List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm

Aircraft

List of minor aircraft of the Royal Navy

Helicopters to support the Royal Marines

• Westland Gazelle AH.1 - 12 helicopters
• Agusta-Bell Sioux/Westland-Bell Sioux AH.1 - 14 helicopters
• Westland Lynx AH.1, Lynx AH.7 and Lynx AH.9, Lynx AH.9A -
• Westland Scout AH.1 - Six helicopters
• AgustaWestland Merlin HC4/4A
• [AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat|AgustaWestland AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat|Wildcat AH.1] -

Airships and balloons

• List of British airships
• Barrage balloons
• R80 (airship) - One airship
• Operation Outward

UAVs and drones

• AeroVironment Puma -
• Wasp III -
• QinetiQ Banshee 80+ -
• Schiebel Camcopter Peregrine -

Obsolete UAVs and drones

• ARSAERO CT 10 target drone -
• Boeing Insitu ScanEagle -, Operated by No.700 Naval Air Squadron.
• Northrop Chukar D.1 and Chukar D.2 target drone - 98 aircraft
• Northrop Sheldduck D.1 target drone -
• RAE Larynx cruise missile -

Gliders

• Akaflieg München Mü13 – One former Luftwaffe
• DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter – Three
• Eliotts Olympia I – One
• DFS Kranich I – One
• DFS Kranich II – One
• Schneider Grunau Baby – Six
• Slingsby Cadet – One
• Slingsby Prefect – One

Prototypes and minor aircraft

• Airspeed Fleet Shadower - Three-seat carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft. One aircraft
• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 - Single-seat naval fighter biplane.
• Armstrong Whitworth Starling II - Single-seat fighter biplane. Naval variant of the Armstrong Whitworth Starling. One aircraft.
• Avro 571 Buffalo - Carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane. One aircraft, 1940-1941.
• Bell P-39 Airacobra - One P-39D aircraft
• Blackburn B-3 - Two-seat torpedo-bomber biplane. Two aircraft
• Blackburn B-54 - Carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Three aircraft
• Blackburn Airedale - Three-seat reconnaissance aircraft. Two aircraft
• Blackburn Blackburd - Single-seat torpedo-bomber biplane. Three aircraft
• Blackburn Firecrest - Single-seat streak fighter aircraft. Two aircraft
• Blackburn Nautilus - Two-seat spotter, interceptor fighter biplane. One aircraft
• Blackburn Sprat - Two-seat advanced trainer biplane. One aircraft
• Blackburn Turcock - Single-seat fighter biplane. One aircraft
• British Aerospace 125-600B - One aircraft. Used for testing Blue Vixen radar and other avionics for the Sea Harrier F/A.2.
• Bristol Type 173 Helicopter - One aircraft
• Fairey Ferret - Two-seat general purpose biplane.
• [Fairey Fairey Firefly|Firefly IIM|Fairey Firefly III] - Single-seat fighter biplane. Naval variant of the Fairey Firefly Mk IIM. One aircraft
• Fairey Fleetwing - Two-seat fleet reconnaissance biplane. One aircraft
• Fairey Pintail - Two-seat fighter reconnaissance biplane. Three aircraft
• Fairey Spearfish - Two-seat torpedo-bomber, dive-bomber aircraft. Five aircraft
• Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter - Two-seat light helicopter.
• General Aircraft Fleet Shadower - Carrier-based fleet shadower aircraft. One aircraft
• Gloster Gnatsnapper - Single-seat carrier-based fighter biplane. Two aircraft
• Gloster TSR.38 - Three-seat torpedo-bomber, spotter, reconnaissance biplane. One aircraft
• Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow - Two-seat bomber, torpedo-bomber, reconnaissance biplane. Two built
• Handley Page H.P.46 - Two-seat carrier-based torpedo-bomber biplane. One aircraft
• Handley Page Hanley - Single-seat torpedo-bomber biplane. Three built
• Handley Page Hendon - Two-seat torpedo-bomber biplane. Six aircraft
• Hawker P.1052 - Single-seat research aircraft. Two aircraft
• Hawker Hedgehog - Three-seat naval reconnaissance biplane. One aircraft
• Hawker Hoopoe - Single-seat naval fighter biplane. One aircraft
• Hawker Siddeley P.1154 - Cancelled in 1965. Not built
• Miles M.20 - Single-seat light-weigth fighter aircraft. One aircraft
• Miles M.39B Libellula - Single-seat bomber aircraft. One aircraft
• Parnall Perch - One aircraft
• Parnall Pike - Two of three-seat naval reconnaissance biplane. One aircraft
• Parnall Pipit - Single-seat naval fighter biplane. Two aircraft
• Parnall Puffin - Two-seat amphibious fighter reconnaissance aircraft. Three aircraft
• Saro P.531 - Five-seat utility helicopter.
• Saro Skeeter - Three test and evaluation aircraft. Operated by No.705 Naval Air Squadron.
• Saunders-Roe SR.177 - Cancelled in 1957. Not built
• Short S.6 Sturgeon - Three-seat naval reconnaissance. Two aircraft
• Short Gurnard - Two-seat naval fighter biplane. Two aircraft
• Short Shirl - Single-seat torpedo-bomber biplane. Four aircraft
• Supermarine Type 322 - Three-seat naval torpedo-bomber, dive-bomber, reconnaissance aircraft. Two aircraft
• Supermarine Type 525 - Single-seat naval jet fighter aircraft. One aircraft
• Supermarine Seagull (1948) - Three-seat air sea rescue amphibious flying-boat. Two aircraft
• Supermarine Seamew - Twin-engined amphibious flying-boat. Two aircraft
• Supermarine Seal II - Three-seat reconnaissance, fleet spotter, amphibious flying-boat. One aircraft
• Taylorcraft Auster Mk I, III and V - Communication aircraft. Seven aircraft
• Vickers Type 123 - Single-seat fighter biplane. One aircraft
• Vickers Type 177 - Single-seat fighter biplane. Naval variant of the Vickers Type 143. One aircraft
• Vickers Type 207 - Two-seat carrier-based torpedo-bomber biplane.
• Vickers Vanellus - Three-seat amphibious flying-boat. One aircraft
• Vickers Vendace - Two-seat trainer biplane. One aircraft

