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Land Warfare

Oshkosh Defense starts production on ROGUE-Fires and develops MTVR 4×4 variant

Both ROGUE-Fires and the MTVR demonstrator have been designed for Indo-Pacific mobility and expeditionary operations.

Defence Notes

Leonardo CEO urges “speed as important as money” as joint ventures progress picks up

The company’s Q1 2025 results showed a 20% increase in new orders and a 15% increase in revenue across the business.

Air Warfare

Rolls-Royce wins $711 million contract to support UK Royal Air Force Typhoon engines

The contract covers maintenance and service for the EJ200 engine that powers the UK Royal Air Force’s Typhoon fleet.

Naval Warfare

Will the US be able to make its shipbuilding industry “great again”?

The White House and Congress have been increasing efforts to support the national maritime industry.

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Land Warfare

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Air Warfare

Tiltrotor: The Long-Range Maneuver Solution

Land Warfare

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Land Warfare

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Land Warfare

Parker plays crucial role in military projects

18th February 2010

The global leader in motion and control technologies, Parker Hannifin, has helped develop a groundbreaking armoured vehicle that could play a vital role in saving …
Digital Battlespace

US Army Selects Northrop Grumman's 100kW solid-state laser for field tests at its High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility

18th February 2010

The solid-state laser system from Northrop Grumman Corporation that produced the most powerful beam ever from a continuous wave, electric laser last year is joining …
Digital Battlespace

Librestream and Fortress announce partnership to deliver the Onsight Mobile Collaboration system within a FIPS 140-2 Secure Wireless Infrastructure

18th February 2010

Librestream, the leader in mobile collaboration solutions, and Fortress Technologies, the leader in secure tactical wireless communications, announced today that they have integrated their wireless …
Military Logistics

Precision Aviation Group named Goodrich authorized repair center

18th February 2010

Precision Aviation Group (PAG), exclusive provider of ISMRO (Inventory Supported Maintenance Repair & Overhaul), announces approval by Goodrich Corporation (Goodrich) as an Authorized Repair Center …
Defence Helicopter

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America exhibiting at Heli-Expo 2010

18th February 2010

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Vector),one of the world's leading independent providers of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services will once again be exhibiting …
Digital Battlespace

Raytheon to provide improved track correlation and fusion capability

18th February 2010

Raytheon Company has been awarded a $4.8 million contract to develop and install a system that will provide improved intelligence and information sharing to the …
Digital Battlespace

Harris awarded $25 million contract by Northrop Grumman for communications backbone of Army Battle Command System

18th February 2010

Highband networking radios from Harris Corporation will form the communications backbone of the US Army's new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). …
Land Warfare

South Africa and India lead the way in protection for the armed forces

18th February 2010

The Paramount Group has signed an agreement with India's Ashok Leyland for the development and manufacture of Mine Protected Vehicles (MPVs) in India. The two …
Defence Helicopter

RNZAF's new helicopter makes its first flight

18th February 2010

The first of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's five new A109 helicopters has taken to the air in Italy. "This is part of the …
Digital Battlespace

Boeing returns E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft to service

18th February 2010

The Boeing Company delivered an E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft to the US Air Force on Feb. 8, after 11 months of maintenance at …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Project Heron 1 on the right track

18th February 2010

Eight Luftwaffe airmen have graduated and are now licenced to fly the Heron 1 UAV and operate its sensor equipment. The Heron 1 project will …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Aurora's DA42M-OPV on track for Summer 2010 flights

18th February 2010

Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the DA42M aircraft that will serve as its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) prototype has arrived at its Manassas, Virginia …
Land Warfare

Python snakes into action against the Taliban

18th February 2010

The Royal Engineers have fired their latest weapon in their battle against the Taliban for the first time – an exploding hose which punches safe …
Digital Battlespace

Project Vigilare Command and Control system passes factory acceptance testing

18th February 2010

Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, this week announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) …
Digital Battlespace

Becker Avionics announces first delivery of the brand new MR510 Personal Locator Beacon

18th February 2010

Becker Avionics, a leading provider of communication, navigation, surveillance and search & rescue equipment for airborne and ground applications, announced today the first delivery of …
Digital Battlespace

ATK prepares to ship the operationally responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) Bus

18th February 2010

Alliant Techsystems celebrated a major milestone today as it prepares to conduct final testing and ship the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite bus, after building …
Defence Helicopter

Nancy Lematta Named Chairman of Columbia Helicopters

18th February 2010

Columbia Helicopters is pleased to announce that the company’s Board of Directors has named Nancy Lematta as Chairman of the Board. She assumes the role …
Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft Launches Twitter Page

18th February 2010

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its own page on the Twitter social media Web site, reaching out to a broader audience to provide information on …
Defence Helicopter

Garmin announces affordable HTAWS Option for the GNS 430W/530W family of products

18th February 2010

Garmin International has announced a new Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) for the GNS 430W/530W series navigators. HTAWS is available as an option …