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Defence Notes
Routes Americas Strategy Forum discusses region?s air transport industry
17th February 2010
“A spirited enquiry” into the shape and direction of the aviation industry in North and South America was the description applied to the debate at …
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon Laser-Guided Maverick on track for developmental, operational testing
17th February 2010
Raytheon Company's AGM-65E2/L, the newest variant of the laser-guided Maverick missile, is on track to enter developmental and operational testing. The laser-guided Maverick missile is …
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Land Warfare
General Dynamics to supply 250 RG-31 MRAP vehicles to the US Defense Department
17th February 2010
US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada a $227.4 million delivery order to produce 250 RG-31 Mk5E vehicles for its …
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Naval Warfare
Lockheed Martin completes Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb flight test programme
17th February 2010
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) F/A-18 qualification flight test program. The paveway II Plus LGB uses an …
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Defence Helicopter
Becker Avionics' Digital Warning Tone Generator WTG900 takes into skies during maiden flight of CH-53GA medium transport helicopter
17th February 2010
Becker Avionics has announced that its digital Warning Tone Generator WTG900 took into skies during the maiden flight of the German Armed Forces CH-53GA medium-lift …
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Land Warfare
BAE Systems secures Australian thermal weapon sight contract
17th February 2010
BAE Systems has secured a contract to supply a new targeting system for the Australian Army's new Carl Gustaf M3 weapons. BAE Systems will provide …
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Naval Warfare
Northrop Grumman awarded $41.3 million Life Cycle Support and Engineering Services contract on US Navy LPD 17 programme
17th February 2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $41.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract for life cycle engineering and support services on the US Navy's USS San …
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Land Warfare
Lockheed Martin completes production of its first two JLTV Technology Development Vehicles ahead Of schedule
16th February 2010
Lockheed Martin has completed, ahead of schedule, production of its first two Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), both new six-passenger Infantry Carrier variants. The vehicles …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman successfully demonstrates VADER Dismount Detection
16th February 2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed flight testing of its new Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER), capable of tracking vehicles and foot traffic over …
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Military Logistics
General Dynamics awarded $154 million to support US Army's medical communications for combat casualty care
16th February 2010
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a task order to support the US Army's Program Executive Office, Enterprise …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Successful flights for Elbit Systems' enhanced Micro CoMPASS payload onboard the Hermes 90 UAS
16th February 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. today announced that it completed a series of successful flights of its enhanced Micro CoMPASS electro-optic payload with advanced capabilities as part …
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Defence Helicopter
Super Puma/Cougar/EC225 family marks 4 million flight hours
16th February 2010
Eurocopter’s heavy-duty family of helicopters, the AS332 Super Puma/AS532 Cougar and their latest-generation derivatives, the EC225/EC725, have accumulated a total of four million flight hours …
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Defence Helicopter
AgustaWestland and Tata Sons establish a Joint Venture company
16th February 2010
AgustaWestland and Tata Sons have signed a Shareholders’ Agreement for the formation of an Indian joint venture company which will establish in India a final …
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Land Warfare
Raytheon teams with Larsen & Toubro on India tank upgrade proposal
16th February 2010
Raytheon Company and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) have submitted an L&T-led proposal to upgrade Indian Army T-72 tanks. The announcement was made Tuesday at …
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Digital Battlespace
RAF will lead future ISTAR efforts
16th February 2010
The head of the Royal Air Force (RAF) says the air arm should play a leading role in future ISTAR gathering efforts and cyber warfare. Speaking …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Tanks
NGCV: DLP
Programme Background Requirement The DLP is one of five vehicle families being developed for the US Army's NGCV programme. Expanded to include five programmes in ...
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AGMV 1.1
Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-1 Gray Eagle [US Army]
Programme Background Required Quantity Although the US Army first envisioned a requirement for 132 MQ-1C Gray Eagles, the US Army's Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) was ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) (Increment 2) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) was to provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It was intended to ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Heavy Lift VTOL (HVTOL) (Forecast) [US Army]
Background USMC In September 2021, Kaman unveiled its Kargo UAV, which had been specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
AMPV (USA)
Programme Background The US Army initiated the AMPV programme to acquire a replacement for several variants of the M113 tracked APC, which has been in ...
