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UK holds landmark MUM-T flight
22nd July 2020
QinetiQ has completed the UK’s first manned/unmanned aircraft team (MUM-T) demonstration, featuring a manned H125 helicopter and semi-autonomous UAV. The event took place on 19 …
The USAF is conducting flight tests of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (JHMCS II) aboard Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter aircraft. This follows the …
Canada will move immediately to examine three government proposals as part of the country’s C$15-19 billion ($11-14 billion) Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP), following 31 July …
22nd July 2020
QinetiQ has completed the UK’s first manned/unmanned aircraft team (MUM-T) demonstration, featuring a manned H125 helicopter and semi-autonomous UAV. The event took place on 19 …
21st July 2020
A series of new collaborative agreements between Tempest industry lead BAE Systems and seven aerospace and defence suppliers is expected to add ‘game changing’ capabilities …
20th July 2020
BAE Systems and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have announced a joint partnership aimed at exploring how battery management and cooling technologies from the motorsport industry …
20th July 2020
Bombardier Belfast, Collins Aerospace in the UK, GE Aviation UK, GKN Aerospace, Martin-Baker, QinetiQ and Thales UK have signed agreements with Team Tempest to work …
17th July 2020
A Chinese emphasis on UAVs for maritime and shipborne use is evident, with a new full-scale rotorcraft mock-up appearing on the navy’s first Type 075 …
16th July 2020
Backed by a huge $22.9 billion IDIQ contract from the USAF, Boeing is embarking on a partnership that could ultimately lead to a maximum of …
15th July 2020
Incumbent contractor Leidos has been awarded a $34.95 million modification by the US Army Contracting Command, to continue support for the Saturn Arch aerial ISR …
15th July 2020
The RAF is known to be interested in exploring remote carrier solutions for its next-generation Tempest programme, and now it intends to test 'swarming drone' …
15th July 2020
The first Bell-Boeing MV-22B Block C Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) was officially handed over on 10 July at Camp Kisarazu. …
14th July 2020
UVision announced on 13 July that its Hero-30 portable loitering munition system has been procured by the Israeli MoD and has ‘already been successfully used in …
14th July 2020
The competition to provide a new rotary-wing fleet for Australian SOF will include a bid led by Airbus Helicopters. Team Nightjar for Project Land 2097 …
13th July 2020
Development and production of the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter remains one of the most complex and top-priority tasks for the Russian aviation industry. It is interesting, therefore, …
10th July 2020
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in the US gave a green light on 9 July to a Japanese request to purchase 105 Lockheed Martin …
9th July 2020
Elbit Systems has integrated a mini-UAS on its Seagull USV. Trials in recent weeks were aimed at demonstrating an extra mission set for Seagull beyond …
8th July 2020
The V-200 UAV from UMS Skeldar will be used in the Belgian-Dutch minehunter programme under a deal announced on 8 July. UMS Skeldar was awarded …
8th July 2020
The USN has unveiled plans for its continued update of F/A-18 and EA-18G synthetic training equipment (STE) over the next four years. With all but …
8th July 2020
Serbia has shown off a fleet of new fixed-wing CH-92A UAVs bought from China for the first time. In a 4 July presentation held at …
7th July 2020
France intends to double its fleet of Hawkeye AEW&C; aircraft with a $2 billion potential FMS deal for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye variants and related …
7th July 2020
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh cleared defence acquisitions worth $5.8 billion on 2 July via his chairmanship of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). The bulk …
3rd July 2020
Despite numerous modernisation programmes in Southeast Asian air forces, their true data link capabilities still have a long way to go to reach Western standards. …