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News - Royal Malaysian Air Force
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard to invest nearly $500 million in Arctic capabilities
28th March 2024
The branch has been seeking icebreakers, cutters, C3 and ISR solutions, as well as uncrewed aerial and maritime platforms.
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Air Warfare
UK disposable frontline drones set for 2025 deployment while collaborative platforms await decision
28th March 2024
Reflecting on lessons learned from the cancellation of the Mosquito programme, the Royal Air Force has redefined the role of uncrewed systems within its ranks through a tiered system.
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Land Warfare
New Estonian night vision devices to help against “significantly” larger enemy
28th March 2024
Argus is a family of Mil-Spec I2 multipurpose monocular systems that can be operated handheld or head-, helmet- or weapon-mounted.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates to receive life rafts from Survitec
27th March 2024
Babcock has signed a contract with the survival tech company for forty life rafts, which will be extended into 2028.
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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.
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Air Warfare
Lockheed Martin signs with Patria for F-35 landing gear doors
27th March 2024
Finland’s purchase of F-35A aircraft was approved as a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) in October 2020 and 14 months later the aircraft was selected by the Finnish government. The FMS announcement noted a deal for 64 F-35A aircraft along with missiles, munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of US$12.5 billion.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Navy to equip vessels for $170.5 million with decoy launcher Ancilia
27th March 2024
The protection system would be fitted to a range of Royal Navy surface ships, including Type 26 and 31 frigates, and Type 45 destroyers.
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Training
Announcement: Scott R Gourley takes over as new editor of Shephard’s Decisive Edge Training newsletter
27th March 2024
Following the successful launch of its Decisive Edge Training newsletter in 2023, Shephard is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott R Gourley as the next editor of this leading digital publication.
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Land Warfare
Germany orders more Patriot air defence systems
26th March 2024
The US Army has acquired more than 1,100 launchers of which it has exported at least 200 launchers, while more than 10,000 Patriot missiles have been produced to date.
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Defence Notes
US FY2024 funding package passes as China closes military capability gap
26th March 2024
The Pentagon has been operating under temporary funding since October 2023, which has impacted its main acquisition and development programmes, increasing the capability gap between the US and China.
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Air Warfare
Turkey completes first AESA radar flight test on F-16 Ozgur with drone trials imminent “within days”
26th March 2024
Turkey’s homegrown MURAD radar system has promised to enhance Turkish air combat missions, offering simultaneous air-to-air and air-to-ground functionality, enhanced target detection and EW capabilities.
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Naval Warfare
BlueWhale - A True Submarine Force Multiplier
26th March 2024
The seventh annual REPMUS* and Dynamic Messenger naval exercises, organized and led by the Portuguese Navy and NATO, were held over a three-week period in September 2023.
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Air Warfare
Saab begins German Eurofighter EW sensor suit works
26th March 2024
The enhanced Eurofighters will replace the ageing Tornado ECR jets in the German Air Force’s fleet.
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Land Warfare
AUKUS members seek solutions to integrate their ground capabilities
25th March 2024
The three countries plan to explore technologies to strengthen their collaboration in various land-related areas including artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber, EW, hypersonic, quantum computing and logistics.
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Air Warfare
US Navy orders 17 new Super Hornets
25th March 2024
New contract awarded to Boeing will see the delivery of 17 new F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighters and critical technical data.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Maritime patrol
Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Malaysia)
Programme Background In June 2019, The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has confirmed to Shephard that the government has given approval for the service to prepare ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Additional FLIT-LCA [Malaysia]
Programme Background Malaysia released a RfI in early January 2019 seeking light combat aircraft capable of some air-to-air and full air-to-ground missions. The requirement is ...
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Light attack, Trainer
FLIT-LCA [Malaysia]
Programme Background Malaysia released an RfI in early January 2019 seeking light combat aircraft capable of some air-to-air and full air-to-ground missions. The requirement is ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
TUAS (Malaysia)
Programme Background Tender & Requirments Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) issued a tender in May 2020 to provide a new Tactical Uncrewed Aerial System (TUAS). The RMAF ...
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Corvettes
Kedah Class- New Generation Patrol Vessels (Batch II)
Programme BackgroundMalaysia unveiled a plan in 2015 to restructure and recapitalise its navy. The plan is called the 15 to 5 plan and calls for ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Maritime Operations Helicopters
The three maritime operations helicopters will be used for logistics and personnel transport, alongside transportation of PASKAL naval special forces in operations in the area. ...
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Corvettes
Kedah Class- New Generation Patrol Vessels (Batch III)
Programme Background Malaysia unveiled a plan in 2015 to restructure and recapitalise its navy. The plan is called the 15 to 5 plan and calls ...
