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Digital Battlespace
Boeing EA-18G Growler to Advance to Full Rate Production
1st December 2009
The Boeing EA-18G Growler was approved to advance into Full Rate Production (FRP) by the US Department of Defense (DOD) on Nov. 23. The St. …
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Defence Helicopter
Global Positioning Systems Improve Helicopter Safety
1st December 2009
Global positioning system technology is being applied to older rotary-wing aircraft to help save lives, a senior helicopter pilot based at Andrews Air Force Base, …
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Digital Battlespace
MC-12 Liberty Reaches 1000th Combat Mission
30th November 2009
Only five months after arriving in-theater, the 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron recently reached 1,000 combat sorties in the MC-12W Liberty Project Aircraft. Currently operating only …
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Defence Helicopter
RAF Merlins given green light for ops in Afghanistan
30th November 2009
Following the arrival of the first RAF Merlin helicopters in Afghanistan, the initial Merlin force has now passed the extensive pre-flight checks enabling them to …
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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 …
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Digital Battlespace
Boeing delivers two Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to Royal Australian Air Force
27th November 2009
The Boeing Company today delivered the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UCAS 1st flight expected early 2010
25th November 2009
First flight of the Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator will take place in second quarter of fiscal year 2010 at Edwards Air Force …
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Defence Helicopter
Dutch Cougars and F-16s reach ISAF flight hour milestones
25th November 2009
Both the F-16's and Cougar transport helicopters for the Dutch Air Task Force (ATF) last week reached a milestone in the number of flight hours …
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Defence Helicopter
All-female RAF Merlin crew ready for Afghanistan
25th November 2009
Four female combat helicopter aircrew are on their way to Afghanistan to fly the RAF's Merlin aircraft into action against the Taliban. The four female …
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Digital Battlespace
Boeing and Australian Defence Force Sign Deed for Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Services
25th November 2009
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company has signed a Deed of Standing Offer to provide Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) testing …
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Defence Helicopter
HMS Gannet helps with Rescue
24th November 2009
As south and central Scotland was battered by wind and heavy rain, the on-call search and rescue team from HMS Gannet at Prestwick, rushed to …
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Digital Battlespace
French government orders 16,454 FELIN soldier modernization systems from Sagem
24th November 2009
French defense procurement agency DGA has placed a new order with Sagem, a Safran group company, for 16,454 FELIN integrated equipment suites for the French …
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Defence Helicopter
Iraq in the market for Light and Medium Utility Helicopters
23rd November 2009
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 18 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 15 helicopters with associated parts, equipment, training …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
QinetiQ's Zephyr solar-powered unmanned aerial system is flown by US Naval Air Warfare Center personnel
23rd November 2009
QinetiQ's Zephyr High-Altitude Long-Endurance unmanned aerial system (HALE UAS) programme recently resumed flight testing and payload evaluations in Yuma, Arizona, when a joint US/UK Zephyr …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US Air Force awards $302.9 million contract to Northrop Grumman for five Global Hawks
23rd November 2009
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $302.9 million fixed price incentive fee contract for five RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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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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Loitering munitions
ALTIUS-600M [Taiwan]
Programme Background Sale Approval Following the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) request to acquire drones, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency approved ...
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Trainer
T-6C [Thailand]
Programme Background The contract is for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II advanced military training aircraft, ground-based training systems for pilots and maintenance professionals, a mission ...
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ISR/special mission
ISTAR Aircraft (South Korea)
Programme Background South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration stated that Seoul is planning to procure additional aircraft to minimize potential surveillance gaps amid growing security ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
KUS-FT (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirement The ROKA had identified a need for tactical UAVs that can be employed at the divisional level to carry out ISTAR missions ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKA) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKAF) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE UAV ...
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Loitering munitions
Long Range One-way Platforms [US]
Solicitation In October 2024, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) released a solicitation for long-range, one-way platforms. The DIU noted recent conflicts highlighted the asymmetric impact of low-cost, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Military UAS - tactical
KUS-VH
Programme Background Although the ROKA is not known to have launched a formal programme to acquire unmanned MD500 helicopters, it is known to be interested ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
S-70i Second Batch (Philippines)
Programme Background Philippines Air Force is looking to procure additional multirole helicopters. Manila announced on 4 February 2021 that it was approving the purchase of 15 extra ...
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Fighter - multirole
Swiss Air 2030 - Combat Aircraft
Programme Background Switzerland began the latest phase of flight and ground tests on 8 April 2019. In June 2019, Saab announced that the company’s in-development ...
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ISR/special mission
Baekdu-II (South Korea)
Programme Background This ISR aircraft programme, which first appeared on the 2020-24 Mid-Term Defense Acquisition Plan, comprises four Baekdu-II aircraft. These will add to two ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Land: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Ground
GenCOM Defense Ground provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Major networking projects
DCGS
The Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) is the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office plan for the integrated architecture of all ground and surface computing and communications ...
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Land: battle management systems
AMDWS
AMDWS (Air and Missile Defense Work Station), is a collaborative battlespace awareness information management system developed by Northrop Grumman to meet the requirements of the ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
AMRAAM-ER
The AIM-120 AMRAAM-ER is essentially an upgraded version of the AIM-120 AMRAAM tailored for extended range and enhanced performance in ground-based air defense systems like ...
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AEW&C
P600 AEW&C
In June 2019, Embraer and IAI/Elta signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing an AEW&C; aircraft based on the business jet Praetor 600, namely the ...
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Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range
Initial Maneuver - SHORAD
Unveiled at AUSA 2019, Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) is a multipurpose platform, based on the Stryker IFV, which moves and maneuvers in ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Type 87
The Type 87 is a 6x6 armoured reconnaissance vehicle developed by the now defunct Defense Division of Komatsu to meet the specific requirements of the ...
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Parvus DuraCOR 312
The Parvus DuraCOR 312 is an Ultra-Small Form Factor (USFF) modular mission computer unveiled by Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions in November 2016. The DuraCOR 312 is ...
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Land: battle management systems
FAAD/C-RAM C2
The Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Command and Control (C2) system was developed by Northrop Grumman to provide command and control (C2) for the US Army ...
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Data links
Universal Link System
Developed by Scytalys, the Universal Link System (ULS) is a modular, scalable multi data link processor. It supports all NATO and US standard data links ...
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Self-propelled missile systems
Viking ADMS
Almaz-Antey's Viking Air Defense Missile System (ADMS) is a mobile multi-channel and multifunctional medium range missile defense system that provides protection against aerial attack to ...
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Long-range Video and Data Downlinks
BMS airborne and ground-based equipment enables long-range, real-time HD video and broadband data links. Products include cockpit control panels, airborne antennas, real-time encoders, compact high-power ...
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Land: battle management systems
Delta Situational Awareness System
The Delta Situational Awareness System is a cloud-based ISTAR and battle management platform with planning, communication and fire control capabilities according to NATO standards. Developed ...
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Helicopter engines
TS1
The TS1-M-10 is a 900shp-class turboshaft engine which powers the Kawasaki OH-1 light observation helicopter used by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
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Self-propelled rocket launchers
Fletcher
Arnold Defense, which has produced more than 1.1 million 2.75in/70mm rocket launchers for airborne applications since 1961, unveiled the Fletcher 2.75in/70mm Weapon System at the September ...
