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Defence Notes
Post mortem of Afghan collapse apportions blame all around
20th May 2022
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban last year was spectacular, and a new American report has assigned blame and given reasons for it.
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Defence Notes
DoD casts off interim funding as FY2022 budget tap turns on
17th March 2022
The US FY2022 federal budget was finally signed into law on 15 March, paving the way for almost $145 billion in military procurement funding.
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Defence Helicopter
Northrop Grumman enhances USN Hueys
9th March 2022
The USN has contracted Northrop Grumman to improve the avionics of its AH-1Z and UH-1Y fleets in order to keep the platform flying.
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Naval Warfare
Philippine Navy narrows its renewed search for OPVs
3rd May 2022
The ADAS 2022 exhibition in Manila threw up some updates on the Philippine Navy's quest for half a dozen OPVs.
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Air Warfare
Air Warfare magazine: FVL and Eastern European helicopters
5th April 2022
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Defence Helicopter
ALIAS-equipped uncrewed helicopter takes off
9th February 2022
Flexible and extensible automation architecture offers the prospect of uncrewed US Army rotorcraft missions in the Future Vertical Lift programme.
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Defence Helicopter
GE begins T901 turboshaft engine tests for US Army
24th March 2022
General Electric has begun tests of the first T901-GE-900 engine that will equip US Army helicopters.
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Defence Helicopter
Black Hawks help Croatian shift to Western equipment
4th February 2022
The first pair of UH-60M Black Hawks has been airlifted from the US to Croatia, with two more on order.
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Defence Helicopter
Bell starts AH-1Z production for Czech Republic
24th February 2022
Bell has begun production of the Czech Republic's AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter.
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing and Sikorsky submit FLRAA proposal setting up crunch downselect decision
1st April 2022
The US Army looks to be in a strong position to assess which aircraft from Bell or Sikorsky-Boeing best fits its FLRAA requirements and make a downselect decision in the coming months.
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Air Warfare
NZ leads the pack with NH90 availability rates
22nd February 2022
Many countries are dissatisfied with their NH90 helicopters, but New Zealand seems to have found a recipe for success.
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Defence Helicopter
Poland holds off on buying new attack helicopters pending state security assessment
30th March 2022
Launch of a public procurement to acquire new attack helicopters could be on the way for Poland.
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Defence Helicopter
Brazil surprises with early Sabre retirement plan
3rd March 2022
The Brazilian Air Force did not specify why it is withdrawing its 12 Mi-35M attack helicopters from service, but several factors seem to have played a part.
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Naval Warfare
CMS for Indonesian missile craft passes factory acceptance
21st January 2022
The Indonesian Navy approves the C-Flex combat management system for its newest KCR-60M boats.
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Digital Battlespace
A-kits to aid Link 16 integration for Venoms and Vipers
31st January 2022
Northrop Grumman is providing 26 Link 16 A-kits each for AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom production aircraft.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawk-USA
The UH-60M Black Hawk is a digitally networked platform with greater range and lift to support maneuver commanders through air assault, general support, command and ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Additional UH-60M Procurement [Sweden]
Programme Background Requirement In November 2022, General Micael Byden of the Swedish Armed Forces announced that the country would replace its NH90 fleet. At the ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawks [Greece]
Programme Background In October 2023, Greece submitted a formal request to acquire 49 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as replacements for the Army's Bell UH-1s after launching ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
HM-3 Cougar & HM-2 Black Hawk Replacement [Brazil]
Programme Background As reported by Janes in August 2023, Army Commander General Tomás Miguel Miné Ribeiro Paiva stated on 20 July that the Army was aiming ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawk (First Contact) [Croatia]
Programme Background Western Technology With the help of the US, Croatia has attempted to improve its military technology, replacing Soviet equipment, such as the Mi-8/Mi-17. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M (Australia)
Programme Background Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said, 'The Black Hawk makes perfect sense, and they are much cheaper to fly than what the Taipans ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawk (Second Contact) [Croatia]
