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News - para-rescue

  • Land Warfare

    New USMC firefighting vehicle approaches

    15th March 2016

    The US Marine Corp will get improved aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) capabilities once its new vehicle enters service. Known as the P-19R, the 6x6 …

  • Defence Helicopter

    British Forces Brunei to get new heli services

    14th March 2016

    The ageing Bell 212 helicopters of British Army Air Corp’s 7 Flight will be replaced by new aircraft under plans to renew its outsourcing arrangement. …

  • Defence Helicopter

    UK Wildcats in Exercise Clockwork

    14th March 2016

    Four Royal Marines Wildcat multi-role helicopters of the commando helicopter force from 847 naval air squadron have completed a six-week stint in Norway for Exercise Clockwork, …

  • Military Logistics

    China inducts wave of support ships

    11th March 2016

    There has been a recent flurry of support ships being inducted into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), including three landing ship tank (LST) vessels …

  • Defence Helicopter

    USAF orders BAE's friend-or-foe systems

    11th March 2016

    BAE Systems has been chosen by the US Air Force (USAF) to provide its friend or foe identification technology for the USAF’s HH-60W combat rescue …

  • Military Logistics

    New aircraft add to Philippine modernisation

    10th March 2016

    The first of two second-hand Lockheed Martin KC-130T Hercules aircraft is due to arrive in the Philippines on 15 March. Two aircraft were ordered in …

  • Naval Warfare

    Goa Shipyard launches MCGS Victory

    3rd March 2016

    Goa Shipyard has launched MCGS Victory, the first fast patrol vessel built for the Mauritius Coast Guard (MCG), it announced on 29 February. The vessel, …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Thai army buys, and eyes, Russian helicopters

    2nd March 2016

    The Royal Thai Army (RTA) received two Mil Mi-17V-5 helicopters in late 2015, boosting its inventory to five. Furthermore, it plans to buy more to …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Italian HH-101A Caesar enters service

    29th February 2016

    The Italian Air Force has commenced operational service of its first HH-101A Caesar helicopter, Finmeccanica announced on 25 February. A total of four HH-101A helicopters …

  • Naval Warfare

    Philippines improving EEZ protection

    26th February 2016

    The Philippines is attempting to beef up protection and monitoring of its EEZ, with the latest order covering two 50m vessels for the Department of …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Sentinel demonstrates ViDAR on ScanEagle

    22nd February 2016

    Australian company Sentient Vision said in February that it had demonstrated the ability of its Kestrel Maritime ViDAR optical detection system aboard a Royal Australian …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Singapore Airshow: UAV plunges into the deep end

    21st February 2016

    ST Aerospace demonstrated a novel flying and swimming unmanned vehicle at the Singapore Air Show. The Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV) is capable of through-air and …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Singapore Airshow: Regional customer to trial SARBE CommLink

    18th February 2016

    An unnamed customer in the Asia Pacific region is preparing for a trial of McMurdo’s SARBE CommLink within the next six months ahead of a …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Bristow steps into UAS services

    10th February 2016

    Bristow Group has entered the UAS services business, with a $4.2 million investment in Sky-Futures announced on 9 February. Sky-Futures provides drone inspection data services …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Singapore Airshow: Bell building momentum with trifecta

    10th February 2016

    Despite an industry downturn, much of it driven by the oil and gas segment, Bell Helicopter ‘had a good year’ in 2015. Although the OEM …

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Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Light machine guns

    K3/K3 Para

    The K3 5.56mm light machine gun was developed to replace the 7.62mm M60 in service with Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) infantry squads. The K3 ...

  • Light machine guns

    FN Minimi 7.62 Mk3

    In the 1970s, the FN Minimi was developed in 5.56mm and 7.62mm variants before NATO standardised on 5.56mm for light weapons. In 2002, the 7.62mm ...

  • Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems

    SITUAR

    Developed by Avibras, SITUAR ( Sistema Integrado Tático Universal para Artilharia) is a universal tactical integrated artillery command and control system. It allows various artillery ...

  • Light machine guns

    FN Minimi 5.56 Mk3

    The original FN Minimi 5.56 was developed in the 1970s to meet the requirements of NATO nations for an LMG and is now in service ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    MDM-HF

    The MDM-3001, MDM-2201 and MDM-2501 multi-mode HF data modems provide single-tone (serial) HF data communications capability in accordance with the requirements of MIL-STD-188-110A (para 5.3). ...

  • UAS: Integrated systems - uncrewed

    skyISTAR

    skyISTAR is a platform-agnostic sensor mission management system. Its service-orientated architecture eases system reconfiguration and the introduction of different sensor suites to match a range ...

  • Rescue Wrap

    The Rescue Wrap is a self-contained patient transport system designed to maintain patient body temperature. This patented three-part system can be easily modified for use ...

  • Rescue Harness

    The lightweight sit-in rescue harness was originally developed in coordination with the Danish Air Force. It is available in several versions to match SAR requirements. ...

  • Rescue Litters

    Lifesaving Systems manufactures several models of fixed and collapsible rescue litters that have been used as standard equipment for helicopter rescue by the US military ...

  • Rescue Baskets

    The Collapsible Rescue Basket combines compact storage capabilities of rescue nets with the ruggedness, rigidity and safety of solid-frame rescue baskets, claims the company. The ...

  • Suppressors

    FA556MG

    The Fast Attach 5.56mm Machine Gun sound suppressor (FA556MG) is designed for use on the M249, MK46 or Para versions of the Minimi M249 SAW.  ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    RF-7800H-MP

    The L3Harris RF-7800H-MP is a manpack HF radio with expanded data capabilities for long-range communications. First delivered in 2012, it remains in service with several militaries ...

  • Maritime patrol

    ATR 72MP

    The ATR 72MP is a twin-turboprop aircraft optimised for maritime patrol missions. It is built by the Franco-Italian ATR consortium, a JV between Airbus and Leonardo.

  • 7A-05

    The Tianjin Aurora 7A-05 rotary-wing UAV is a commercial platform with four arms and an upper and lower dual rotor on each arm. 

  • Rescue Sling Strop

    Lite Flite sling strops have a self-securing hand grip system, as well as an extra safety strap and a towing grip. Each strop is fluoro-orange ...