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Air Warfare
USAF could release extra squadron of Raptors for frontline service
2nd July 2020
The USAF could add a sixth squadron of combat-coded F-22A Raptor stealth fighters by ‘re-purposing’ training-coded aircraft, the outgoing commander of Air Combat Command (ACC) …
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Naval Warfare
Riachuelo performs independent navigation
13th August 2020
The PROSUB diesel-electric attack submarine programme for the Brazilian Navy took a step forward on 12 August, when the first-in-class boat Riachuelo performed its first independent …
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Training
USAF RPA training falls short
29th June 2020
According to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), ‘the [US] Air Force does not have enough pilots and sensor operators to meet its staffing targets …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Belgium and UK seek SkyGuardian tie-up
18th August 2020
The air forces of Belgium and the UK have signed a bilateral letter of intent to cooperate on training, maintenance, logistical support, interoperability and capacity …
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Land Warfare
Portuguese paratroops gain new airmobile vehicles
18th August 2020
The Portuguese Army is continuing its efforts to improve troop mobility by equipping the Parachutist Regiment in Tancos with ten new Multipurpose Airborne Platforms (MPAPs). The …
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Digital Battlespace
A3M prime contractor picks engineering support provider
1st July 2020
Comtech EF Data Corporation, part of the Commercial Solutions segment of Comtech Telecommunications, has received a $1.8 million follow-on subcontract for a DoD programme. The …
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Military Logistics
Lockheed receives major Super Hercules contract from DoD
20th July 2020
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $15 billion contract by the USAF Force to develop, integrate, retrofit and produce variants of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The …
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Defence Notes
Space Force sticks with Rocket Lab despite curse of unlucky 13
28th July 2020
Space payloads usually cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars and their loss can be a huge setback for their operators. Launcher reliability is …
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Land Warfare
Czech procurement surge caters for dismounted infantry
25th August 2020
The acquisition of IFVs for the army has tended to dominate attention among the equipment modernisation programmes in the Czech Republic, especially given its bumpy …
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Defence Notes
Edge to acquire 100% control of AMMROC
23rd July 2020
Abu Dhabi-based defence conglomerate Edge is to take full control of AMMROC, after agreeing a deal to buy Lockheed Martin’s 40% stake in the aerospace …
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Digital Battlespace
US augments EW defence with network modernisation
10th July 2020
The US Army is working to modernise its tactical networks to enable expeditionary and mobile operations, and bolster its resilience against near-peer EW and cyber …
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Digital Battlespace
Amplifier offers affordable upgrades for EW, radar and SATCOM
9th July 2020
Empower has developed a new 90KW C band, liquid-cooled and hot-swappable power amplifier called the RF Systems Model 2225. The Model 2225 is a long …
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Training
Military Training magazine: driver training, AI in simulation and more
28th July 2020
Read the latest edition of Military Training for free in our app or on your desktop. Register below to be sent the download link and …
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Defence Helicopter
Israel grounds Black Hawk fleet amid engine troubles
19th August 2020
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has decided to ground its UH-60 Black Hawk (Owl) fleet following a number of T700 engine ‘technical malfunctions’ discovered over …
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Digital Battlespace
Extra sensors enhance Elta radar capabilities
14th July 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary Elta Systems has developed new sensors for a variant of its ELM-2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR). The baseline ELM 2084 MMR …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Announced)
Programme Background The F-15EX will be based on the 2-seat F-15QA (Qatar) configuration upgraded with USAF-only capabilities, including the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Contracted)
Programme Background USAF is looking to procure 144 F-15EX fighter aircraft, including two RDTE configurations and six low-rate initial production aircraft. F-15EX will replace ageing ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-Y Tanker Aircraft (USA)
Programme Background The USAF is replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59 KC-10 Extenders, which entered service ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (USA - Forecast)
Programme Background Speaking on 21 September 2021 during the annual Air Force Association (AFA) Meeting in Washington DC, USAF Chief of Staff Gen Charles Brown ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Loyal Wingman (Forecast) [Sweden]
Programme Background Konceptet Framtidens Stridsflyg (KFS) In May 2024, Saab revealed the initial details of Sweden's Konceptet Framtidens Stridsflyg (KFS), translating to a future fighter aircraft ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) (Increment 2) [USAF]
Background Requirements The baseline requirements for Increment 2 of the CCA effort are similar to Increment 1, which is covered in a separate entry on Defence ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Teal 2 [USAF]
Programme Background On 8 August 2023, Teal Drones announced it had received a $2.6 million deal for 172 Teal 2 UAVs, spare parts and training from ...
