Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: Warfighter burden could be lightened with multipurpose RDC
US company Persistent Systems has released details of a new Android-based Rugged Display and Controller (RDC), which is designed to be linked to the company’s ...
Unmanned Vehicles
Lockheed Martin suggests wingman UAV for Poland
Lockheed Martin is aiming to offer a new UAV, based on existing systems, for the Harpi Szpon (Harpy Claw) programme in Poland. The new UAV ...
Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Saab adds LADM to the mix for Finnish fighter programme proposal
Saab is planning to offer a new decoy missile system called the Lightweight Air-launched Decoy Missile (LADM), as part of its Gripen E/F proposal for Finland’s ...
Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Final captive-carry test heralds next chapter for ARRW
US efforts to rapidly develop and field hypersonic weapons within the next three years took a step forward on 8 August, with a final captive-carry ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Ireland mulls a major leap forward in air capabilities
3rd July 2020
Ireland has raised the possibility of purchasing air combat interceptor aircraft, as a major increase in capability for the Air Corps if the proposal goes ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Loyal Wingman takes up position
5th May 2020
Boeing has handed over the first prototype of a Loyal Wingman large multirole UAV to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), with the first flight expected ...
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Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: Saab hails X-band AESA trial
24th April 2020
Saab completed the first flight trial of its new X-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) fighter radar on 8 April. The company stated on 24 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Coyote Block 2 UAV killer on target for IOC and sales
17th March 2020
Raytheon expects to begin full-rate production of Coyote Block 2 (pictured), a counter-UAS (C-UAS) UAV which is used with the Howler C-UAS system, in 2020. ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AOC 2019: Ascent integrates new system onto X-MADIS
6th November 2019
Unmanned technology and engineering company Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced that it has integrated the CM262 optic system into its X-MADIS (eXpeditionary Mobile Air ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 2019: QinetiQ joins with Pratt & Miller to present new RCV offering
25th October 2019
QinetiQ North America and engineering company Pratt & Miller have partnered to offer the latter company’s Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) to meet the US ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AOC 2019: Coyote Block 2 to integrate Howler
23rd October 2019
Raytheon expects to conduct a final demonstration of its Coyote Block 2 UAV for a counter-UAS role before the end of March 2020. Additionally, in ...
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Defence Helicopter
AUSA 2019: Boeing prepares for CH-47F Block II delay
18th October 2019
Boeing is making preparations for a worst-case scenario where the procurement of Chinook CH-47F Block II helicopters for the US Army is delayed by anything up ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 2019: Qinetiq takes control with new robot controller
16th October 2019
QinetiQ North America has shown its new high-definition universal controller (UC-HD) for the first time at AUSA 2019. The UC-HD is a device with a ...
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Land Warfare
AUSA 2019: New Javelin launch unit on road to fielding in 2023
16th October 2019
Raytheon Missile Systems expects to go to low-rate initial production (LRIP) for its new Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit (CLU) in 2021 and full rate ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 2019: WAMI pod to take to the skies
16th October 2019
US engineering and technology company Logos Technologies has unveiled a new Multi-Modal Sensor Pod (MMSP) at AUSA 2019 and outlined plans for the first flight ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 2019: MUTT gets a radio boost
15th October 2019
The Persistent Systems MPU5 radio has been installed on General Dynamics’s Multipurpose Unmanned Tactical Transport (MUTT) UGV as part of the latter’s Small Multipurpose Equipment ...
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Re-engined Chinook to fly in 2019
10th June 2019
Boeing, in co-operation with the US Army and GE, will fly a Chinook with two GE T408 engines in 2019 in an effort to examine ...
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Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: Sharper sting for Boeing's Super Hornet
10th June 2019
Boeing expects to deliver the first two network-centric Super Hornet F/A-18 Block III aircraft in 2019 for testing and evaluation by the US Navy. Separately, ...
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Boeing foreshadows V-22 line closure
10th June 2019
It is ‘final call’ at the last chance saloon for any new or existing customers considering buying or purchasing more V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, according ...
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing pushes forward with Defiant
20th May 2019
Boeing plans to operate the push propulsor on its Defiant SB>1 coaxial helicopter this year after completing the first flight into hover in Q1 2019. ...
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Military Logistics
Boeing lists KC-46A success, defends programme
19th May 2019
Boeing is pushing ahead despite hiccups in its KC-46A multirole tanker aircraft contract with the USAF and has just delivered another three on top of ...
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Defence Notes
UK P-8A ahead of schedule
17th May 2019
For a free 24 hour trial to read this and all our other Premium News Click Here The first UK RAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol/multi-mission aircraft is ...
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Training
Boeing T-X jet trainer aircraft set to return to the air
16th May 2019
Boeing’s T-X jet trainer aircraft will return to test flights ‘imminently’ following changes as part of the engineering and manufacturing development phase, according to T-X ...
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Defence Notes
Small steps for the Boeing F-15EX
16th May 2019
Boeing’s next-generation F-15EX fighter aircraft has made another small, if potentially feeble, step with inclusion in the US House Appropriations Committee draft FY 2020 defence ...
