Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Ireland mulls a major leap forward in air capabilities
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 ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Loyal Wingman takes up position
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 ...
Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: Saab hails X-band AESA trial
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 ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Coyote Block 2 UAV killer on target for IOC and sales
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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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Arming options for CV-22
16th June 2017
Further arming options are being considered for the US Air Force’s special operations CV-22 tiltrotor as Bell-Boeing plans where to take the variants of the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Paris Air Show: UAV inspection down under and beyond
15th June 2017
Boeing plans to offer its full-service UAV infrastructure inspection system internationally after more than a year of providing inspection for well heads, pipelines and processing ...
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Boeing to ink EMD Chinook contract
14th June 2017
Boeing expects to ink the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) contract for the manufacture of three CH-47F Block II aircraft before the end of August ...
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Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: New sting planned for Hornet
13th June 2017
Boeing is looking to take its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block III, based on the heritage of a 1970s platform, decades into the future with a ...
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Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: BTX focus on USAF competition
12th June 2017
Boeing believes there is a potential market of 2,000 aircraft for its Boeing T-X (BTX) trainer despite this the company remains focussed on its bidding ...
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Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Boeing’s eagle eyes scan Australia
12th June 2017
Boeing has begun to plan for the likely early retirement of the Australian Army’s Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter by considering such a requirement as a ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DroneHome latest entry into unmanned infrastructure
9th June 2017
A challenge currently faced by some commercial rotary UAS operators, particularly for longer range pipeline or powerline inspection or large area surveillance, is the need ...
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Defence Notes
Boeing promotes more striking Eagle
18th May 2017
Boeing believes it has prospects and contracts for its F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft up until at least 2019 and likely beyond 2022. The company has ...
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Military Logistics
First Pegasus delivery and Japanese contract before year end
17th May 2017
Boeing expects to deliver the first of its KC-46A PegasusKC-46A Pegasus multi-role tankers to the US Air Force (USAF) by the end of 2017 as ...
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Training
Air-to-air refuelling training set for P-8
16th May 2017
Simulation training for air-to-air refuelling with Boeing Poseidon P-8 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) may begin before the end of August with the capability currently in ...
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Naval Warfare
First Whidbey Island P-8 squadron cleared for flight
16th May 2017
The first Boeing Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) squadron at US Naval Air Station Whidbey Island has gained Safe for Flight certification with an ...
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Digital Battlespace
Avalon 2017: JORN upgrade award imminent
3rd March 2017
A decision on the upgrade to Australia's Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) is imminent with the two bidding companies, Lockheed Martin Australia and BAE Systems ...
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Digital Battlespace
Avalon 2017: RAAF embarks upon road to Jericho
1st March 2017
Plan Jericho, an effort by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to bring down walls between users and operators and create a fifth-generation fighting force, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Avalon 2017: Australian civil UAV usage surges
26th February 2017
Australian UAV operators expect substantial growth in the areas of agriculture and architecture/building operations before the end of the decade, according to a survey conducted ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
IDEX 2017: Avenger assembled
21st February 2017
Canadian robot and security company Med-Eng is displaying its new Avenger UGV at IDEX and has released more technical detail, less than a month after ...
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Military Logistics
IDEX 2017: First KC-390 production aircraft en route
20th February 2017
The first air-to-air refueling dry contact between Embraer's new KC-390 multi-mission medium transport aircraft and a jet fighter took place on 19 February.The trial took ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
IDEX 2017: Chinese UGV mimics US system
19th February 2017
If the two unmanned ground vehicles pictured above seem similar, then you would not be wrong. In fact, they seem to have been separated at ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
IAA seek fines for unregulated drone use
9th November 2016
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is working with its government to introduce regulations which would allow it to fine drone operators as a final measure ...
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Digital Battlespace
Eurosatory: Elbit moves to dominate
16th June 2016
Israeli company Elbit Systems has unveiled improvements to its Dominator combat soldier communications suite at Eurosatory 2016 in Paris. The improved system has a new ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Avalon 2015: Lockheed Martin goes shark hunting
26th February 2015
Trials are planned in the use of Lockheed Martin’s small Indago quad-rotor UAV for shark-spotting, it has emerged. The platform has an endurance of 45 ...
