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Uncrewed Vehicles
VEGA Group and SELEX Sistemi Integrati UK come together to form SELEX Systems Integration
12th January 2009
In January 2009, VEGA Group PLC and SELEX Sistemi Integrati Ltd came together to create SELEX Systems Integration Ltd (SELEX SI), which is now a …
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Defence Helicopter
Turbomeca do Brasil to assemble and support the Makila 2A engines of new Brazilian EC725 helicopters
12th January 2009
Following the contract signed between Eurocopter and the Brazilian Army and Navy for 50 EC 725 helicopters to be delivered between 2010 and 2016, Turbomeca …
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Defence Helicopter
First Production VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Arrives at Lockheed Martin to Start Final Production Phase
11th January 2009
The first Lockheed Martin pilot production VH-71 presidential helicopter to begin the integration and final production process arrived at the company's Owego, NY, facility. Six …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter welcomes new order for 22 NH90TTH helicopters from the French Army
8th January 2009
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has ordered a further 22 NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) helicopters for the French Army Aviation on the 23rd …
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Defence Helicopter
Australian aid worker faces court over Sea King crash
8th January 2009
An Australian aid worker faces a potential prison term for allegedly placing butane gas cylinders aboard a Royal Australian Navy Sea King helicopter – N16-100 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Pratt & Whitney-Powered Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Unveiled
8th January 2009
Pratt & Whitney, along with Northrop Grumman, unveiled the first X-47B air vehicle for the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle Completes 1,500th Shipboard Sortie With US Navy
7th January 2009
The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) - a joint effort of The Boeing Company and Insitu - has completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AAI Conducts Successful Test Flight of Its New Aerosonde Mark 5 Unmanned Aircraft
5th January 2009
AAI Corporation has conducted the successful first flight of its new Aerosonde Mark 5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Australia to launch target drone competition in February
5th January 2009
The Australian Defence Materiel Organisation is to launch an international tender process next month for its Joint Project 66 phase 1 new air defence target …
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Defence Helicopter
New engine contract for Sea King engines
22nd December 2008
The Ministry of Defence has awarded Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace a £258 million contract to support the engines on its fleet of Royal Navy and Royal …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UAS service-market breakthrough for CybAero
18th December 2008
Swedish UAS manufacturer CybAero delivered the first ever customer service last Friday. The mission was carried out using an unmanned VTOL UAV on behalf of …
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Defence Helicopter
Meggitt wins Future Lynx brake control system
18th December 2008
Meggitt PLC, a leading international company employing over 8,000 people specialising in aerospace equipment, sensing and defence systems, today announces that Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems …
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky awarded $619M contract for MH-60R and MH-60S work
18th December 2008
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Ct., was awarded on Dec. 15, 2008 a, $619,903,014 firm fixed price contract for funding of second program year of multi-year …
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Defence Helicopter
Bell awarded $102M contract to support UH-1Y and AH-1Z
18th December 2008
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a three year cost type requirements contract in the amount of $102,372,611 for repair of items …
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Defence Helicopter
Australian Aerospace delivers first locally assembled NH-90
18th December 2008
Australia's Project AIR 9000 achieved another significant milestone today when the Australian Defence Force (ADF) formally accepted from leading regional defence contractor, Eurocopter subsidiary Australian …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munition PODS [UK]
Programme Background PODS As the Royal Navy states, Persistent Operational Deployment Systems (PODS) are "interchangeable modules that can be fitted to the surface fleet. Similar in ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Flexible Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FTUAS) [UK]
Programme Background Tender Notice & Timeline On 25 May 2021, the MoD published a tender notice for the urgent acquisition of a UAS and ancillaries under ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Puma 3 AE (UK)
Programme Background Testing The Royal Navy announced in October 2020 that the Puma was undergoing its first operational testing on HMS Albion's autumn deployment to ...
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Frigates
ex-USCG Hamilton Class Cutter (Bahrain)
Programme Background Very little has been said about the transfer of an ex-Hamilton-class cutter to Bahrain, but it is one of the final two to ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Boraida Class Replacement [Saudi Arabia]
Programme Background Requirements The Royal Saudi Navy urges the replacement of three Boraida-class minehunters. Based on the Durance-class design, the ships entered service in the ...
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Patrol boats
Evolved Cape Class (7-8) [Australia]
Programme Background Austal was awarded a contract to build six 'Evolved'Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 1 May 2020 (see separate ...
