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Paris Air Show 2025: GA-ASI unveils the PELE air-launched UAV

The air-launched PELE has been designed to extend the sensing capabilities of the MQ-9B and its user service through various payloads.

Paris Air Show 2025: Portugal signs for sixth C-390 Millennium aircraft with 10 options for future European acquisition

Portugal was the second country to purchase the C-390 Millennium aircraft for its air force, originally signing for five aircraft in 2019. This order marks the first time an operator has signed an additional order for the C-390.

Naval Warfare

Ireland orders Thales towed array sonar

Ireland has a large Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which extends 370km (200nm) offshore and contains 75% of the transatlantic subsea cables which carry $10 trillion in financial transactions daily. The country is investing to increase protection and surveillance of these waters.

Land Warfare

Paris Air Show 2025: MBDA bets on carmaker to help make new one-way effector

The One-Way Effector (OWE) is a ground-launched missile or drome designed to act as a swarm to overwhelm air defence systems. It was displayed for the first time in Paris this week.

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StreamServe Persuasion Helps Eurocopter to Streamline Customer Communications and Boost Its Brand

18th December 2008

StreamServe, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Document Presentment (EDP) solutions for business communications, announced today that the Eurocopter Group in France is using StreamServe …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Northrop Grumman Reveals First Navy Unmanned Combat Aircraft

17th December 2008

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) today unveiled the first of the U.S. Navy's new unmanned combat aircraft at a ceremony here attended by Navy officials, state and …
Defence Helicopter

Elbit Systems' Skylark I LE selected by Israeli Ministry of Defense as Battalion Level Mini UAV

17th December 2008

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was selected by the Israeli Defense Ministry to answer the battalion-level IDF tender, calling for a wide procurement of …
Defence Helicopter

American Eurocopter Flight Simulator is Operational

17th December 2008

American Eurocopter announced today that the first full motion EC135/EC145 flight training device (FTD) is operational at the company's training facility in Grand Prairie, TX. …
Defence Helicopter

EADS North America hand over 50th and 51st UH-72A Lakotas

17th December 2008

EADS North America today delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. This delivery marks another on-time milestone in the acquisition …
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Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orders A Third AW139

17th December 2008

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that on December 4th the Government of Estonia gave approval for the Ministry of the Interior of …
Defence Helicopter

RAF Museum gets an early Christmas present - a MH-53 Pave Low

16th December 2008

Christmas spirits will be flying high at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford tomorrow, when it takes delivery of an extra special Christmas gift from …
Defence Helicopter

UK: East Anglian Air Ambulance has sufficient funds to allow second helicopter to fly 7 days a week

16th December 2008

Thanks to the commitment of its supporters, the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), operator of Anglia Two, the air ambulance serving Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, has …
Defence Helicopter

Eurocopter to hand over 50th UH-72A Lakota to US Army today

16th December 2008

What: EADS North America is hosting a ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. The …
Defence Helicopter

Iraq requests 26 Bell 407s and associated equipment through US FMS program

16th December 2008

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 26 Bell Armed 407 Helicopters, 26 Rolls Royce …
Defence Helicopter

Heli-One to Upgrade Super Pumas for Swedish Armed Forces

16th December 2008

Heli-One, an operating division of the CHC Group, announced today it has been awarded a new contract by FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) to …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Camcopter completes trials with Austrian Army

16th December 2008

The CAMCOPTER® S-100 VTOL UAS again proves its capability with the Austrian Army. At the request of the Austrian Ministry of Defense and in cooperation …
Uncrewed Vehicles

AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS Receives Military Type Certificate from the Italian military

16th December 2008

AeroVironment, Inc.(AV) today announced that the General Directorate for Aircraft Weapon Systems (MoD - Italy) has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven …
Uncrewed Vehicles

ROV available for control via the internet

16th December 2008

Internet users can now reach under the sea to pilot a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) docked at an unmanned experimental laboratory based off Vancouver Island. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Sonardyne Ranger USBL tracks Jason ROV at 5000 metres

15th December 2008

A Ranger Wideband USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd has provided impressive performance for the engineers from the Deep Submergence Laboratory …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Singapore UAV Command gets new commander

12th December 2008

COL Lim Tuang Liang has taken over as Commander of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Command (UC) in a change of command parade held at Murai …
Defence Helicopter

UK MoD Confirms Future Lynx Programme

12th December 2008

It has been confirmed in a statement today, made by Defence Secretary John Hutton, that the Future Lynx contract signed in June 2006 by the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Thermoteknix launch VisIR 640 High Resolution Thermal Imager

12th December 2008

VisIR 640 has everything you need for industrial Predictive Maintenance and more; crystal clear images from a highly sensitive 640 x 480 uncooled infrared sensor, …
Defence Helicopter

UK Government announces helicopter capacity increase for Afghanistan operations

11th December 2008

A significant increase in helicopter capacity for troops in Afghanistan is part of a package of measures to rebalance the Defence equipment programme towards the …