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Swedish Air Force faces up to the challenge of new aircraft and an uncrewed horizon

31st August 2026

Sweden is an outlier as a smaller nation with its own indigenous fighter aircraft and airborne early warning platform and is now looking at how local company Saab Aerospace can meet the plans for a collaborative combat aircraft.

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Ageing RQ-11 Raven fleets create a global replacement opportunity

28th August 2026

The RQ-11 Raven is being retired from service across most of its more than 30 operators. Defence Insight estimates that these Raven retirements open up a replacement market worth at least $576 million, but suppliers will have to act quickly and strike a balance between cost and capability to succeed.

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Pivotal has demonstrated its lightweight electric VTOL aircraft, BlackFly, live at SOF Week 2025, as the company positions the platform for special operations and wider defence applications.

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Warsaw hovers over its helicopter programmes

20th June 2018

The Polish MoD has shed some light on its plans for the long awaited modernisation of its helicopter fleet emphasising the prioritisation of new ASW …

DroneShield receives order for DroneGuns

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DroneShield receives order for DroneGuns

20th June 2018

DroneShield announced that it has received an order to deliver 70 DroneGun tactical jammer systems to the ministry of defence (MoD) of an unnamed Middle …

Adacel completes ATC simulator project in Algeria

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Adacel completes ATC simulator project in Algeria

20th June 2018

Adacel Systems has completed installation and site acceptance testing for an air traffic control (ATC) simulation system and intelligent communications environment (ICE) training system in …

RAAF receives C-130J FuT from CAE

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RAAF receives C-130J FuT from CAE

20th June 2018

CAE has delivered a new C-130J Fuselage Trainer (FuT) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at Richmond Air Force Base, the company announced on …

Thai army is flying Hermes 450

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Thai army is flying Hermes 450

20th June 2018

The Hermes 450 is in Royal Thai Army (RTA) service, representing the most modern UAV in Thailand’s inventory. It is being operated by a company …

BISim releases updated VBS3 versions

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BISim releases updated VBS3 versions

19th June 2018

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has released updated versions of its VBS3, VBS Control Behavior Pack 1 and VBS Simulation SDK, the company announced on 13 …

Mi-35Ms en route to Kazakhstan

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Mi-35Ms en route to Kazakhstan

19th June 2018

A new contract covering four Mi-35M Hind attack helicopters has been signed between Russia and Kazakhstan. Its existence was officially confirmed on 29 May by …

NASA Ikhana flies with detect and avoid avionics

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NASA Ikhana flies with detect and avoid avionics

19th June 2018

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA-ASI) Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system enabled the flight of NASA’s Ikhana UAS through the National Airspace System (NAS) earlier …

IAI, Airbus sign Heron TP agreement

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IAI, Airbus sign Heron TP agreement

19th June 2018

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement with Airbus to lease the Heron TP UAS to Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence, the company announced …

Trumps orders Pentagon to create US 'Space Force'

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Trumps orders Pentagon to create US 'Space Force'

18th June 2018

US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on 18 June to create a new US ‘Space Force’, which would become the sixth branch of the …

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Honeywell tests HSD-400 system on military helos

18th June 2018

Honeywell has installed and tested its HSD-400 voice and high-speed data transceiver onboard in-service UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-53 Stallion helicopters, the company announced on …

AN/PRC-162(V)1 radio passes MUOS testing

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AN/PRC-162(V)1 radio passes MUOS testing

18th June 2018

Rockwell Collins’ AN/PRC-162(V)1 software-defined military radio has passed Do No Harm (DNH) testing to meet security requirements for operation with the Department of Defense’s final …

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