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Defence Helicopter
Bell demonstrates 429 capabilities to operators at Heli-Expo
23rd February 2010
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, has taken the Bell 429, the world's newest helicopter, to Heli-Expo for the start of a tour visiting operators …
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Defence Notes
Skymark buys 737-800 FFS from CAE
19th February 2010
CAE has sold a CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Skymark Airlines of Japan. The FFS, as well as …
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Defence Helicopter
'Heavy Haulers' Transfers Authority to 'Wolfpack' in Afghanistan
15th February 2010
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 "Heavy Haulers" transferred control of air support for Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, to HMH-466 "Wolfpack" during a …
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft wins MRJ work
8th February 2010
At its annual media briefing in London, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft announced that it is to provide Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) with design integration and …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter soars to greater heights in Asia
4th February 2010
Eurocopter has announced that in 2009, it recorded a turnover growth of 58 per cent in Asia to reach €896 million. The business also maintained …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter - Civil orders decrease while military orders increase
20th January 2010
Eurocopter met its business and delivery objectives for 2009 and stabilised its turnover at the level of its record year, 2008. The world economic crisis …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Falmouth Scientific Solar-powered AUV (SAUV) to be used in tectonic plate monitoring
13th January 2010
Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI) announced today it has supplied a Solar-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUV) to the University of Tokyo for use in monitoring tectonic …
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Military Logistics
Boeing Delivers 4th KC-767 Tanker to Japan Ministry of Defense
13th January 2010
The Boeing Company on Jan. 8 delivered the last of four KC-767 aerial refueling tankers to the Japan Ministry of Defense, completing one of the …
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Defence Helicopter
EADS North America delivers UH-72A Lakota helicopters to the Alabama Army National Guard
11th January 2010
The Alabama Army National Guard's ability to perform homeland security operations and carry out support missions within the state will be significantly enhanced with the …
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Defence Helicopter
Bulgarian Ministries of Finance and Interior order an AW139 to meet border police requirement
22nd December 2009
AgustaWestland has announced that the Ministries of Finance and Interior of Bulgaria have ordered an AW139 medium twin helicopter to meet the latest Bulgarian Border …
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Defence Helicopter
EADS North America receives $247 million contract for Light Utility Helicopter program
12th December 2009
The US Army awarded the fifth year contract for the Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) to EADS North America for $247.2 million. This contract increases …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter Japan delivers first EC135 training helicopter to Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
2nd December 2009
Eurocopter Japan handed over today the first EC135T2i training helicopter to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF). The delivery ceremony took place at the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Teams shortlisted to do battle in robot challenge
2nd November 2009
Twelve teams from five countries have been shortlisted to compete in the first round of the MAGIC 2010 robot challenge, the Minister for Defence Personnel, …
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Defence Helicopter
Korea Coast Guard Takes Delivery Of Two AW139 Helicopters
23rd October 2009
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Korea Coast Guard has taken delivery of two AW139 medium twin helicopters during an official …
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Defence Helicopter
New Automatic Test Equipment for Marine Corps maintainers
6th October 2009
The new Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Automated Support System (RTCASS) is arriving at Marine Corps air stations around the world. “RTCASS is the newest member of …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB3 [Japan]
Programme Background Great Fit In March 2022, Haluk Bayraktar told Nikkei Asia that Baykar offered Asian countries "a better option" than Chinese companies regarding UAVs, stressing the Asian ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 [Japan]
Programme Background Turkish Claims In September 2022, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Japan for the funeral of the former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. While there, in ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-46A - Japan
Programme BackgroundThe two KC-46As will join the JASDF’s current fleet of four KC-767J tankers by June 2023; the aircraft was selected by Japan in 2015.Japan exercised an option ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 Forecast (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Kargu (Forecast) [Japan]
Programme Background The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is a potential customer for the Kargu. In September 2022, local Turkish media reported that Tokyo asked ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Trial Operation Project [Japan]
Programme Background Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) Procurement The JCG was looking to replace its Chinese-made UAVs with MALE UAVs in the JCG PRAS Project. In April ...
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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 ...
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OPVs
Multi-Role Response Vessels [Philippines]
Programme Background Timeline The Philippine Coast Guard plans to acquire five 97m Multi-Role Response Vessels (MRRVs) from Japan following the order placed for two ships ...
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Fighter - multirole
Global Combat Air Programme (Japan)
Programme Background The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency of Japan issued a RfI in August 2020 to support the F-X project. The document stipulated that applicants ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
C-2 (Japan)
Programme BackgroundKawasaki Heavy Industries developed the C-2 for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to replace its Kawasaki C-1 and Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules fleets. ...
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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 ...
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Patrol boats
VCG Patrol Vessels
Programme Backgroun The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) are in the process of procuring six new patrol vessels. On 28 July 2020, the Japan International Cooperation ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munitions [Japan]
Programme Background Japan's Newfound Desire for Loitering Munitions After years of not operating loitering munitions and armed UAVs, Japan's position towards them is changing. Belatedly, ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
OH-1 Ninja
The OH-1 Ninja is a twin-engine, light armed reconnaissance helicopter that was developed by Kawasaki in the 1990s to replace the OH-6D scout helicopter in ...
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Air: air combat simulators
Air Combat Training
Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.
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AEW&C, Maritime patrol
E-2 Hawkeye
The E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C; aircraft has gone through several iterations and can be operated from land, as with Egypt and Mexico, or from a carrier, ...
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ISR/special mission
EC-1
The EC-1 is an EW aircraft converted from the C-1 transport airframe by Kawasaki for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is powered by two ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
OYQ-1
The OYQ-1 is a combat management system used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aboard its Mogami-class frigates.
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Destroyers
Atago Class
The Atago class destroyers are a class of two ships for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) that were an improvement on the existing four Kongou-class ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Mihashi and Raizan Class
Mihashi- and Raizan-class fast patrol boats were constructed at several shipyards in Japan for the coast guard service, with the largest number supplied by the Mitsubishi ...
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Military helicopters - multirole, Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
UH-2
The UH-2 (formerly known as UH-X) is a utility helicopter developed by Subaru (formerly Fuji Heavy Industries) in cooperation with Bell to meet the Japan Ground ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-2A/B
Based on the design of the F-16 Fighting Falcon family, the F-2 Support Fighter is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft produced for the Japan Air ...
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Fighter - multirole
RF-4E
Developed based on the F-4 Phantom II multirole fighter, the RF-4E is an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft offered to US allies. Its production began in 1970 ...
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Trainer
T-4
Developed by Kawasaki, the T-4 is an intermediate jet trainer successor to the T-33A and Fuji T-1A/B. Its first flight was performed on 29 July ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
RIM-161 Standard Missile-3
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based, surface-to-air missile designed to intercept short-range ballistic missiles. It is also able to perform anti-satellite duties ...
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Fixed wing aircraft engines
T56-A-427 turboprop
The Rolls-Royce (formerly Allison) T56-A-427 turboprop is installed on the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye used by eight countries. The aircraft were originally powered by T56-A-9D ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Kargu
The Kargu, or Kargu-2, is a quadcopter loitering munition and UAS manufactured by Turkish company STM. The platform is designed for asymmetric warfare or anti-terrorist ...
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Maritime patrol
US-2
The ShinMaywa US-2 is an amphibious short take-off and landing aircraft used primarily by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for SAR.