Defence Notes

Air Warfare

What Saudi Arabia's GCAP involvement could mean for the UK

Analysts have said that making space for the country in the sixth-gen fighter aircraft initiative could give the UK a chance to ease the financial burden of the aircraft’s development.

Top-level commitments but no meat in UK Defence Industrial Strategy’s Statement of Intent

The initial document focused more on creating the right partnerships and inspiring investment in defence than on any details of how future UK Armed Forces would be armed.

Defence Notes

UK begins process on new industrial strategy

The first stage of developing a new UK Defence Industrial Strategy has highlighted failings in current structures with solutions expected to be proposed in next year’s full strategy.

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.

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Defence Notes

Air Berlin signs with SR Technics for engine support

6th January 2010

SR Technics and Air Berlin have signed a ten-year engine maintenance contract covering a significant part of the engines on Air Berlin’s fleet which includes …
Defence Notes

AirTran reports December 2009 and full-year traffic

6th January 2010

AirTran Airways has reported traffic figures for December 2009 and the whole of last year including new December records for traffic, capacity and passengers carried. …
Defence Notes

Flybe adds to summer services

6th January 2010

Flybe has announced a new weekly summer service from Humberside Airport to Malaga for 2010 with seats already on sale for travel effective 29 May …
Defence Notes

Jetstar and AirAsia get together to form LFA alliance

6th January 2010

Jetstar and AirAsia have announced that they are to form a new alliance to reduce costs, pool expertise and ultimately result in cheaper fares for …
Digital Battlespace

Lockheed Martin awarded $118 million contract to provide Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods and LANTIRN ER navigation pods to Turkish Air Force

6th January 2010

Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and LANTIRN Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the …
Defence Notes

Iceland Express adds Winnipeg to new 2010 destinations

5th January 2010

From June 2010, Iceland Express will fly twice a week from Reykjavik’s Keflavik International Airport to Winnipeg International Airport, adding the service to the Canadian …
Defence Notes

Restructuring starts as Mesa enters Chapter 11

5th January 2010

Mesa Air Group has begun a financial restructuring through the voluntary filing of petitions to reorganise under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in …
Military Logistics

SAIC awarded $10 million contract to support US Air Force global strike command

5th January 2010

Science Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the US Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to provide requirements …
Defence Notes

Allegiant buys 18 MD-80s from SAS

4th January 2010

Allegiant Travel Company has signed an agreement to purchase 18 MD-80 aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in a cash deal. Allegiant expects to take …
Defence Notes

easyJet plans another 21 new routes in 2010

4th January 2010

easyJet is to launch a further 21 new routes in 2010, taking the total number of routes to be launched across its European network in …
Defence Helicopter

Albania signs up for Cougars

21st December 2009

The Albanian Defence Ministry has signed a contract to purchase five Eurocopter AS532AL Cougars for its armed forces. The contract was signed during a ceremony …
Military Logistics

'Sparkling' first flight for A400M

14th December 2009

After months of setbacks and frustration, Airbus' controversial military airlifter, the A400M has finally flown. Seville's San Pablo airport was the venue and in front …
Naval Warfare

Alenia Aeronautica delivers the first ATR 42MP to the Nigerian Air Force

9th December 2009

Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, delivered the first of two ATR 42MP Maritime Patrol aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as part of the …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Schiebel signs a contract with French DGA for lease of its Camcopter S-100

1st December 2009

Following the success with the first UAS ever to fly at the Paris Air Show in June 2009, Schiebel has now won a contract with …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Insitu ScanEagle Conducts Successful Maritime Demonstration for Canadian Navy

27th November 2009

Insitu has announced a successful flight demonstration of its first ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard Canadian Naval vessel HMCS GLACE BAY (MM 701). HMCS …
Uncrewed Vehicles

Northrop Grumman Completes First Production Deliveries of the MQ-8B Fire Scout to the US Navy

24th November 2009

Northrop Grumman completed the first three MQ-8B Fire Scout production deliveries to the US Navy, which completes the first year of Low Rate Initial Production …
Naval Warfare

Tomahawk Test Demonstrates Time-Critical Use

17th November 2009

A US Navy Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile was launched during an operational test Nov. 5 which demonstrated the effectiveness of the missile’s new anti-jam …
Defence Helicopter

RAF Merlin damaged in training exercise

11th November 2009

An RAF Merlin has been damaged in a landing accident during pre-deployment training in California. According to reports, the aircraft rolled over during the early …
Digital Battlespace

Sagem modernizes the navigation systems on France nuclear attack submarines

10th November 2009

French naval shipyards DCNS* has placed an order with Sagem (Safran group), on behalf of the French navy, for a new series of Sigma 40XP …