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Digital Battlespace
CACI awards AFSCN contract to Serco
30th April 2020
Serco announced on 29 April that it has secured a £25 million contract ($31 million) contract from CACI for control, maintenance and operation of the …
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Air Warfare
Cost considerations and politics drive USAF choice for LRSO
29th April 2020
The US Air Force’s selection recently of Raytheon Technologies as sole-source contractor on the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) programme, ahead of a concept solution …
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Naval Warfare
China accuses USS Barry of incursion into territorial waters
29th April 2020
In the latest instance of Sino-US maritime tensions, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) has accused the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry …
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Air Warfare
General Electric to produce F110-GE-129 engines for FMS deals
29th April 2020
General Electric has been awarded $707.27 million to exercise four options under a previous indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F110-GE-129 engine production. Work includes further production of …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
FTUAS competitors take heart from US Army adjustments
29th April 2020
The US Army has approved Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) competitors to video test flights and associated acceptance procedures of their respective systems, as an alternative …
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Training
Red 6 LVC visual solution shows promise
29th April 2020
One issue with the numerous airborne LVC trials and evaluations that have taken place over the past decade or so has been the inability to …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Ascent Vision Technologies announces new CUAS release
29th April 2020
Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has released its newest variant of the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defence Integrated System (XMADIS) which provides on-the-move, next-generation and portable sUAS …
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Naval Warfare
Details emerge on INS Mumbai upgrade
29th April 2020
INS Mumbai, one of three Project 15 Delhi-class destroyers of the Indian Navy (IN), is undergoing a midlife upgrade (MLU) at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard. It …
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Land Warfare
Bushmaster goes Dutch with new order
28th April 2020
Thales Australia has been awarded a contract to manufacture six Bushmaster 4x4 vehicles for the Royal Netherlands Army. This order includes five custom-designed medical evacuation …
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Military Logistics
Technical issues linger with KC-46, says CRS
28th April 2020
The US Congressional Research Service (CRS) last week released the latest update of its background document for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft (pictured). New information …
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Digital Battlespace
USAF nuke protection teams gain comms upgrade
28th April 2020
USAF security forces tasked with protecting nuclear weapons are receiving enhancements to their communications systems. On 8 April, Persistent Systems announced that it had received …
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Training
AI drives new approach to pilot training
28th April 2020
The FlightSmart integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool from FlightSafety International (FSI) has completed acceptance testing with the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus AFB in Ohio. FlightSmart …
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Land Warfare
Norway to procure new artillery location radars
28th April 2020
The Norwegian government has asked the national parliament for approval to procure five new artillery location radars for the army, along with associated armoured vehicles, …
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Land Warfare
Iran phased-array radar claims - bombast or capability leap?
27th April 2020
Iran last week unveiled two new indigenously developed long-range radar systems, but Israeli experts are downplaying their capabilities. The Khalij-e Fars ('Persian Gulf') and Moraqeb …
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Training
NATO holds live-fire air policing drills over Baltic Sea
27th April 2020
NATO has held its Exercise Ramstein Alloy 20-1 air policing drill to train air crews in procedures and coordination between partner air forces. Belgian and …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) [USAF]
Programme Background Requirements The programme's requirements are based on the USAF's belief that it requires mass to compete effectively with an adversary in symmetrical warfare. However, ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Announced)
Programme Background The F-15EX will be based on the 2-seat F-15QA (Qatar) configuration upgraded with USAF-only capabilities, including the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Contracted)
Programme Background USAF is looking to procure 144 F-15EX fighter aircraft, including two RDTE configurations and six low-rate initial production aircraft. F-15EX will replace ageing ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-Y Tanker Aircraft (USA)
Programme Background The USAF is replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59 KC-10 Extenders, which entered service ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Teal 2 [USAF]
Programme Background On 8 August 2023, Teal Drones announced it had received a $2.6 million deal for 172 Teal 2 UAVs, spare parts and training from ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (USA - Forecast)
Programme Background Speaking on 21 September 2021 during the annual Air Force Association (AFA) Meeting in Washington DC, USAF Chief of Staff Gen Charles Brown ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
MH-139 (UH-1N Huey Replacement)
Other bidders included Sikorsky with HH-60U offer and Sierra Nevada with upgrading offer of UH-60As to UH-60L configuration.In February 2018, Leonardo filed a protest to ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (1-2) [USA]
Programme Background Shephard notes that this entry covers the two rapid-prototype E-7 aircraft, whose contract was signed in August 2024. A second programme entry covers the ...
