News

• Land Warfare

  Supacat delivers REDFIN 1B prototype to ADF

  14th December 2012

  Supacat has announced that it has delivered a prototype of its new special operations vehicle to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for the Special Operations …

• Naval Warfare

  BAE Systems to maintain US Navy trainer aircraft

  13th December 2012

  BAE Systems will maintain and service trainer aircraft in the US Navy’s inventory following the selection of the company for a $400 million, five year …

• Land Warfare

  Saab announces new RBS15 Mk3 order

  13th December 2012

  Saab has announced that it has received an order from its German partner DBD for the surface-to-surface missile RBS15 Mk3. The order, worth SEK 615 …

• Land Warfare

  ATK wins USMC 120mm mortar system contract

  13th December 2012

  ATK will develop a solution to meet the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) requirement for a rifled, 120mm, Precision Extended Range Mortar (PERM) under a new …

• Defence Helicopter

  Unmanned Little Bird flies for Republic of Korea Army

  13th December 2012

  Boeing has announced that on 13 December it conducted a demonstration of its Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator aircraft to showcase the unmanned aircraft technology …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  NAC UAV facilities expanded

  12th December 2012

  West Wales Airport and Newquay Cornwall Airport have formed a partnership that will supply the UK Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry with additional capacity for …

• Military Logistics

  Nordic cooperation on air transport intensifies

  12th December 2012

  The Nordic defence ministers have signed a letter of intent to promote future collaboration on air transportation, it has emerged. Increased concerted effort on tactical …

• Land Warfare

  US DLA orders BAE Systems tactical vests

  11th December 2012

  BAE Systems will produce tactical vests equipped with body armour for the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under a $35 million order announced on 10 …

• Military Logistics

  New C-17 Globemaster III delivered to Qatar

  11th December 2012

  Boeing has delivered a new C-17 Globemaster III destined for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) as part of an agreement between the Qatar and …

• Land Warfare

  Thales delivers Talisman training system

  11th December 2012

  Thales UK has delivered an interactive training solution, the Thales Talisman Training System (T3S), to UK forces preparing to use the Talisman system in support …

• Defence Helicopter

  ATK wins AAR-47 production contract

  11th December 2012

  ATK has announced that it has received a production contract from the US Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System. The $48-million …

• Land Warfare

  Lockheed Martin, UK university team for AV protection

  11th December 2012

  Lockheed Martin UK has partnered with research engineers at the University of Surrey to look into new lighter-weight methods of improving the protection and survivability …

• Naval Warfare

  BAE Systems wins £1.2 billion for fourth Astute submarine

  10th December 2012

  BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) worth £1.2bn for Audacious, the fourth submarine in the Astute class. …

• Digital Battlespace

  Saab Sensis makes progress on German HADR upgrade

  10th December 2012

  Saab Sensis has announced that it has successfully completed Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) of the hardware modernisation programme currently being carried out on four Hughes …

• Military Logistics

  A400M completes F&R flight-test phase

  10th December 2012

  Airbus Military has announced that the A400M airlifter has successfully completed 300 hours of Function & Reliability (F&R) flight-testing, marking an important milestone of the …