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Defence Notes

Leonardo CEO urges “speed as important as money” as joint ventures progress picks up

The company’s Q1 2025 results showed a 20% increase in new orders and a 15% increase in revenue across the business.

Air Warfare

Rolls-Royce wins $711 million contract to support UK Royal Air Force Typhoon engines

The contract covers maintenance and service for the EJ200 engine that powers the UK Royal Air Force’s Typhoon fleet.

Naval Warfare

Will the US be able to make its shipbuilding industry "great again"?

The White House and Congress have been increasing efforts to support the national maritime industry.

Land Warfare

How Ukraine’s wartime innovators are redefining tactical communication

A Ukrainian company in a race against Russian jammers has been demonstrating how the country’s innovative start-ups have been beating the West at its own game.

Featured Industry Spotlights

Land Warfare

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Air Warfare

Tiltrotor: The Long-Range Maneuver Solution

Land Warfare

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Land Warfare

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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 …
Defence Helicopter

Portuguese Air Force Pumas mark 40 years of service

5th October 2009

The Pumas of 752 Squadron, Portuguese Air Force have celebrated 40 years of service and 70,000 flight hours. The SA330 Pumas, which are based at …
Defence Helicopter

Army Apaches conduct training onboard HMS Ocean

5th October 2009

Two Apache helicopters from 4 Regiment Army Air Corps, based at Wattisham, have been conducting maritime aviation training in the North Sea. The aircrew, recently returned …
Defence Helicopter

Flood relief operations put IAF helicopters on war footing

5th October 2009

Following a request from the Karnataka and Andhra state governments to assist it in the relief and rescue operation, Training Command responded to the call …