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Naval Warfare

Singapore’s navy starts naval patrols with uncrewed vessels

The unmanned patrol vessels have utilised collision-avoidance AI and expertise from Western allies in their design and construction.

Air Warfare

Lockheed sees 5% 2024 sales growth as CEO says DOGE is an “opportunity” for growth

Lockeed Martin’s aeronautics sector saw $20 billion in orders, driven by its Lot 18 F-35 and US fiscal year F-35 sustainment contract wins.

Naval Warfare

US Navy seeks the best combinations of crewed vessels with commercial UAVs and USVs

The service will conduct Operation Southern Spear to identify the most appropriate manned/unmanned formations for domain awareness and counternarcotics operations.

Land Warfare

UK and US militaries advance mobile directed energy weapon systems

Recent tests have demonstrated how the UK and US armed forces have been scaling DEWs for mobile field-based operations.

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Defence Helicopter

Second Netherlands NH90 arrives

26th July 2010

The second NH90 helicopter for the Netherlands Defence Helicopter Command has been delivered. The aircraft arrived at De Kooy Naval Air Station on 21 July. …
Defence Helicopter

HMS Ocean operates with largest USMC helicopters

26th July 2010

HMS Ocean is currently participating in Exercise Kearsarge - a US led exercise being conducted off the coast of North Carolina, in support of the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

QinetiQ prepares to land its Zephyr solar powered unmanned aircraft

23rd July 2010

QinetiQ will today bring Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) back to earth after two weeks in the air …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Simlat delivers automatic UAS operator performance assessment systems to the Australian Forces

23rd July 2010

Simlat Ltd. announces the delivery of two UAS-SPOT (Screening by Performance-Oriented Testing) Systems to the Australian Forces. The systems are currently being used by the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Cobham chosen for Global Hawk refuelling demo program

23rd July 2010

Northrop Grumman recently announced the selection of Cobham Mission Equipment as a major subcontractor for the KQ-X program. This DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) …
Digital Battlespace

Lockheed Martin demonstrates Tactical Network Planner at US Army communications exercise

23rd July 2010

During the recent Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise (JUICE), warfighters used a Lockheed Martin tactical network planner that incorporated three-dimensional situational awareness to facilitate mobile, …
Land Warfare

US Marine Corps selects Oshkosh Defense to advance exportable power capabilities

23rd July 2010

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has been selected by the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) to supply on-board vehicle power (OBVP) kits …
Land Warfare

Curtiss-Wright Controls awarded contract from BAE Systems

23rd July 2010

Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it has received a $4 million contract from BAE Systems to provide two packaged commercial-off-the-shelf (PCOTS) integrated processor subsystems …
Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky Aircraft delivers 200th UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to US Army

23rd July 2010

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today the delivery of the 200th UH/HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the US Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. company. …
Defence Helicopter

Esterline awarded Sikorsky contract extension

23rd July 2010

Esterline Corporation has announced that its Avionics Systems platform has received a $23.6 million extension to a purchase order from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for an …
Defence Helicopter

Farnborough 2010: Kaman offers low-cost ASW package

22nd July 2010

Kaman Helicopters is offering a low-cost anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability through ex-US Navy SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters. The company is pitching the SH-2G (ASW) platform …
Digital Battlespace

Farnborough 2010: CENTCOM gears up for ISR network upgrade

22nd July 2010

The US Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Block 10.2 Upgrade Programme could be made available to US Central Command (CENTCOM) by the end …
Defence Helicopter

Farnborough 2010: APKWS one step closer to production

22nd July 2010

BAE Systems is confident it is on the verge of securing a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract with the US government for the Advanced Precision …
Digital Battlespace

Farnborough 2010: Dynamic Aviation pitches tailored aerial ISR solution to NATO

22nd July 2010

US company Dynamic Aviation has announced its intention to roll out its bespoke tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solution to the international market. Speaking …
Defence Helicopter

Farnborough 2010: New Zealand Air Force AW109 makes public debut

22nd July 2010

AgustaWestland is displaying one of the first A109 LUH (NZ) TrainingLight Utility Helicopters for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) at the Farnborough International …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Farnborough 2010: Diplomatic first for Euro Hawk

22nd July 2010

The Northrop Grumman/EADS RQ-4E Euro Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is scheduled to make its second flight at Edwards …
Defence Helicopter

Lynx helicopters help bring fight to Taliban

22nd July 2010

After nearly two months of being operational in Afghanistan, the world's fastest helicopter, the Lynx Mark 9A, has proved to be a vital boost to …
Defence Helicopter

Farnborough 2010: Textron pursues 'flying Humvee' programme

22nd July 2010

Textron Systems is looking to take advantage of a slowed-rotor compound aircraft design developed by Carter Aviation as it pursues the Transformer (TX) programme. The …
Defence Helicopter

MRH90 recommencement of flying operations

22nd July 2010

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) today announced that Multi Role Helicopters (MRH90s) will recommence flying operations later this week. This follows an incident north of …