Air Warfare

Lockheed beats out Northrop on $17 billion US missile contract

16th April 2024

The Next Generation Interceptor and accompanying radars will play a key role in protecting the US against long-range ballistic missile threats.

Digital Battlespace

Norway to receive maritime surveillance satellite data from Kongsberg

10th April 2024

Norway's Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace has announced that its subsidiary Kongsberg NanoAvionics will produce three satellites and launch them in 2025.

Training

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex team up on MR and VR training for IT2EC

8th April 2024

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex Solutions will present advanced mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) pilot training solutions at IT2EC 2024.

Land Warfare

Japan orders three Mission Master UGVs

8th April 2024

Part of Rheinmetall's Mission Master family, the Mission Master Silent Partner (SP) is an eight-wheeled UGV designed to fulfil various logistics and battlefield support roles. Since 2017, several countries, including the UK, Netherlands and an undisclosed Middle Eastern country, have made purchases for trials and development purposes.

Air Warfare

Netherlands upgrades MQ-9A Reaper fleet

2nd April 2024

The improvements the Dutch MQ-9A Reapers will receive will include maritime radars, extended-range fuel tanks and weapons.

Land Warfare

Patria orders Kongsberg Protector’s for common APCs

27th March 2024

Patria developed the Patria 6x6 APC, unveiled at the June 2018 Eurosatory exhibition, as a successor to the XA-series Pasi APC and was selected for the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme.

Air Warfare

Boeing starts construction on first final assembly facility outside North America

27th March 2024

The site will manufacture the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, the first combat aircraft manufactured, engineered and designed in Australia in more than 50 years.

Submarines: nuclear, attack

Second Hand SSNs [Australia]

Programme Background Timeline In September 2021, it was announced in a trilateral announcement between Australia, the US and the UK that Australia, in a shock ...

ISR/special mission

E-6 TACAMO Recapitalisation Programme (E-XX) [USN]

Programme Background The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalisation Programme (E-XX) provides for air vehicle replacement and mission systems modernization to augment and eventually ...

Fighter - multirole

Global Combat Air Programme (UK)

Programme Background The next-generation platform concept is part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, which sought to deliver a Future Combat Air System ...

Military helicopters - scout/light attack

MD 530F -Kenya

Crew transition training took place at the MD Helicopters headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, with field service support, armament, and gunnery training scheduled to occur at ...

Military helicopters - multirole

Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [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 ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

MQ-25 Stingray (Contracted) [USA]

Programme Background Programme Goal The programme aims to develop a UAS to conduct aerial refuelling as a primary mission and provide ISR capability for a ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

MQ-25 Stingray (Selected) [USA]

Programme Background Programme Goal The programme aims to develop a UAS to conduct aerial refuelling as a primary mission and provide ISR capability for a ...

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 ...

Fighter - multirole

TF-X Kaan Next Generation Fighter (Türkiye)

Programme Background Requirement Geopolitical factors have spurred aircraft development in Türkiye. With its removal from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project following the Russian S-400 ...

Maritime patrol

MELTEM 3 MPA (Turkey)

Turkey ordered ten ATR 72 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft in 2005 under the MELTEM-3 project. The original deal between Alenia (now part of Leonardo) and the ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Jackal [Taiwan]

Programme Background Contract Award On 14 September 2023, Jon Parker, CEO And Chief Examiner at Flyby Technology, announced on LinkedIn that the company had signed ...

Trainer

KT-1T - Turkey

In 2007, Turkey bought 40 KT-1 aircraft under a $400 million deal that puts average unit cost estimate around $10 million per platform.The first five ...

ISR/special mission

Armed Overwatch/Targeting (USA)

Programme Background The Armed Overwatch programme was revealed in March 2020, during a US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) industry briefing. In June 2021, the USSOCOM awarded a $19.3 ...

Maritime patrol

Challenger 650 ISR - UAE

Programme Background In February 2019 at IDEX, the UAE announced that it will procure a new special mission aircraft with an option for the second ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

HammerHead (Italy)

Programme BackgroundFirst Acquisition RequestIn March 2018, it was reported that the Italian MoD had submitted an acquisition request to the Italian Parliament for the procurement ...

Air: Head-up displays

Collins Aerospace HUD

The Head-up Display (HUD) developed by Collins Aerospace, USA lets pilots fly seamlessly under all conditions. Compatible with night vision goggles, it can be utilized ...

Air: Displays

Collins Aerospace AMLCDs

Collins Aerospace's display system includes four 6''X8'' coloured  Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays (AMLCDs). These AMLCDs are fully compatible with Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and ...

Loitering munitions

Revenger

The Revenger is a loitering munition developed by SRB Aerial Systems.  Not much is known about the platform; however, at IDEX 2023, two units were ...

Air: Radio and SATCOM

AR-1500

Designed for export markets, the TruNet AR-1500 delivers high-speed communication between aircraft and ground forces. Notably, the transceiver supports modern waveforms as well as country-specific encryption ...

Air: Helmet-mounted displays

Zero-G HMDS+

The Zero-G HMDS+ is a developmental helmet-mounted display system being developed by Collins Aerospace and Elbit Systems for sixth-generation higher aircraft. According to the company, ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Abqaiq M2DU

The Abqaiq M2DU is a developmental fixed-wing UAV manufactured by SRB Aerial Systems. It is a highly modular platform powered by a COTS 2-strike piston engine.  ...

Air: air combat simulators

HITS-A

Collins Aerospace is the prime contractor designing and developing the first integrated aircrew training systems for the E-2D, leading the Hawkeye Integrated Training System for ...

Air: Helmet-mounted displays

F-35 Gen III HMDS

The F-35 Gen III helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) is provided by a JV between Elbit Systems of America and Rockwell Collins, developed for the F-35 ...

Air: Displays

FDS-255

Rockwell Collins' (now Collins Aerospace) FDS-255 Multifunction Flight Display System is a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) display package developed as a stand-alone replacement for electromechanical indicators. It ...

Air: Integrated cockpit systems

Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS)

Developed by Collins Aerospace, the Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) is based on the Flight2 open system architecture design and includes an advanced hardware, software ...

Air: Displays

MFD-4068

Produced by Collins Aerospace, the MFD-4068 is a colour AMLCD display with an optional touchscreen. It is designed to be integrated into trainer and transport aircraft ...

UAS: flight control systems

Piccolo Elite

Produced by Collins Aerospace, the Piccolo Elite is an autopilot architecture solution for advanced UAS applications. Unveiled in 2019, it is provided in five configurations ...

UAS: communication systems

RT-2071C

Produced by Collins Aerospace, RT-2071(C) Secure CDL ISR Radio is an NSA Type-1 certified radio transceiver that provides low-cost and low-SWaP wideband data link capability. 

Subsystems: visual

EP-8100

At I/ITSEC 2015, Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) unveiled its EP-8100 image generation system, which is driven by real-time, simulation-specific graphics cards and software. It ...

TCTS Inc-II

Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) and Leonardo DRS have been selected by the USN to supply an encrypted, next-generation tactical training system for its Tactical ...