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Uncrewed Vehicles
California National Guard begins domestic Predator operations
24th March 2009
The sounds of cheers and applause filled the air Feb. 25 as an MQ-1 Predator from the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing lifted off the runway here …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Boeing highlights UAV capabilities in tactical network
23rd March 2009
Boeing representatives point to last week's demonstrations in Australia as a milestone in demonstrating "for the first time the ability to deliver streaming video over …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Avalon Airshow 2009 - Phoenix target drone ready for commercial sale this year
17th March 2009
Australian-based Air Affairs says its Phoenix low cost aerial target system will complete development by the end of this year allowing for its release for …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Global Hawk maritime demonstration team receives Naval Air Warfare Centre Aircraft Division Commander's Award
16th March 2009
The Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) team has been recognized with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Commander's Award in a ceremony at …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Future Combat Systems Unmanned Vehicles Complete Preliminary Design Reviews
13th March 2009
Boeing and Science Applications International together the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program, today announced that the program …
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Defence Helicopter
PZL Mielec Rolls Out First Black Hawk Cabin Produced Outside the United States
12th March 2009
PZL Mielec, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s affiliate in Poland, today celebrated the rollout of the first Black Hawk helicopter cabin produced at the facility. The event …
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Defence Helicopter
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca signs engine support contract with Australian Aerospace
11th March 2009
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca (RRTM) and Australian Aerospace have signed an agreement to provide Through-Life Support (TLS) for the Australian Army’s new fleet of MRH90 Helicopters. Under …
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Defence Helicopter
Canada's CH-146 Griffon and CH-147 Chinook helicopters reach initial operational capability
10th March 2009
On March 3, 2009, Lieutenant-General Angus Watt, Chief of the Air Staff, accompanied by Colonel Christopher Coates, the Commander of the Canadian Air Wing in …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US remains cold on Pakistani Predator push
4th March 2009
The United States remains cold on a push from Pakistan for the release of advanced unmanned air systems, including the General Atomics Predator A, to …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
LM's VUIT technology provides network interoperability for multiple aviation platforms
27th February 2009
Lockheed Martin's Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming (VUIT ) technology is now available as a standard kit for use across multiple aviation …
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Defence Helicopter
Words From The Wise
25th February 2009
A selection of quotes heard from industry leaders over the three days of Heli Expo 2009: “Bell Helicopter is not for sale.”Richard Millman, Bell Helicopter …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UAV extends Spearnet infantry radio network
23rd February 2009
Mounting a Spearnet soldier radio on a UAV, says ITT, dramatically extends the reach of soldier radio networks. The company revealed this interesting perspective on …
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Defence Helicopter
Collective Caution But Industry Leaders Stare Unblinking At Economic Crisis
23rd February 2009
“Don’t go to HAI, you will get depressed,” was the advice Giuseppe Orsi, AgustaWestland’s CEO received. That piece of advice finally made up his mind …
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Celebrates Unprecedented Period of First Flights
22nd February 2009
Fresh off the inaugural flight of the S-76D helicopter on Feb. 7, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated its success in achieving first flights on eight …
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Defence Helicopter
AW149 'to fly in months' says AgustaWestland's Orsi
22nd February 2009
AgustaWestland has announced that the latest member of the AgustaWestland family of helicopters, the AW149 will "make its first flight in months." In a brief …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - MALE
Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement The FVL-MS programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft utilised ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Light Utility Transformative Vertical Lift (TVL) / Large ULS-A [USMC]
Programme Background US Marine ULS-A programmes The US Marines are seeking a family of Unmanned Logistics Systems-Air (ULS-A), which will provide logistics and ground units with ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
MH-60R Seahawk (Saudi Arabia)
The sale is aimed at improving Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems, provide the capability to identify, engage ...
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Fighter - naval
F-35C Carrier Variant
The US Navy is planning to order 130 F-35Cs between FY2026 and FY2030 under the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The purchase is estimated be ...
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Fighter - naval
Future Naval Fighter China
The PLAN started development work in 2011 for the Type 075 with the aim of increasing the "vertical" amphibious assault capability, with the mountainous East ...
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Fighter - naval
F-35B STOVL Future Procurement - US Navy
US Navy has ordered 122 F-35B aircraft until FY2020, the remaining 202 fighters will be acquired at a rate of 10 and 17 per year ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) will provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It is intended to ...
