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Paris Air Show 2025: Poland orders Apache targeting systems and will establish local support facility

In 2024, Poland agreed to purchase 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache combat helicopters in a deal worth as much as US$12 billion. The deal included 97 AN/ASQ-170 modernised target acquisition and designation sight/AN/AAR-11 modernised pilot night vision sensors (M-TADS/PNVS).

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Paris Air Show 2025: Airbus and France sign framework agreement for VSR-700

The framework agreement is for the future acquisition of the system under the French Navy’s SDAM programme. The agreement also paves the way for cooperation with other nations via government-to-government agreements.

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Paris Air Show 2025: Milkor and Hanwha partner to integrate the latter’s SAR payload into the Milkor 380

Hanwha Systems and Milkor announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Paris Air Show to integrate the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system into the Milkor 380 drone.

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Paris Air Show 2025: A400M production moved forward as development plans outlined

It is more than a decade since the Airbus A400M tactical lift aircraft entered service. More than 130 aircraft are in service around the world with nine countries, while another order has been made by Indonesia. The company is now looking to lower operational costs and increase the number of potential missions.

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Digital Battlespace

BAE Systems in cyber attack prediction programme

18th October 2016

BAE Systems will develop technologies to help the US military and intelligence agencies tackle the cyber attack threat under an $11.4 million contract announced on …
Naval Warfare

Euronaval 2016: DCNS states its naval case (video)

18th October 2016

DCNS has set its shipbuilding stall out on the first day of Euronaval on Monday detailing the scope of their current commitments and expectations for …
Military Logistics

Airbus signs JMSDF PBL contract

18th October 2016

The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) and Airbus Helicopters Japan have signed a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract for Airbus Helicopters' HCare customer fleet availability service, …
Naval Warfare

Euronaval 2016: MBDA brings Simbad to life (video)

18th October 2016

After recent events in the Middle East that has seen an increase in the use of anti-ship missiles by militant groups, missile specialists MBDA is …
Military Logistics

US combat tourniquet gets update

18th October 2016

An updated version of the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) has been introduced as ‘Generation 7’, the US Army announced on 12 October. Soldiers carry CAT …
Defence Helicopter

Helitech 2016: Helitune and Leonardo in tune for onboard systems

18th October 2016

Helitune’s onboard rotor blade tracker, RT-TipTrak, has been selected as the standard blade tracker for installation on AW189 and AW169 aircraft. Designed for internal or …
Naval Warfare

Euronaval 2016: Saab demos A26 design (video)

18th October 2016

Swedish company Saab is at the forefront of producing the next-generation of submarines, with the A26 currently in development for Sweden's navy. Saab's Robert Edlund …
Defence Notes

South Korea gets first Taurus missiles

18th October 2016

The first lot of Taurus KEPD 350K stand–off missiles have been handed over to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) by MBDA Deutschland-Saab Dynamics …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Aeryon introduces new UAS payloads

18th October 2016

Aeryon Labs has introduced an integrated UAS onboard computing platform called Vector, designed for real-time video processing, the company announced on 12 October. Vector is …
Defence Helicopter

Upgraded Mi-28N starts first flight trials

18th October 2016

A prototype of a modernised Mi-28 combat helicopter has begun flight testing at the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, Russian Helicopters announced on 13 October. The …
Naval Warfare

Euronaval 2016: French Guiana OPV undergoes sea trials

18th October 2016

The first of two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) destined for French Guiana has undergone sea trials last week, revealed French shipbuilder Socarenam. The second OPV …
Defence Helicopter

Enhanced Fire Scouts reach Southeast Asia

17th October 2016

USS Coronado, an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), arrived in Singapore on 16 October with two enhanced Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scouts and a Sikorsky …
Naval Warfare

GDMS to continue Rescue 21 support

17th October 2016

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) has been awarded a 36-month, $125.6 million follow-on contract by the US Coast Guard (USCG) for work on the Rescue …
Land Warfare

Russian SAM digital upgrade on offer

17th October 2016

A new upgrade to Russia’s OSA-AKM (NATO SA-8 Gecko) mobile surface-to-air (SAM) missile system is now available. Russian company IEMZ Kupol, a company of Almaz-Antey …
Digital Battlespace

Terma, BAE to continue helmet audio collaboration

17th October 2016

Terma and BAE Systems will continue their collaboration on helmet audio technologies after achieving a successful design review, Terma announced on 13 October. The companies …
Digital Battlespace

GPS OCX completes test milestone

17th October 2016

Raytheon has reached a new milestone in the development of the US Air Force's (USAF) Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), …
Defence Helicopter

Euronaval 2016: Poland and France escalate helicopter spat

17th October 2016

Poland’s decision to cancel a multi-billion dollar deal to procure helicopters from Airbus Helicopters is having wider political ramifications, with the French government reportedly withdrawing …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Optical Bar camera sensor on RQ-4

17th October 2016

Northrop Grumman has successfully flown an Optical Bar camera broad-area synoptic sensor on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance (HALE) UAS, the company …
Naval Warfare

Euronaval 2016: What to expect (video)

17th October 2016

Editor Richard Thomas runs through some of the key technologies that are likely to influence naval operations now and in the future. These technologies include …

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