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Paris Air Show 2025: GA-ASI and Saab partner on AEW MQ-9B capability, demo to fly by 2026

The AEW capabilities are seen to slot into Saab’s wider AEW offering as a complementary extension to its portfolio, while augmenting the MQ-9B’s own range of uncrewed aircraft.

US lawmakers signal F-35 investment commitment of $10.7 billion in FY2026

Although it remains unclear how the US DoD has advanced in fixing issues with the F-35 programme, the multi-billion dollar fund has been included in the FY2026 defence bill.

Paris Air Show 2025: Teaming success for E-7 and MQ-28 as Ghost Bat targets Europe

Boeing has announced the successful flight trial of a MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system (UAS) teaming with an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft against an airborne target.

Air Warfare

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.

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Land Warfare

Curtiss-Wright Controls awarded contract from CMI Defence

29th November 2010

Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it has received a contract from Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (CMI) Defence to provide a turret drive stabilization system …
Digital Battlespace

BAE Systems expands global cyber security capability with acquisition of stratsec.net

29th November 2010

BAE Systems has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire stratsec.net Pty Ltd, an information security company in the Australian and South …
Defence Helicopter

RAF Chinook pilot awarded for bravery in Afghanistan

26th November 2010

The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to an RAF pilot on 25 November for his performance and services during a difficult flight in Afghanistan a year …
Digital Battlespace

Saab receives additional order from Lockheed Martin for further radar enhancement

26th November 2010

Defence and security company Saab has received an additional order of MSEK 108 from Lockheed Martin Canada for further enhancement of the Sea Giraffe 150 …
Digital Battlespace

The Bermuda Regiment enlists Sepura

26th November 2010

The Bermuda Regiment has selected Sepura TETRA radios for its communication needs and joins the growing number of armed forces around the world equipped with …
Land Warfare

General Dynamics awarded $95m by US Army for Bradley Fighting Vehicle reactive armor

26th November 2010

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $94.6 million contract by the US Army to produce reactive armor tiles for 440 Bradley …
Land Warfare

Marshall Land Systems provides Wolfhound with its loadbed

25th November 2010

The Wolfhound Tactical Support Vehicle which has just entered operational service in Afghanistan is fitted with a load bed built by Marshall Vehicle Engineering, part …
Military Logistics

Military Logistics 2010: Room for improvement for UK logistics operations

24th November 2010

British forces are suffering from ‘cultural logistics blindness’, according to Maj Gen Jeff Mason, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Logistics Operations at the Ministry of …
Military Logistics

Military Logistics 2010: UK considers logistics lessons for Afghanistan drawdown

24th November 2010

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is already analysing options for the drawdown of troops and equipment from Afghanistan although few lessons learned from Operation …
Land Warfare

Saab receives order from France for additional Anti-Tank weapon AT4CS

24th November 2010

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the French Defence Forces through Dga (Direction générale de l'armement) for additional Light Anti-Tank Weapon …
Digital Battlespace

Cassidian supports world's first sea cross-border communication trial

24th November 2010

Cassidian's TETRA radio network has provided a cross-border communication solution for German and Swedish authorities in the world’s first operational trial of its kind. The …
Digital Battlespace

Saab receives order for coastal surveillance system in India

24th November 2010

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Indian Maritime Authority, DGLL (Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships) for supply of a …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Kadet Defence Systems to develop India's first tactical UAV

24th November 2010

Indian unmanned air vehicle manufacturer, Kadet Defence Systems is developing a Tactical UAV with an eye on mining and prospecting uses and military and homeland …
Military Logistics

Airbus military tanker passes civilian noise restrictions

24th November 2010

Spain's National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) successfully took part in the Noise Certification of the Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi Role Transport Tanker) using Brüel …
Military Logistics

Cubic awarded $30m contract to support British Army training sites

24th November 2010

Cubic Defense Applications, the defense systems segment of Cubic Corporation, has been awarded a follow-on contract worth more than $30 million for support work at …
Land Warfare

Navistar Defense to provide 250 MaxxPro MRAP recovery vehicles

24th November 2010

Navistar Defense, LLC today announced that it received a delivery order for 250 International MaxxPro Recovery vehicles from the US Marine Corps Systems Command. The …
Military Logistics

Alion Awarded $18 m to engineer special operations systems and technologies in theatre

24th November 2010

To help deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) meet shifting threats, Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, was awarded an $18 million task …
Digital Battlespace

EMS Technologies to provide beam-management components for ground radar system

24th November 2010

EMS Defense & Space, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc., continues its position as a solutions leader in providing beam-management capabilities for global radar systems …
Military Logistics

Military Logistics 2010: British Army outlines support priorities for next decade

23rd November 2010

The British Army’s Director General Logistics, Support and Equipment, Maj Gen Chris Deverell has revealed his vision of ’Supporting Capability 2010 to 2020’ at the …