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DSEI 2023 took place in the shadow of the largest European land war in more than seven decades and a growth in conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) with limited UK immediate defence programme opportunities; many of the new products and exhibitors' announcements reflected this.
The recently released 2023 Cyber Strategy states that the US will build the capacity and capability of allies and partners in cyberspace and expand avenues of potential cyber cooperation.
The US DoD recently disclosed details of the Replicator initiative to field thousands of uncrewed systems in two years across multiple domains.
The US Army recently tested deployment of UAS to identify casualties on the battlefield and in disaster response scenarios. Drones were used to assess the vital signs of wounded soldiers from the sky.
Controp Precision Technologies unveiled its Smart Vision AI software for enhancing the level of autonomy and automation for a variety of surveillance and reconnaissance missions at DSEI 2023.
Babcock has signed an MoU with propulsion experts Cosworth to investigate the use of hybrid power systems in military vehicles and will begin with integrating a Catalytic Generator (Cat Gen) into a 70 Series Toyota Land Cruiser.
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8th April 2009
The German Federal Armed Forces have celebrated 50 years of Search and Rescue provision. The anniversary was marked with a special event at Landsberg-Lech AB …
7th April 2009
One of the biggest displays of Royal Navy airpower will be staged at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to …
2nd March 2009
Australia has announced it is pulling out of the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) project with government citing a combination of programme slippage …
22nd February 2009
AgustaWestland has announced that the latest member of the AgustaWestland family of helicopters, the AW149 will "make its first flight in months." In a brief …
13th February 2009
The joint mission of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing expanded with the recent addition of the first operational Navy Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system, part …
26th January 2009
The Swiss Air Force has taken delivery of two VIP-equipped Eurocopter EC635s. The new aircraft will be based at Bern-Belp airfield and operated by the Federal …
8th January 2009
RAF Medical Emergency Response Teams (MERTS) will benefit from a new training simulator at RAF Lyneham. According to the Ministry of Defence, the £42,000 simulator …
7th January 2009
The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) - a joint effort of The Boeing Company and Insitu - has completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service …
18th December 2008
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded DCNS and Thales an advanced study contract for a deck landing system for unmanned aerial vehicles. The …
17th December 2008
Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) today unveiled the first of the U.S. Navy's new unmanned combat aircraft at a ceremony here attended by Navy officials, state and …
12th December 2008
It has been confirmed in a statement today, made by Defence Secretary John Hutton, that the Future Lynx contract signed in June 2006 by the …
10th December 2008
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation valued at $2.8 million for the S-70B SEAHAWK helicopter. CPI …
9th December 2008
The U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), was prominently displayed on …
17th November 2008
The long-awaited first flight of the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone has taken place in Florida. The much-delayed aircraft, which will eventually go on to replace the …
11th November 2008
In what could prove to be the first step toward creating a joint RQ-4 Unmanned Aircraft System training unit here, pilots of the 1st Reconnaissance …
5th November 2008
Avionics specialist Barco has won an important contract from helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter to deliver high-performance mission displays for use aboard the AS 565 ‘Panther' helicopter. …
27th October 2008
After the successful trials on the German K130 class corvettes during the summer, the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) continued its maritime progress, by …
13th October 2008
On 9 and 10 October 2008, DCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the …
10th October 2008
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it will be a supplier on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4N aircraft for U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned …