• Defence Helicopter

  French Air Force Puma aids shipwrecked fishing boat crew

  25th January 2010

  A French Air Force Puma has come to the aid five people from a shipwrecked fishing boat off Biscarosse. The aircraft from the 1/67 "Pyrénées" …

• Defence Helicopter

  NH90 NFH starts a demonstration tour in Australia

  22nd January 2010

  The NH90 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter) naval helicopter has arrived in Brisbane, Australia. It has been transported from Milan Italy to Brisbane in one of …

• Defence Helicopter

  School takes students to new heights

  22nd January 2010

  Airmen take off into a high-flying career upon graduating from a classroom that hovers 500 feet above the ground. Students training at the 23rd Flying …

• Defence Helicopter

  Osprey's provide MEUs with a new tool for humanitarian aid missions

  22nd January 2010

  When calamity strikes and only a trail of desolation remains, no other Marine Air Ground Task Force is better prepared to support a full spectrum …

• Defence Helicopter

  Kongsberg delivers second generation Helicopter Operations Surveillance System to the US Navy

  22nd January 2010

  Kongsberg Maritime has successfully delivered the first Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) for amphibious ships to the US Navy as part of an $11,000,000 Naval …

• Digital Battlespace

  NATO C3 Agency to assess Internet Routing in Space

  22nd January 2010

  On 23 November 2009, a space-tolerant router designed by Cisco streaks into orbit aboard a satellite owned by Intelsat Ltd. The router is currently part …

• Defence Helicopter

  Spanish Fisherman Flown Ashore

  22nd January 2010

  A fisherman from the Spanish fishing vessel Bogavante Segundo was airlifted and flown to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske by a rescue Sea King helicopter …

• Defence Helicopter

  Bell Names Kohler to Head Canada Operations

  22nd January 2010

  Bell Helicopter has promoted Barry Kohler, currently Bell’s vice president of Commercial Programmes, to president of Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited.  He succeeds Eric Cardinali, …

• Digital Battlespace

  Elbit Systems to supply various types of Laser Based Systems valued at $50 million

  21st January 2010

  Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts in an aggregate amount of approximately $50 million to supply various types of laser based systems …

• Military Logistics

  HDT Engineered Technologies (HDT) wins Collective Protection Shelter Systems contract with Canadian Department of National Defence

  20th January 2010

  HDT Engineered Technologies (HDT), a leader in design, development and production of integrated, deployable solutions for government, commercial and military customers, won the Collective Protection …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Atlas successfully ends EU research project Grex on unmanned underwater vehicles

  20th January 2010

  Atlas Elektronik has successfully completed a European research project of landmark significance. For the EU research project Grex, Atlas contributed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) …

• Defence Helicopter

  Dutch Apaches fly 6,000 hours in Afghanistan

  20th January 2010

  The Apache helicopters of the Dutch Air Task Force (ATF) flew their 6,000th flying hour last Friday on behalf of the International Security Assistance Force …

• Defence Helicopter

  First upgraded Lynx helicopters are back in service

  20th January 2010

  The first four upgraded Lynx Mk9 helicopters, which are to be sent to Afghanistan, have re-entered service, with three of the aircraft now being used …

• Defence Helicopter

  Eurocopter - Civil orders decrease while military orders increase

  20th January 2010

  Eurocopter met its business and delivery objectives for 2009 and stabilised its turnover at the level of its record year, 2008. The world economic crisis …

• Defence Helicopter

  Chinooks prepare to head for Norway

  20th January 2010

  In February and March some of RAF Odiham personnel are deploying to Norway on Exercise Clockwork for a month. The recent heavy snowfall at RAF …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Transport/tanker aircraft

  A330 MRTT (1-9) [NATO]

  Following operations in Libya and extensive analyses by the European Defence Agency (EDA), it was agreed at the NATO Summit in 2012 that the EDA ...

• Transport/tanker aircraft

  A330 MRTT Follow-On (NATO)

  Following operations in Libya and extensive analyses by the European Defence Agency (EDA), it was agreed at the NATO Summit in 2012 that the EDA ...

• Military helicopters - maritime

  MH-60R Seahawks [Norway]

  Programme Background NH90 NFH cancellation  The Norwegian government announced the termination of the NH90 NFH helicopter contract for 14 NH90s with NHIndustries in June 2022. Seahawk Acquisition ...

