![]() Having entered service as an urgent operational requirement in 2007, the Shadow provides an electronic intelligence (ELINT) capability based on the Beechcraft King Air 350 airframe. “The CDR confirms the baseline configuration for the aircraft, defining the equipment fit, which will maintain this leading capability,” the MoD said. In announcing a GBP11.5 million (USD13.6 million) training contract for the capability with Raytheon, the MoD said that the Shadow R2 upgrade and its efforts to increase the fleet from six to eight aircraft had successfully passed its CDR. Special mission aircraft fleet has passed its critical design review (CDR), the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on 9 March. ![]() The UK programme to upgrade and expand the size of its Raytheon Shadow The UK is upgrading and expanding the size of its Shadow special mission aircraft fleet.
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