011.
^Cite error: The named reference dmj-r1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cook, James. "Final air miles for 'spy in the sky' crews." BBC, 26 March 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^Blitz, James (16 November 2011). "MoD makes progress on cost overruns". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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