MOD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.
A Eurofighter Typhoon at MOD Boscombe Down
Personnel work on a Gloster Meteor F.3 at Boscombe Down during the Second World War
A BAC 1-11 of the Empire Test Pilots' School seen at the International Air Tattoo at Boscombe Down on 13 June 1992
An Avro RJ100 operated by QinetiQ seen at Boscombe Down during 2016
QinetiQ is a British defence technology company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire. It operates primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets and runs testing an
MOD Boscombe Down
…site has a main runway 3,212 metres (10,538 ft) in length, greater than many other UK airfields and useful for aspects of test flying. It is managed by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the change from the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence. The…
QinetiQ Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet (ZJ647) arrives at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, for the Royal International Air Tattoo (2014)
QinetiQ's experimental RV Triton
QinetiQ AgustaWestland AW109E Power arrives for the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, England