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Defence Notes
New president and CEO for Aircell
17th February 2010
Aircell has appointed Michael Small as president and CEO of the company, with current president and CEO, Ron LeMay, returning to the position of chairman …
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Defence Notes
WestJet achieves 19 consecutive profitable quarters and full-year profit in 2009
17th February 2010
WestJet has announced its fourth quarter and full-year results for 2009, with profits reported for both time periods. The airline reported fourth quarter net earnings …
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Defence Notes
Routes Americas Strategy Forum discusses region?s air transport industry
17th February 2010
“A spirited enquiry” into the shape and direction of the aviation industry in North and South America was the description applied to the debate at …
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Land Warfare
SELEX Galileo awarded a £10 M contract by the Canadian Department of National Defence
17th February 2010
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has been awarded a £10M contract by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) for the supply of the Company's …
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Defence Helicopter
Lockheed Martin awarded $49.5 million TADS/PNVS AND M-TADS/PNVS support contract
17th February 2010
AgustaWestland has awarded Lockheed Martin a $49.5 million sustainment and support contract for the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS …
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Digital Battlespace
SELEX Galileo awarded a £19M contract from the UK MoD for an AESA Technology Demonstrator Programme
17th February 2010
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has received a £19M Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP) contract from the United Kingdom Ministry …
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Defence Helicopter
Becker Avionics' Digital Warning Tone Generator WTG900 takes into skies during maiden flight of CH-53GA medium transport helicopter
17th February 2010
Becker Avionics has announced that its digital Warning Tone Generator WTG900 took into skies during the maiden flight of the German Armed Forces CH-53GA medium-lift …
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Defence Notes
Navtech software for SATA Air Acores
16th February 2010
Navtech has signed an agreement with SATA Air Açores to provide flight planning and aircraft performance software for the carrier’s fleet of Bombardier Q200 and …
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Defence Notes
Southwest Airlines announces new Philadelphia?Boston route
16th February 2010
From 27 June, Southwest Airlines is to operate a new service between Philadelphia and Boston Logan (BOS). Southwest will start with five daily nonstops between …
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Defence Notes
WestJet selects Accertify fraud prevention platform
16th February 2010
Accertify, a leading provider of enterprise-wide transaction screening solutions, has announced a deal with WestJet to implement Accertify's Interceptas platform to enhance the airline’s fraud …
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Defence Notes
Flybe launches Belfast?Humberside service
16th February 2010
Flybe has announced a new four times weekly service George Best Belfast City Airport to Humberside Airport operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays to …
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Defence Notes
Fokker Services signs Abacus component deal with SA Express
16th February 2010
Fokker Services has signed an Abacus component repair service agreement with South African Express in support of the carrier’s seven Bombardier Q300s. Under the two-year …
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Defence Notes
Swiss AviationTraining cleared to offer CRJ100/200/700/900 maintenance type ratings
16th February 2010
The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviaton (FOCA) has confirmed EASA Part 147 approval of Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) as a provider of maintenance type rating …
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Defence Helicopter
Super Puma/Cougar/EC225 family marks 4 million flight hours
16th February 2010
Eurocopter’s heavy-duty family of helicopters, the AS332 Super Puma/AS532 Cougar and their latest-generation derivatives, the EC225/EC725, have accumulated a total of four million flight hours …
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Defence Helicopter
AgustaWestland and Tata Sons establish a Joint Venture company
16th February 2010
AgustaWestland and Tata Sons have signed a Shareholders’ Agreement for the formation of an Indian joint venture company which will establish in India a final …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Corvettes
European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]
Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...
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Corvettes
European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Spain]
Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...
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Corvettes
European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]
Programme Background Requirements The 2021-2023 Documento Programmatico Pluriennale (DPP) - a multi-year defence planning document from the Italian MoD - includes a plan to acquire eight "Patrol Ships", ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Greece)
Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Italy)
Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...
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OPVs
Polish Coast Guard OPVs
Programme Background The Polish Coast Guard is acquiring a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) intended for the control of the external borders of the European Union. ...
