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Defence Helicopter
Pave Hawks rescue 'unwell' sailor
26th June 2009
Crews onboard a pair of United States Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters have successfully rescued an ill sailor off the coast of Ireland. The …
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Defence Helicopter
Pave Hawks en route to Atlantic rescue rendezvous
26th June 2009
An international rescue effort is currently en route to a ship in the Atlantic approximately 700 miles off the west coast of Ireland. A crew …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman and USAF unveil next generation Global Hawk
26th June 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the US Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft - the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk - in a …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
QinetiQ North America Receives New $56.4M Contract for TALON Robots
26th June 2009
QinetiQ North America, makers of the leading TALON family of military/first-responder robots, announced today that it has received a $56.4 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite …
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Defence Helicopter
Australia prepared to consider Tiger deployment to Afghanistan
24th June 2009
Australia is prepared to deploy its Eurocopter Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters to support its own forces in Afghanistan once the aircraft reach initial operational capability …
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Defence Helicopter
Torpedo decisions for RAN helicopters still in the air
24th June 2009
The Australian Department of Defence says long awaited decisions on whether it will proceed with integration on the Eurotorp MU90 MK II lightweight torpedo onto …
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Defence Helicopter
PARIS 2009: Protecting Le Bourget
23rd June 2009
An airborne ring of steel was thrown around this year's Paris Air Show, but not that you would have noticed. Thousands of Gendarmes and members …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
PSS provide high-tech solution for Sistac's Venture into new territory
23rd June 2009
Marine diving and construction specialist Sistac has chosen Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) to provide their first workclass ROV system for deployment on a range of …
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Defence Helicopter
Elbit Growth Will Continue Despite Downturn Says CEO Ackerman
19th June 2009
This week at Paris Airshow, Joseph Ackerman, president and CEO, Elbit Systems, stated that his company’s sales grew 29% CAGR 2004-2008. “We have moved from …
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Defence Helicopter
PARIS 2009 Opinion: Eurocopter sees light at the end of the recession tunnel
18th June 2009
Eurocopter's CEO Dr Lutz Bertling holds - and delivers - a press conference unmatched by his peers. At Paris, as he frequently does elsewhere, he …
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Defence Helicopter
Eurocopter to refit 26 Bundeswehr CH-53s for personnel recovery missions
18th June 2009
Eurocopter Deutschland and the German Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) have signed a contract to refit one prototype followed by a further …
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Defence Helicopter
American Eurocopter deliveries to US Customs and Border Patrol continue on schedule
18th June 2009
The US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has just taken delivery of its fifth AS350 B3 since the beginning of the year. The delivery is …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
European governments endorse UAV airspace integration project
17th June 2009
During a meeting of national armament directors today at the Paris Air Show, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden put the European Defence Agency (EDA) in …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman to provide EyeDrive mini-robot to US customers
16th June 2009
Northrop Grumman's subsidiary, Remotec Inc, based in Clinton, Tenn, has signed an agreement with ODF Optronics Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel, to be the exclusive worldwide …
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Defence Helicopter
Lockheed Martin's DAGR system successful in Apache helicopter testing
16th June 2009
Lockheed Martin has successfully fired the DAGR rocket system from an AH-64D Apache helicopter. The testing marked the first airborne platform tests for DAGR, demonstrating …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - mini
RQ-20A Puma (Latvia)
Programme Background The US DoD is financing military modernisation in the Baltic to improve the capabilities of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian militaries. This includes ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
AGMV 1.1
Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Surplus M1126 Stryker APCs (Thailand)
Programme BackgroundAccording to reports from Thai and US media, the RTA planned to take delivery of 120 Strykers by the end of 2020. These would ...
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Tanks
NGCV: DLP
Programme Background Requirement The DLP is one of five vehicle families being developed for the US Army's NGCV programme. Expanded to include five programmes in ...