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Patrol boats
Evolved Cape Class (1-6) [Australia]
Programme Background Austal was awarded a contract to build six 'Evolved' Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 1 May 2020. The contract ...
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Frigates
Karel Dorman Class (Chile)
Programme Background Chile currently operates two ex-Karel Doorman-class frigates which were sold in 2004. The Royal Netherlands Navy are in the process of replacing the ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Tethered UAS (UK)
Programme Background Requirements The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking one UAV system, two drones, which operate from a tethered power supply and have the 'flexibility ...
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Frigates
Future Frigates [Chile]
Programme Background Requirements The Chilean Navy currently operates eight second-hand frigates with a substantial history of procuring ex-Dutch and ex-Royal Navy second-hand vessels. This includes ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
T-150 [UK]
Programme Background Trials In late 2020, the T-150 participated in Autonomous Advance Force (AAF) trials in Crpyus and dropped supplies to 40 Commando. The MoD ...
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Frigates
Sea 5000 Future Frigate (Hunter Class) [Australia]
Programme Background The Type 26 design and manufacture programme is known as the Global Combat Ship, created by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The ...
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Submarines: conventional, attack
S26T (2-3)
Programme Background The Royal Thai Navy has been in the process of acquiring a new submarine for a number of years. They formally selected China's ...
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Submarines: conventional, attack
S26T [Thailand]
Programme Background The Royal Thai Navy has been in the process of acquiring a new submarine for a number of years. They formally selected China's ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Project Air 5428 (Australia)
The new PTS, including aircraft, flight training simulators and learning environments is being acquired from a single capability contractor, Team 21, which consists of Lockheed ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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AMAS
AMAS – Australian Minesweeping System – was developed with the assistance of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation and the Royal Australian Navy. It adopts ...
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Frigates
Hunter Class (Type 26)
The Hunter-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy are based on the Type 26 design. The ships are set to replace the Anzac-class under the ...
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Sea: naval fire control radar, Sea: surveillance system radar
Ceros 200
The Ceros 200 is a radar and optronic tracking system designed for use on naval vessels. When interfaced with modern missile or gun systems, it ...
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Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers
AN/ALQ-210
Lockheed Martin’s AN/ALQ-210 is an Electronic Support Measure (ESM) outfitting the Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo naval support helicopter. The manufacturer’s official literature says that the product ...
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Frigates
Naresuan Class
The Naresuan class guided-missile frigates are a modified variant of the Chinese-built Type 053 frigate. The two ships-in-class were built by the China State Shipbuilding ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Walrus
The Walrus is a mini rotary-wing UAV manufactured by the Royal Navy's 700X Naval Air Squadron. As stressed during the December 2022 announcement, Walrus has been ...
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Frigates
Jacob Van Heemskerck Class
The Jacob van Heemskerck class frigates were ex-Royal Netherlands Navy frigates that also served under the Chilean Navy, also known as the Latorre-class. Two anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) ...
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Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar
RD-170BT
The RD-170BT is a man-portable surveillance radar deployed ashore to protect moored patrol boats of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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Minehunters
Sandown Class
The Sandown class vessels are coastal minehunters and OPVs in service with the UK Royal Navy and Royal Saudi Naval Forces as the Al Jawf class. Additionally, ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
Royal Danish Navy MH-60R MOFT
In January 2014, CAE was awarded an FMS contract by the USN to develop an MH-60R mission operational flight trainer (MOFT) for the Royal Danish ...
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Sea: weapon training
Inflatable Naval Gunnery Targets
GeoData produces a range of Naval Gunnery Target Balloons (NavTGTs) for use by marine, navy, coast guard and army units to maintain target acquisition and ...
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OPVs
River Class Batch 1
The first three River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) were built to replace the five Island class OPVs which entered service in 1979. The first-in-class was commissioned ...
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Frigates
Type 22 (Batch 1)
The Type 22 frigates were previously the Broadsword-class in service with the UK's Royal Navy. The vessels were built in three batches, with the first ...
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Sea: sonar systems
2093 Variable Depth Sonar
The 2093 Variable Depth Sonar is a multi-frequency multi-mode mine-hunting sonar designed for deep and shallow-water missions. The winch carries 300m of armoured tow cable ...
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Frigates
City Class (Type 26)
The Type 26 City-class frigate is designed for the UK RN service to meet an urgent requirement to replace the existing fleet of ageing Type ...