Uncrewed Vehicles

The Emerging UMV and UGV Markets 2008-2018 - a new report

18th December 2008

The continuous evolution of unmanned vehicle systems and the emergence of new technologies, coupled with recent operational successes in Iraq and Afghanistan, have led to …

Uncrewed Vehicles

DCNS and Thales to design and demonstrate UAV deck landing system

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 …

Defence Helicopter

Tiger engines to be serviced in Germany and France

18th December 2008

From now on, the two engine specialists MTU Aero Engines in Munich, Germany and Atelier d'Industriel Aeronautic (AIA) in Bordeaux, France will be in charge …

Defence Helicopter

Elbit Systems To Perform Airborne Upgrade Projects in Europe Valued at $80 Million

18th December 2008

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) announced that it was recently awarded several airborne upgrade contracts at a total value of approximately $80 million. Signed with European …

Defence Helicopter

StreamServe Persuasion Helps Eurocopter to Streamline Customer Communications and Boost Its Brand

18th December 2008

StreamServe, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Document Presentment (EDP) solutions for business communications, announced today that the Eurocopter Group in France is using StreamServe …

Defence Helicopter

Elbit Systems' Skylark I LE selected by Israeli Ministry of Defense as Battalion Level Mini UAV

17th December 2008

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was selected by the Israeli Defense Ministry to answer the battalion-level IDF tender, calling for a wide procurement of …

Defence Helicopter

American Eurocopter Flight Simulator is Operational

17th December 2008

American Eurocopter announced today that the first full motion EC135/EC145 flight training device (FTD) is operational at the company's training facility in Grand Prairie, TX. …

Defence Helicopter

EADS North America hand over 50th and 51st UH-72A Lakotas

17th December 2008

EADS North America today delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. This delivery marks another on-time milestone in the acquisition …

Defence Helicopter

Ministry Of The Interior Of Estonia Orders A Third AW139

17th December 2008

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that on December 4th the Government of Estonia gave approval for the Ministry of the Interior of …

Defence Helicopter

RAF Museum gets an early Christmas present - a MH-53 Pave Low

16th December 2008

Christmas spirits will be flying high at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford tomorrow, when it takes delivery of an extra special Christmas gift from …

Defence Helicopter

UK: East Anglian Air Ambulance has sufficient funds to allow second helicopter to fly 7 days a week

16th December 2008

Thanks to the commitment of its supporters, the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), operator of Anglia Two, the air ambulance serving Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, has …

Defence Helicopter

Eurocopter to hand over 50th UH-72A Lakota to US Army today

16th December 2008

What: EADS North America is hosting a ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army. The …

Defence Helicopter

Iraq requests 26 Bell 407s and associated equipment through US FMS program

16th December 2008

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 26 Bell Armed 407 Helicopters, 26 Rolls Royce …

Defence Helicopter

Heli-One to Upgrade Super Pumas for Swedish Armed Forces

16th December 2008

Heli-One, an operating division of the CHC Group, announced today it has been awarded a new contract by FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) to …

Uncrewed Vehicles

AeroVironment's Raven Small UAS Receives Military Type Certificate from the Italian military

16th December 2008

AeroVironment, Inc.(AV) today announced that the General Directorate for Aircraft Weapon Systems (MoD - Italy) has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven …

Naval: shipboard communication systems

Naval: shipboard communication systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval Group (named Narviris) and Spain's Navantia. The corvette ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

Naval: Combat Management Systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval Group (named Narviris) and Spain's Navantia. The corvette ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]

Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...

Naval: shipboard communication systems

Naval: shipboard communication systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri, France's Naval Group (named Naviris), and Spain's Navantia. The patrol-type vessel ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

Naval: Combat Management Systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri, France's Naval Group (named Naviris), and Spain's Navantia. The patrol-type vessel ...

Naval: shipboard communication systems

Naval: shipboard communication systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Spain]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval Group (named Narviris) and Spain's Navantia. The corvette ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

Naval: Combat Management Systems | European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Spain]

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is being developed by a joint venture between Italy's Fincantieri and France's Naval Group (named Narviris) and Spain's Navantia. The corvette ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Spain]

Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]

Programme Background Requirements The 2021-2023 Documento Programmatico Pluriennale (DPP) - a multi-year defence planning document from the Italian MoD - includes a plan to acquire eight "Patrol Ships", ...

Military helicopters - multirole

EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Greece)

Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

Military helicopters - multirole

EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Italy)

Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

OPVs

Polish Coast Guard OPVs

Programme Background The Polish Coast Guard is acquiring a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) intended for the control of the external borders of the European Union. ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Orbiter 3 (Croatia)

Programme Background The Croatian government launched a competitive tender for the procurement of a short-range UAV in October 2017. Although the tender was opened on ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Romania]

Programme Background Requirements Romania has a longstanding requirement for new multirole corvettes aimed at modernising its first-line combat vessels. In particular, as of 2023, the ...

Corvettes

Corvettes Procurement Programme (1-3) [Greece]

Programme Background Requirements Greece is looking to procure a new class of corvettes to replace part of the ageing Elli-class frigates. As the country is ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, 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 ...

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. 

Sea: naval surveillance radar

EMPAR

The European Multi-function Phased Array Radar (EMPAR) operates in the C band, concurrently performing 3D detection, multiple target tracking and missile guidance. Fitted on board ...

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, ...

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 - fixed-wing, 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 - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200

UMS Aero Group AG and Saab formed a joint venture company called UMS SKELDAR to produce the Skeldar V-200 UAV.  The Skeldar V-200 is a flexible and highly ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Pro VTOL

The Pro VTOL is a fixed-wing UAV from DeltaQuad. It is available in three models, the Map, View and Cargo variants, which primarily impact the attached payload. ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CV90 Armadillo

The Armadillo APC, unveiled at Eurosatory 2010, is based on BAE Systems’ CV90 IFV design. It has been modified to provide a higher degree of ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

One 150

The One 150 is a tactical UAV manufactured by Primoco UAV. The UAV is designed for commercial and military use and can be configured to ...

Loitering munitions

K12

The K12 is a loitering munition developed by the Estonian company Terramil.  Designed to conduct short-range strikes against armoured targets, it was first displayed at IDEX ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

AR3

The AR3, or AR3 Net Ray, is an autonomous small-UAS designed to support land-based and maritime missions, including communications support, infrastructure surveillance, ISTAR and pollution monitoring.  Manufactured by Tekever, ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, 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 ...

Loitering munitions

AQ 400 Scythe

The AQ 400 Scythe is a simple and cost-effective loitering munition manufactured by Terminal Autonomy, formally One Way Aerospace.  The drone has been designed to be ...