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• Military Logistics

  Singapore Airshow: RAAF C-27J training spools up

  17th February 2016

  One of the highlights of the Singapore Air Show is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft in the static park. …

• Defence Helicopter

  Singapore Airshow: Bell positioning AH-1Z for Australia

  17th February 2016

  BAE Systems Australia and Bell Helicopter signed an agreement at the Singapore Airshow on 16 February to chase military helicopter opportunities in Australia. Under the …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Singapore Airshow: Milrem looks east

  17th February 2016

  Amidst cooperation with a Singaporean entity, the Estonian company Milrem exhibited its Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System (THeMIS) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the Singapore …

• Naval Warfare

  Singapore Airshow: 2020 will be end of P-8 purchase sweet spot

  17th February 2016

  International customers can take advantage of a ‘sweet spot’ in the current production run of P-8 Poseidon MPAs by purchasing the aircraft before the US …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Singapore Airshow: Jaeger UGV under development

  17th February 2016

  The Jaeger is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) platform currently under development by the Kinetics Advanced Robotics division of ST Kinetics, with the project kicking …

• Military Logistics

  LPD 27 launched by HII

  16th February 2016

  The US Navy's future USS Portland (LPD 27) landing platform/dock (LPD) has been launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard, it was announced on 14 …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Singapore Airshow: UMS Skeldar target military, commercial growth

  16th February 2016

  The established unmanned military market and future commercial fee-for-service industry are key business areas for the newly formed UMS Skeldar, a joint venture between UMS …

• Defence Helicopter

  UH-60V undergoes CDR

  16th February 2016

  Northrop Grumman, the US Army, Redstone Defense Systems and the prototype integration facility have successfully conducted the critical design review (CDR) of the UH-60V Black …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  IAI unveils new UAS control centre

  16th February 2016

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a new UAV Mission Operational and Intelligence Center (MOIC), designed to enable control and command (C2) of advanced UAV …

• Training

  Thales to modernise German Navy’s trainers

  16th February 2016

  Thales has been awarded a contract to modernise the German Navy's tactical and procedural trainer (TVTM1) at the naval training centre (MOS) in Bremerhaven, it …

• Training

  Singapore Airshow: New sims from ST

  16th February 2016

  ST Engineering has used the Singapore Airshow to unveil two new training devices.  The first is a new virtual reality pilot training simulation (VRPST) device. …

• Military Logistics

  USAF KC-46 refuels F/A-18

  15th February 2016

  A US Air Force (USAF) F/A-18 aircraft has been successfully refuelled in flight by the KC-46 tanker for the first time, Boeing announced on 12 …

• Land Warfare

  Singapore Airshow: Advanced soldier systems readied

  15th February 2016

  ST Kinetics has displayed its progress to date on an advanced soldier system at the Singapore Airshow, one of the most complete exhibited to date …

• Military Logistics

  BAE Systems updates Terrier

  15th February 2016

  BAE Systems has updated its Terrier combat engineering vehicle with a number of new technologies, the company announced on 12 February. Terrier now has a new telescopic …

• Defence Helicopter

  Rockwell delivers weather radar for KUH

  15th February 2016

  Rockwell Collins has delivered the first RTA-4100 multiscan weather radar to KAI for the medevac variant of the Korean Utility Helicopter, it announced on 15 …