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Defence Notes
LAAD 2015: Embraer and Saab sign ‘historic’ Gripen agreement
15th April 2015
Embraer and Saab have signed an agreement at the LAAD exhibition in Rio de Janeiro establishing a partnership for the joint management of the Brazilian …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2015: DDG51 re-start gathers pace
15th April 2015
The re-start of the DDG51 Arleigh Burke destroyer production line is moving forward with the launch of the first new Flight IIA vessel – John …
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Naval Warfare
BAE to provide VLS Mk 41 missile canisters to US Navy
15th April 2015
BAE Systems has received a contract modification to provide additional Vertical Launching System (VLS) Mk 41 missile canisters to the US Navy, the company said …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2015: Eastern scores high for USCG cutter
14th April 2015
Eastern Shipbuilding is displaying a model of its Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) at Sea-Air-Space 2015 that is being used to compete for the US Coast …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2015: US Navy moves on LCS mission packages
14th April 2015
Development of the mission packages (MPs) for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is speeding up with a busy two years coming up. Speaking …
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Military Logistics
BDNC to support two Malaysian Scorpene submarines
14th April 2015
Malaysia has signed a new contract with Boustead DCNS Naval Corporation (BDNC) to continue the support for two 2000 type Scorpene submarines, as announced on …
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Military Logistics
Australia orders two extra C-17 airlifters
13th April 2015
Australia has formally signed a contract for two of the four Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft it requested in October 2014, according to an …
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon expands facility for airborne radar, EW systems
10th April 2015
Raytheon has expanded its Forest, Mississippi, facility in anticipation of growth in airborne radar and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems demand, as announced by the company …
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Defence Helicopter
Turf war intensifies over Mi-17s
10th April 2015
The first two of eight medium lift Mi-17 V5 helicopters were inducted by the Indian homeland Border Security Force (BSF) Air Wing on 9 April. …
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Naval Warfare
SRSAM cleared for Indian Navy
10th April 2015
Following a seven-year wait India’s Defence Acquisition Council has cleared the way for production of the Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SRSAM) for the Indian Navy. …
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Defence Helicopter
Pakistan enjoys attack helicopter choices – American, Chinese or Russian?
10th April 2015
Pakistan has several choices as it seeks to expand its army attack helicopter fleet – American, Chinese and Russian. On 6 April 2015 it emerged …
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Naval Warfare
Malaysia chooses Kongsberg NSM for Boustead’s Littoral Combat Ships
10th April 2015
Kongsberg announced on 9 April 2015 it had received a letter of award (LoA) to supply its Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to arm Malaysia’s six …
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Military Logistics
Cascade marks CC-130 Hercules support milestone
9th April 2015
Cascade Aerospace celebrated the 100th delivery of a CC-130 Hercules aircraft to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) following scheduled maintenance on 7 April. The …
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Defence Helicopter
GE Aviation to perform concept design for RAEICS programme
3rd April 2015
GE Aviation has been selected by the US Army to perform conceptual design and trade analysis on the Rotorcraft Advanced Engine Integrated Controls System (RAEICS) …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop realigns ISR&TS division
1st April 2015
Northrop Grumman has realigned its Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting Systems (ISR&TS) division to focus on its airborne and space ISR business. The realignment, which …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - MALE
Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement The FVL-MS programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft utilised ...
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Tiltrotors
V-22 Osprey [Japan]
Programme Background Procurement Contracts The Japanese government is the first export customer of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, having ordered 17 helicopters from the US across ...
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Loitering munitions
Launched Effects - Short Range (LE-SR) [US]
Background Air-launched effect (ALE) In 2022, the US sought a family of systems comprising an air vehicle, payload, mission systems applications and support equipment to ...
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Military UAS - MALE
MQ-8C Fire Scout (USA)
Programme Background Timeline According to the Naval Air Systems Command, having first ordered the MQ-8B in 2009, the UAV has become a pillar of the ...
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Military UAS - small
Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]
Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Heavy Lift UAV [Germany]
Background Victor U250 agreement On 10 June 2026, at ILA Berlin, Rheinmetall, ERC Systems, and the North Rhine-Westphalia state formed a strategic partnership to lay ...