Programme Background Western Technology With the help of the US, Croatia has attempted to improve its military technology, replacing Soviet equipment, such as the Mi-8/Mi-17. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawk-Saudi Arabia
At the end of June 2017, Sikorsky had received the green light from the US Army for a five year contract worth $3.8 billion for ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M - Jordan
On 7 July 2020, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of one UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter and related equipment ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 Forecast (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-1Y Venom (Czechia)
Programme Background Czech Armed Forces intended to use the UH-1Y Venom helicopters in various missions including utility, search and rescue, aerial reconnaissance, air-to-ground support and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Alternative [USA]
Programme Background FARA Programme As covered in more detail in a separate entry on Defence Insight, the US Army initiated the FARA project in 2018 to develop a ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Indonesian Navy PC-60M
Programme Background Local Indonesian shipyard PT Caputra Mitra Sejati has designed and developed a class of fast patrol boats that have been ordered by the ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60A [Portugal]
Programme Background At the end of February 2025, the Portuguese Minister of National Defence said that as part of the Portuguese Army's Support, Protection & ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60L/M Black Hawk
The Sikorsky UH-60/S-70 is a medium transport/utility helicopter that entered US Army service in 1979 as the UH-60A Black Hawk. It was succeeded in 1987 by ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
US Army Flight School XXI OFT/RCTD
L3Harris Technologies is a major subcontractor to CSC on the US Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) programme. L3Harris Technologies has built or is under contract ...
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Helicopter engines
T700-701D
Designed to be rugged, reliable and maintainable, the T700-701D turboshaft engine powers the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64E. The 701D provides improved durability ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
S-70i Black Hawk
The S-70i is an international variant of Sikorsky's UH-60/S-70. It is produced by Sikorsky subsidiary PZL Mielec in Poland and by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The aircraft’s ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60J/JA
The UH-60J is a license-built version of Sikorsky's S-70, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan for transport and search and rescue missions.
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Air: mission management systems
CMA-2082MC
Produced by CMC Electronics, CMA-2082MC provides radio and flight management functions in a single unit. It allows the centralised control of several subsystems, including navigation, ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems
Flight2
The Flight2 integrated flight and mission management system provides increased situation awareness that enables reduced pilot workload, while enhancing flight safety and improving mission effectiveness. ...
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Air: maintenance simulators
UH-60 Rotor Brake Trainer
This trainer provides a full-scale device to prepare Black Hawk maintenance personnel to maintain the UH-60M rotor brake system. The trainer consists of a student ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
UH-60 Avionics Trainer
This full-sized trainer provides an environment for training and evaluating utility helicopter service personnel in fault isolation and maintenance of the US Army's UH-60M avionics ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems, Land: Radio and SATCOM
FlexLink
FlexLink Adaptive Connectivity Solution is a developmental communications system that emphasises Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) design. Designed by Collins Aerospace, it can create cross-domain networks operating in ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
ROC Army UH-60M OFT
L3 Link (now L3Harris Technologies) gained ready-for-training certification in 2015 on two UH-60M OFT delivered to the Taiwan Army. These training devices are similar to ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
HH-60W
The HH-60W Jolly Green II is being developed by Sikorsky, based on the UH-60M Black Hawk, to meet the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) programme requirements of ...
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Air: maintenance simulators
UH-60 BST
The Black Hawk Stabilator Trainer (BST) part-task trainer is designed to train the US Army 15T 10/30 maintainer to support the UH-60M tail rotor drive ...
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Light mortars
WW90
Norinco's WW90 crew-served 60mm light mortar is offered to export customers with a choice of two barrel lengths: the WW90-60L with a 1.3m barrel and ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
60m Fast Attack Craft
The 60m Fast Attack Craft (FAC) is a gunboat designed by PT PAL. According to the Indonesian shipbuilder, the 60m FAC can perform ASuW missions and ...
