Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Industry partners ink T55 deal in hot pursuit of German heavy-lift win
Boeing, Honeywell and Rolls-Royce have jointly reached an agreement for T55 engine in-service support as part of a wider CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter offer to ...
Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Concerns raised over UK F-35 operational balance
Defence analysts have questioned whether the UK F-35 programme can be built up to readily support a broad range of air, land and sea-based missions. ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Thunderstorm interrupts MQ-25 testing
An unexpected thunderstorm has caused disruption to Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray flight test plans. Test asset T1, a predecessor to four MQ-25 EDM aircraft due to ...
Defence Helicopter
Czech Viper and Venom double deal takes shape
The Czech Republic’s long-running effort to acquire new utility and attack helicopters has taken a key step forward, after the US DoD issued Bell with ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Northrop closes in on international Firebird order
21st August 2020
Northrop Grumman has revealed it is preparing to announce a new Firebird optionally piloted MALE ISR aircraft order for an international customer. Negotiations are under ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Lockheed Martin makes case for new era of directed energy weapons
21st August 2020
The difficulties that have traditionally stopped industry and military operators from collaborating to successfully deploy directed energy weapons on the battlefield are effectively over, according ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Israel grounds Black Hawk fleet amid engine troubles
19th August 2020
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has decided to ground its UH-60 Black Hawk (Owl) fleet following a number of T700 engine ‘technical malfunctions’ discovered over ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: US Army gears up for new round of RQ-7B Shadow Block III tests
13th August 2020
The US Army will soon move to a RQ-7B Shadow Block III Follow-On Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E;) phase as it looks to bolster capabilities ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Airbus delays UK Zephyr HAPS flight tests
7th August 2020
COVID-19 restrictions have forced Airbus Defence and Space to postpone Zephyr High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) Operational Concept Demonstrator (OCD) flight trials, which were originally scheduled for summer ...
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Air Warfare
PREMIUM: F-35 ’ten-point disadvantage’ is a Canadian government matter, says Lockheed
7th August 2020
Lockheed Martin has responded to claims that the F-35 faces a considerable competitive stumbling block if it is to win Canada’s C$15 billion-C$19 billion ($11 ...
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Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Offers on the table as Canada edges closer to future fighter buy
31st July 2020
Canada will move immediately to examine three government proposals as part of the country’s C$15-19 billion ($11-14 billion) Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP), following 31 July ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Allies remonstrated with US on new UAV export policy
31st July 2020
A decision by the US government to use national discretion to reinterpret the multinational Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) agreement went against explicit requests from ...
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Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Leonardo facing up to Kuwaiti Typhoon turbulence
31st July 2020
An order from Kuwait for a fleet of 28 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A fighter jets has suffered from COVID-19 economic complications and left Leonardo to ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Lockheed Martin homes in on Europe for F-35 growth
24th July 2020
In attempting to reach a F-35 Lightning II programme of record amounting to 3,500 aircraft, Lockheed Martin remains firmly focused on maximising business opportunities in ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Tempest expansion masks industry funding fears
21st July 2020
A series of new collaborative agreements between Tempest industry lead BAE Systems and seven aerospace and defence suppliers is expected to add ‘game changing’ capabilities ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: F-15EX emerges as unlikely USAF hero
16th July 2020
Backed by a huge $22.9 billion IDIQ contract from the USAF, Boeing is embarking on a partnership that could ultimately lead to a maximum of ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: UK points to 'swarming drone' trials on aircraft carriers
15th July 2020
The RAF is known to be interested in exploring remote carrier solutions for its next-generation Tempest programme, and now it intends to test 'swarming drone' ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Bullish Boeing foresees new CH-47F Middle East and Asian sales
15th July 2020
Boeing is confident it can capture a host of new orders for the CH-47F Chinook and the company has a number of active campaigns in ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Experts say massive Egyptian spending spree does not add up
13th July 2020
Under pressure from the US government to stop buying Russian fighter jets, attacked by French President Emmanuel Macron over human rights abuses, accused by Italian ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Serbia unveils new Chinese-made CH-92A UAV
8th July 2020
Serbia has shown off a fleet of new fixed-wing CH-92A UAVs bought from China for the first time. In a 4 July presentation held at ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: Romanian Pumas light up Mali with BrightNite
7th July 2020
The Romanian Air Force’s contribution to the UN-led peacekeeping mission in Mali has been greatly enhanced by the use of four BrightNite-equipped IAR 330 Puma ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Greece holds firm on Israeli defence agreement amid annexation controversy
3rd July 2020
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, the Greek Minister of National Defence, has told the country’s parliament that efforts to ratify a defence co-operation pact with Israel should not ...
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Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: UK rules Huawei out of defence communications equation
1st July 2020
The UK MoD has made clear that Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei will have no future role to play in domestic defence communications and cyber networks. ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Protector to undergo UK weapons testing
26th June 2020
New RAF Protector RG Mk1 UAVs are to be tested at UK weapons ranges after deliveries begin in 2023. While no detailed plans for the ...
