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  • Defence Helicopter

    MoD secures key helicopter projects

    15th May 2012

    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has secured several key helicopter programmes in its latest planning round (PR12) it has emerged. Key procurements such as …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Apacheâ??launched DAGR engages moving target

    8th May 2012

    Lockheed Martin has announced that its Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) has successfully tracked and engaged a moving target in a recent demonstration at Yuma …

  • Defence Helicopter

    QuadA2012: Questions linger over next-generation engine funding

    4th April 2012

    The US Army hopes to move both candidates for its next-generation rotorcraft engine programme into an engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase but is yet …

  • Defence Helicopter

    QuadA2012: New facility to put manned-unmanned teaming to the test

    3rd April 2012

    Bell Helicopter and fellow Textron subsidiary AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems plan to establish a Manned Unmanned operations (MUMO) capability development laboratory as an R&D tool …

  • Defence Helicopter

    QuadA2012: Apache-UAV datalink capabilities to be expanded

    3rd April 2012

    Longbow Limited is looking to expand the capabilities of its UTA datalink system, allowing Apache crews to communicate with more UAV types. The UTA - or …

  • Defence Helicopter

    DefExpo 2012: Rossell India and CAE form Indian helicopter JV

    29th March 2012

    Rossell India announced at Defexpo India 2012  that the Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board has approved its plan to form a joint venture (JV) company …

  • Defence Helicopter

    FIDAE 2012: Boeing offers AH-6i to South American customers

    28th March 2012

    Boeing negotiations with Chile over a possible purchase of the AH-6i have been revealed at FIDAE 2012. According to Brad Rounding, manager of AH-6 business …

  • Defence Helicopter

    'Pashtun Jaguar' tests UK helicopter crews for Afghanistan

    12th March 2012

    Rotary-wing assets from the UK's Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) have taken part in a large exercise to prepare troops heading for Afghanistan. JHC's Exercise Pashtun …

  • Defence Helicopter

    US Army receives first UTA

    23rd February 2012

    The Longbow Limited Liability Company has announced that it has delivered the first production Longbow UAS Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) for the Apache …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Critical Software selected by AgustaWestland

    9th February 2012

    Critical Software has announced that it has been selected by AgustaWestland to work on a new mission planning system for its current Apache helicopter fleet …

  • Military Logistics

    Extra C-17 for the RAF

    8th February 2012

    The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to buy another Boeing C-17, strengthening its fleet of transport aircraft to eight. The decision was announced by …

  • Defence Helicopter

    AgustaWestland and Italian Navy sign contract

    25th January 2012

    AgustaWestland has announced that it has received an order from the Italian Navy for the Mission Planning & Analysis System (MPAS) for its fleet of …

  • Digital Battlespace

    SELEX Galileo to provide EW training to Greek Army

    12th January 2012

    SELEX Galileo has announced that it has signed an agreement to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) training for Greek Army technicians and flight crew operating out …

  • Defence Helicopter

    South Korea launches helicopter procurements

    10th January 2012

    South Korea has formally begun the process to procure new heavy attack and maritime helicopters, with an RfP expected to be issued in coming weeks. …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Longbow receives Apache systems contracts

    4th January 2012

    Longbow, the joint venture company established by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract worth $181 million for work to be …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache [United Kingdom]

    According to the MoD, to further ‘guarantee value for money’ systems from the current Apache fleet such as the Modernised Target Acquisition & Designation System, ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache-Follow-On [Morocco]

    Programme Background Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache [Morocco]

    Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the US State ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Project Land 4503 [Australia]

    Programme Background The Australian Army has begun its search for a successor to the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), with an RfI issued by the ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Kruk / AH-64E Apache [Poland]

    Programme Background In May 2019, Wojciech Skurkiewicz, the Polish deputy defence, released some details on the helicopter programme. Part of Poland's broader defence modernisation plan, the tender ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache (Indian Air Force)

    Programme Background The Indian Army was originally granted co-ownership of the 22 Apaches by the Indian MoD. However, the IAF refused to cede them to ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    T129B [Philippines]

    Programme Background On 31 August 2019, it was announced that the Philippines National Defence Acquisition Decision Memorandum continues with the T-129 procurement. However, on 30 April ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache [South Korea]

    Programme Background Requirement The procurement decision is the result of the shift in South Korea's warfare concept focusing on the offensive manoeuvre rather than the ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache [Israel]

    Programme Background IDF Ground Forces Command is urging the Israeli MoD to request the acquisition of up to 40 AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters from ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache [Indian Army]

    Programme Background It is a hybrid procurement, as was the 2015 Air Force one (see separate entry), employing both a direct commercial sale with Boeing ...

