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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Heli-Expo 2015: Vector Aerospace details recent contracts
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US DoD approves ATIRCM for export
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Heli-Expo 2015: Bell ‘concerned’ over surplus helicopters
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Thales to work on Australia's OneSKY programme
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Selex wins two Grifo radar contracts
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Naval Warfare
Canada upgrades CP-140 Aurora with ViaSat system
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Lockheed to supply C-130J training systems to RAAF
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Avalon 2015: RAAF to trial tanker with allied aircraft
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Italian Air Force orders P.1HH HammerHead UAS
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US Navy awards Radiant Mercury support contract
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Australian DSTO, AGAP form strategic alliance
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Avalon 2015: Lockheed Martin goes shark hunting
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IDEX 2015: FLIR Systems targets Middle East, integration markets
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RUAG Australia receives multi-aircraft support contract
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Avalon 2015: USAF confident F-35 will meet targets
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