Weapons of the Fleet Air Arm

Air-to-air missiles

• Hughes/Raytheon AMRAAM: Medium-range air-to-air missile – Carried by the Sea Harrier.
• MBDA UK ASRAAM: Short-range air-to-air missile.

Obsolete air-to-missiles

• de Havilland Firestreak: infrared homing air-to-air missile – Carried by the Sea Venom and Sea Vixen.
• Hawker Siddeley Red Top: Air-to-air missile – Carried by the Sea Vixen.
• Raytheon Sidewinder: Short-range air-to-air missiles – Carried by the Buccaneer. Phantom, Scimitar and Sea Harrier.
• Raytheon Sparrow: Medium-range air-to-air missile – Carried by the Phantom

Air-to-surface missiles

• MBDA Sea Venom: Anti-ship missile. Carried by the Wildcat helicopter.
• Thales Air Defence Martlet: Lightweight Multirole missile. Carried by the Wildcat helicopter.

Obsolete air-to-surface missiles

• Nord AS.11: Air-to-surface anti-tank, anti-ship missile. Carried by the Wessex and Wasp helicopter.
• Aérospatiale AS.12: Air-to-surface anti-ship missile. Carried by the Wasp and Wessex helicopters.
• Martin Marietta Bullpup: Air-to-surface missile. Carried by the Scimitar and Sea Vixen.
• Hawker Siddeley/Matra Martel: Carried by the Buccaneer and Sea Harrier.
• Paveway II and III: Air-to-surface laser-guided bomb. Carried by The Harrier II
• * Raytheon UK Paveway IV: Air-to-surface laser-guided bomb. Carried by the Harrier II.
• Raytheon Maverick: Air-to-surface missile. Carried by the Harrier II.
• BAe Dynamics Sea Eagle: air-to-surface anti-ship missile. Carried by the Buccaneer and Sea Harrier.
• British Aircraft Corporation Sea Skua: Anti-ship missile, carried by the Lynx helicopter.

Anti-submarine weapons

• Mark 11 depth charge
• Marconi Electronic Systems Sting Ray Torpedo: Lightweight acoustic homing anti-submarine torpedo. Carried by the Augusta Westland Wildcat and Merline helicopters.

Obsolete anti-submarine weapons

• 18-inch Mark 30 torpedo: Air-dropped, passive ascostic homing anti-submarine. Carried by the Fairey Gannet and Westland Whirlwind helicopter.
• General Electric Mark 44 Torpedo: Air-dropped lightweight anti-submarine torpedo. Carried by the Westland Sea King, Wasp, Whirlwind and Wessex helicopters.
• Aerojet/Honeywell/Raytheon Mark 46 Torpedo: Air-dropped lightweight anti-submarine torpedo. Carried by the Westland Sea King, Wasp, Whirlwind and Wessex helicopters.

Nuclear weapons 1950 to 2000

• AWRE Red Beard nuclear bomb free-fall nuclear bomb – Tactical nuclear weapon, carried by the Buccaneer, Scimitar and Sea Vixen.
• AWRE WE.177 free-fall nuclear bomb – Carried by the Buccaneer, Sea Harrier and Sea Vixen.
• * AWRE WE.177 nuclear depth bomb – Carried by the Westland Lynx, Wasp and Wessex helicopters.

Unguided rockets

• 2-inch RP: 2-inch air-to-air, air-to-surface rocket projectile: Carried by the Buccaneer and Sea Vixen.
• CRV7: Unguided air-to-surface rockets. Carried by the BAe Harrier II.
• Thomson-Brandt/Matra SNEB – 68-mm air-to-surface rockets. Carried by the Buccaneer, Phantom, Sea Harrier and Sea Vixen.
• RP-3: 3-inch air-to-surface rocket projectile. Carried by the Attacker. Firefly, Scimitar, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk, Sea Hurricane, Sea Vixen, Swordfish, Tarpon/Avenger.

Obsolete Torpedoes

• British 18-inch torpedo: Air dropped torpedo.
• General Electric/Western Electric Mark 24 mine.
• Brush Development Company Mark 43 torpedo..

Flares

• Lepus Flares: Carried by the Buccaneer, Phantom and Sea Harrier.

Free fall bombs

• Hunting Engineering, Ltd BL755

Aircraft guns

• 0.50-inch Browning M3M heavy machine gun: It can be carried by the Wildcat helicopter.
• 25-mm GAU-12 Equalizer Fitted to the F-35 Lightning II.

Obsolete aircraft guns

• 0.303-inch Browning machine gun
• 0.303-inch Lewis Gun:
• 0.303-inch Vickers machine gun
• 0.303-inch Vickers K machine gun
• 0.30-inch M1919 Browning machine gun
• 0.50-inch M2 Browning machine gun
• 7.62-mm FN MAG general-purpose machine gun: Carried by the Lynx helicopter.
• 20-mm Hispano cannon
• 20 M61 Vulcan cannon: Fitted to the F-4 Phantom.
• 30-mm Aden cannon
• * 25-mm Aden cannon