Defence Helicopter

RAF helicopter crews honoured

28th October 2008

Royal Air Force helicopter crews operating in Iraq and Afghanistan were recognised by the premier organisation for aviators at its annual Trophies and Awards Banquet …

Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky Aerospace Services and Coast Guard Announce Contracts for HH-60 Helicopter Support

28th October 2008

Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of more than $687,000 in contracts to provide the U.S. Coast Guard with support work of scheduled maintenance …

Defence Helicopter

NAVAIR and Argentine Navy team to deliver six Sea King helicopters

28th October 2008

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - A team from NAVAIR's Support and Commercial Derivative Aircraft Program Office is working hand-in-hand with the Armada …

Defence Helicopter

US Marines to get more power from heavy lifting engines

28th October 2008

Planned upgrades to the CH-53D Sea Stallion and CH-53E Super Stallion engines will give pilots more power on hot temperature and high altitude flights, and …

Defence Helicopter

Air Methods Receives $17 Million Contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Company

28th October 2008

DENVER, Oct. 27 -- Air Methods Corporation (Nasdaq: AIRM), the largest air medical transportation company in the world, today announced its Products Division has been …

Defence Helicopter

L-3 Wescam imaging sensors chosen for Spanish Disaster Response Unit EC135s

28th October 2008

L-3 WESCAM announced that it has been selected by Eurocopter to supply electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging sensors for the Spanish Armed Forces' helicopters. The …

Uncrewed Vehicles

C-ELROB 2009 - 4th European Land-Robot Trial June 2009 in Oulu, Finland

27th October 2008

Dear participants, spectators, and roboticists,We would like to invite you to participate in the Civilian European Land-Robot Trial 2009 (C-ELROB 2009).Featured scenarios this time:    1. …

Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky Aerospace Services and Coast Guard Announce Contracts for HH-60 Helicopter Support

27th October 2008

Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of more than $687,000 in contracts to provide the U.S. Coast Guard with support work of scheduled maintenance …

Defence Helicopter

FLIR Systems Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

23rd October 2008

FLIR Systems today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Revenue was $276.7 million, up 45% compared to third quarter 2007 …

Defence Helicopter

New GENTEX Helmet Designed for Sikorsky X2 TECHNOLOGY Demonstrator

22nd October 2008

The historic first flight of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 TECHNOLOGY Demonstrator featured the use of a helmet crafted by GENTEX especially for the X2 Demonstrator. …

Defence Helicopter

US Department of Defense Cancels Bell Helicopter's ARH Contract

17th October 2008

On Thursday 16 October the US Department of Defense released the following statement: DoD Announces Non-Certification Of Armed Reconaissance Helicopter Program Today, the Department of …

Defence Helicopter

Raytheon Nets $17.9 Million Award for Prototype Sensor

15th October 2008

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company a $17.9 million contract to develop a sensor system prototype to give helicopter crews full day or night …

Defence Helicopter

Bell Helicopter receives contract for 15 additional H-1 aircraft

12th October 2008

Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, announced that the U.S. Navy has exercised an option under its contract with Bell to purchase Lot 5 of the …

Uncrewed Vehicles

EADS North America Delivers the DT35/DT45 Jet-Powered Aerial Target for US Army Operational Demo

9th October 2008

EADS North America has delivered a complete jet-powered target drone system to the U.S. Army for operational evaluation in the training of missile defense crews …

Defence Helicopter

EADS delivers first US-manufactured UH-72A to US Army

8th October 2008

EADS North America marked a major industrial milestone for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter program, delivering its first final assembly line (FAL) …

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 ...

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 ...

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", ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. 

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

DRASS Combat Management System

The Italian company DRASS is developing its proprietary combat management system for use in compact submarines. The development of this CMS suite was first unveiled in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...