Defence Notes
Podcast: US lifts the lid on FY2021 spending plans, OMFV rises from the dead, and Singapore Airshow news
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Defence Notes
Sales surge for BAE Systems in FY2019
BAE Systems confirmed that the company saw a 7% increase in sales throughout FY2019. This represents an increase of £1.7 billion ($2.18bn). At the same ...
Defence Notes
Airbus Defence & Space starts consultation on potential job losses
Airbus Defence and Space has begun a consultation process with employee representatives from the group’s European work council over planned redundancies. It comes as the ...
Air Warfare
F/A-18 Super Hornets arrive in Finland for HX Challenge
Two Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets and an EA-18G Growler have arrived in Finland to begin flight trials as part of the country’s HX Challenge. Boeing ...
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Digital Battlespace
Tapestry Solutions to support GDSS
20th February 2020
Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has been awarded a contract to sustain and modernise the US Air Force’s Global Decision Support System (GDSS). GDSS is the ...
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Training
Universal Motion to support Boxer simulators
20th February 2020
Universal Motion Simulator has been awarded a $21.4 million contract to support training simulators for the Australian Defence Force’s new Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles. ...
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Digital Battlespace
Cambridge Pixel radar tech for ROKN vessels
20th February 2020
Cambridge Pixel will supply SPx radar technology for installation on the Republic of Korea Navy’s fleet of Chamsuri II class patrol boats and FFX-II frigates. ...
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Military Logistics
Rolls-Royce receives new AE 1107C engine order
19th February 2020
Rolls-Royce has received a contract modification to supply AE 1107C engines to the US Navy, the US Department of Defense announced on 18 February. The ...
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Naval Warfare
Damen begins LST 100 build for Nigerian Navy
19th February 2020
Damen Shipyards Sharjah in the UAE has commenced construction of the LST 100 landing craft for the Nigerian Navy with a keel-laying ceremony. The LST ...
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Defence Helicopter
Longbow FCR support contract detailed
19th February 2020
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have detailed a recent contract from the US Army to support the AH-64 Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar ...
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Air Warfare
Nigeria to take delivery of JF-17 Thunder aircraft
19th February 2020
Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), confirmed on 15 February that the air force will receive an ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
RAN to roll out unmanned MCM capability
19th February 2020
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is introducing deployable mine counter-measures (MCM) capabilities under Project Sea 1778. Under Project 1778 Phase 1, Australian Mine Warfare Team ...
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Land Warfare
ADF Boxer seating frames contract awarded
19th February 2020
Australian industry involvement in the Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle build is ramping up, with Precision Metal Group contracted to build the seating frames for ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Rafael’s Drone Dome intercepts targets with new laser technology
18th February 2020
Rafael has completed a demonstration of its Drone Dome C-UAS in which it intercepted several manoeuvring UAVs using its hard-kill laser beam director. The C-UAS ...
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Digital Battlespace
Indra to support Lithuanian radars
18th February 2020
Indra has received a contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for radar support for Lithuania. The Performance Based Contractor Logistic Support contract ...
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Air Warfare
Collins Aerospace & Lockheed Martin complete U-2 Dragon Lady sensor upgrades
18th February 2020
Collins Aerospace and Lockheed Martin completed flight testing of an upgraded Senior Year EO Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor on the US Army’s U-2 fixed-wing aircraft. ...
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Naval Warfare
Future USNS Cherokee Nation takes shape
18th February 2020
Construction of the US Navy’s future USNS Cherokee Nation has commenced with a keel laying ceremony near Gulf Island Shipyard. Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7) will ...
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Naval Warfare
Rolls-Royce expands Canadian facility
18th February 2020
Rolls-Royce has broken ground on a new expansion to its Centre of Excellence for Naval Handling equipment in Peterborough, Ontario, in Canada. The site will ...
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Defence Helicopter
US Navy renews Lockheed Martin Seahawk PBL contract
18th February 2020
The US Navy has renewed Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission System’s H-60 Seahawk Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract, it announced on 15 February. The $2.3 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PHASA-35 flies in Australia
18th February 2020
The solar-electric Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) has completed its first flight, BAE Systems announced on 17 February. Designed to operate unmanned in the ...
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Digital Battlespace
Bittium to continue ESSOR porting for Finland
18th February 2020
Bittium will continue porting the European European Secure Software-defined Radio (ESSOR) programme’s Operational Capability 1 (OC1) wideband waveform to the Bittium Tough SDR radio for ...
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Land Warfare
Land Warfare magazine: European armoured vehicles, high-intensity conflict, urban ops and more
17th February 2020
Read the first edition of Land Warfare for free in our app or on your desktop. Register below to be sent the download link and ...
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Air Warfare
Two King Air 350ERs enter service with Leonardo’s ATOS system
17th February 2020
The ATOS mission system from Leonardo is installed on two Textron-built King Air 350ER maritime patrol aircraft that have entered into service with an undisclosed ...
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Land Warfare
Oshkosh to deliver more JLTVs
17th February 2020
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a contract modification worth $407.3 million to provide 1,240 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), predominantly to the US Army and the ...