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Corvettes
European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Romania]
Programme Background Requirements Romania has a longstanding requirement for new multirole corvettes aimed at modernising its first-line combat vessels. In particular, as of 2023, the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Orbiter 3 (Croatia)
Programme Background The Croatian government launched a competitive tender for the procurement of a short-range UAV in October 2017. Although the tender was opened on ...
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Corvettes
Corvettes Procurement Programme (1-3) [Greece]
Programme Background Requirements Greece is looking to procure a new class of corvettes to replace part of the ageing Elli-class frigates. As the country is ...
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OPVs
OPV P71 (Malta)
Programme Background Malta is to receive an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) called P71 to complement the P61 OPV. Plans were first announced for a new OPV ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Stryker (North Macedonia)
Programme Background In its Long-Term Defence Capabilities Development Plan (LTDCDP) published in 2019, the North Macedonian MoD outlined plans to acquire Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Surplus M1117 Guardian ASV (Greece)
Programme Background The Greek Army operates a large, yet elderly fleet of armoured vehicles. As a result, it is seeking to acquire surplus vehicles from ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Type 16 Mobile Combat Vehicle [Japan]
Following the delivery of the first Type 16 MCV prototype to the JGSDF in 2013, funding for the first 36 Type 16 MCVs was released ...
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Transport
C-130 Replacement- Chile
One potential answer was the KC-390, for which it signed a letter of intent for six, but which now appears not to be on the ...
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Tanks
Leopard 2A8+ (Germany)
Programme Background Germany has operated the domestically produced Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 2 since its inception in the 1970s. Spanning now eight versions, the Leopard 2A8 is the ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
LOTUS
The LOTUS, Low Observable Tactical Unnamed System, is a tactical UAV especially designed for border patrol ISR operations. The development of the project is funded by ...
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Major networking projects
Ballistic Missile Defence
In early 2010, NATO acquired the first phase of an initial theatre ballistic missile defence capability to protect alliance forces.
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
EMPAR
The European Multi-function Phased Array Radar (EMPAR) operates in the C band, concurrently performing 3D detection, multiple target tracking and missile guidance. Fitted on board ...
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Major networking projects
IABMS
Integrated Air Battlespace Management System (IABMS) is a modular real-time air defence and C4I system of systems that has been fielded and implemented at fixed, ...
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Tanks
EMBT
KNDS (KMW + NEXTER Defense Systems) presented its first joint product, the EMBT (European Main Battle Tank) demonstrator, at the June 2018 Eurosatory defence exhibition. The EMBT mounts ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Talarion
The Talarion is a next-generation MALE UAV for reconnaissance, detection, classification and tracking of targets (land and sea) as well as detection, recognition and identification ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200
UMS Aero Group AG and Saab formed a joint venture company called UMS SKELDAR to produce the Skeldar V-200 UAV. The Skeldar V-200 is a flexible and highly ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Pro VTOL
The Pro VTOL is a fixed-wing UAV from DeltaQuad. It is available in three models, the Map, View and Cargo variants, which primarily impact the attached payload. ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CV90 Armadillo
The Armadillo APC, unveiled at Eurosatory 2010, is based on BAE Systems’ CV90 IFV design. It has been modified to provide a higher degree of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
One 150
The One 150 is a tactical UAV manufactured by Primoco UAV. The UAV is designed for commercial and military use and can be configured to ...
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Loitering munitions
K12
The K12 is a loitering munition developed by the Estonian company Terramil. Designed to conduct short-range strikes against armoured targets, it was first displayed at IDEX ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AR3
The AR3, or AR3 Net Ray, is an autonomous small-UAS designed to support land-based and maritime missions, including communications support, infrastructure surveillance, ISTAR and pollution monitoring. Manufactured by Tekever, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Astero
Manufactured by Nordic Wing, the Astero is a fixed-wing mini UAV designed for ISR missions. The drone is equipped with a NightHawk 2 camera. In the ...
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Loitering munitions
AQ 400 Scythe
The AQ 400 Scythe is a simple and cost-effective loitering munition manufactured by Terminal Autonomy, formally One Way Aerospace. The drone has been designed to be ...
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Destroyers
Horizon Class
The Horizon-class destroyers are air defence ships built for the Italian Navy (Orrizonte) and the French Navy (Forbin) under the European Horizon programme. The project came ...