The MR2 had been due to be replaced by an updated Nimrod designated the MRA4, however this was cancelled due to budget overruns, delays in delivery and a large number of defects found in the ...

An order for another maritime aircraft, the Nimrod MRA4, was cancelled and the planes scrapped The aircraft, Nimrod MR2s, were retired and a new order for a fleet of Nimrod MRA4s was cancelled ...

Two new aircraft carriers will be built but one would be placed on “extended readiness”. The decision to axe the replacement Nimrod MRA4 reconnaissance planes - a project Mr Cameron said had ...