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Defence Notes
Lockheed Martin UK untroubled by RAF C-130J early retirement or F-35 sustainment costs
19th July 2021
Lockheed Martin UK will not suffer in any meaningful way from the early retirement of RAF C-130J tactical transport aircraft and has addressed recent criticism of F-35 operating costs.
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Training
UK-Qatar Hawk squadron spreads its wings
22nd July 2021
BAE Systems to support and train new joint Hawk squadron based at RAF Leeming, UK.
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Defence Helicopter
The Answer - 40 Years of the Chinook in the UK (Studio)
8th July 2021
For those in the UK's CH-47 Chinook community, the answer is always two Chinooks - no matter what the question is.
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Training
Draken and Collins to boost UK collective air training
14th July 2021
Collins Aerospace and Draken Europe are working together to boost the UK's live collective aviation training but Draken might have other targets in its sights.
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Naval Warfare
UK hunts for A400M boat airdrop capability
29th July 2021
The UK aims to create a new boat airdrop capability for its A400M fleet — it remains to be seen which branch or branches of the armed forces will adopt it.
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Air Warfare
Boeing receives CH-47ER delivery order for UK
23rd June 2021
OEM Boeing will deliver the first of 14 heavy-lift CH-47ER aircraft to the RAF in 2026.
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Training
Three major USAF commands pick Boeing for F-15 MTC work
29th June 2021
Boeing is providing the simulation capability to train F-15 pilots and system operators in high-fidelity training devices.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Marines trial UAS swarms and autonomous systems
19th July 2021
A UAS swarm dropped underwater vehicles into the sea and delivered supplies to Royal Marine (RM) Commandos, while an autonomous surface vessel monitored the horizon during Autonomous Advance Force 4.0.
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Training
UK MoD adopts new approach to helicopter pilot training
4th June 2021
The UK is changing the way it conducts its rotary-wing pilot training for Army Air Corps and some Fleet Air Arm pilots.
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Training
Boeing to provide RAF C-17 training out to 2040
28th May 2021
Boeing has extended its contract to provide C-17 training to the Royal Air Force.
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Training
RAF Gladiator programme faces late IOC
26th May 2021
The Gladiator networked programme for the RAF faces issues concerning on-time delivery of the training system due to customer expectations and industry delivery.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
NAO report exposes Protector cost increases and delays
28th June 2021
Financial issues surrounding the UK's Protector UAV procurement have come to light from a National Audit Office report.
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Training
Experimentation is the key to improved RAF fast-jet training
25th May 2021
The RAF is making radical changes to the way it trains its fast-jet pilots at RAF Valley by re-evaluating the training pipeline and adding new technologies.
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Defence Notes
Ajax adds to woeful litany of British Army procurement failures (Opinion)
6th July 2021
Given the latest delay to a key programme, how much confidence should there be in the underequipped British Army achieving key vehicle procurement ambitions laid out in the recent Integrated Review?
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Digital Battlespace
Operational doctrine evolves for military space sector
4th May 2021
Why has the space domain become so important and moved up the defence agenda?
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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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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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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AEW&C
E-7 Wedgetail - UK (Second Order)
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 ...
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Fighter - multirole
Typhoon Tranche 3A - Qatar
As a part of the agreement to sell Typhoon, the UK is establishing a ‘Joint Operations Squadron’ (to be known as 12 Squadron) with the ...
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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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
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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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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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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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: 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: 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 ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
LANCA / Mosquito
The Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) is a developmental 'Loyal Wingman' UAS that the RAF and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) hoped would support its crewed ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
Eurofighter HMSS
Eurofighter Typhoon’s Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS) provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness, data display and sensor/effector cueing. Developed by BAE Systems, it is in ...
