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Training
BAE Systems secures deal to provide long-term support for RAF Hawk T2s
1st April 2022
Working with Babcock, BAE Systems will provide availability support to the Hawk T2 fleet based at RAF Valley.
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Training
Pitfalls remain with giving Ukraine modern fighter jets
11th May 2022
It seems appealing to fast-track pilot training by conducting most flights on simulators and omitting certain procedures if the West were to give more modern aircraft for Ukraine’s air force, but it might prove challenging in practice.
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Air Warfare
Drones can wait as modernising Serbia looks to France for fighters
20th April 2022
As Serbia was already taking steps to expand and modernise its air force before the Ukraine war, has how the conflict altered its defence policy and which security partners is it now looking towards?
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Training
RAF Valley undergoes fast-jet training transformation
21st March 2022
The UK MoD and industry partner Ascent Flight Training are in the process of wrapping up their study into fast-jet pilot training with a more streamlined course expected to be the result.
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Air Warfare
Aquila installs new radar on Gibraltar Rock
8th March 2022
Aquila has installed a new radar onto the top of Gibraltar Rock as part of the RAF’s Programme Marshall.
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Defence Notes
EW community to reunite at AOC Europe 2022
14th April 2022
AOC Europe 2022 is returning in 10-12 May at Parc des Expositions, Montpellier in France to reunite the European electronic warfare community under one roof.
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Air Warfare
Construction begins of New Zealand’s first P-8A maritime aircraft
18th March 2022
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems lay the keel of New Zealand’s first P-8A aircraft.
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Digital Battlespace
UK seeks US-made ballistic missile defence equipment
18th March 2022
Less than a month after delaying a BMD radar plan until 2029, the UK MoD is now requesting equipment from Lockheed Martin under the FMS programme.
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems posts strong 2021 financials
25th February 2022
BAE Systems seems to have weathered the worst economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as shown in its latest preliminary full-year financial results.
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Defence Notes
Russia hesitates as Ukraine grits its teeth (Opinion)
3rd March 2022
Although Russia should win the war in Ukraine with firepower alone, the latter still has a number of factors in its favour.
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Defence Notes
US blocks Polish MiG-29 fighter jet plan for Ukraine
9th March 2022
The US has described as not 'tenable' a proposal from Poland to supply it with MiG-29 fighter jets.
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Defence Notes
Russia-Ukraine war challenges UK force structure assumptions (Opinion)
25th March 2022
Barely a year after the publication of the Integrated Review, the UK MoD now finds itself observing a major conflict in Europe, and it will have to draw conclusions on what this means for force structures and presence.
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Air Warfare
Air Warfare magazine: Sixth-generation fighters; MALE UAVs and more
8th February 2022
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Defence Notes
UK buys Dassault 900LX to replace BAe 146 command support transport fleet
8th February 2022
The UK has decided to buy two new Dassault 900LX trijets.
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Air Warfare
Where is the Russian Air Force? (Opinion)
28th March 2022
Despite its reputation, the Russian Air Force has failed to make significant advances in Ukraine — but the lessons that will be likely to emerge will be applicable to all.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Fighter - multirole
Global Combat Air Programme [UK]
Programme Background The next-generation platform concept is part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, which sought to deliver a Future Combat Air System ...
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Fighter - naval
F-35B UK
The total cost of the currently funded programme as reported through the UK Major Projects Report is expected to be £10.5 billion ($13.5 billion), covering ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
FCAS Loyal Wingman [UK]
Programme Background FCAS Loyal Wingman Tim Martin reported for Shephard in December 2021 that the international partners involved in the sixth-generation Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Tempest programme ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Low-Cost Uncrewed Air Systems (LANCA) Follow-On Project [UK]
Programme Background Project Mosquito Beginning in 2019, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), in collaboration with the Royal Air Force (RAF), began the ...
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Fighter - multirole
Global Combat Air Programme [Italy]
Programme Background Shephard notes that the Italian, British and Japanese components of GCAP are tracked in separate entries. Programme Timeline 2019: In September 2019, the UK and Italian ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Tempest 50 [USAF]
Programme Background Contract Award On 18 December 2024, the US DoD announced that the USAF had awarded Firestorm Labs a $100 million Small Business Innovation Research ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Project Mosquito [UK]
Programme Background Inception and Capabilities In 2019, in collaboration with the RAF, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) released details of its new UAS ...
