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 ...
RH - Rotorhub
Bell chimes louder in China
Bell Helicopter witnessed a contract signing on 14 September, the opening day of the 4th China Helicopter Expo, when Lhasa Xueying General Aviation ordered two ...
RH - Rotorhub
AC313 adds new fire-fighting punch
Avicopter performed a fire-fighting demonstration of its AC313 fitted with Simplex Aerospace equipment – a belly water tank and high-rise fire-fighting system – at the ...
RH - Rotorhub
Airbus eyes sustained growth in China
Bolstering Airbus Helicopters’ presence in China, the OEM signed an agreement with CMIG Leasing (formerly CMIFL) on the opening day of the 4th China Helicopter ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Enstrom begins enforcing law in China
19th September 2017
The Chongqing General Aviation Industry Group (CGAG), the owner of the Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, announced an agreement to sell ten Enstrom 480B helicopters during the ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Avicopter logs orders at Tianjin show
18th September 2017
Avicopter logged orders for 26 helicopters on the opening day of the 4th China Helicopter Expo in Tianjin on 15 September. Significantly, this included an ...
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RH - Rotorhub
AC352 awaits engine certification
18th September 2017
The AC352, the fruit of cooperation between Airbus Helicopters and AVIC, performed an aerial demonstration on the opening day of the 4th China Helicopter Expo ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Armed AV500W flies as new designs surprise
18th September 2017
Last month the AV500W rotary-winged UAV from the AVIC Helicopter Research and Development Institute in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province performed its maiden flight and conducted a ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Z-19 sprouts radar and set to achieve exports
15th September 2017
For the first time the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) publicly exhibited an example of its Z-19 attack helicopter fitted with a mast-mounted millimeter wave radar, ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Sino-Russian AHL grows in stature
15th September 2017
China and Russia are edging closer to a contract for the cooperative Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopter, with the proposed design more prominently presented at ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
L-15 trainer advances worldwide
13th September 2017
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now operating the tandem-seat JL-10 trainer, which is also known as the L-15 Falcon under its export nomenclature, ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
MALE UAVs operating in Philippines; more expected
13th September 2017
The US Embassy in Manila announced on 11 September that the US military had deployed ‘Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems’ - note the plural - to ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Final THAAD elements reach Korea
11th September 2017
The US Army delivered the final elements of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to South Korea on 7 September, completing a rapid ...
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SOF - Special Operations
Analysis: US SOF involvement in Philippines
8th September 2017
The US closure of Joint Special Operations Task Force - Philippines (JSOTF-P) in Mindanao, southern Philippines in 2015 appears to have been premature, in light ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Indian Army lodges Dhruv order
6th September 2017
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in receipt of an order for 41 further Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), primarily for the Indian Army, according to ...
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DN - Defence Notes
PLAAF restructures its Airborne Corps
6th September 2017
Greater clarity has begun to emerge about the radical restructuring of China’s airborne force – what was once referred to as the 15th Airborne Corps ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
PLAN commissions largest supply ship
4th September 2017
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its first Type 901 fast supply ship in the southern city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province on 1 ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Indian C-130J fleet almost complete
1st September 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) received four more C-130J-30 Hercules last month, as Lockheed Martin fulfils a contract for 12 of the transport aircraft. The ...
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DN - Defence Notes
South Korean defence budget set for boost
31st August 2017
Alarmed by Kim Jong-un’s shenanigans across the border, Seoul announced on 29 August that it proposed to boost defence spending next year by 6.9% to ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Analysis: Australia experiences embarrassing amphibious gap
31st August 2017
The Australian Army has a vexing problem. How can it deliver its M1A1 AIM Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) ashore from the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Australia boosts GPR signal processing
29th August 2017
Australia has been working with the US to trial vehicle-mounted ground-penetrating radar suitable for detecting improvised explosive devices (IED), according to a press release from ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Pakistan receives Mi-35M quartet
29th August 2017
The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps has received four Mil Mi-35M attack helicopters, the Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) confirmed in late August. A statement issued ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Norinco shows off active protection and new AFVs
23rd August 2017
The North Industries Corporation (Norinco), China’s largest manufacturer of armoured vehicles, successfully demonstrated its GL5 active protection system (APS) before more than 200 dignitaries from ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
NZ seeks replacement EOD robots
9th August 2017
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is seeking replacement explosive ordnance (EOD) disposal robots, with an RfP recently issued on 4 August. The requirement covers ...