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ISR/special mission
P-1 EW [Japan]
Programme Background Requirement Japan has operated the EP-3, a COMINT/SIGINT/ELINT configuration of the P-3 Orion, since 1993. As of 2024, the Japanese MoD maintains that these aircraft ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) (Increment 1) [USAF]
Background Requirements The programme's requirements are based on the USAF's belief that it requires mass to compete effectively with an adversary in symmetrical warfare. However, ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
MH-139 (UH-1N Huey Replacement)
Other bidders included Sikorsky with HH-60U offer and Sierra Nevada with upgrading offer of UH-60As to UH-60L configuration.In February 2018, Leonardo filed a protest to ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (1-2) [USA]
Programme Background Shephard notes that this entry covers the two rapid-prototype E-7 aircraft, whose contract was signed in August 2024. A second programme entry covers the ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15QA Qatar
Programme BackgroundOn 17 November 2016, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 72 F-15QA aircraft to Qatar for an ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Data links
Data links | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: maintenance simulators
F-22 Training Devices
TRU Simulation + Training F-22 MTD programme includes three training devices that provide USAF students at Sheppard AFB, Texas, with maintenance training on landing gear, ...
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EW Training Support System (Battlelab)
EW Training Support System is a Training & Simulation Center a leading-edge training facility dedicated to teaching and training personnel in the Electronic Warfare field. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
EX-3 Revenant
The EX-3 Revenant is a developmental fixed-wing aircraft being developed by Exosonic. It is a Mach 1.2 supersonic UAV designed to be a 5th-generation representative, modular, autonomous ...
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Air: transport/tanker simulators
USAF KC-135 ATS
The KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) programme delivers initial qualification, requalification, continuation and upgrades training for USAF KC-135 aircrews, including pilots, co-pilots and boom operators. ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
T-1 Jayhawk
FlightSafety operates and maintains T-1 training devices as part of its CLS contract. Air Education and Training Command uses these high-fidelity simulators and part-task trainers ...
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Training Services
GFD (Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung) is an Airbus subsidiary providing target demonstration, live EW training, forward air controller training, test and evaluation flights. GFD trains German ...
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Air: air combat simulators
Air Combat Training
Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.
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ISR/special mission
EA-37B Compass Call
The EA-37B (also known as EC-37B) is a Compass Call EW aircraft based on the commercial G550 platform. The USAF is now transitioning the EW capabilities previously ...
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EW test systems
JTE
The Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) is a multi-threat, high-fidelity simulator with realistic ERP levels, which simulates single- and double-digit surface-to-air and anti-aircraft artillery radar systems. ...
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ISR/special mission
EC-130H Compass Call
The EC-130H is an EW aircraft based on the modified C-130H transport aircraft. It is used by the USAF to disrupt enemy command and control communications ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
EW Center
The Electronic Warfare Center is an operational support system for pre-and post-mission activities. The system handles various types of EW functions (ESM, ECM etc), for ...
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Trainer
T-38 Talon
Developed by Northrop Grumman, the T-38 Talon is an advanced trainer aircraft introduced into service in 1961. The T-38 has the same basic airframe as ...
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Air: air combat simulators
JPRWRS
The Joint Portable Radar Warning Receiver Stimulator (JPRWRS) has been developed as a method of providing fixed- and rotary-wing aircrews with a low-cost, open-air threat ...
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EW test systems
ELT A62
ELT A62 product family deals with multiple sensors of EW equipment suites. ELT A62 is a training system for EW personnel that can be sea-, ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
T-38C Talon
FlightSafety supports nearly 40 T-38 training devices as part of its contract for logistics support for the T-38. The T-38C is a converted T-38A/B that ...