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Land Warfare

Otokar moves forward on Alpar UGV

Otokar plans to make Alpar fully autonomous with a minimum of external assistance, as well as interfacing with other crewed and uncrewed systems on the battlefield.

Naval Warfare

Tusk calls for maritime policing in Black Sea to meet “threat posed by Russia”

The Polish prime minister made the call ahead of a meeting of Baltic and Nordic ministers to discuss security and geopolitics in the region.

Naval Warfare

Dropped lawsuit could mean South Korean companies cooperate on future warship building bids

Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries could begin cooperating early in 2025 after both companies failed in their bids for Australia’s replacement fleet for its Anzac-class frigates.

Defence Notes

Romanians put pro-Russian candidate into presidential runoff even as the government spends west

Romania joined NATO more than two decades ago and the country is vital to the alliance’s geographic reach and its ability to supply Ukraine with weapons.

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Defence Helicopter

Mexican Ministry of Defense orders six EC725s from Eurocopter

10th March 2009

Eurocopter has chalked up another success in Latin America: The Mexican Ministry of Defense has placed an order for six EC725 helicopters. The medium-lift helicopters …
Uncrewed Vehicles

IXSEA offers training courses in Aberdeen

10th March 2009

Throughout 2009, IXSEA Aberdeen is offering regular product training on the OCTANS gyrocompass, GAPS USBL system, and PHINS INS. Further training will be offered on …
Uncrewed Vehicles

AAI to Unveil Aerosonde Mark 4.7 Unmanned Aircraft

9th March 2009

AAI Corporation today announced it will unveil the Mark 4.7, the newest addition to its family of Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), at the …
Defence Helicopter

Bell Aerospace Services Begins Work on U.S. Marine Corps Reset Maintenance Contract

9th March 2009

Bell Aerospace Services announced today that it has begun work on a multi-year contract with a projected total value of $173 million, as a subcontract …
Uncrewed Vehicles

SELEX Galileo at the Avalon Air Show

9th March 2009

SELEX Galileo of Finmeccanica will showcase its key products in Surveillance, Targeting, Electronic Warfare and Air Navigation at the Avalon 2009 Air Show in Victoria, …
Defence Helicopter

1,000 safe and happy customers: Canadian Helicopter Force Afghanistan makes it happen

9th March 2009

On the morning of February 17, 2009, a CH-146 Griffon helicopter lifted off the ramp at the Joint Task Force-Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing carrying its …
Defence Helicopter

RAF helicopter crews honoured

8th March 2009

RAF Helicopter crews have been recognised for their bravery. Three pilots from the Chinook, Merlin and Sea King communities have been honoured for flying operations …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Yoshine offering VTOL UAV

8th March 2009

Yoshine is offering a coaxial helicopter VTOL UAV platform featuring a payload capacity of up to 200 kgs. The Yoshine VOTL UAV design makes it …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Lebanon to get Raven

6th March 2009

Lebanon has been given approvals for a US foreign military sales acquisition of Aerovironment RQ-11 Raven unmanned air systems. The pending deal has been revealed …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Teledyne Brown wins littoral battlespace sensing UUV glider contract

5th March 2009

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $6,178,103 cost plus incentive fee contract to design, engineer, build, test, and deliver ocean Littoral Battlespace …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS completes sea trials with Singapore Navy

4th March 2009

Source: BoeingScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and subsidiary Insitu, today successfully completed a ship-based …
Uncrewed Vehicles

US remains cold on Pakistani Predator push

4th March 2009

The United States remains cold on a push from Pakistan for the release of advanced unmanned air systems, including the General Atomics Predator A, to …
Defence Helicopter

Indonesian air force restructures Super Puma orders

4th March 2009

The Indonesian air force is restructuring its 16 aircraft NAS332 Super Puma order to end production at 10 airframes and complete the remainder in either …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Australia exits BAMS

2nd March 2009

Australia has announced it is pulling out of the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) project with government citing a combination of programme slippage …
Defence Helicopter

The Japanese Ministry of Defence signs for two Eurocopter EC135 Training Helicopters

2nd March 2009

The Japanese Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 2 EC135 helicopters with Euroheli (Eurocopter's distributor in Japan). A second contract for 3 additional helicopters …
Defence Helicopter

Boeing delivers 1st CH-47F manufactured under multiyear contract award

27th February 2009

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced delivery of the first CH-47F Chinook manufactured under a five-year U.S. Army contract awarded in August 2008. The helicopter will …
Uncrewed Vehicles

LM's VUIT technology provides network interoperability for multiple aviation platforms

27th February 2009

Lockheed Martin's Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming (VUIT ) technology is now available as a standard kit for use across multiple aviation …
Uncrewed Vehicles

AAI flies new Orbiter miniature unmanned aircraft system

25th February 2009

AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has completed a successful flight demonstration of …
Defence Helicopter

Words From The Wise

25th February 2009

A selection of quotes heard from industry leaders over the three days of Heli Expo 2009: “Bell Helicopter is not for sale.”Richard Millman, Bell Helicopter …