Air Warfare
General Atomics Aeronautical – Taking Information Dominance to the Next Level
With Every New RPA Innovation, General Atomics Aeronautical Pushes the Boundaries of the Possible to Make the World Safer and More Secure.
Air Warfare
Eurofighter eyes mid-life upgrade for Typhoon jets, with production increase underway
With roughly 80% of combat missions flown by Typhoons in Europe, the Eurofighter consortium is emphasising the continued relevance of its jet and wants to ramp up production to continue to deliver combat mass in light of a shifting geo-political world order.
Naval Warfare
UK demonstration shows how sensors and C2 can protect ports from multi-domain threats
Naval vessels are at high risk when in harbour, port or dockside and the threat from asymmetric attacks has been shown in the Ukraine war against Russian ships. A demonstration of combined systems in the UK hoped to show a potential solution to defence, government and commercial delegates.
Air Warfare
Ghost Bat drone makes first deployment in latest milestone
In the past 18 months, Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system (UAS) has achieved several milestones including teaming with manned aircraft, achieving 100 flight hours and training of first military pilot.
Land Warfare
US Army modernisation plans raise big concerns for lawmakers
The termination of programmes such as JLTV and RCV has been harshly criticised by members of the US Congress.
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Paris Air Show 2025: Parrot’s new microdrone ANAFI UKR breaks cover
While the Paris Air Show marked the first time the ANAFI UKR has been publicly shown, the ISR drone has been in use with various armed forces for the last eight months, Parrot told Shephard.
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France and Sweden sign defence roadmap as Naval Group positions FDI frigate for Swedish surface ship programme
A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting security dynamics in the Baltic Sea.
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CAE simulators prepare RCAF aircrew for Mali mission
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I/ITSEC 2018: Show talking points (video)
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BAE Systems receives RFMLS contract from DARPA
30th November 2018
BAE Systems has received a $ 9.2 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Radio Frequency Machine Learning System …
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I/ITSEC 2018: MetaVR highlights benefits of geo-specific terrain
30th November 2018
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Philippines marks out favoured attack helicopter
30th November 2018
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Philippine AW159s in testing
30th November 2018
The Philippine Navy will receive its first AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat anti-submarine helicopter in the first quarter of 2019, with flight testing currently underway. Initial flight-testing …
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Digital Battlespace
AOC 2018: Threats shape EMSO
29th November 2018
The field of Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) has become more complex in the past 20 years with changing threats which pilots and others need to …
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Digital Battlespace
AOC 2018: US military eyes small, distributed EW systems
29th November 2018
The US Department of Defense (DoD) wants to develop small, distributed electronic warfare (EW) platforms that can safely operate closer to contested areas than large, …
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Digital Battlespace
UK MoD renews MCL's ECM support contract
29th November 2018
Marlborough Communications (MCL) has received a contract renewal from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for electronic counter measures (ECM) support and test solutions, the …
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Altitude Angel, NATS demo GuardianUTM
29th November 2018
Altitude Angel has demonstrated the capabilities of its GuardianUTM airspace management operating system during Operation Zenith at Manchester Airport in the UK, the company announced …
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Russian Army receives Ka-52 Alligator helicopters
29th November 2018
Russia’s Southern Military District has received six new Ka-52 Alligator combat attack helicopters. The aircraft have been delivered to Russian Army military units stationed in …
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Digital Battlespace
South Korea sows seeds for Green Pine radars
29th November 2018
South Korea has decided to proceed with the acquisition of two Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Elta ELM-2080 Green Pine Block C early-warning radars on 27 …
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Naval Warfare
High-tempo ops on HMAS Adelaide
29th November 2018
The joint aviation capability embarked on HMAS Adelaide achieved key milestones while deployed to Papua New Guinea during Operation APEC 18 Assist, the Royal Australian …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AOC 2018: Blackbird detects among the Crows
28th November 2018
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Training
I/ITSEC 2018: Autonomy inbuilt into HuMans training
28th November 2018
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Digital Battlespace
AOC 2018: Pentagon creates entity to promote artificial intelligence
28th November 2018
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has stood up a new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to spur the rapid development and fielding of new …
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Training
I/ITSEC 2018: BISim looks to US Army Synthetic Training Environment
28th November 2018
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Training
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28th November 2018
Boeing has used I/ITSEC to unveil details of its T-X Ground Based Training System (GBTS) that is being provided under the terms of the $813 …
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Training
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The Royal Navy has carried out helicopter deck landing training on Type 23 frigate, HMS St Albans.Wildcat and Merlin helicopters from 814, 815 and 846 …
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