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Defence Notes
Pentagon report highlights China’s ambition to ‘fight and win wars’
5th November 2021
Strategic competition continue to heat up between China and the US, as the former prioritises developing a modern military with burgeoning nuclear warheads.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Orbital signs MoU with Skyways
1st November 2021
Orbital UAV expects to play a part in a USN unmanned cargo transportation programme.
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Defence Notes
China FOBS off US as it intensifies nuclear race
27th October 2021
China astounded many with its recent FOBS test, but such developments are clearly part of China's efforts to enhance its nuclear retaliatory capability as it competes strategically with the US.
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Land Warfare
DSEI 2021: Latest CV90 turret system comes to London
14th September 2021
BAE Systems Hägglunds displays new-look D-series turret.
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Digital Battlespace
DEWC Systems takes MOESS sensor development to next stage
21st June 2021
The MOESS programme intends to deploy a sovereign Australian tactical electromagnetic sensor capability, installed on a constellation of CubeSats. DEWC is developing a sensor that can conduct radar electronic support in defence-relevant radio frequency bands used by assets such as ships and aircraft.
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Defence Notes
Is Russian manned space technology shifting towards military applications?
17th June 2021
Plans for Russia to build its own orbital station could enable geospatial intelligence-gathering missions and onboard military experiments away from international observers.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Orbital completes Phase 1 of Singapore MoU
2nd June 2021
Australian company provides multi-fuel UAV engine to Singapore.
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Defence Notes
Chinese space ambitions benefit its military
24th May 2021
China talks often of its peaceful intentions for and use of space, but military purposes are key to its heavy investment in space.
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Digital Battlespace
COTS hardware supports Blackjack risk reduction
12th May 2021
An orbital platform was used for a tactical maritime experiment by DARPA.
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Training
US Space Force evolves its training focus
12th May 2021
As it expands, the US Space Force needs to address specific training requirements.
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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?
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman claims milestone in satellite docking
13th April 2021
Successful docking paves the way for future on-orbit and life-extension services through robotics, says Northrop Grumman.
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Training
US Army issues ammo contracts
31st March 2021
General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman are supplying training ammunition and competing for orders on engineering development, manufacturing, design and testing support contract.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Orbital to develop and provide UAV engines for Lycoming
29th March 2021
Engine supply contract could extend to ten years, following an initial 12-month development and integration phase.
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Land Warfare
Rheinmetall denies Challenger 2 upgrade contract speculation
19th March 2021
Rheinmetall has poured cold water on social media speculation about signing a £750 million ($1.4 billion) contract from the UK to upgrade Challenger 2 MBTs, saying instead that is still negotiating with the MoD. The future of the MBT Life Extension Programme will be defined by the second part of the Integrated Review.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Project Land 129 Phase 3 (Australia)
Programme Background Programme Announcement The Australian Army announced the Project Land 129 Phase 3 programme in 2017. This announcement led to the release of an industry ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Goal The Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) programme stems from the Military Sealift Command and Fleet Forces Command identifying, in 2018, a ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: aerial targets
GQM-173 MSST
The USN selected ATK (now Orbital ATK) in August 2008 to develop the GQM-173A Multi Stage Supersonic Target (MSST) system to represent a family of ...
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Cannons
M230LF Chain Gun
The 30mm M230LF automatic cannon is a version of the 30mm cannon featured on the AH-64 Apache helicopter and is a member of the Orbital ...
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Guided munitions
M1156 PGK
The M1156 Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) is a guidance fuze that can be fitted within the fuze well of 155mm high-explosive artillery projectiles. The fuze ...
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Air: aerial targets
GQM-163A Coyote SSST
The GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) was developed for the USN to emulate two-stage anti-ship cruise missiles in support of air defence weapon/combat ...
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Minehunters
Avenger Class
The first Avenger-class minehunter entered service in 1985, with the last of the 14 ordered commissioned in 1994. The ships use Orbital ATK's AN/SLQ-48 remotely ...
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Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers
AN/AAR-59 JATAS
Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman) developed the AN/AAR-59 Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) to provide protection for aircraft against incoming threats typically surface-to-air ...
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Guided munitions
Hatchet
Orbital ATK is developing the laser-guided Hatchet miniature weapon that supports platform integration on both unmanned and manned aircraft. Hatchet’s design meets the requirements for ...
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Helicopter guns
M230 Automatic Cannon
The LW30 M230 is a chain-driven, single-barrel, externally powered weapon for attack helicopters. It is effective against lightly armoured vehicles and aircraft. The system uses ...
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Cannons
7.62mm Bushmaster Chain Gun
The 7.62mm Bushmaster Chain Gun, originally developed for coaxial use and the smallest member of the Chain Gun family, is adaptable to various machine gun ...
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Cannons
PAWS
The Palletised Weapon System (PAWS) is a reconfigurable collection of sensors, communications and weapons that can be installed on most medium- to heavy-lift aircraft. PAWS ...
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Land: manned turrets
Teber-30 Two-Man Turret
The Teber-30 is a medium-calibre two-man turret designed for armoured combat vehicles. It is day/night capable with an onboard fire control computer and a two-axis ...
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Cannons
M242 Bushmaster
The 25mm Bushmaster automatic cannon features dual feed Chain Gun technology. More than 10,500 M242s have been delivered to the US Army and forces around ...
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Cannons
GAU-23
The GAU-23 Bushmaster automatic cannon is a next-generation Chain Gun weapon in use today. The system is design features include design simplicity, external power, positive ...
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Land: manned turrets
Asgard GS
The Asgard GS (Grab and Shoot) is the baseline model of the Asgard 127 one-person modular turret family introduced in 2016. It can be mounted ...
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Land: manned turrets
Hitfist 25-30mm
The Hitfist 25-30mm is a two-person, power-operated turret designed for installation on wheeled or tracked IFVs. The main armament can be either an Oerlikon 25mm ...