Defence Notes
Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is ...
Military Logistics
PREMIUM: Damen Shipyards Group says workforce redundancies will not hit naval shipbuilding
Damen Shipyards Group has said that the impending redundancy of more than 1,000 employees from its sites in Romania and the Netherlands will not impact ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Camcopter zooms in on Australia, as Sea 129 tender process begins
Schiebel Pacific announced on 27 July that it had teamed up with Raytheon Australia for the Australian Army’s Project Land 129 Phase 3 requirement for a new ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Australia lays out Land 159 lethality roadmap
Following an industry brief on 30 July, further details have emerged about Australia’s Land 159 Lethality Systems programme. Prime contractor Nioa released details of the ...
Defence Notes
PODCAST: Air defence in focus and the view from the helm at Lockheed Martin UK
Welcome to Episode 30 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
Featured videos
Air Warfare
Japan researches future fighter technologies
Japan has not produced fighters since 2011, when the last F-2 was delivered. Therefore, Japanese companies such as Sumitomo Electric that produced radar domes and ...
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Defence Notes
JetBlue to serve St Lucia
30th April 2009
JetBlue Airways plans to begin a new service to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, subject to receipt of government operating authority. The carrier intends ...
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Defence Notes
CAE partners with Jazz Air on technical training
29th April 2009
CAE has signed a technical training and courseware agreement with Jazz Air, which operates the Air Canada Jazz brand. Under the agreement, Jazz maintenance training ...
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Defence Notes
Pegasus parent confirmed as Air Berlin?s biggest shareholder
29th April 2009
Following the closure of a a 15.3% share acquisition, Pegasus Airlines' parent company Esas Holding is now Air Berlin’s biggest shareholder. The German Federal Cartel ...
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Defence Notes
Aircell developing Ku-band solution to send Gogo offshore
29th April 2009
North American passenger connectivity supplier Aircell plans to demonstrate a Ku-band satellite-supported offshore extension of its Gogo service early next year. In service with American ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Canadian UVS centre confirms launcher buy
29th April 2009
The Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (CCUVS) has confirmed the acquisition of a Robonic MC2555LLR catapult launching system as part of ongoing plans to ...
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Defence Notes
Aer Arann continues cost reductions
29th April 2009
Aer Arann says that as it continues with its cost reduction programme, salaries are to be decreased across the airline. However, more jobs have been ...
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing still hopeful of new Japanese AH-64D orders
29th April 2009
Boeing says it anticipates Japan will order more Fuji Heavy Industry (FHI) assembled AH-64D Apache helicopters despite zero funding allocations for the programme from Tokyo ...
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Defence Helicopter
Australia to re-test folding fin rockets aboard Tiger
29th April 2009
The Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has confirmed it will carry out additional live fire clearance tests for the operation of 2.75 inch folding fin ...
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Defence Helicopter
Australia eyes observer role for possible French Tiger deployment
29th April 2009
Australia has confirmed that it has held initial discussions with France on a potential observer role if that nation proceeds with the deployment of its ...
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Defence Helicopter
Australia confirms Army reluctance to accept MRH-90
29th April 2009
Australia’s Defence Materiel Organisation has confirmed that it is experiencing user push-back against the introduction of the Australian Aerospace-Eurocopter MRH-90 utility helicopter by the Australian ...
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Defence Helicopter
New details on Kaman financial settlement with Australia
29th April 2009
Australia’s Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has confirmed that the financial settlement with Kaman Aerospace allowing for transfer of the Royal Australian Navy’s eleven aircraft SH-2G(A) ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
New JP129 tactical UAS requirements locked
29th April 2009
The Australian Department of Defence’s capability group has confirmed that it has locked down revised requirements for the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Project 129 tactical ...
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Defence Notes
Boeing to add performance and comfort changes to 737NGs
29th April 2009
Boeing has announced that seven airlines – FlyDubai, Continental Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Malaysia Airlines, TUI Travel, GOL and Lion Air – will be the ...
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Defence Notes
Fifth consecutive monthly operating profit for Frontier
29th April 2009
Frontier Airlines Holdings has reported its fifth consecutive monthly operating profit and, excluding special items, its second successive quarterly net profit. For the month of ...
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Defence Notes
CFM launches CFM56-7B Evolution for upgraded 737NGs
28th April 2009
CFM International has announced the new CFM56-7B Evolution engine enhancement programme, scheduled to enter airline service in mid-2011 to coincide with Boeing Next-Generation 737 airframe ...
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Defence Notes
SSJ100 completes icing trials successfully
28th April 2009
The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Flight Test Centre has welcomed back Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/N 95001 from Arkhangelsk after the aircraft successfully completed natural icing tests in ...
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Defence Notes
airBaltic to begin Riga?Link?ping service
28th April 2009
Latvian airline airBaltic will begin operating direct flights between Riga and the Swedish city of Linköping on 30 April. airBaltic will operate four direct flights ...
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Defence Helicopter
CAE and Neptec successfully demonstrate AVS technology to address brownout
28th April 2009
CAE and Neptec Design Group today announced the successful demonstration of Neptec's Obscurant Penetrating Autosynchronous LIDAR (OPAL) sensor that is integrated into CAE's Augmented Visionics ...
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Defence Notes
Norwegian Air Shuttle is first to commit to Ku-band satellite broadband
28th April 2009
Norwegian Air Shuttle has selected Row 44 to supply broadband passenger connectivity services aboard its entire fleet. The European low-fare operator is the first carrier ...
