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Digital Battlespace
Aselsan to exhibit YILDIRIM-100 DIRCM for helicopters at IDEF 2023
24th July 2023
Aselsan has unveiled a new Directional Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) system, the YILDIRIM-100.
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Air Warfare
Australia receives its first UH-60M Black Hawks
8th August 2023
Sikorsky has been extremely rapid in delivering Black Hawks to Australia, with the first two already handed over.
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Defence Helicopter
Argentina shops for new helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
14th July 2023
While Argentina’s combat aviation fleet remains weak, the armed forces are acquiring new search and rescue (SAR) helicopters and a fixed-wing surveillance aircraft with SAR capabilities.
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing to produce 21 more Apache helicopters for US Army and international customer
24th July 2023
Boeing has received a contract modification to produce an additional 21 AH-64E Apache helicopters for the US Army and an international customer, bringing the total to 205.
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Naval Warfare
Turkish Navy to address capability gaps with new OPV launches
26th September 2023
Turkey is asserting it naval shipbuilding credentials and place as a major maritime power with the delivery of three ships in one day.
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Defence Helicopter
South Korean marines receive final Marineon helicopters
19th July 2023
The ROK Marine Corps now has a full complement of indigenously built MUH-1 Marineon helicopters.
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Defence Helicopter
Poland secretly sent Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine, reports
11th July 2023
The Polish Mi-24 attack helicopters are now on their way to Ukraine, according to pictures shared on social media.
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Training
Babcock to train British Army soldiers through engineering apprenticeship
11th August 2023
Babcock International has been awarded a six-year contract to continue to support the British Army in delivering one of the biggest apprenticeship programmes in the UK.
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Defence Helicopter
Bell signs Czech AH-1Z and UH-1Y support deal
7th July 2023
Czech signs deal to support new Bell-Textron helicopters and commits older helicopters as donations to Ukraine.
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Naval Warfare
Is the end in sight for Canada’s painful Joint Support Ship procurement journey?
1st November 2023
The launch of the second of two new Joint Support Ships for the Royal Canadian Navy has represented steps forward on a project that has suffered huge delays due to supply chain issues and the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Canada's DND.
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Defence Helicopter
US approves $203 million sale of Hellfire missiles for French Tiger helicopters
10th July 2023
The US State Department has approved the sale of AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles to France for use on Tiger HAD attack helicopters.
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Naval Warfare
Dutch naval CIWS upgrades face delays
26th September 2023
Installation of a replacement close-in-weapon system (CIWS) on the main surface warships of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has been delayed.
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Land Warfare
Patria MUSCL – Enabling covert airspace surveillance
7th September 2023
Airspace surveillance is like playing hide and seek. Except you are both hiding and seeking at the same time, and you are doing it in multiple domains – on land, in the air, and in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Defence Notes
Indian defence purchases from Russia are in trouble
30th August 2023
Fearing sanctions, India needs to find an alternative mechanism as it continues to buy defence equipment from Russia.
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Defence Helicopter
ITP Aero tests NH90 engines with sustainable fuel
26th July 2023
ITP Aero has successfully completed engine testing using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the NH90 helicopter's GE CT7-8F5 engines, marking a significant step in reducing emissions.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 530F -Kenya
Crew transition training took place at the MD Helicopters headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, with field service support, armament, and gunnery training scheduled to occur at ...
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Military helicopters - attack
MD 530G - Malaysia
Procured for an urgent operational requirement for gunships to support Eastern Sabah Security Command operations, helicopter deliveries had to slip from a planned delivery of ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 530G Lebanon
The Armed MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopter features next-generation all-glass cockpit that includes: two Genesys Aerosystems IDU-680 6” x 9” LCD primary displays, Tek Fusion ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Uncrewed MD 500 Replacement [South Korea]
Background Uncrewed Replacement of the MD 500 Throughout the 2010s, South Korea appeared interested in replacing its fleet of crewed MD 500 helicopters that were manufactured under licence ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Project Land 2097 Phase 4 - Australia
According to the RfI, under Project Land 2097 Phase 4, the selected helicopter must comprise a commercial or military off-the-shelf solution that is already in ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) First Batch (South Korea)
Programme Background The LAH is the first time that the South Korean OEM has developed an armed helicopter. The project kicked off in June 2015, ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505 (South Korea - Army)
Programme Background Requirement South Korea operates an ageing fleet of Bell UH-1s and MD 500s for training purposes. The country has already replaced a part of ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Bell 505 (South Korea - Navy)
Programme Background Requirement South Korea operates an ageing fleet of Bell UH-1s and MD 500s for training purposes. The country has already replaced a part of ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Light Armed Helicopter (Second Batch) [South Korea]
Programme Background The LAH is the first time that the South Korean OEM has developed an armed helicopter. The project kicked off in June 2015, ...
