Air Warfare

First USMC Bell AH-1Z goes in for power upgrade

29th March 2024

The Bell Textron AH-1Z Viper, an attack helicopter designed to operate and destroy targets in extreme environments, achieved IOC in February 2011.

Air Warfare

Indian Army sets up first Apache attack helicopter squadron

20th March 2024

An additional six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters have been expected to join the Indian Armed Forces in May, bringing the total numbers to 28.

Air Warfare

US Marine Corps completes second XQ-58A Valkyrie flight test

29th February 2024

Originally designed by Kratos for the USAF, the XQ-58A will serve as a vital testbed for emerging technologies and capabilities of the US Marine Corps.

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

CH-47F Chinook

As the Army's only heavy-lift helicopter, the CH-47F Improved Cargo helicopter is an essential component of the Army's Multi-Domain Battle framework. The CH-47F and MH-47G ...

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 ...

Fighter - multirole

Rafale (Serbia)

Programme BackgroundThe military aviation capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces have been actively expanded — and Belgrade was confirmed to be negotiating with French manufacturer ...

Military helicopters - attack

Project Land 4503

Programme Background The Australian Army has begun its search for a successor to the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), with an RfI issued by the ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Akinci [Saudi Arabia]

Programme Background Erdogan Visit On 17 July 2023,  President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Jeddah for the first stop of his Gulf tour. The following day, ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

CH-47F Chinook-Saudi Arabia- Contracted

The helicopters will increase the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command's interoperability with the US and advance the development of the country's heavy-lift helicopter capability.

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Project Vixen [UK]

Programme Background Project Goal The Royal Navy uses Leonardo crewed Merlin (AW101) helicopters fitted with CROWSNEST pods to provide airborne early warning capabilities for carriers. An early ...

Military helicopters - light/training

SW-4

The SW-4 is aimed at the basic and advanced pilot training, troop transport and ISR missions. Its Polish designation is Puszczyk. The SW-4s are based ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

CH-47F Chinook-Saudi Arabia

In addition to this, the request includes M134D mini-Guns, aircraft survivability equipment, infrared signature suppression system, fast rope insertion extraction system, extended range fuel system, ...

Military helicopters - multirole

AW159 Philippines

The AW159s arrived in Manila, but transported to Danilo Atienza Air Base in Cavite for reassembly. Subsequently they will be based there as part of ...

Trainer

T-6C+ Argentina Future Procurement

On 3 August 2016, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 24 T-6C+ Texan trainer aircraft to Argentina for ...

Fighter - multirole

Future Combat Air System (FCAS/SCAF) [France]

Programme Background The governments of France and Germany have launched the demonstrator phase for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) with the issue of an ...

ISR/special mission

Strategic Intelligence Aircraft [France]

Programme Background In February 2018, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, announced that the strategic intelligence aircraft program CUGE Universal EW Capability began ...

Trainer

PC-21 (France)

Programme  Background The French Air and Space Force has chosen Dassault Aviation and Babcock to provide between nine and 13 Pilatus PC-21 aircraft for Phase ...

Military helicopters - attack

Z-10ME (Pakistan)

Programme Background Requirement The Pakistan Army Aviation (PAA) has a requirement for attack helicopters that can operate in high altitudes, requiring the replacement of its ageing ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar

AN/ZPY-1 STARLite

The AN/ZPY-1 Small Tactical Radar-Lightweight (STARLite) is a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indication (GMTI) sensor for UAVs and manned platforms that support tactical operations. ...

Air: Integrated cockpit systems

GE Aviation Avionics

GE Aviation's advanced avionics suite comes with a high performance software package installed on a number of civil and military aircraft. It's open architecture  platform ...

Uncrewed aerial systems engines

AR682R

The AR682R has been developed to power UAVs which require up to 120bhp. It is based on the proven AR642 core that was designed to ...

Uncrewed aerial systems engines

AE50R

The AE50R is an aviation gasoline single rotary engine with an output of 40.4kW. The engine is certified according to European Aviation Safety Agency Part ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Nighthawk

Aviation Industry Corporation of China displayed its new Nighthawk UAV at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in November 2012. Nighthawk is designed for tactical ...

Air: helicopter flight simulators

CH-47F CAT

The CH-47F Chinook Avionics Trainer (CAT) is a high-fidelity hands-on training system that provides task training through the simulation of all avionics systems in integrated ...

Snow Owl

Snow Owl is a MALE UAV that was developed by Aviation Industry Corporation of China's Guizhou Aviation Aircraft Co. The UAV is claimed to have ...

Air: helicopter flight simulators

German Army Aviation School

CAE is the prime contractor for the German Army’s Night-Time Low-Level Flight Training Facility, commonly known as the German Army Aviation School, at Bückeburg. This ...

Air: mission management systems

HERGIS

The HERGIS C2 system provides network-centric warfare capabilities to German Army Aviation, integrating the service into the overall FüInfoSys Heer army C2 system. At all ...

Trainer

L-15/JL-10 Falcon

The L-15 Falcon is a supersonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed by Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

PEN 55V

The PEN 55V is a small rotary-wing cargo-carrying UAV manufactured by Pen Aviation. 

Subsystems: software

Terrain Databases

With Terrain Databases generated by the Saab Digital Map Generation System, correlated geo databases are provided to aircraft systems, operational support systems, aviation training systems ...

Air: mission management systems

HawkEye 7200A

The HawkEye 7200 is a portable tracking and SATCOM solution, designed for aviation, marine or mobile assets. The GNSS receiver provides continuous satellite-based tracking, autonomous ...

Major networking projects

Nodal Switch

A modular, IP-based voice communications system designed to support applications where factors such as reliability, performance, size and weight are considerations. The underlying IP architecture ...

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. ...