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MPVs - 4x4
JLTV Oshkosh Contract [US Army]
Programme Background As of January 2021, the US DoD had signed 15 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) (Increment 1) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) was to provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It was ...
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Loitering munitions
Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) (Forecast) [US Army]
Programme Background Contracted Units As covered in a separate programme entry, the US Army first procured AeroVironment's Switchblade 300 over a decade ago, beginning the service's ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Switchblade 300 (USA)
Programme Background AeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) [Tranche 1] / Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) (USA)
Programme Background The Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) Programme The RPUAS programme will provide the Battalion and below-ground manoeuvre elements within the US Army with an ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munitions [Switzerland]
Programme Background Announcement In a February 2023 interview with Swiss news outlet CH-Media, Swiss army chief Thomas Süssli stated that the country was considering acquiring loitering ...
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Loitering munitions
Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) (Contracted) [US Army]
Programme Background First Contract In June 2011, the US awarded AeroVironment a $4.9 series-production contract for the loitering munition, satisfying the US Army's Lethal Miniature ...
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Landing craft and hovercraft
US Army Maneuver Support Vessel Light (MSVL)
Programme BackgroundThe Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) or MSV(L) contract was awarded by the US Army to Vigor in 2017 and are being built to replace ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [USA]
Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
US Army AVCATT PDSS
L3Harris Technologies is the prime contractor for the US Army’s Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) programme. L3Harris Technologies is ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
US Army Flight School XXI OFT/RCTD
L3Harris Technologies is a major subcontractor to CSC on the US Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) programme. L3Harris Technologies has built or is under contract ...
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Maritime patrol
US-2
The ShinMaywa US-2 is an amphibious short take-off and landing aircraft used primarily by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for SAR.
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
OH-58 Kiowa
The single-engine OH-58 Kiowa, derived from the Bell 206, entered US Army service in 1969 as a light observation helicopter. More than 2,200 were built for ...
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Towed guns
M198
The US Army developed the M198 155mm towed howitzer from 1969 to replace the M114 155mm howitzer. From 1978, 1,600 weapons were built by Rock ...
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Tanks
M10 Booker
The US Army awarded General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) a contract worth US$1.14 billion to supply 96 light tanks under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) ...
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Towed mortars
M120/M120A1
The M120/M120A1 120 mm Towed Mortar System is a US-built version of the Soltam K6 mortar that was accepted into US Army service in 1990.
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JPT
Designed for military applications, the Joint Platform Tablet (JPT) features a rugged design, including a military-grade aluminium case, dual-core processor, 128GB removable hard drive and ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-72A/B Lakota
In 2006, the US Army selected a version of the medium-sized, twin-engine H145, designated the UH-72A Lakota, to meet its requirement for a new Light ...
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Armoured engineer vehicles
M1150 ABV
The M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) project, launched by the USMC in 2002, is a joint programme to meet the requirements of both the US ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
RQ-7 Shadow 200
The Shadow 200, designated RQ-7B by the US Army, is flown by the army brigade combat teams and combat aviation brigades along with the UAV ...
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Infrastructure - bridges
REBS
The Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS) is a 13m dry-gap bridge. It was designed by GDELS to meet a US Army requirement to provide a ...
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Infrastructure - bridges
DSB
WFEL was selected in 1996 to develop the M18 Dry Support Bridge (DSB) for the US Army. The company designed, manufactured and integrated the DSB ...
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Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming
AN/PLQ-9 Thor-III
Sierra Nevada’s AN/PLQ-9 Thor-III is the standard Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) manpack system in service with the US Army and US Marine Corps (USMC). ...
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Individual grenade launchers
M320 GLM
The M320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) is a further development of the HK AG36 (see separate entry) to meet a US Army requirement. The M320 ...
