LWI - Land Warfare
AAD 2018: Rand advancing armoured plate technology
South Africa-based Rand Armour is advancing its armoured plate technology to incorporate liquid composite capabilities within its protective systems for military and security users. Rodney Anderson, ...
DB - Digital Battlespace
AAD 2018: The house that Hensoldt built
Hensoldt has utilised AAD 2018 to bring together two of its South African subsidiaries under one roof: GEW Technologies, providers in EW and spectrum monitoring ...
DN - Defence Notes
AAD 2018: SAMI ambitious for South African ventures
Saudi Arabia is seeking to mirror its investment in the South African defence industry to provide indigenous manufacturing and design capabilities in the near future, ...
MLF - Military Logistics
AAD 2018: Avionics upgrade for C-130 of Paramount importance
Paramount Group has officially launched its integrated avionics programme for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules with an ambitious timeline of 2020 for the system to ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
AAD 2018: Milkor diversifying in the defence market
21st September 2018
Known for its origins in grenade launchers, defence manufacturer Milkor is expanding its portfolio on the ground and in the skies, Phuti Jackson Mampa, CEO ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
AAD 2018: Denel launch artillery system for army
20th September 2018
Denel showcased its T5-52 155mm truck-mounted gun system at AAD 2018 where company officials confirmed talks were nearing completion with South Africa's defence forces for ...
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RH - Rotorhub
AAD 2018: Honeywell making it HAPPen in Africa
20th September 2018
Honeywell has announced that three helicopter operators in Africa have selected the company’s avionics’ protection plan. Known as HAPP (Honeywell’s Avionics Protection Plan) it is ...
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DN - Defence Notes
AAD 2018: UK seeks to reboot South African partnership
20th September 2018
One of the key mantras on the ground at AAD 2018 in South Africa is ‘potential’– this is a sentiment being explored by the UK ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
AAD 2018: Vricon brings 3D mapping technology to Africa
19th September 2018
Vricon’s software data mapping technology, 3D Surface Model, can provide military decision-makers with worldwide coverage irrelevant to terrain environments through automation and commercial satellite technology. ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
AAD 2018: Twiga’s sight set across the water
19th September 2018
South African company Twiga Services is looking to expand its 850 Military Patrol Boat’s (850 MPB) utilisation into South American waters, building on its operational ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Intelsat encrypting Five Eyes as contested operations increase
18th September 2018
The safe transference of data is of the upmost importance to civil and military operators alike; however, the conduct of clandestine missions conducted by multinational ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Whole lotta love for the Lakotas from US Army
6th September 2018
The US Army’s acquisition of the Airbus UH-72A Lakota continues to go from strength to strength as yet another order for more of the aircraft ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
UK helicopter manufacturing sits at a political crossroads
14th August 2018
As the UK’s parliament is in the midst of its annual summer recess, now is the time to take stock and see through the political ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Leasing is here to stay
10th August 2018
Instead of large order books dominating the rotary headlines, leasing is playing a major part in the recovery of the civil helicopter market as has ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Viasat developing further BLOS STT capabilities
2nd August 2018
The 7.3kg Viasat KOR-24A small tactical terminal (STT), a multi-channel radio, has Link-16 security capabilities which enable safe data and information exchanges which can be ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Insight: Global customers going ballistic for HForce
31st July 2018
From Europe to Asia-Pacific, a whole host of worldwide customers are seeing the prospect of the Airbus HForce weapon management system being applied to the H145M, as ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Farnborough 2018: Hypersonic arms race pushes Raytheon development
21st July 2018
In the light of Russian and Chinese development programmes and the nations’ execution of hypersonic weapons respectively, Raytheon is pushing harder with its involvement in ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Show roundup (video)
20th July 2018
As Farnborough draws to a close, Shephard's editorial team discuss the main news stories from the week, including the unveiling of Tempest - the UK's ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Farnborough 2018: In the hands of the HaWC
19th July 2018
Esterline’s next-generation of ruggedised handheld controllers for the unmanned sector, and other domains, is on course to be market ready by autumn of this year. ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Farnborough 2018: Acorn growth in the UK
18th July 2018
Farnborough has been dominated by the mantra of a global Britain as the indecisive political narrative tries to project open partnerships. Winners in this scenario ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Farnborough 2018: Turkish Aerospace expanding helicopter portfolio (video)
17th July 2018
The newly rebranded Turkish Aerospace, formerly Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), is pushing to dominate the medium to heavy helicopter markets through two new models. The ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Farnborough 2018: GECO ready for UK helicopters
17th July 2018
Inzpire has been selected for the UK MoD’s Rotary-wing Cockpit Situational Awareness Tool (CSAT) programme with its GECO military air mission support system, the company ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Team Tempest tempting global interest in new platform
16th July 2018
As Britain faces a tumultuous political future outside the European Union, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson used this year's Farnborough airshow to highlight the government’s commitment ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Farnborough 2018: Swedish Air Force outline air defence wish list
16th July 2018
The Swedish Air Force is looking to a future of more unmanned capabilities as part of its enhanced air defence over the next few decades ...