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ISR/special mission
Shadow R1 [UK]
Programme Background The RAF is moving forward with an ambitious plan to transform its intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) force to enable greater ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
A400M (UK)
RAF base at Brize Norton built a new training facility for A400M pilots and crew. The aircraft will look to reach full operation capability by 2022 when ...
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AEW&C
E-7 Wedgetail (737) - UK
Programme Background Seeking to replace its six ageing Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW&C;, the British Royal Air Force awarded Boeing a £1.89 billion contract in 2019 covering the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Tier 1 Disposable [UK]
Programme Background Autonomous Collaboration Platform (ACP) Strategy Reflecting on lessons learned from the cancellation of the Mosquito programme, the Royal Air Force (RAF) redefined the role of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Protector RG1 [UK]
Programme Background Programme Goal The programme aims to replace the MQ-9As in the RAF's inventory with the new, improved MQ-9Bs. With MQ-9B delivering a UK Sovereign capability for ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
H-47ER Chinook [UK]
Programme Background 2021 FMS Announcement In October 2018, the US State Department approved a $3.5 billion FMS of 16 CH-47 Chinooks fitted with extended-range fuel tanks ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | Global Combat Air Programme [Japan]
In December 2022, the UK, Japan, and Italy announced a new partnership under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) to develop a trilateral next-generation fighter ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Global Combat Air Programme [Japan]
In December 2022, the UK, Japan, and Italy announced a new partnership under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) to develop a trilateral next-generation fighter ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: Integrated Defensive Systems
Praetorian DASS
The Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS) for the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft provides protection against air-to-air and surface-to-air threats. It integrates an Electronic Support Measure ...
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Data links
Pioneer Express (GRRIP, AN/PSC-15)
The Pioneer Express (GRRIP, AN/PSC-15) is a small, lightweight flyaway communications system that allows access to secure and non-secure networks and can be used in ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Tempest 50
The Tempest 50 is an American loitering munition and UAV from Firestorm Labs. Uniquely, 50 units of the UAV a month can be produced from ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
AN/VRC-99A
The AN/VRC-99A is a programmable, wideband, secure, open-architecture tactical communications system providing virtual circuit and datagram service. These services are designed for reliable, simultaneous, multichannel ...
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EO/IR systems
RAPTOR
The Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for Tornado (RAPTOR), based on Raytheon's DB-110, was developed for the UK RAF Tornado GR4s. RAF specifications required target recognition with ...
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EO/IR systems
DJRP
The Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod (DJRP) is a tactical EO/IR reconnaissance system. It provides simultaneous high resolution and wide field-of-view EO imagery and horizon-to-horizon day/night ...
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Air: air combat simulators
Air Combat Training
Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.
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Air: air combat simulators
Tornado GR4 Synthetic Training Service
Thales provides its Tornado GR4 Synthetic Training Service (TSTS) through its 100%-owned subsidiary, Ace. The service is a complete suite of synthetic training for Tornado ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
FIASTS
Thales, through 100%-owned subsidiary Merlin, is delivering a ‘packaged’ training and maintenance system for RAF aircrew through the FsAST Integrated Aircrew Synthetic Training Service (FIASTS). ...
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Fighter - multirole
Tornado (IDS/ADV)
The Tornado is a family of two-seat, twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole fighters manufactured by Panavia, a trans-European consortium of BAE Systems, Airbus Space and Defence ...
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Loitering munitions
Arash (series)
The Arash is a series of Iranian loitering munitions with varying technical specifications. The long-range aircraft comes in two near-identical variants, the smaller Arash-1 and the ...
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Air: transport/tanker simulators
A400M Training
Thales is the principal training provider for the Airbus A400M with a contract to provide FFSs and flat-panel trainers. Four A400M FFS and two flat-panel ...
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Air: Displays
Tornado Advanced Radar Dsiplay & Information System (TARDIS)
The Tornado Advanced Radar Display & Information System (TARDIS) is developed by BAE Systems, UK, specifically for the UK's Royal Air Force's (RAF) fleet of ...
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Air: maintenance simulators
Engineering and Maintenance Training
BAE Systems designs and delivers engineering and maintenance training, with the ability to provide a package to address the needs of all personnel ranging from ...
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ISR/special mission, Trainer
TC-135S/W
The TC-135S and TC-135W are training aircraft developed by Boeing based on the EC-135 to provide crew training for RC-135S Cobra Ball optical and electronic ...