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ISR/special mission
P-1 EW [Japan]
Programme Background Requirement Japan has operated the EP-3, a COMINT/SIGINT/ELINT configuration of the P-3 Orion, since 1993. As of 2024, the Japanese MoD maintains that these aircraft ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15QA Qatar
Programme BackgroundOn 17 November 2016, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 72 F-15QA aircraft to Qatar for an ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
RQ-20B Puma (USAF)
Programme Background Requirement According to the AeroVironment Vice President and product line general manager, Trace Stevenson, the USAF Security Forces requires a small UAV to ...
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Fighter - electronic warfare
Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]
Programme Background According to earlier reports, Berlin had earlier decided to procure 15 EA-18G Growlers over the Eurofighter Typhoon ECR concept, which is expected to be ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Data links
Data links | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: maintenance simulators
F-22 Training Devices
TRU Simulation + Training F-22 MTD programme includes three training devices that provide USAF students at Sheppard AFB, Texas, with maintenance training on landing gear, ...
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EW Training Support System (Battlelab)
EW Training Support System is a Training & Simulation Center a leading-edge training facility dedicated to teaching and training personnel in the Electronic Warfare field. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
EX-3 Revenant
The EX-3 Revenant is a developmental fixed-wing aircraft being developed by Exosonic. It is a Mach 1.2 supersonic UAV designed to be a 5th-generation representative, modular, autonomous ...
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Air: transport/tanker simulators
USAF KC-135 ATS
The KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) programme delivers initial qualification, requalification, continuation and upgrades training for USAF KC-135 aircrews, including pilots, co-pilots and boom operators. ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
T-1 Jayhawk
FlightSafety operates and maintains T-1 training devices as part of its CLS contract. Air Education and Training Command uses these high-fidelity simulators and part-task trainers ...
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Training Services
GFD (Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung) is an Airbus subsidiary providing target demonstration, live EW training, forward air controller training, test and evaluation flights. GFD trains German ...
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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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EW test systems
JTE
The Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) is a multi-threat, high-fidelity simulator with realistic ERP levels, which simulates single- and double-digit surface-to-air and anti-aircraft artillery radar systems. ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
EW Center
The Electronic Warfare Center is an operational support system for pre-and post-mission activities. The system handles various types of EW functions (ESM, ECM etc), for ...
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ISR/special mission
EC-37B Compass Call
The EC-37B is a Compass Call EW aircraft based on the commercial G550 platform. The USAF is now transitioning the EW capabilities previously housed on EC-130H ...
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ISR/special mission
EC-130H Compass Call
The EC-130H is an EW aircraft based on the modified C-130H transport aircraft. It is used by the USAF to disrupt enemy command and control communications ...
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Air: air combat simulators
JPRWRS
The Joint Portable Radar Warning Receiver Stimulator (JPRWRS) has been developed as a method of providing fixed- and rotary-wing aircrews with a low-cost, open-air threat ...
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EW test systems
ELT A62
ELT A62 product family deals with multiple sensors of EW equipment suites. ELT A62 is a training system for EW personnel that can be sea-, ...
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Trainer
T-38 Talon
Developed by Northrop Grumman, the T-38 Talon is an advanced trainer aircraft introduced into service in 1961. The T-38 has the same basic airframe as ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
T-38C Talon
FlightSafety supports nearly 40 T-38 training devices as part of its contract for logistics support for the T-38. The T-38C is a converted T-38A/B that ...