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News - Farnborough
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Land Warfare
Farnborough 2018: Hypersonic arms race pushes Raytheon development
21st July 2018
In the light of Russian and Chinese development programmes and the nations’ execution of hypersonic weapons respectively, Raytheon is pushing harder with its involvement in …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Show roundup (video)
20th July 2018
As Farnborough draws to a close, Shephard's editorial team discuss the main news stories from the week, including the unveiling of Tempest - the UK's …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Counter-UAS High Energy Laser on display at FIA 2018 (video)
20th July 2018
The Counter-UAS High Energy Laser system from Raytheon was on display at Farnborough International Airshow 2018, mounted on a Polaris MRZR vehicle. Evan Hunt, BD …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Government pushes business as Brexit concerns persist (video)
19th July 2018
With the uncertainty of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations forming a backdrop to this week's Farnborough International Airshow, UK government officials were keen to …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Dassault dazzles industry with 3D tech (video)
19th July 2018
3D design and software engineering experts Dassault Systemes are supporting OEMs and suppliers to advance their product development and manufacturing capabilities with a range of …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: Lockheed, Rafael look to spice things up in US
19th July 2018
Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are teaming up to push Rafael's Smart, Precise Impact and Cost-Effective (SPICE) missile guidance kits to the US …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough Airshow 2018 mid-week highlights (video)
19th July 2018
Farnborough International Airshow 2018 has brought a wide range of news and announcements, Studio takes a look at some of the highlights from Raytheon. Studio …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Farnborough 2018: Nightwarden flights to continue from Textron’s Blackstone site
19th July 2018
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems is to move its Nightwarden UAV flights to its Blackstone facility near Richmond, Virginia, to continue preparations ahead of any future …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Farnborough 2018: In the hands of the HaWC
19th July 2018
Esterline’s next-generation of ruggedised handheld controllers for the unmanned sector, and other domains, is on course to be market ready by autumn of this year. …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: BAE Systems seeing increased need for precision strike kits
19th July 2018
As militaries around the world prepare for urban conflicts and seek ways to reduce collateral damage, BAE Systems is poised to ramp up production of …
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Digital Battlespace
Interactive radar demo with Raytheon at FIA 2018 (video)
19th July 2018
Tom Goolsby, Systems Engineer, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon, takes Studio through the interactive radar demo at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. Studio will be covering …
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Training
Farnborough 2018: Garmin debuts G3000 tandem cockpit trainer (video)
18th July 2018
Avionics specialist Garmin is exhibiting its G3000 tandem cockpit military trainer avionics suite at Farnborough - the first such display for the system. Currently selected …
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Defence Notes
Farnborough 2018: RBS15 Mk 4 in the works for Gripen requirement
18th July 2018
Saab is developing the RBS15 Mk 4, the air-launch progression of the surface-to-surface Mk 3, for use with the Gripen E and other fixed-wing aircraft, …
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Defence Helicopter
Farnborough 2018: Acorn growth in the UK
18th July 2018
Farnborough has been dominated by the mantra of a global Britain as the indecisive political narrative tries to project open partnerships. Winners in this scenario …
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Defence Helicopter
Farnborough 2018: US Navy hints at Israeli V-22 package
18th July 2018
The US Naval Air Systems Command is hopeful it can reach an agreement with Israel for the delivery of a number of Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...