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Uncrewed Vehicles
DCNS and Thales to design and demonstrate UAV deck landing system
18th December 2008
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded DCNS and Thales an advanced study contract for a deck landing system for unmanned aerial vehicles. The …
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Defence Helicopter
American Eurocopter Flight Simulator is Operational
17th December 2008
American Eurocopter announced today that the first full motion EC135/EC145 flight training device (FTD) is operational at the company's training facility in Grand Prairie, TX. …
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Defence Helicopter
UK MoD Confirms Future Lynx Programme
12th December 2008
It has been confirmed in a statement today, made by Defence Secretary John Hutton, that the Future Lynx contract signed in June 2006 by the …
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Defence Helicopter
UK Government announces helicopter capacity increase for Afghanistan operations
11th December 2008
A significant increase in helicopter capacity for troops in Afghanistan is part of a package of measures to rebalance the Defence equipment programme towards the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
QinetiQ North America Unveils Route Clearance Robot to Detect Mines and IEDs
11th December 2008
QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that its Technology Solutions Group subsidiary Foster-Miller is releasing its …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
USS Freedom (LCS-1) Littoral Combat Ship Commissioning Highlights US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout VTUAV
9th December 2008
The U.S. Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), was prominently displayed on …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Star SAFIRE III part of Fire Scout simultaneous radar and EO/IR video capability demonstration
9th December 2008
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that its Star SAFIRE III was an integral component of Northrop Grumman Corporation's latest successful MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned …
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky Aerospace Services and US Army Renew Partnership for Corpus Christi Army Depot UH-60 Work
8th December 2008
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the signing of an $840 million contract with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) to provide technical, logistical, …
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Defence Helicopter
Vector Aerospace Sponsors Lecture On Helicopters In Modern Warfare
5th December 2008
The General, who has extensive first-hand experience at the highest levels of command in counter-insurgency operations, will analyse the role of the helicopter in meeting …
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Defence Helicopter
Aero Vodochody submits tender offer to purchase PZL-Swidnik
5th December 2008
Aero Vodochody, the largest aviation manufacturer in the Czech Republic, submitted its tender offer regarding the purchase of PZL-Swidnik and thus has entered the next …
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Defence Helicopter
Lockheed Martin awarded $17 million for Apache TADS modernization
4th December 2008
Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has been awarded a $16.9 million contract to begin modernization of the final portion of the U.S. Army's Apache helicopter Modernized Target …
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Defence Helicopter
CV-22s complete first operational deployment
4th December 2008
Four CV-22 Ospreys from the 8th Special Operations Squadron here returned after completing their first operational deployment supporting Exercise Flintlock 2009 in November in Bamako, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Partnership Provides Autonomous Vehicles to Enable New Era of Deep Sea Research
4th December 2008
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has partnered with the Waitt Institute for Discovery to make deep-sea exploration technology and a world-class operations group broadly …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Sanswire Encouraged by Obama Administration's Support of UAV Industry
2nd December 2008
Sanswire Corp. confirmed to shareholders and technology partners that it is encouraged by President-Elect Barack Obama's plan to utilize Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as part …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Successfully Demonstrates Simultaneous Radar and Electro-Optical/Infrared Video Capability
2nd December 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has demonstrated continuous combined payload coverage on its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). The Fire Scout successfully downlinked …
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 [USA]
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 - 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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
VR1 Colibri
The Vertical Ray 1 (VR1) Colibri is the smallest system in the Vertical Ray family of products. It is collapsible and man-portable in a 40l ...