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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Unmanned Vehicles
NG announces Bat line of small UAS
28th April 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced its Bat line of small unmanned air systems (UAS). The Bat systems will have wingspans ranging from 6.5 to ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
COBRA airborne mine detection system ready for low rate initial production
28th April 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received Milestone "C" approval from the U.S. Department of Defense, Program Executive Office, Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW) for its ...
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Defence Notes
Porter puts $45m into new TCCA terminal
27th April 2009
Porter Airlines is investing more than $45 million in a new 150,000 sq.ft. passenger terminal at Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA), laying the foundation for ...
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Defence Helicopter
AgustaWestland unveils the TUHP 149 Helicopter to meet the Turkish Utility Helicopter Programme
27th April 2009
AgustaWestland has unveiled a full scale mock-up of the TUHP 149 helicopter at IDEF 2009 in Istanbul. The TUHP 149 is the AgustaWestland candidate for ...
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Rotorhub
Capital time to grow business
27th April 2009
Oxford Airport-based Capital Air Services is flying in the face of the current financial turbulence by expanding its business at a time when many in ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Thales in-theatre ISTAR contract extended
27th April 2009
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended Thales UK's H-450 unmanned air system (UAS) contract that provides vital intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance ...
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Defence Notes
Lufthansa Systems slot management for Malm? Aviation and Transwede
27th April 2009
Braathens Aviation, the parent company of the airlines Malmö Aviation and Transwede Airways, is to implement Lufthansa Systems’ NetLine/Sched Slot Manager to optimise slot management. ...
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Defence Notes
AirAsia launches Singapore service from Langkawi and Penang
27th April 2009
AirAsia is to introduce two new routes: Singapore–Langkawi and Penang–Singapore, with daily services on both beginning on 1 June. Alongside the new routes, the airline ...
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Defence Notes
AirAsia links up with Maybank and American Express
27th April 2009
AirAsia, American Express and Maybank have announced the roll out of AirAsia’s acceptance of American Express cards for bookings starting with online transactions then rolling ...
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Defence Notes
B/E Aerospace feels airline and bizjet pain
27th April 2009
Seating juggernaut B/E Aerospace showed lost momentum in the first quarter of the year as the realities of recession struck home. “There were a number ...
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Defence Notes
Jet2 to have first Pratt & Whitney GMS life limited parts on CFM56-3s
27th April 2009
Jet2.com has selected an engine under its Pratt & Whitney fleet management programme agreement for installation of the airline's first P&W Global Material Solutions (GMS) ...
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Defence Notes
High entertainment with FDS Jet Jukebox and Blu-Ray
26th April 2009
Prolific lightweight IFE provider Flight Display Systems has introduced two new products for the bizjet operator on a budget. The Atlanta-based company’s Jet JukeBox is ...
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Defence Notes
TRAVELLERS? TECHNOLOGY: Air Valid pitches to the tormented traveller
25th April 2009
Whisper it who dares, but in the grim world of economy long-haul there’s an amenity that matters even more than IFE and connectivity. For anyone ...
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Defence Notes
French Connect 2009: 'Single bag rule' causes concern for airports
24th April 2009
'Uncertainty' over the rules for hand baggage on low-fare airlines is leading to lower revenues from airport shopping, according to airport bosses. At a time ...
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Defence Notes
French Connect 2009: 'Lock' your fare with Clickair
24th April 2009
Clickair is offering passengers the chance to lock the price of their fares, in exchange for a small charge. CEO Alex Cruz, announced the new ...
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Defence Helicopter
Australia makes FMS request for Chinooks
24th April 2009
On April 13 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of seven Chinook ...
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Defence Helicopter
Future Lynx helicopter becomes Lynx Wildcat
24th April 2009
At a ceremony at AgustaWestland in Yeovil, it was announced that the Future Lynx aircraft is now to be known formally as the AW159 Lynx ...
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Defence Notes
Flybe adds extra London?Guernsey service
24th April 2009
Flybe has announced an additional rotation on its Guernsey to London Gatwick route beginning on 29 June. The new summer service, which adds an extra ...
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Defence Helicopter
Canadian Sea King deters pirates
24th April 2009
On 18 April 2009 at about 3:00 p.m. local time, the MV Front Ardenne and the British fast fleet tanker RFA Wave Knight were transiting ...