• Tanks

  M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 [Romania]

  Programme Background Requirement The Romanian Army's MBT fleet is composed of T-55 variants that are due to be retired in the mid-2020s. Although Romania's TR-85 ...

• Military helicopters - multirole

  EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Greece)

  Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

• Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  UAV Tactical Level [Norway]

  Programme Background Request for Information (RfI) In September 2022, the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) launched a request for information in preparation for a possible ...

• Military helicopters - multirole

  EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Italy)

  Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Anka-B - Turkey

  Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

• Military UAS - HALE

  MQ-4C Triton - Germany (Cancelled)

  Programme Background Germany requested to buy four MQ-4C Triton HALE UAVs from Northrop Grumman. On 5 April 2018, the US State Department announced that it ...

• Tanks

  New MBT [Romania]

  Programme Background Requirement The Romanian Army's MBT fleet is composed of T-55 variants that are due to be retired in the mid-2020s. Although Romania's TR-85 ...

• AEW&C

  Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (1-6) [NATO]

  Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...

• Corvettes

  European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]

  Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...

• Maritime patrol

  MAWS/PATMAR [France]

  Programme Background In 2017, Germany and France announced that they would be working towards developing an MPA to replace their current fleets in service. The ...

• Corvettes

  European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]

  Programme Background Requirements The 2021-2023 Documento Programmatico Pluriennale (DPP) - a multi-year defence planning document from the Italian MoD - includes a plan to acquire eight "Patrol Ships", ...

• Corvettes

  European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Spain]

  Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Uncrewed aerial systems engines

  AE50R

  The AE50R is an aviation gasoline single rotary engine with an output of 40.4kW. The engine is certified according to European Aviation Safety Agency Part ...

• Surface-to-air missiles

  Arrow-2

  Arrow-2 is designed to intercept and destroy incoming Tactic Ballistic Missiles that are detected, tracked and identified by the Arrow Weapon System sensors. The missile ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  LOTUS

  The LOTUS, Low Observable Tactical Unnamed System, is a tactical UAV especially designed for border patrol ISR operations.  The development of the project is funded by ...

• Helicopter engines

  Arriel 2H

  Safran Helicopter Engines received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) engine type certification for its Arriel 2H engine, installed in the Avicopter AC312E, in April 2018. ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  AR5

  First announced in October 2012, the AR5 is a MALE UAS designed for SAR, surveillance and maritime patrol missions. The AR5 can be flown manually or commanded ...

• Land: air defence radar

  APIS

  Indra successfully led the Array Passive ISAR Adaptive Processing (APIS) programme sponsored by the European Defensive Agency. At the core of the initiative is the ...

• Air: NVGs

  PNL-3M Orlik

  PNL-3M are high-performance, lightweight, passive stereoscopic NVGs for helicopter crew members. Certification by European Aviation Safety Agency also enables civilian use. The device can be ...

• Trainer

  Gabriel-TP

  Gabriel-TP is a low-wing, two-seat tandem trainer aircraft aimed at both military and civilian customers. It is certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in ...

• Air: Integrated cockpit systems

  Standard 3

  Jointly developed by ATR and Thales, The Standard 3 avionics suite has been specifically designed for ATR-600 aircraft. It offers the pilot user-friendly interface, along ...

• Counter-UAS systems

  DroneGun

  DroneGun enables controlled management of an adversarial UAS, causing no damage to the UAV or surrounding area. It either forces the drone to perform a ...

• Uncrewed aerial systems engines

  Trident 100TD2

  The Trident 100TD2 is a compression-ignition engine that is capable of operating on various types of heavy fuel. It is claimed to offer up to ...

• Space: radar systems

  ESA Sentinel-1

  Sentinel-1 is a planned constellation of four satellites with two already in orbit and two on order. They carry a payload of a C-band SAR ...

• Helicopter engines

  Aneto-1K

  Developed by Safran for the Leonardo AW189K helicopter, the Aneto-1K is part of a high-power engine family aimed at the super-medium and heavy end of ...

• Helicopter engines

  LTS101

  The LTS101 was first certified in 1975. Since then, over 2,100 engines have been delivered to customers worldwide, logging over 11 million service hours. The ...

• Major networking projects

  Ballistic Missile Defence

  In early 2010, NATO acquired the first phase of an initial theatre ballistic missile defence capability to protect alliance forces.