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton - Germany (Cancelled)
Programme Background Germany requested to buy four MQ-4C Triton HALE UAVs from Northrop Grumman. On 5 April 2018, the US State Department announced that it ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8, Tanks
Tracked & Wheeled Light Tank (Philippines)
Programme Background The decision to split the programme into a wheeled and a tracked element follows the belief of the Philippine Army that this will ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
H225M - France
Programme Background In April 2021, the French government signed a deal for the purchase of eight H225M Airbus helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of SA330 ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60A [Portugal]
Programme Background At the end of February 2025, the Portuguese Minister of National Defence said that as part of the Portuguese Army's Support, Protection & ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145 Helicopter [Honduras]
Programme Background The Honduran Government has purchased a total of four H145 Helicopters manufactured by Airbus to develop the armed forces preparedness against natural disasters ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145M (Contracted) [Germany]
Programme Background Previous Usage The German Armed Forces ordered 15 H145M helicopters, with the initial two delivered in December 2015, for the Kommando Spezialkräfte. These ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 530F Cayuse Warrior
An evolution of the OH-6 Cayuse light observation helicopter, the MD 530F was initially Federal Aviation Administration-certified in July 1985 as the Model 369FF. It ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems
MDHI Glass Cockpit
The American aerospace manufacturer MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) has designed and developed a glass cockpit specifically for MD 500E AND MD 520N aircraft. It is ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 530G
The MD 530G is the newest addition to the MD Helicopters line of light scout attack platforms. It has increased-capacity landing gear and a mission-configurable ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems
IDU-680
The IDU-680 is Genesys Aerosystems’ 3D synthetic vision integrated Electronic Flight Instrument System. The system includes a Highway in the Sky navigation system, geo-referenced hover ...
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Helicopter guns
FN HMP
The FN HMP (Heavy Machine Gun Pod) is a self-contained airborne weapon system armed with a 50cal FN M3P heavy machine gun. It is available ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
KUS-VH
The Korean Air Korean Air Unmanned System-Vertical Helicopter (KUS-VH) is a large, rotary-wing UAV based on the MD 500. The first flight of the platform ...
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Helicopter Armour
Armor of America (AoA) produces custom armour kits for any rotary-wing aircraft. AoA helicopter armour protects areas such as the cockpit floor and doors, cabin ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
6XX
Publicly unveiled at Heli-Expo in March 2017, the MD Helicopters 6XX is the next evolution in the MD 500 series and is a redesigned, single-engine ...
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Helicopter engines
M250-C30
The M250-C30 and -C30P are the exclusive powerplants for the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger and the MD Helicopters MD 530F and MD 530G. In addition, the AH-6i is ...
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HEMS Completions
RSG has been providing modification, retrofit, completion services and component overhaul to the air medical industry for over 38 years on aircraft produced by Airbus ...
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HS-16600
Breeze-Eastern's HS-16600 external electric hoist system is operational on the Leonardo Helicopters AW109 and AW119, Bell Helicopter 206 and 222, and MD 500. It is ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 500
The MD 500 is a single-engine light helicopter derived from the Hughes OH-6A Cayuse developed for the US Army in the early 1960s and the ...
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EO/IR systems
LEO-III
The LEO-III, or LEO-III HD, was an airborne observation system with HD sensors and video outputs. It was a COTS, gyro-stabilised platform containing a multi-sensor HD ...
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Airborne rockets - unguided
Aculeus MD-36 and MD-432
The Aculeus MD-36 unguided multi-dart rocket provides 36 darts for the neutralisation of columns of light armoured vehicles. The Aculeus MD-432 provides 432 darts to ...
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Helicopter engines
M250-C47E
The C47E is the latest growth variant of the C47B/8 engine. In addition to a hot-and-high Value Improvement Package Kit, the C47E also includes dual-channel ...
