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• Defence Helicopter

  Onboard receives STC for MD500 cargo hooks

  21st April 2017

  Onboard Systems has received Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification for several new cargo hook kits for the MD Helicopters MD 500 light utility civilian …

• Military Logistics

  Canada requests C-17 sustainment support

  21st April 2017

  The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential $195 million foreign military sale to Canada for sustainment support of its C-17 military …

• Defence Notes

  LRDR passes preliminary design review

  21st April 2017

  Lockheed Martin has announced that its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has passed preliminary design review (PDR), clearing the way for detailed design to move …

• Digital Battlespace

  GPS OCX testing moves to Schriever AFB

  21st April 2017

  The testing of the launch and checkout system (LCS) for the US Air Force's Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) is now …

• Defence Helicopter

  Rotorcraft Asia: Dallas Airmotive promotes As-Pac

  21st April 2017

  Dallas Airmotive, a BBA Aviation Company, and an independent supplier of MRO services for small gas turbine engines, is capitalising on Rotorcraft Asia 2017 to …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  EDA launches new C-IED projects

  21st April 2017

  The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched three new projects within its Improvised Explosive Devices Detection (IEDDET) programme, the agency announced on 19 April.The main …

• Defence Notes

  Analysis: Where could Trump strike North Korea?

  21st April 2017

  A virtual 'hit list' of viable targets the US military could strike if it ever decided to employ force against North Korea, which Shephard has …

• Defence Helicopter

  Rotorcraft Asia: L3 Wescam enters the MatriX

  21st April 2017

  L3 Wescam, the company well known for its range of sensors and imaging systems, is enjoying growth in the Asia-Pacific market, and at Rotorcraft Asia …

• Military Logistics

  US Army looks to intellectual data rights

  20th April 2017

  US Army leaders will likely seek to own intellectual data rights in many future contracting scenarios, with many feeling that their lack of those rights …

• Digital Battlespace

  UK election delays Sentinel decision

  20th April 2017

  An announcement on whether the Royal Air Force (RAF) will retain all five of its Sentinel R1 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, or reduce …

• Defence Helicopter

  Mi-171 delivered to Pakistan

  20th April 2017

  Russian Helicopters has made its first Mi-171E civil multirole helicopter delivery to the Pakistani province of Punjab, according to a 19 April company statement.Under the …

• Land Warfare

  Iraq requests massive equipment FMS

  20th April 2017

  The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential $295.6 million foreign military sale to Iraq for equipment for two Peshmerga infantry brigades …

• Military Logistics

  Kazakhstan orders more C295s

  20th April 2017

  Kazakhstan has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for acquisition of additional C295 transport aircraft, the company announced on 20 April.The further two …

• Defence Helicopter

  Quad A 2017: BAE Systems, Leonardo DRS sign MoU

  20th April 2017

  BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide advanced threat detection capabilities for US Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  GA-EMS Li-ion battery for SAHRV

  20th April 2017

  General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is to supply battery systems for the Semi-Autonomous Hydrographic Reconnaissance Vehicle (SAHRV), the company announced on 17 April. The contract …