UV - Unmanned Vehicles
AOC 2019: Ascent integrates new system onto X-MADIS
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 ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 2019: QinetiQ joins with Pratt & Miller to present new RCV offering
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 ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
AOC 2019: Coyote Block 2 to integrate Howler
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 ...
DH - Defence Helicopter
AUSA 2019: Boeing prepares for CH-47F Block II delay
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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DN - 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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DH - 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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UV - 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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DN - 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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MLF - 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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MTSN - Training/Simulation
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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NWI - 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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DB - 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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DB - 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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UV - 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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UV - 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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MLF - 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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UV - 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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UV - 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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DB - 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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UV - 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 ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Avalon 2015: USAF confident F-35 will meet targets
25th February 2015
The re-baselining of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter programme has been successful and ongoing improvements in areas such as support and ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Avalon 2015: IAI suggests new roles for Australian Herons
25th February 2015
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) believes the expanded capabilities of the Heron 1 UAV operated by the Royal Australian Air Force can provide a way for ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Avalon 2015: Australian Wedgetail fully operational by mid-year
25th February 2015
Full operating capability (FOC) is expected to be declared for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Wedgetail E-7A airborne early warning and control aircraft before ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Avalon 2015: Rocket firings planned for Fire Scout
24th February 2015
Northrop Grumman plans to do a test firing of an Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from the new version of its Fire Scout rotary ...