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Loitering munitions
Launched Effects - Medium Range (LE-MR) [US]
Background Air-launched effect (ALE) In 2022, the US sought a family of systems comprising an air vehicle, payload, mission systems applications and support equipment to ...
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Military UAS - small
Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) (Increment 1) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) was to provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It was ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Project Proteus [UK]
Background Requirements The RN requires an uncrewed helicopter to test the viability of larger uncrewed aircraft, possibly providing an alternative to crewed aircraft such as the ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Heavy Lift VTOL (HVTOL) [US Army]
Background USMC First, Army Second In September 2021, Kaman unveiled its Kargo UAV, specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy-lift Helicopter STH [Germany]
Background Requirement The German government issued a tender in March 2019 for the procurement of heavy-lift helicopters under the Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, 60 units are ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) (MV-75 Cheyenne II) [USA]
Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...
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Military UAS - small
Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]
Background Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challenge The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore cargo-carrying ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47F CHINOOK [USA]
Programme Background As the Army's only heavy-lift helicopter, the CH-47F Improved Cargo helicopter is an essential component of the Army's Multi-Domain Battle framework. The CH-47F ...
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Transport
Large Transport Aircraft-II (LTA-II) [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The aircraft are needed for peacetime, international peacekeeping, emergency and combat operations. They are especially required to ensure a strategic lift capacity ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - MALE
Korean Future Vertical Lift (KFVL)
Unveiled at KADEX 2024, the Korean Future Vertical Lift (KFVL) is a family of uncrewed helicopters from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). Despite being in the ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Aerosonde Mk 4.8 HQ FTUAS
From the Texton family of Aerosonde UAS, the Aerosonde Mk 4.8 Hybrid Quad (HQ) FTUAS is a tactical drone purpose-built to meet the US Army's Future Vertical Lift ...
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Military UAS - tactical
HQ-60
Similarly to other platforms in the L3 Technologies Hybrid Quadrotor (HQ) and Fixed-Wing Rotator family (see separate entries) of VTOL fixed-wing UAVs, the HQ-60 has ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
SB-1 Defiant
The SB-1 Defiant is a Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) aircraft. Sikorsky and Boeing announced in February 2013 that they would submit a joint proposal ...
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Military UAS - MALE
V-247 Vigilant
The V-247 Vigilant is a tiltrotor UAV from Bell. Officially introduced in 2016, it features an open modular architecture and can host several payloads. These include ...
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Air: Displays
F-15 Replacement Vertical Situation Display
BAE Systems Replacement Vertical Situation Display (RVSD) replaces the legacy VSD units on F-15E aircraft. The AMLCD display offers a larger display size and is compatible ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
X-Sight
Elbit X-Sight is a developmental helmet-mounted display system designed for helicopters. According to the manufacturer, it will offer a high field of view and colour binocular ...
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Military helicopters - multirole, Military UAS - tactical
Hexa
The Hexa, or LIFT Hexa, is a rotary-wing aircraft developed by LIFT Aircraft for military and commercial markets. Due to its configuration and triple redundant autopilot computer, ...
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Military UAS - small
H6 Poseidon
Manufactured by Swarmly, the H6 Poseidon is a fixed-wing VTOL-capable UAV. The second largest member of the Poseidon family, the vertical lift is provided through ...
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Military UAS - MALE
DrN-600
The DrN-600 is a medium-lift cargo UAV developed by Singapore-based manufacturer ST Engineering. The platform combines vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) with wing-borne forward flight and ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Victor U250
The Victor U250 is a heavy lift drone in development by ERC Systems. The UAV has been developed by ERC for critical mission applications including ...
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Light UGVs
Avenger
In January 2017, Med-Eng announced the launch of a new bomb disposal and tactical robot, called the Avenger, at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. ...
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Military UAS - mini
Veloce-15
The ST Engineering Veloce-15 (V-15) is a hybrid fixed-wing UAV with four rotors for vertical lift and a tail-mounted two-bladed pusher propeller for horizontal propulsion. ...
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Military UAS - mini
Loong 2
The Loong 2 is a rotary-wing mini-UAV manufactured by LoongUAV. Designed for ISR missions, the UAV features a universal plug-and-play standardised interface, meaning a lot of different ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Proteus
Proteus is a technology demonstrator that Leonardo is developing in collaboration with the UK MoD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S;) Future Capabilities Group and the ...