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Mine-protected vehicles
UAE Surplus MaxxPro MRAP
Programme Background Following the withdrawal of many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has sought to divest of many of its MRAPs ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Switchblade 300 (USA)
Programme Background AeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...
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Military UAS - mini
RQ-11 Raven (US Army)
Programme Background The AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven began to be deployed by the US Army in 2004 and was selected as its sole small UAS in ...
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Frigates
Second-hand LCS [Greece]
Programme Background Timeline In January 2024, Tasos Chatzivasileiou, a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and Secretary General of the Standing Committee of National Defence and Foreign ...
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Maritime patrol
P-8A Poseidon [UK]
Programme Background In July 2016, the UK government announced that it had ordered nine aircraft for service with the RAF. Under this frame, in January ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Oshkosh Contract (US Army)
Programme Background As of January 2021, the US DoD had signed 15 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Eagle V 4x4
According to documents released by the Danish Ministry of Defence, a total of 233.6 million Danish Krone (US$34.669 million) were allocated to this programme. 62.1 ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Eitan 8x8 (Israel)
Due to the provisions of the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) system, there is a chance that the Eitan could be mass produced in the ...
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Mine-protected vehicles
UAE Surplus Caiman MRAP
Programme Background Following the withdrawal of many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has sought to divest of many of its MRAPs ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Surplus M2A2 ODS Bradley IFV (Greece)
Programme Background The Greek Army has a long-standing need for new tracked IFVs to replace more than 200 legacy M113 tracked APCs in service with ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Oshkosh Contract (US Navy)
As of November 2020, the US DoD had signed 14 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all branches of ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Maritime patrol
US-2
The ShinMaywa US-2 is an amphibious short take-off and landing aircraft used primarily by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for SAR.
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Data links
GNOMAD US Domestic
The US domestic version of GNOMAD (see separate entry) is a ruggedised system comprising a satellite antenna and baseband modular chassis that can be installed ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
US Army AVCATT PDSS
L3Harris Technologies is the prime contractor for the US Army’s Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) programme. L3Harris Technologies is ...
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US Navy T-44C training services
In late 2013, CAE received a contract to provide the USN with comprehensive T-44C aircrew training services at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. CAE USA is ...
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Towed mortars
M120/M120A1
The M120/M120A1 120 mm Towed Mortar System is a US-built version of the Soltam K6 mortar that was accepted into US Army service in 1990.
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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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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
RG33
BAE Systems RG33 is a family of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles available in both 4x4 and 6x6. The medium-weight class of BAE Systems MRAP ...
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Frigates
Oliver Hazard Perry Class
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates (FFG) were initially designed for the US Navy in the mid-1970s as cost-efficient surface combatants. The robust design has ...
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Naval: RF, IR and acoustic decoys
Nulka
The Nulka active anti-ship missile decoy was originally conceived in Australia, and developed under a joint Australian-US programme. BAE Systems Australia is prime contractor, while ...
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Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming
AN/PLT-5 Thor-II
Sierra Nevada Corporations’s (SNC's) AN/PLT-5 Thor-II Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) system is designed to equip CIED teams and is used throughout the US armed ...
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Air: Defensive Systems - MLDS, Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers
LIMWS
BAE Systems is leading the US Army’s Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) initiative. This is intended to enhance the missile protection provided to US ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
OH-58 Kiowa
The single-engine OH-58 Kiowa, derived from the Bell 206, entered US Army service in 1969 as a light observation helicopter. More than 2,200 were built for ...
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Trailers
M900 Series
Heil’s M900-series tactical refuellers are designed and built to meet US military performance standards. The M967A2 ground equipment refueller and the M969A3 aircraft refueller are ...
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Suppressors
249F
The 249F flash suppressor was developed for use with the US Army's M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. According to a US Army evaluation, the 249F suppresses ...
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Heavy machine guns
M2HB
US Ordnance is one of two US M2HB heavy machine gun manufacturers which has received multi-year contracts to supply weapons to the US DoD. The ...