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GCAP industry partners officially launch joint company Edgewing
The joint venture company, alongside developing the next-generation combat aircraft, will also remain the design authority for the platform.
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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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US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
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CTAI’s 40mm cannon gains new A3B airburst round for UAV defence
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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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The USMC has now begun rolling out its next-generation narrowband SATCOM system to replace its legacy SATCOM networks. Thousands of antenna kits for the AN/PRC-117G …
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Bangladesh Navy Dornier aircraft head to Germany
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The Bangladesh Navy’s two Dornier 228-212 special mission aircraft are set to undergo their 72-month inspection at the OEM’s production and assembly site in Germany.The …
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Chess develops new C-UAS solutions
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Boeing receives Chinook funding
12th June 2019
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Paris Air Show: Bird Aerosystems show off OSCAR
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Bird Aerosystems is set to officially launch, and demonstrate, a new autonomous multi-sensor maritime awareness system at Paris Air Show. Named the OSCAR, which stands …
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RFA Argus heads for Baltic Protector 2019
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Greece gets ex-US military helicopters
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Military Logistics
Modern avionics for USAF C-130Hs
11th June 2019
L3 Technologies announced on 6 June that it has been awarded a contract valued at $499 million for the USAF C-10H Avionics Modernisation Program Increment …
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Defence Notes
Paris Air Show: Warsaw's F-35 buy might hinder other modernisation efforts
11th June 2019
The Polish MoD has confirmed its intention of procuring 32 F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter jets, by sending an official Letter of Request to the …
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Sikorsky gets green light for presidential helicopter
11th June 2019
Sikorsky has received a Low Rate Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract from the US Navy to build six VH-92A helicopters. The presidential helicopters will be …
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Military Logistics
NZ replaces Hercules with....
11th June 2019
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has selected Lockheed Martin’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option to replace its incumbent fleet of C-130H tactical …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Paris Air Show: Nightwarden absent as Textron Systems detail unmanned focus
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Unveiled two years ago under a blazing solar spotlight and no little attention on the ground, Textron Systems’ Nightwarden UAS will not be on display …
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon to retrofit F-15 IFF units
10th June 2019
Raytheon is to retrofit the US Air Force’s F-15 aircraft Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) units under a $14 million contract modification announced by the …
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![GCAP industry partners officially launch joint company Edgewing]()
GCAP industry partners officially launch joint company Edgewing
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![Paris Air Show 2025: Parrot’s new microdrone ANAFI UKR breaks cover]()
Paris Air Show 2025: Parrot’s new microdrone ANAFI UKR breaks cover
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![US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities]()
US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
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![Combat-proven capabilities: How precision-strike systems are evolving for tomorrow’s battlespace (podcast)]()
Combat-proven capabilities: How precision-strike systems are evolving for tomorrow’s battlespace (podcast)
