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Uncrewed Vehicles
GRL sells simulator to CTC Marine Projects
25th November 2008
GRL has supplied a ROVolution simulator to North East-based CTC Marine Projects a subsea contractor specialising in the trenching of subsea pipelines and cables worldwide. …
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Defence Helicopter
ARH Tiger helicopter support contract signed by Australian Aerospace, MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce GmbH and Turbomeca Australasia
20th November 2008
Three leading defence and aerospace companies, Australian Aerospace, MTR (a joint venture company of MTU Aero Engines, Turbomeca, Rolls-Royce) and Turbomeca Australasia, have signed an …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UAV programme triumphs at Technology and Innovation Awards 2008
20th November 2008
Engineering industry experts from across the UK witnessed Lancaster University, Cranfield University and BAE Systems win two awards at the Technology and Innovation Awards 2008. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
C-Innovation secures Heerema ROV contract
20th November 2008
C-Innovation, LLC (Mandeville, Louisiana) announces the award of a multi-year ROV operational contract by Heerema Marine Contractors, for seven (7) ROV systems, starting in 2009. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Simulated near miss helps aircraft think like pilots
18th November 2008
Researchers from British universities and industry have successfully tested technology that allows an unpiloted aircraft to autonomously detect and avoid collision with another aircraft, in …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
BAE Systems invents new launcher for small UAVs
13th November 2008
A team from BAE Systems has developed a much-needed capability for use on the front line - a compact mortar-based launcher for small Unmanned Air …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Establishes Robotics Initiative
7th November 2008
Elements of computer programming, technology, mathematics, science and engineering are coming together in a new robotics initiative at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology that could lead …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
General Robotics sells simulator to CTC Marine Projects
4th November 2008
GRL has supplied a ROVolution simulator to North East-based CTC Marine Projects a subsea contractor specialising in the trenching of subsea pipelines and cables worldwide. …
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Defence Helicopter
UK: Navy helicopter pilot receives DFC from Queen
1st November 2008
A Royal Navy helicopter pilot who twice braved ferocious enemy fire to save the lives of British troops wounded in Afghanistan received his Distinguished Flying …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Landmark Demonstration of Unmanned Flight
31st October 2008
ASTRAEA, the pioneering £32million aerospace programme, has completed a major demonstration of autonomous technology. In a week of events at ParcAberporth in West Wales, the …
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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 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Aurora Flight Sciences is Part of Northrop Grumman BAMS Team
10th October 2008
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it will be a supplier on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4N aircraft for U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Sky Warrior UAS Completes First Successful Automatic Takeoffs and Landings From ER/MP One System Ground Control Station
7th October 2008
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical reconnaissance radars, along with its “Team Sky Warrior” …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Hallin Marine ROV Fleet US $15 Million Expansion
10th September 2008
Hallin Marine, the AIM quoted provider of subsea solutions to the oil and gas industry, announces it is continuing to grow its fleet of remote …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman cites Aurora Flight Sciences for Excellence in Manufacturing Performance
5th September 2008
Aurora Flight Sciences has received Platinum Source Supplier status from the Northrop Grumman Corporation. To receive Platinum status, a Northrop Grumman supplier must have a …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton - Germany (Cancelled)
Programme Background Germany requested to buy four MQ-4C Triton HALE UAVs from Northrop Grumman. On 5 April 2018, the US State Department announced that it ...
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Light attack, Trainer
A-29 Nigeria
Earlier on 3 August 2017, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 12 A-29 Super Tucanos to Nigeria for ...
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Fighter - multirole
Tornado Replacement (F-35A) [Germany]
Programme Background In March 2020, it emerged that the German government was considering 30 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to replace 45 nuclear-capable Tornados, although contracts have yet ...
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Fighter - multirole
Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)
Programme Background Timeline In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. However, Germany's defence export ban to ...
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OPVs
Viana do Castelo-class (Batch II - NPO3S) [Portugal]
Programme Background Requirements The Viana do Castelo class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) are used for maritime patrol and surveillance, fisheries protection, SAR, anti-drug and anti-arms trafficking, illegal ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Perkoz Programme (Poland)
Programme Background Programme Requirements Each helicopter should have the capacity for up to 1,000 kg of cargo or five soldiers with full gear. The optional advanced ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Navio Polivalente Logistico (NAVPOL) (Portugal)
Programme Background Requirements The NAVPOL is expected to feature a flexible and modular LPD design capable of amphibious operations and HADR tasks. Timeline The plans for ...
