DN - Defence Notes
Analysis: Can the Afghan war be privately run?
The Trump administration's decision to continue the American-led war in Afghanistan has raised renewed expectations that the American government and its Afghan allies could expand ...
IMPS - Maritime Security
Analysis: France dominates naval deliveries
Naval Group has delivered the first Gowind 2500 corvette to Egypt, representing the latest step in a long-term programme by the country in renewing its ...
RH - Rotorhub
Philippine agencies covet new helicopters
The Philippine Coast Guard is eyeing a major expansion of its almost negligible Air Group (PCGAG), with plans for seven SAR helicopters under its Maritime ...
DN - Defence Notes
MDM 2017: Commandant highlights new fighting concept
The Commandant of the US Marine Corps, Gen Robert Neller, used the venue of Modern Day Marine 2017 to highlight the service’s new Littoral Operations ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
US Army orders additional PGKs
22nd September 2017
Orbital ATK has received $123 million in orders from the US Army under production contract Option 2 for the Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), the company ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Endeavor Robotics wins FirstLook contract
22nd September 2017
Endeavor Robotics has received a contract from the US government to supply 75 FirstLook UGVs for immediate operational use, the company announced on 19 September. ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
AAV SU programme enters production
22nd September 2017
SAIC has received approval from the US Marine Corps (USMC) Program Executive Officer Land Systems to enter the production and deployment phase of the Assault ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Bittium Tough Mobile classified confidential
22nd September 2017
Bittium’s Tough Mobile LTE-smartphone has received national confidential level information security classification from Finland’s National Cyber Security Centre and the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority. The ...
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IMPS - Maritime Security
More patrol craft for Russian State Border Service
22nd September 2017
Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, one of Russia’s largest shipyards, will deliver up to 20 ‘Rondo’ multipurpose patrol craft to the Russian State Border Service over the next ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Russia shows T-90M, T-80BVM in action
22nd September 2017
Russian Land Forces put their new T-90M and upgraded T-80BVM MBTs through their paces at this year's Zapad military exercise, which has just concluded. Both ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment delivers M1/M2/M5-compatible UAS
22nd September 2017
AeroVironment has integrated new M1/M2/M5 radio frequencies into its family of small UAS, enabling users to securely conform to the Department of Defense’s (DoD's) new ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Bristow extends Barents Sea contract
22nd September 2017
Bristow Norway has signed a five-year contract to provide helicopter offshore crew change and search and rescue (SAR) services to support Eni Norge and Statoil ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
SEA, TTP to develop battlefield supply technology
22nd September 2017
SEA and TTP have been selected to develop technology to improve the efficiency of the delivery of supplies to frontline battlefield assets, it was announced ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
MDM 2017: 3D printing, UAV threats underestimated
21st September 2017
The potential threat to future military operations represented by 3D printing and small commercial UAVs has been underappreciated and underestimated.That was the opinion of one ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Kongsberg Geospatial wins EOAMS contract
21st September 2017
Kongsberg Geospatial has received a contract to produce an Emergency Operations Airspace Management System (EOAMS) for evaluation by Canadian government agencies for safely managing UAS ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Northrop Grumman to acquire Orbital ATK
21st September 2017
Northrop Grumman has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Aptima receives Agile Teams programme contract
21st September 2017
Aptima has received a multi-year contract worth $3.5 million from DARPA for the Agile Teams (A-Teams) programme, the company announced on 18 September. The programme ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Clarity emerges on UK's Warrior 2 upgrade
21st September 2017
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to green light the manufacturing phase of the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) by next year, senior ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Mobile tank equipment goes military
21st September 2017
GOFA, a German supplier of mobile tank equipment, is increasingly targeting the military market, seeing strong potential for intermodal tank containers, the company told Shephard. ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Rockwell demos WBHF comms link
21st September 2017
Rockwell Collins has successfully demonstrated the resilience of next-generation high frequency (HF) communications using a wideband high frequency (WBHF) system over a 5,000 mile distance, ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Cobham pilot breathing sensors complete
21st September 2017
Cobham has completed internal development of an Exhalation Gas Sensor for the US Air Force (USAF) School of Aerospace Medicine, the company announced on 18 ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
KNO seeks to plug training gaps
21st September 2017
The UK continues to retire its C-130J Super Hercules MoD and is looking to sell the older aircraft to nations which could now be left ...
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SOF - Special Operations
SADC SF expands capabilities
21st September 2017
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Special Forces completed its most recent biennial training exercise in September, further extending its capabilities and interoperability as a ...
