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Defence Notes
Additive manufacturing to make its mark with USAF
27th October 2020
Collaboration with Essentium is designed to save time and money in replacing aircraft parts
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Air Warfare
Tempest technologies make headway, industry team claims
15th October 2020
Highlights include an advanced radar, next-generation combustion system and wearable cockpit technologies
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Land Warfare
PREMIUM: US Army researches new materials to enhance firepower of weapon systems
8th September 2020
Aware of the relevance of improving the firepower of its weapon systems, the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is running ...
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Defence Notes
DoD confirms five Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 actions
11th June 2020
The US DoD confirmed $135 million in Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 actions aimed at maintaining defence critical workforce capabilities in body armour, aircraft ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
GA-ASI to work with Conflux on new heat exchanger
30th April 2020
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) on 29 April confirmed that it has teamed up with Australia-based Conflux Technology to develop a new heat exchanger. The ...
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Defence Helicopter
PREMIUM: General Electric strikes ventilator and military engine balance
13th April 2020
General Electric’s healthcare division claims to have ‘doubled’ ventilator production in the wake of COVID-19 and it is predicting to do so again in June. ...
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems, Renishaw sign MoU
17th January 2020
BAE Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Renishaw to cooperate on the development of additive manufacturing capabilities for the defence and aerospace ...
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Naval Warfare
Metal toughness has deep-diving Riptide UUV in its element
27th September 2019
BAE Systems has developed two new prototypes of its Riptide UUV using aluminium and titanium that allow the system to dive to far greater depths, ...
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Rotorhub
Russian Helicopters looks to 3D printing
16th July 2019
Russian Helicopters is re-engineering parts for its helicopters as it prepares to introduce additive manufacturing in 2020.Up to 80 different helicopter parts are set to ...
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Rotorhub
Paris Air Show: EASA certifies Arrano helicopter engine
20th June 2019
Safran Helicopter Engines’ Arrano 1A engine has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Arrano, installed on the Airbus Helicopters H160, is ...
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Defence Helicopter
Spectrolab launches LED searchlights
15th March 2019
Boeing’s Spectrolab has introduced new high-intensity LED searchlights for use on military rotorcraft, Spectrolab announced on 5 March. Both the Nightsun XPM and SLL 46-200 ...
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Military Logistics
GE Aviation completes XA100 detailed design process
6th March 2019
GE Aviation has completed the XA100 detailed design process under the US Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), the company announced on 28 February. ...
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Naval Warfare
Singapore launches Invincible-class submarine
18th February 2019
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) launched the first of its four Type 218SG diesel-electric submarines at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) yard in Kiel, Germany ...
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Military Logistics
C-5 Super Galaxy gets 3D printed parts
13th February 2019
The US Air Force has had 17 3D printed parts in both polymer and metal installed on a C-5 Super Galaxy transport aircraft, the air ...
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Digital Battlespace
DARPA’s advancements in hypersonic time travel
7th February 2019
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is investigating advances in materials that could allow hypersonic vehicles to travel through Earth’s atmosphere for longer ...
Results from Shephard Plus
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Helicopter engines
Arrano
The Safran Arrano engine is designed to equip 4-6t helicopters. The company claims that there is a 10-15% reduction in specific fuel consumption when compared with ...
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Helicopter engines
T901
The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) is the US Army's effort to build a 50% more powerful and 25% more fuel-efficient engine for its Black ...
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Helicopter engines
TS1400
The TS1400 turboshaft engine project is designed to power the T625 Turkish Multirole Helicopter developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The project started on 7 February 2017 ...
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Sea: sonar systems
SQS-240K HMS
The SQS-240K is a Korean hull-mounted sonar. It is operational on the Daegu- and Incheon-class vessels of the ROK Navy. The improved version of the ...
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Construction vehicles
621G WD
The mission-ready Cat 621G Water Distributor (WD) includes the 621G commercial tractor and a purpose-built water distribution system, capable of carrying up to 36,390l. Both ...
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Major networking projects
Integrated Naval Communication Systems
Aselsan provides internal and external naval communications systems for tactical and administrative needs, tailored to naval platforms. The company handles project management, subsystem design and ...
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Avionics: Integrated cockpit systems
CCD-226T
The CCD-226T avionics suite has been developed by Russian manufacturer Ulyanovsk Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau (UKBP). The avionics suite forms an integral part of Russian-built ...
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Avionics: Integrated cockpit systems
Cobham Glass Cockpit
The glass cockpit developed by the British manufacturing company Cobham is a synthetic vision cockpit system currently onboard a few variants of the SH-53 Sea ...
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Trainer
T-7A Red Hawk
In September 2016, prime contractor Boeing and partner Saab unveiled their new T-7A Red Hawk aircraft for the USAF's T-X programme. The first aircraft, T1, ...
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Land: Defensive Systems - Gunshot Detection / Hostile Fire Indicator
EARS/SWATS
EARS/SWATS is a shoulder-worn acoustic targeting system that instantly detects and locates the origin of hostile gunfire. The system is designed to provide situational awareness ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
Miniature HTK
Miniature Hit-to-Kill (HTK) was developed by Raytheon to meet the requirement of US Army to defence military bases and mobile forces against rocket, artillery, mortar ...
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Air: aerial targets
QF-16 FSAT
The QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) is an optionally piloted supersonic aerial target developed to replace the QF-4 in USAF service. In March 2010, ...
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Air: air combat simulators
RAAF Hawk Mk 127 FMS
Under subcontract to BAE Systems, CAE is designing and manufacturing three Hawk Mk 127 full-mission simulator (FMS) for the Royal Australian Air Force that will ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Z-9
The Z-9 is a licence-built version of the Airbus Helicopters AS365N Dauphin, developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing, now part of AVIC Helicopter Company (Avicopter), for ...
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Patrol boats
Tuzla
Dearsan is manufacturing 16 Tuzla-class littoral patrol boats for the Turkish Navy under a contract signed in 2007. The last of the boats ordered was ...