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OPVs
Additional OPVs (2-3) [Philippines]
Programme Background The Philippine Coast Guard has set its sights on having a fleet of five new OPVs in its quest to sustain monitoring of ...
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AEW&C
Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (NATO)
Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...
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Landing craft and hovercraft
Manoeuvrable Boats [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements According to the 2022 Defence Buildup Programme, Japan will procure new manoeuvrable boats for the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The boats ...
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Maritime patrol
Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Singapore)
Programme Background Deployed from Changi West airbase, and jointly operated by the RSAF and Republic of Singapore Navy, the ageing Fokker 50 fleet is primarily ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Anka-S (Nigeria)
Programme Background Domestic Production Possibility As reported by TurDef, a defence news outlet focussing on Turkey, in March 2023, İsmail Yusuf Abba, Nigeria's ambassador to Ankara, stated at ...
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Frigates
Daegu Class (FFX Batch II) [South Korea]
Programme Background The Incheon and Daegu classes are part of a re-capitalisation effort to replace the older Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates with a new FFX class ...
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Submarines nuclear, ballistic missile
Type 096
Programme Background The Type 096 SSBNs are expected to operate alongside the PLANs Type 094 Jin-class submarines which entered service between 2007 and 2020. These ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
LAV Replacement (Japan)
Programme Background The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) received 1,937 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) from Komatsu between 2001 and ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: AEW/fire control radar, Air: surveillance radar
AN/APY-1/2
The S-band AN/APY-1 radar is installed in a large rotodome above the fuselage of the Boeing KE-3A/E-3A/B Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft ...
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Fighter - multirole
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A (Block 20, 25, 25C)
The Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A is the latest variant of the Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft family. Under the Tranche 3A contract signed in 2009, a total ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
CH-3A
Manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the CH-3A is a fixed-wing UAS of the Rainbow series. The platform is a developed version of ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
NATO E-3A Training Devices
CAE designed the original NATO E-3A Sentry full-flight simulator as well as an E-3A cockpit procedures trainer and flight training device. The company continues to ...
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AMS50
The AMS50 is a full-function TSO-d audio panel with optional built-in marker beacon receiver; six-place stereo intercom; All, Crew and Pilot ISO modes; true ‘split ...
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TAC/COM NPX138N
Cobham's NPX138N Tactical Narrowband VHF-FM Transceiver is designed as a standalone unit for the single mission user. Features: agile, self-contained panel mount transceiver 138-174MHz; multiple ...
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Land: unattended sensor/surveillance systems
MX-3A
The MX-3A delivers imaging through dust, smoke, light fog or darkness. The imager is rugged and portable for surveillance and security applications. Featuring a removable ...
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CESA
The CESA (Centre d’Essais et de Services sur les Systèmes Autonomes) UAV test centre is a collaboration between the Bordeaux TechnoWest technopole, DSAC (Directions de ...
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Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems
FCS-3
The FCS-3 incorporates surveillance radar and fire control system capabilities in a C-band radar with AESA technology. Originally funded by the Japanese MoD, The FCS-3 ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
USAF E-3A AWACS Training Devices
CAE designed two E-3A operation flight trainers and one flight training device for the USAF. Under a subcontract to L3 Communications, CAE designed and manufactured ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
RF-300H
The Falcon III RF-300H is Harris’s next-generation Falcon radio. The manpack solution was first presented at the AFCEA West conference on 21 February 2017. The ...
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Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems
Dorna FCS
Dorna FCS is a naval fire control system that is developed and produced by Spanish company Navantia. It is designed to perform in anti-aircraft warfare, ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
W-3 Sokol
The Leonardo/PZL-Świdnik W-3 Sokol twin-engine utility and combat support helicopter was designed and is built-in Poland. The latest version is the W-3PL Gluszec, an upgraded ...
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Fixed wing aircraft engines
D-36
The D-36 is a family of turbofan engines comprising 1, 1A, 2A and 3A variants. The engine is designed for medium-haul passenger and transport aircraft ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
Vocality OPUS SD20
The OPUS SD20 is a network optimising unit that is pre-installed and ready to use straight out of the box. The system is designed to ...