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Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing
MQ-8C Fire Scout (USA)
Programme Background Timeline According to the Naval Air Systems Command, having first ordered the MQ-8B in 2009, the UAV has become a pillar of the ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Japanese Future Amphibious Vehicle
Programme Background The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's (JGSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade currently operates a fleet of 58 BAE Systems Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicle 7A1s (AAV7A1s) ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
ALTIUS (US)
Programme Background Testing The US Army has tested the platform since March 2020. It was launched from a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that ...
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Frigates
Bangladesh Frigate Programme
Programme Background As part of the Armed Forces Goal 2030 modernisation programme, the Bangladesh Navy is aiming to build its new warships indigenously instead of using ...
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Fighter - naval
F-35B STOVL - US Navy
The JSF programme will develop and field a family of aircraft that meets the needs of the US DoD and US allies with the F-35A ...
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Fighter - naval
F-35C Carrier Variant (CV) Future Procurement
US Navy has ordered 118 F-35C aircraft until FY2020, the remaining 121 fighters will be acquired at a rate of 21-28 per year between FY2021 ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-35A Italy
The 2019 and 2020 budget contained significant funding for the F-35 programme: €690 million ($775 million) in 2019 and €859 million ($962 million) in 2020, ...
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Tiltrotors
V-22 Osprey [Japan]
Programme Background Procurement Contracts The Japanese government is the first export customer of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, having ordered 17 helicopters from the US across ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
V-247 Vigilant
The V-247 Vigilant is a tiltrotor UAV from Bell. Officially introduced in 2016, it features an open modular architecture and can host several payloads. These include ...
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Air: Displays
F-15 Replacement Vertical Situation Display
BAE Systems Replacement Vertical Situation Display (RVSD) replaces the legacy VSD units on F-15E aircraft. The AMLCD display offers a larger display size and is compatible ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
S-97 Raider
The S-97 Raider helicopter is based on the five-year, company-funded X2 Technology Demonstrator project. Like the X2, the S-97 Raider will feature twin coaxial, counter-rotating ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Aerosonde Mk 4.8 HQ FTUAS
From the Texton family of Aerosonde UAS, the Aerosonde Mk 4.8 Hybrid Quad (HQ) FTUAS is a tactical drone purpose-built to meet the US Army's Future Vertical Lift ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
SM-6
The SM-6 (RIM-174 Standard ERAM) is a surface-to-air supersonic missile, launched from cruisers and destroyers, capable of successfully engaging crewed and uncrewed, fixed- or rotary-wing ...
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Helicopter engines
T901
The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) is the US Army's effort to build a 50% more powerful and 25% more fuel-efficient engine for its Black ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
AVX JMR
AVX Aircraft proposed a compound helicopter with coaxial rotors, small wings and dual ducted-fan propulsors for the US Army’s JMR-TD FVL programme. In April 2015, ...
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Cumulus One
Cumulus One is an autonomous fixed-wing drone manufactured by Sky-Watch. The aircraft’s structure is made from carbon fibre and Kevlar. The system has mission planning ...
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Helicopter engines
T900
The Improved Turbine Engine Program is the US Army's effort to build a 50% more powerful and 25% more fuel-efficient engine for its Black Hawk ...
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EO/IR systems
Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with Laser Rangefinder
Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with Laser Rangefinder is a surveillance system with a laser rangefinder. Performance includes 1/3in charge-coupled device colour sensor, NTSC or PAL format. Resolution ...
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Military - UUVs
Bluefin-Proteus
Proteus is a dual-mode UUV capable of operation in either manned or autonomous modes. Primary missions are MCM, sensor development and vehicle research.
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Military - UUVs
Roving Bat
The Roving Bat is a multipurpose, hybrid ROV and crawler for close inspection and cleaning operations of immersed vertical structures such as a ship's hull. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
SB-1 Defiant
The SB-1 Defiant is a JMR-TD aircraft. Sikorsky and Boeing announced in February 2013 that they would submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator ...
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Military helicopters - multirole, Tiltrotors
TR36TD
Karem Aircraft was one of four contenders for the US Army's JMR-TD, which is a precursor to the FVL project that will replace the UH-60 ...
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Deployable/static missile systems
Mk-57 VLS
Mk-57 is a next generation vertical launching system co-developed by Raytheon and BAE Systems. It is designed to accommodate larger missiles and decrease the amount ...