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OPVs
New LMS Batch II (1-3) [Malaysia]
Programme Background Requirements The current Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) has been introduced to replace many of the current classes of obsolete ships that are proving ...
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships, Sealift/replenishment vessels
Multi-Role Support Ship (MRSS) [Malaysia]
Programme Background Requirements The Royal Malaysian Navy are in the process of a fleet transformation plan known as the "15 to 5" Programme, which will ...
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Frigates
Maharaja Lela Class [Malaysia]
Programme Background Timeline The Maharaja Lela-class is being built by Boustead Naval Shipyards to a larger version of the stealthy Gowind 2500 corvette design from the ...
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OPVs
New LMS Second Batch (4-8) [Malaysia]
Programme Background Requirements The current Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) has been introduced to replace many of the current classes of obsolete ships that are ...
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Patrol boats
Keris Class (Littoral Mission Ship)
Programme Background The Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) being built for the Royal Malaysian Navy are being built to replace many of the current classes obsolete ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Next Generation Trainer [Slovakia]
Programme Background As Slovakia is set to receive 14 Lockheed Martin F-16Vs by the end of 2023, the Slovak Air Force (Vzdušné sily Slovenskej Republiky: ...
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Light attack, Trainer
T-50 [Thailand]
The purchase had been earlier approved by the Thai cabinet on 11 July 2017. AVM Pongsak Semachai revealed that the aircraft would be paid for ...
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Trainer
T-6C [Thailand]
Programme Background The contract is for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II advanced military training aircraft, ground-based training systems for pilots and maintenance professionals, a mission ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Subsystems: software
SimuSphere HD-9
SimuSphere HD-9 is an HD visual display solution that can be upgraded to trainers currently integrated with SimuSphere systems or as an option for a ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ESP
The Electronic Surveillance Payload (ESP) is a lightweight system providing capabilities for Electronic Support Measures(ESM)/ELINT operations. It is designed to operate as a standalone ESM ...
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Air: air combat simulators
Royal Malaysian Air Force F/A-18D TOFT
In 2014, L3 Link (now L3Harris Technologies) delivered an F/A-18D Tactical Operations Flight Trainer (TOFT) to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). The TOFT consists ...
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EO/IR systems
Damocles
Damocles is a multi-function pod designed to be compatible with existing and future weapon systems. It features a staring array detector, tracking systems, image processing, ...
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Air: transport/tanker simulators
A330 MRTT Training Devices
Under subcontract to Airbus Defence and Space, CAE has provided A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) training devices to the UAE Air Force and Royal Saudi ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
Bö 105 FFS
Aircraft-specific simulation for the MBB Bö 105, supplied to the Indonesian Army and Royal Netherlands Air Force. Features: actual aircraft cockpit, Doppler radar, NVG-capable visual ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming
J/ALQ-8
Like Israel, Japan elected to outfit its McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15J/DJ combat aircraft with an indigenous self-protection system. This takes the form of Mitsubishi Electric’s J/ALQ-8 ...
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Corvettes
Laksamana Class
The Royal Malaysian Navy's Laksamana-class corvettes originated under an order placed with Fincantieri by the Iraqi government, but this was cancelled in the 1980s after ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
SETIS
SETIS is Naval Group's integrated combat system designed initially for French Navy's FREMM-frigates. It is currently being used on Naval Group's Gowind-class corvettes. SETIS is ...
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Maritime patrol
CL-415 MP
The Bombardier 415 is an amphibious aircraft that combines a surveillance suite with direct water intervention capabilities. The 415 MP is a modified version of ...
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Land: air defence radar
ARSR-4 (AN/FPS-130)
ARSR-4 is an unmanned, long-range, 3D air surveillance radar capable of civil air traffic control (ATC) and military air defence roles in fixed installations. Includes full ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
PC-7 FTD
Frasca has supplied fixed-base simulators for the Pilatus PC-7 to the Chilean Navy, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Mexican Air Force and CAE Electronics. Features include: ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
Door Gunner Simulator
The Door Gunner Simulator (DGS), used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), provides a unique approach to training door and ramp gunners on aircraft such as ...
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Maritime patrol
C295 MPA/MSA
The Airbus Defence and Space (formerly EADS CASA) C295 Persuader MPA is based on the standard transport airframe but with six hardpoints for weapons and ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
Australian Defence Force MRH90 Training
As prime contractor for the ADF's MRH90 training programme, CAE has provided two MRH90 full-flight mission simulators (FFMS), training facilities and engineering and support services. ...