Land Warfare

Farnborough 2022: Babcock partners with Rafael for UK land ground-based air defence programme

22nd July 2022

Babcock and Rafael have joined forces to provide C2 solutions for a GBAD programme in the UK.

Defence Notes

News and views from the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow (podcast)

22nd July 2022

The Shephard Media news team report from the sidelines of the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow.

Digital Battlespace

Farnborough 2022: Raytheon moves in on NORSS to strengthen UK military space capabilities

22nd July 2022

The pending acquisition of NORSS will help Raytheon UK to deliver defence space goals for the MoD.

Air Warfare

Farnborough 2022: Textron adapts Cessna Citation Longitude for maritime patrol

22nd July 2022

A maritime patrol aircraft variant of the Cessna Citation Longitude business jet is designed for missions lasting up to 8h with a maximum range of 3,500nmi.

Defence Notes

Raytheon Technologies makes its Farnborough debut (Studio)

21st July 2022

Raytheon Technologies demonstrates its technology and capabilities for customers and industry leaders at the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow.

Air Warfare

Pratt & Whitney offers core upgrade to the F135 engine (Studio)

21st July 2022

At the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow, Pratt & Whitney outlines why it believes a core upgrade is the best option for the F-35 programme.

Training

Farnborough 2022: Aeralis and Ascent to partner on future flying training systems

21st July 2022

UK companies Aeralis and Ascent Flight Training will explore future flying training systems for the domestic and export markets under a new agreement announced at the Farnborough International Airshow.

Training

Farnborough 2022: Stirling Dynamics to supply F-35 sim stick and throttle

21st July 2022

The company will begin the production of F-35 sim parts immediately and plans to deliver within six months.

Military UAS - MALE

Anka-B - Turkey

Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

Command Insertion Craft (CIC) [UK]

Programme Background Requirements The Royal Navy is seeking a replacement for its fleet of LVPs Mk5 amphibious landing craft. The vessels entered service in the ...

Military helicopters - attack

T129 (Nigeria)

Programme Background Requirement The Nigerian Air Force has an ongoing requirement for attack helicopters in order to assist the country's ongoing counter-insurgency operations. Nigeria already ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]

Programme Background  Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...

Corvettes

Reshef Class [Israel]

Programme Background Requirements The Israeli Navy is seeking a replacement for its Sa'ar 4 and Sa'ar 4.5-class of fast attack vessels. Dubbed Reshef-class, the new ...

Fighter - multirole

Global Combat Air Programme (Japan)

Programme Background The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency of Japan issued a RfI in August 2020 to support the F-X project. The document stipulated that applicants ...

Maritime patrol

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Procurement [Italy]

Programme Background In an appearance before the Italian parliament’s Foreign and Defence Affairs Committee on 14 July 2022, Italian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Adm ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

Project Vampire [UK]

Programme Background Prior RN Tests Project Vampire began in 2021, before the January 2022 Phase 1 tender announcement. In September 2021, as part of Vampire, a Banshee ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Low-Cost Uncrewed Air Systems (LANCA) Follow-On Project [UK]

Programme Background Project Mosquito Beginning in 2019, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), in collaboration with the Royal Air Force (RAF), began the ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

Project Mosquito [UK]

Programme Background Inception and Capabilities In 2019, in collaboration with the RAF, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) released details of its new UAS ...

Military UAS - small

Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]

Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN has identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Skyborg [USA]

Programme Background Programme Intention Skyborg is one of three USAF Vanguard programs outlined in the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative. The program intends ...

Air: Displays

LAD2008DA

Produced by Psion DSP, LAD2008DA is a 20"x8" Large Area Display for full-glass cockpit applications. It was showcased during the 2022 Farnborough Air Show and the 2023 ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Harrier

Aviation Industry Corporation of China displayed the Harrier MALE UAV at the Zhuhai Airshow in November 2012. The platform is believed to be in Chinese ...

Maritime patrol

MSA

Boeing unveiled its mid-tier MSA at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2014. The aircraft is based on the Bombardier Challenger 604 series. The MSA is ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar, Air: UAS radar

Osprey 50

Osprey 50 is a larger-aperture variant of the international successful Osprey 30 model. It is the largest and most capable variant in the radar family ...

Trainer

Hurjet

The Hurjet is an advanced jet trainer being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries in collaboration with Sierra Nevada Cooperation to meet the requirements of the Turkish ...

Man-portable missile systems

QW-1 Vanguard

The QW-1 Vanguard is a first generation Chinese MANPADS, developed by CASIC in the early 1990s, that is intended to be used against low-altitude aircraft. ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Fulmar X

The Fulmar X is a Thales UAV designed to carry out high-quality ISTAR missions for civil and military applications. A complete system comprises two UAVs, launch and recovery ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar, Air: UAS radar

Osprey 30

The Osprey multi-mode surveillance radar is a low SWaP system that provides an affordable second-generation AESA surveillance capability as the primary sensor on airborne assets ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Spider VTOL

The Spider VTOL is a mini electrical fixed-wing UAV. Unlike traditional VTOL UAVs with dedicated motors, propellors and structural parts for performing take-off and landing, the Spider ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

S55 Ares

The S55 Ares, or Super Kukulkan, is a MALE fixed-wing UAV designed by Hydra Technologies.  Hydra’s range of UAVs is predominantly used for ISR operations ...

Anti-ship missiles

RBS-15

The RBS-15 is a surface-to-surface missile that can be used as an anti-ship missile or an ASM. Currently, the RBS-15 Mark 3 version is in ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

CGT45

The CGT45 is a T-Tail UAV made with a composite airframe. It is fully autonomous, has a swarm capability and is payload agnostic, allowing a user to ...

Counter-UAS systems

Odin

The Odin C-UAS system can detect, track, identify and deny UAVs out to a range of three kilometres. It has a modular architecture that can ...

Air: COMINT and ELINT systems

FlyingFish Xpod

The FlyingFish Xpod is a plug-and-play ISR and SIGINT module that can be attached to almost any aircraft equipped with standard BRU-14 hardpoints. Incorporating both ...

Air: Displays

Panoramic Cockpit Display

Developed by L3Harris and Elbit Systems America, the Panoramic Cockpit Display (PCD) is a touchscreen MFD integrated into F-35 aircraft. It provides two electronically divided ...