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UK RAF’s Protector programme hits new milestones, more aircraft expected this year
Further tests will be carried out on the existing fleet, ahead of the Royal Air Force’s anticipated transition from MQ-9A Reaper aircraft to the MQ-9B Protector by the end of 2025.
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US approves $1.45 billion sale to UAE for CH-47 Chinooks and F-16 sustainment
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Military Logistics
USAF orders more KC-46A tanker aircraft
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Boeing will supply 15 additional KC-46A tanker aircraft, spare engines and wing air refuelling pod kits to the US Air Force under a $2.1 billion …
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Defence Notes
Ten recommendations for Taiwan-US mil relations
30th January 2017
Taiwan fears becoming the golden peanut between two rogue elephants, said one Taiwan-based defence analyst, referring to the risk that the island will be caught …
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Digital Battlespace
F-16V upgrade kicks off in Taiwan
29th January 2017
At the beginning of 2017, four Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) F-16A/B Block 20 fighters began undergoing upgrades under Taiwan’s Feng Zhan (Phoenix Rising) …
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Training
T-X contenders begin to evaporate
28th January 2017
With the request for proposal documents issued in late December for the US Air Force’s 350 aircraft T-X programme, Raytheon and Leonardo have decided they …
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Airbus Helicopters shines light on sales
27th January 2017
Despite facing the toughest market conditions since 2008, Airbus Helicopters is putting a brave face on its 2016 results, pointing to an increase in both …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AUVSI's Remote Pilots Council launched
27th January 2017
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has launched a new initiative called the Remote Pilots Council (RPC), the association announced on 23 January. …
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Defence Notes
Philippines eyeing arms from China, Russia
27th January 2017
Since Rodrigo Duterte’s investiture with the presidency, the Philippines has been seeking to diversify its international sources of weapons. As a result of political overtures, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
X-47B trucks it across US
27th January 2017
One of the most iconic unmanned systems ever to fly is being moved from its home at Naval Air Station Patuxent River to a Northrop …
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Digital Battlespace
DGI 2017: Australia improves GEOINT collection
27th January 2017
With the trends in geointelligence (GEOINT) moving towards the gathering of open source data and the exchange of unclassified information, Australia is developing its data …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Certifiable Predator B becomes SkyGuardian
27th January 2017
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is to rebrand its next-generation Type Certifiable Predator B (TCPB) as SkyGuardian. The new name steers clear of the …
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Digital Battlespace
DGI 2017: Asia GEOINT requirements increase
27th January 2017
The need for more geointelligence (GEOINT) capability in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is rising as the region’s impact on the world grows. GEOINT is also the best …
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Digital Battlespace
Japan launches first military comms satellite
26th January 2017
An H-IIA rocket carrying the Kirameki-2 X-band satellite was launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on 24 January. It is the Japan Self-Defence Force’s (JSDF) …
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Digital Battlespace
David's Sling in new testing
26th January 2017
Israel’s David's Sling weapon system has undergone a series of successful tests carried out by the Israel Missile Defense Organization of the Directorate of Defense …
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Digital Battlespace
DGI 2017: Japan buys access to COSMO-SkyMed data
26th January 2017
The Japanese government will receive satellite data generated by the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation, under a contract announced on 24 January. The contract is between Telespazio-Italian …
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Defence Helicopter
Kuwait requests Apache support
26th January 2017
The government of Kuwait has requested sustainment and contractor logistics support for its AH-64D Apache helicopters from the US government, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced …
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Defence Helicopter
Analysis: EC635s in the Alpine skies
25th January 2017
The Swiss Air Force used to operate 32 Alouette IIIs and when the time came to change the fleet, the EC635, also known as the …
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Military Logistics
UK requests logistics support for C-17
25th January 2017
The US State Department has made a determination approving a $400 million foreign military sale to the UK for C-17 logistics support services and equipment, …
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Digital Battlespace
SBIRS GEO Flight 3 comms established
24th January 2017
Following its 20 January launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the third US Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is responding …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Saudi Arabia requests PTDS from US
24th January 2017
The US State Department has made a determination approving a $525 million foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia of 74K Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) …
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Netherlands bolsters armed forces with Leopard tanks and Puma UAS fleet upgrades
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What capabilities could the US supply to Saudi Arabia under the $142 billion deal?
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UK RAF’s Protector programme hits new milestones, more aircraft expected this year
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US Army cancels FTUAS and the MQ-1 Gray Eagle as part of the Army Transformation Initiative
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![Netherlands bolsters armed forces with Leopard tanks and Puma UAS fleet upgrades]()
Netherlands bolsters armed forces with Leopard tanks and Puma UAS fleet upgrades
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![UK RAF’s Protector programme hits new milestones, more aircraft expected this year]()
UK RAF’s Protector programme hits new milestones, more aircraft expected this year
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![What capabilities could the US supply to Saudi Arabia under the $142 billion deal?]()
What capabilities could the US supply to Saudi Arabia under the $142 billion deal?
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US approves $1.45 billion sale to UAE for CH-47 Chinooks and F-16 sustainment
