Funding of £300 million will go towards training personnel on the FIRCTS programmes to meet a growing demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) platforms.
Given the geopolitical gravity, analysts have said the defence and security agreement established falls short of what is needed for future UK-EU co-operation.
Poland first issued a requirement for up to 24 helicopters and associated training systems in January 2024.
The order includes jammers for Australian EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft follows an order for deployment on US Navy Growlers in December last year and an announcement in March that full-rate production was near.
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9th August 2018
USSOCOM has requested industry information for a spectrum of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) following a sources sought announcement issued on August 7. The announcement was …
9th August 2018
InventHelp has announced the development of a new tool to simplify the rigging of horizontal stabilisers on Apache AH-64D helicopters. When installing the horizontal stabiliser, …
9th August 2018
In the wake of recent incidents involving drones, such as the alleged attack on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, companies such as Raytheon are seeing a …
9th August 2018
Raytheon has opened a new radar development facility at its Andover, Massachusetts-based site, the company announced on 6 August. The new $72 million, 30,000sq ft …
9th August 2018
AirMap’s UTM system has been selected by the Air Navigation Service of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) to bring situational awareness and authorisation services to …
9th August 2018
RADA Electronic Industries received a total of $4 million in radar orders during the second quarter of 2018, the company announced on 6 August. The …
8th August 2018
The US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Purdue University are experimenting to develop a functional fibre that can be woven into sizeable, flexible …
8th August 2018
Legal disputes concerning helicopter procurement processes dominated the first half of 2018 which then muddied a much broader picture of rotary successes between military operators …
8th August 2018
Slovakian aircraft repair company Trenčín (LOTN) has completed the general overhaul of the first Afghan Air Force (AFF) Mi-17V-5 helicopter, the Slovak Ministry of Defence …
8th August 2018
Insitu’s ScanEagle UAV is set for further export success as the US Navy intends to award a sole source contract for up to five of …
8th August 2018
New Zealand’s MoD announced on 8 August that it had awarded a contract to CAE for a single NH90 helicopter full flight simulator. The Royal …
8th August 2018
Saab announced on 7 August that it has been contracted to upgrade and enhance the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) existing Air Command and Control …
8th August 2018
FN Herstal has integrated its self-contained airborne FN Pod system onto the Airbus H145M helicopter, the company announced on 2 August. This system, which includes …
8th August 2018
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully demonstrated the flight of a new 10kg rotary wing UAV (RUAV), the company announced on 3 August. The flight …
8th August 2018
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter has for years made headlines for its high cost, but there is in fact another fighter programme challenging it in terms …
8th August 2018
The Australian Defence Force has detailed a number of training milestones carried out during Exercise RIMPAC 2018, the world’s largest multinational maritime exercise.RIMPAC 2018 included …
7th August 2018
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to Latvia, the …
7th August 2018
ManTech has received a four-year $45 million task order from the US Air Force Installation Contracting Agency to provide technical upgrades for next generation UAS …
7th August 2018
The US administration has been called upon to establish a National Political Warfare Center (NPWC) to provide a more optimized “Whole of Government” approach to …
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