  • 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, ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E - Kuwait

    Programme Background According to the US State Department, the proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping ...

  • 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, ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Surion Marine Attack Helicopter (South Korea)

    Programme Background The ROKMC wants to obtain 24 attack helicopters for the first time. When bidding opened in January 2019, there were five contenders: Bell ...

  • Military helicopters - scout/light attack

    AH-6i (Thailand)

    Programme Background The US State Department has made a determination approving the possible $400 million sale on 24 September 2019. The eight AH-6i light attack ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64D Apache Longbow

    The AH-64D Apache Longbow is an out-of-production attack helicopter that Boeing manufactured. Boeing delivered the first Apache Longbow in April 1997. From 2012, the Block III ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    Apache Longbow Training System

    The Longbow Crew Trainer is the centrepiece of Boeing’s AH-64 Apache training. Pilots and other personnel use the high-fidelity flight simulator to practice aircraft procedures ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    WAH-64 Apache

    The WAH-64/AH1 Apache is a variant of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow, developed and built by Leonardo from 1996 to meet British Army requirements. One ...

  • Air: air combat simulators

    Collective Training

    Boeing has delivered and operates three USAF F-15C Mission Training Centers (MTCs), three F-15E MTCs and three F-16 MTCs. The F-22 platform was added into ...

  • Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

    CDAS

    The Common Defensive Aids System (CDAS) is an evolution of the HIDAS and BAKER integrated DAS solutions developed by Leonardo and is designed to protect a ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache Guardian

    The AH-64E is the current configuration of Boeing's Apache attack helicopter. It is the backbone of the US Army attack helicopter fleet and is fielded by several ...

  • Air: AEW/fire control radar, Air: helicopter radar

    AN/APG-78 Longbow

    The AN/APG-78 Longbow is a Ka-band, low-probability-of-intercept fire control radar equipping the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow and AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters. According to the ...

  • Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

    HIDAS

    Leonardo’s Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System (HIDAS) combines laser, missile and Radar Warning Receivers, and a Chaff and Flare Dispensing System (CFDS). The system is ...

  • Core systems: cameras and IR detectors

    Apache 1K

    The Apache 1K is a compact, low-power, integrated camera core designed for space-constrained airborne or ground applications. This commercially developed, military-qualified camera core is based ...

  • Air: chaff, flare and decoy systems

    AGP

    The Aircraft Gateway Processor (AGP) is an aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) controller contained within a single flight-qualified line-replaceable unit. The AGP provides the ability to ...

  • Air-to-air missiles

    Starstreak AAM

    The Starstreak AAM is a variant of the Thales hypervelocity SAM. The helicopter-fired ATASK (Air-To-Air Starstreak) was developed in combination with McDonnell-Douglas and Lockheed Martin between 1995 ...

  • EO/IR systems

    M-DSA

    M-DSA is the next step in the sensor modernisation of the M-TADS/PNVS system. Upgraded capabilities support more rapid target identification and coordination, as well as ...

  • Air: Defensive Systems - MLDS, Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers, Air: Electronic Attack - Pod, Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

    AMASE

    Terma’s AMASE (Apache Modular Aircraft Survivability Equipment) was initially designed for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) McDonnell Douglas/Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters. The AMASE ...

  • Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

    SG200-D

    Leonardo's SG200-D RWR is a UK-specific product which is almost identical to the company's SEER RWR. SG200-D is self-protection equipment which detects and identifies emitters ...

  • Data links

    TTNT

    The Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) programme is intended to develop, evaluate and demonstrate reconfigurable, affordable, robust, interoperable and evolvable communications technologies to support emerging ...