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Defence Notes

Europe turns to industrial and procurement co-operation with Ukraine as supplies continue

Equipment has continued to flow into Ukraine from the European Union (EU), NATO and western countries as the war against Russia continues but other types of support with longer-term prospects are appearing.

Land Warfare

Australia invests $1.4 billion in additional AMRAAM buy

Some of the missiles ordered can be used on the F/A-18F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler and the F35-A Lightning.

Land Warfare

Armies turn to armour and self-defence as support vehicles near the frontline

Combat losses of support and logistics vehicles in recent conflicts have highlighted the need for greater protection and even self-defence capabilities. What options are available to turn a basic truck into a survivor on the battlefield?

Naval Warfare

US Coast Guard enhances Arctic protection with a new Fast Response Cutter

After commissioning, FRC Frederick Mann will operate in Alaska and perform multiple missions.

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Uncrewed Vehicles

Zala 421-16 awarded certification

7th October 2009

The ZALA 421-16 UAV has been awarded certification of air worthiness after successfully completing its final stage of development and completing 1000 test flight hours. …
Defence Helicopter

AgustaWestland Awarded Apache Integrated Operational Support Contract - Delivering Cost and Capability Benefits

6th October 2009

AgustaWestland has announced the award of the Apache Integrated Operational Support (IOS) contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to meet the Apache Attack …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes Flight With New Ground Control Station

6th October 2009

The Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS) recently completed a flight under the command and control of a new company-developed …
Defence Helicopter

Longbow Fire Control Radar Block III Passes Testing Milestone

6th October 2009

The new Longbow Fire Control Radar Block III system hardware and operational software successfully completed the first half of initial flight tests on an AH-64D …
Uncrewed Vehicles

GE Aviation Delivers First X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Landing Gear

6th October 2009

GE Aviation recently delivered the first fully-dressed landing gear to Northrop Grumman Corporation in support of the X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration …
Defence Helicopter

EADS and Eurocopter sign helicopter cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan

6th October 2009

During the official visit of the French President to Kazakhstan, EADS and Eurocopter signed a cooperation agreement with the sovereign wealth fund SAMRUK-KAZYNA to create …
Defence Helicopter

New Automatic Test Equipment for Marine Corps maintainers

6th October 2009

The new Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Automated Support System (RTCASS) is arriving at Marine Corps air stations around the world. “RTCASS is the newest member of …
Defence Helicopter

Army Apaches get a £439m Boost

6th October 2009

The British Army's Apache attack helicopters operating in Afghanistan will benefit from a £439m contract that will further improve their technical, engineering and logistic support, …
Defence Helicopter

Building on success: the UH-72A continues its rapid fielding with the US Army

6th October 2009

The on-time, on-budget deliveries of EADS North America’s UH-72A Lakotas to the US Army reached its 86th aircraft at the end of September, with this …
Defence Helicopter

EADS North America and US Army validate global mobility of the UH-72A Lakota

6th October 2009

EADS North America and the US Army successfully loaded four US Army UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and one additional company-owned EC145 helicopter onto …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Quatro Composites Supports Insitu in Developing and Manufacturing Next Generation UAS Structures

6th October 2009

Quatro Composites, a leader in design and manufacturing of advanced composite structures, has become a technology partner in developing and manufacturing composite components for Insitu's …
Defence Helicopter

Three new MEDEVAC-configured UH-72As delivered to Fort Polk, Louisiana

6th October 2009

The US Army Air Ambulance Detachment, 5th Aviation Battalion at Fort Polk, Louisiana, has received three new MEDEVAC-configured Lakota UH-72As for its air medical operations. …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Rotomotion SR20 first and only UAS to complete multiple high wind flights DSEi 2009 in London

6th October 2009

ASM Europe Ltd demonstrated Rotomotion’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) conference last month, successfully completing a total of …
Digital Battlespace

Three SeaBat sonar systems delivered to Germany

6th October 2009

RESON awarded contracts for the delivery of three SeaBat multibeam sonar systems for hydrographic and research applications. An ultra-high resolution 400kHz SeaBat 7125-SV multibeam sonar …
Digital Battlespace

Sagem receives 500 new orders for SITEL tactical information systems for French army

6th October 2009

French defense procurement agency DGA has ordered an additional 500 SITEL (Système d’Information Terminal Elémentaire) vehicle-mounted tactical information systems from Sagem (Safran group) for the …
Digital Battlespace

Harris Corporation Demonstrates JTRS Battlefield Networking Technology on Falcon III Manpack Radios

6th October 2009

Harris Corporation an international communications and information technology company, has demonstrated the exchange of high-bandwidth voice, video and text over a Falcon III AN/PRC-117G radio …
Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman to Continue Development of GPS-Free Inertial Navigation System

6th October 2009

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract modification from the US Department of Defense to further demonstrate a revolutionary advance in inertial navigation. The demonstration …
Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman Announces Successful G/ATOR AESA System Tests

6th October 2009

Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced a prototype partial array antenna representative of the US Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) active electronic scanned array …
Digital Battlespace

New Rockwell Collins MicroDAGR GPS receiver for soldiers features latest commercial applications in a secure, lightweight system

6th October 2009

Rockwell Collins today introduced its new MicroDAGR hand-held GPS receiver for soldiers. This latest-generation navigation device, which is a smaller version of Rockwell Collins’ highly …