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Paris Air Show 2025: Embraer chalks up another win as Lithuania picks C-390

Just this week Portugal signed for a sixth C-390 with the add-on of an option for 10 for other NATO countries. In April, Sweden signed for four and in December last year Slovakia agreed to buy three, while in the same month an undisclosed country agreed to buy two.

Land Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: Fulgur air defence missile revealed in anticipation of potential market

The missile was first unveiled at SeaFuture 2023 and later at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2024. Operational delivery is expected in 2028.

Air Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: Aarok to be offered to India

Turgis Gaillard and Bharat Forge have signed an MoU to offer the Aarok, produced in India, to the Indian Ministry of Defence. The UAV could satisfy the country’s desire for an indigenous MALE UAV, offering an alternative to the TAPAS BH-201 that has had a rocky development.

Naval Warfare

Royal Canadian Navy advances with the construction of its first River-Class destroyer

Scheduled for delivery by 2033, HMCS Fraser will be a major surface component of the Canadian maritime combat power.

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Defence Notes

Opinion: Decisions beckon after UK summer holidays

9th August 2018

August is traditionally a sleepy period, as the UK government takes a breather and staff disappear for holidays. The flow of news dries up and …
Digital Battlespace

Fourth AEHF ships for launch

9th August 2018

Lockheed Martin has shipped the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, to begin preparations for …
Special Operations

SOF looks to small UAS

9th August 2018

USSOCOM has requested industry information for a spectrum of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) following a sources sought announcement issued on August 7. The announcement was …
Defence Helicopter

New tool for servicing Apaches developed

9th August 2018

InventHelp has announced the development of a new tool to simplify the rigging of horizontal stabilisers on Apache AH-64D helicopters. When installing the horizontal stabiliser, …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Counter-drone demand on the rise

9th August 2018

In the wake of recent incidents involving drones, such as the alleged attack on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, companies such as Raytheon are seeing a …
Naval Warfare

Northrop supports OPC final design review

9th August 2018

Northrop Grumman is providing support to Eastern Shipbuilding Group during the Final Critical Design Review for the US Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) programme, …
Digital Battlespace

Raytheon opens radar development facility

9th August 2018

Raytheon has opened a new radar development facility at its Andover, Massachusetts-based site, the company announced on 6 August. The new $72 million, 30,000sq ft …
Naval Warfare

Bangladesh Coast Guard receives four patrol vessels

9th August 2018

Bangladeshi shipbuilder Dockyard & Engineering Works (DEW) in Narayanganj has delivered four large patrol vessels to the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG). The handover ceremony took …
Naval Warfare

Austal receives additional order for LCS work

9th August 2018

Austal USA has received a $14.84 million order from the US Department of Defense to provide services for the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS …
Land Warfare

New Zealand reviews defence policy and procurement

9th August 2018

New Zealand’s new government has completed its reviews of defence policy and procurement, and is now reviewing the Defence Capability Plan and all current acquisitions …
Uncrewed Vehicles

ANS CR selects AirMap UTM system

9th August 2018

AirMap’s UTM system has been selected by the Air Navigation Service of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) to bring situational awareness and authorisation services to …
Land Warfare

RADA receives $4 million in radar orders

9th August 2018

RADA Electronic Industries received a total of $4 million in radar orders during the second quarter of 2018, the company announced on 6 August. The …
Military Logistics

AFRL experiments with artificial silk for body armour

8th August 2018

The US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Purdue University are experimenting to develop a functional fibre that can be woven into sizeable, flexible …
Digital Battlespace

DARPA looks to BAE for cyber tools

8th August 2018

BAE Systems will develop cyber-hunting tools for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under a deal announced on 7 August. The work will be …
Defence Helicopter

Legal woes hinder helicopter procurement

8th August 2018

Legal disputes concerning helicopter procurement processes dominated the first half of 2018 which then muddied a much broader picture of rotary successes between military operators …
Defence Helicopter

Overhaul of AAF’s first Mi-17V-5 complete

8th August 2018

Slovakian aircraft repair company Trenčín (LOTN) has completed the general overhaul of the first Afghan Air Force (AFF) Mi-17V-5 helicopter, the Slovak Ministry of Defence …
Military Logistics

EPF Burlington completes acceptance trials

8th August 2018

The US Navy’s tenth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel Burlington has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, NAVSEA announced on 3 August. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

ScanEagle set for export sales

8th August 2018

Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV is set for further export success as the US Navy intends to award a sole source contract for up to five of …
Defence Helicopter

NZ orders NH90 simulator from CAE

8th August 2018

New Zealand’s MoD announced on 8 August that it had awarded a contract to CAE for a single NH90 helicopter full flight simulator. The Royal …

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