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News - European Defence Fund

  • Defence Helicopter

    Aurora wins contract for Sikorsky S-97 Raider prototype airframes

    5th April 2011

    Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to design and build prototype airframes as part of the S-97 Raider …

  • Digital Battlespace

    China moves towards networked force

    4th April 2011

    The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China is moving towards becoming an ‘informationised force’, according to its ‘China's National Defence in 2010’ white paper released …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Boeing Vigilare system completes site acceptance testing

    4th April 2011

    Boeing today announced that the company's Vigilare network centric command and control system (NC3S) developed for the Commonwealth of Australia has completed site acceptance testing …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk continues to shine

    4th April 2011

    Ten years ago this month, Northrop Grumman Corporation's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) entered the Guinness Book of Records for the longest nonstop unmanned …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    US Army extends SUGV capability

    1st April 2011

    The US Army is planning to procure two additional low-rate initial production brigade sets of iRobot’s model 320 small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV). On 1 …

  • Military Logistics

    NDIA Logistics: Japan consequence management efforts reinforce conference realities

    1st April 2011

    In his closing keynote address to the 27th NDIA Annual Logistics Conference & Exhibition, RAdm Mark Heinrich, Commander, US Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems opens UK office

    1st April 2011

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems UK (GA-UK) has been established as part of the company’s ongoing ‘dedicated support’ to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), a …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Royal Navy personnel lead the way in Arctic survival

    1st April 2011

    The elite Arctic Training cell from the Commando Helicopter Force departed their home base at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in November 2010, for the …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Trusty Lynx makes its last appearance at sea

    1st April 2011

    After more than 30 years’ service one of the mainstays of the Fleet Air Arm has made its final appearance at sea. Nearly four decades …

  • Defence Helicopter

    RAF A109s retained for an extra year

    31st March 2011

    The Ministry of Defence has extended a contract to operate its VIP A109 helicopters for an extra year. Rotorhub.com has learnt that the MoD renewed …

  • Military Logistics

    Report slams UK supply chain

    31st March 2011

    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) could save some £15 million per year if it were to better use information to manage its logistics supply …

  • Land Warfare

    Saab receives UK defence training orders

    31st March 2011

    Defence and security company Saab has received additional orders from the UK Ministry of Defence to enhance their existing provision of live training capabilities to …

  • Defence Helicopter

    EADS, Eurocopter plan to consolidate some activities at Dugny

    31st March 2011

    EADS and its subsidiary Eurocopter Group officially received the backing of the French authorities for their joint project to transfer some activities from Eurocopter's La …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Chinooks return to the Afghan skies

    30th March 2011

    The Australian Defence Force's air operations capability has returned to Afghanistan to support International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations for 2011. The Rotary Wing Group …

  • Defence Helicopter

    AgustaWestland expands AW139 training capacity

    30th March 2011

    AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the next phase in its growth of AW139 global training and flight simulation capacity, in response to …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • APCs/IFVs - tracked

    ArmoURed Infantry Ground Assault (AURIGA)

    The ArmoURed Infantry Ground Assault (AURIGA) is an IFV being developed with funding from the European Defence Fund (EDF). It aims to develop a next-generation IFV ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    IRIS-T SLM

    The IRIS-T SLM (Surface Launched Medium-Range) is a surface-to-air missile system developed by Diehl Defence as part of the IRIS-T family of missile systems. Several countries ...

  • Directed energy weapons

    Tryzub Laser

    Ukraine's Tryzub (Trident) laser was revealed during the European Defence Industry: Prospects for Cooperation with the Ukrainian Defence Industry conference in 2025. Video footage from ...

  • Military UAS - tactical

    LOTUS

    The LOTUS, Low Observable Tactical Unnamed System, is a tactical UAV especially designed for border patrol ISR operations.  The development of the project is funded by ...

  • Air: chaff/flare/decoy systems

    Sky Buzzer

    Hensoldt’s Sky Buzzer is a towed anti-radar decoy originally developed by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). The system is designed to protect ...

  • Major networking projects

    Ballistic Missile Defence

    In early 2010, NATO acquired the first phase of an initial theatre ballistic missile defence capability to protect alliance forces. 

  • Land: air defence radar

    APIS

    APIS is a passive high-resolution primary radar system developed by Indra. It is the first passive system in the world capable of offering images using ...

  • Major networking projects

    IABMS

    Integrated Air Battlespace Management System (IABMS) is a modular real-time air defence and C4I system of systems that has been fielded and implemented at fixed, ...

  • EO/IR systems

    NightHawk2-UZ

    The NightHawk2-UZ is a dual EO-IR stabilised camera turret from NextVision designed for long-range observation applications that demand low weight. The 350g sensor's IR camera has a 1280x720p ...

  • Main battle tanks

    EMBT

    KNDS (KMW + NEXTER Defense Systems) presented its first joint product, the EMBT (European Main Battle Tank) demonstrator, at the June 2018 Eurosatory defence exhibition. The EMBT mounts ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    DRASS Combat Management System

    The Italian company DRASS is developing its proprietary combat management system for use in compact submarines. The development of this CMS suite was first unveiled in ...

  • Military UAS - mini

    Linza 3.0

    The Linza 3.0 is a rotary-wing UAV from Quantum Frontline Industries (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture from Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics. The UAV was first delivered ...

  • Military UAS - MALE

    Talarion

    The Talarion is a next-generation MALE UAV for reconnaissance, detection, classification and tracking of targets (land and sea) as well as detection, recognition and identification ...

  • Military UAS - mini

    Astero

    Manufactured by Nordic Wing, the Astero is a fixed-wing mini UAV designed for ISR missions. The drone is equipped with a NightHawk 2 camera. In the ...

  • Military UAS - tactical

    Skeldar V-200

    UMS Aero Group AG and Saab formed a joint venture, UMS SKELDAR, to produce the Skeldar V-200 UAV, which is used by various countries, including Belgium, Canada ...