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
iRobot Receives Order From the US Army Totaling $13.3M
26th September 2008
iRobot Corp.today announced it received an additional order under its current xBot contract with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
EUROCONTROL workshop addresses interoperability of civil-military systems in SESAR
26th September 2008
A civil-military workshop has identified the key issues to be addressed in order to ensure civil-military datalink interoperability in the future air traffic management system. ...
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Rotorhub
FAA to pay $4.5M in Torrance helicopter crash settlement
25th September 2008
The United States Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration agreed to pay $4.5 million in damages to the survivor, Gavin Heyworth, of the Nov. 6, ...
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Rotorhub
Dart Helicopter Services announces Brazilian approval of Apical Emergency Float System Agusta A109 Power and Grand
25th September 2008
DART Helicopter Services has announced that their subsidiary Apical Industries Inc., has recently received Brazilian approval of their Emergency Float System for the Agusta model ...
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Rotorhub
Eurocopter offers its Helicopters as the perfect complement to yachts at Monaco Yacht Show 2008
25th September 2008
Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer is present for the 6th consecutive time at Monaco Yacht Show from 24th to 27th September 2008. As one ...
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Rotorhub
Helitech Support signs Can$11M contract with Panama National Air Services to retrofit five Bell 212s
25th September 2008
Helitech Support Services is pleased to announce the signing of an 11 million dollar contract with Panama National Air Services for the Service Life Extension ...
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Rotorhub
DART Helicopter Services announces FAA certification of Round-I-Beam Skidtube on civil UH-1 models
25th September 2008
Dart has received FAA approval to add certain UH-1 model aircraft to STC SR00563NY for their Round-I-Beam™ Skidtube. The UH-1 models are those that have ...
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Rotorhub
Australia introduces alcohol and drug testing for the aviation industry
25th September 2008
New regulations requiring random alcohol and drug testing of Australia’s 120,000 aviation workers comes into force today. The Government is serious about aviation safety. The ...
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Rotorhub
MicroPilot Successfully Flies CryoWing in the Arctic
25th September 2008
Operating a UAS in the extreme temperatures and high altitudes of the Arctic is technically challenging. The Northern Research Institute of Norway (Norut) has developed ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Spike and Skylite B team up to demonstrate real-time closure of sensor-to-shooter loop
25th September 2008
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd carried out a demonstration of the integrated operational capabilities of the Spike multi-purpose missile system and the SkyLite B mini-UAV, ...
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Defence Notes
Southwest Pilots Launch TSA Demonstration Project to Test Biometric Screening
25th September 2008
Today a Southwest Airlines pilot will be the first aircrew member to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) using an advanced biometric screening ...
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Defence Notes
Blue Grass Airport Welcomes Allegiant Air to Lexington
25th September 2008
Blue Grass Airport welcomes low-cost airline Allegiant Air, LLC to Lexington today with new, nonstop jet service to the fun and sun of Florida beginning ...
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Defence Notes
AeroMobile gears up for Qantas onboard cellphone
25th September 2008
NOT to be outdone by rival OnAir - which will see its inflight chat, email and, ultimately, Internet access services introduced aboard the first Qantas ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Oceanvision rebuilds Panther Plus ROV, including fibre optic upgrades
24th September 2008
As a statement of excellent technical service, engineers at Oceanvision, Asia Pacific's leading ROV, survey and support company, have breathed new life into a Panther ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
CSIRO oversees judging of 2008 UAV Challenge - Outback Rescue
24th September 2008
The outback is near Kingaroy airport in Queensland and the person is a mannequin, but the unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV) are real. It’s all part ...
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Defence Notes
Eastern Airways appoint new ground handler at Manchester
24th September 2008
UK regional airline, Eastern Airways, has signed a new ground handling contract with Aviance to handle its scheduled services from Manchester Airport. Aviance will look ...
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Defence Helicopter
US Army gives Curtiss-Wright Controls Nod on Radar Warning Receiver Systems for Army Helicopters
24th September 2008
Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. announced today that it has received an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Army’s Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM), to ...
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Defence Notes
IAE celebrates on-time delivery of first V2500 SelectOne powered A320
24th September 2008
IAE International Aero Engines today celebrated the delivery of the first V2500 SelectOne powered Airbus A320 to launch customer, India’s IndiGo. This new V2500 engine ...
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Defence Notes
ExelTech Aerospace enters E170/E190 heavy maintenance market
24th September 2008
ExelTech Aerospace Inc, Canada’s largest publicly-listed commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul organization, today announced that Republic Airways has become the launch customer for the ...
