Maximising asset availability, backed by proven expertise
From advanced maintenance of helicopters to air defence radar, we provide engineering expertise, vital to mission success, in highly regulated and technical domains.
Air defence radars
We are at the heart of defending the UK from attack, providing critical engineering maintenance support of UK based Air Defence radars since 2005.
Our engineers provide the day-to-day operation of Remote Radar Heads across five sites located in Northumberland, Shetland Isles, Eastern Scotland, Western Scotland and Norfolk.
Our dedicated team works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to operate and maintain critical national infrastructure to support our armed forces to defend the UK.
In support of this our skilled engineers have consistently achieved over 99% operational availability to the RAF. In addition, Serco has delivered three new state of the art TPS-77 Air Defence radar systems to the Ministry of Defence and upgraded two RAF T92 radars.
Typhoon aircraft automatic testing solutions
We support mission critical capability through resilient and agile delivery, helping Typhoons fulfil their mission. Our skilled team provides high integrity test solutions, through-life support, data acquisition, simulation, and technical consultancy. We integrate industry leading technology into innovative solutions that enable customers to reduce costs and succeed in their goals.
Serco’s GPSE automatic test set has replaced nine separate pieces of support equipment with a single box solution, reducing costs for the UK Ministry of Defence. It is now the main equipment used to provide off-aircraft support of the Typhoon armament system components.
The GPSE has been redesigned to create a standard test system for use across all operators of Typhoon delivering better performance, improved reliability and resolving obsolescence, reducing the cost of ownership further whilst increasing equipment availability. The GPSE is in use with most Typhoon equipped Air Forces and is supported from our service base in the UK.
Royal Navy and RAF aircraft maintenance
We help keep the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft in the air.
We deliver expert and critical engineering for the Typhoon, Merlin, Apache, Wildcat and Chinook aircraft with our maintenance, repair and overhaul services keeping these assets ready for flight and fight.
Each year Serco Propulsion Technicians repair 30 Typhoon EJ200 engines and physically handle and work on 80+ engines. At RAF Odiham, our team repairs and tests 50 Chinook HC.MK 6 - T55 engines and 36 Titan auxiliary power units every year.
Serco logistics specialists process 9,800 plus spares for EJ200 engine repair and Typhoon engine forward support per year. Our engineers also specialise in fault diagnosis, avionics and mechanical maintenance, and aircraft part welding for Wildcat and Merlin helicopters.
Serco is also the largest provider of painting and graphics surface finish services to the RAF.
RAF Brize Norton
We deliver extensive airside and support services at RAF Brize Norton 24 hours a day, every day, and have been proudly supporting the Royal Air Force’s mission at RAF Brize Norton for over 25 years.
Our logistics, armoury, engineering and airfield services specialists provide assured, highly regulated services, enabling the 7,000 RAF personnel based on site to provide rapid global mobility in support of UK overseas operations and exercises.
Our engineering teams annually maintain over 300 C-17 aircraft wheel and tyre assemblies, and over 200 composite and metal repairs are carried out at our aircraft structural repair bay each year. The Serco survival equipment bay maintains critical safety equipment for the RAF Brize Norton aircraft, and the station armoury maintains and services thousands of RAF Brize Norton rifles & pistols.
We maintain over 150 specialist airfield vehicles every year, supporting the airfleet operations and aircraft fleet.
