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News - Future vertical lift

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Airbus Helicopters, Schiebel demo MUM-T

    27th April 2018

    Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have demonstrated Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 helicopter and Camcopter S-100 UAS, Airbus announced on 24 April.The flights …

  • Digital Battlespace

    GDIT receives USAF cloud services contract

    11th May 2018

    General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $9 million sole-source contract from the US Air Force (USAF) for Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES), the company …

  • Military Logistics

    Thales signs Dutch Bushmaster support deal

    11th May 2018

    Thales has signed a six-year in-service support contract with the Netherlands Material Logistic Command for the Bushmaster vehicle fleet, the company announced on 9 May. …

  • Defence Notes

    Insight: Will US Army's prototyping push help avoid embarrassing failures?

    8th May 2018

    Service leaders still twitch at the mere mention of the US Army's costly string of acquisition failures — from the ill-fated Comanche helicopter to the …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    DSA 2018: Chinese company adds sparkle to UAVs

    20th April 2018

    Sparkle Tech exhibited its newest UAV, the Tiger Shark, at DSA 2018 in Kuala Lumpur. This Chinese company, headquartered in Hong Kong, has been manufacturing …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: BISim launches new software developer kits

    11th May 2018

    Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has just released two new software developer kits (SDK) for creating custom applications for VBS3 and VBS Blue IG. Both SDKs …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: SISO meeting heralds ITEC

    9th May 2018

    As in previous years, the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) will be organising its annual ‘Seminar on Modelling & Simulation (M&S;) standards’, in conjunction with …

  • Naval Warfare

    Thales radar for FTI frigate enters production

    11th May 2018

    Thales has started production on the first Sea Fire radar for the French Navy’s Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (FTI) future medium-size frigate programme, the company …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: German Navy awaits Sea Lion sim decision (video)

    15th May 2018

    The German Navy is awaiting a decision on the future of its NH90 Sea Lion training. The training device will be located at Nordholz naval …

  • Training

    ITEC 2018: Australian Army licences Titan Vanguard

    14th May 2018

    Calytrix Technologies has announced that the Australian Army has signed a two-year licence agreement for its Titan Vanguard simulation environment. Built on the Outerra simulation …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Mexico requests MH-60R helicopters

    23rd April 2018

    The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of MH-60R helicopters to Mexico, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced …

  • Military Logistics

    USN looks to new logistics auxiliary platforms

    9th May 2018

    In an effort to optimize its future fleet logistics platforms, the US Navy (USN) is exploring the concept of a common hull, multi-mission auxiliary ship …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    DSA 2018: Wuxi confirms UAV sales to Indonesia and Malaysia

    24th April 2018

    A representative at the Wuxi-based Jiangsu Digital Eagle Technology Development Company confirmed the first overseas sales of its YFT-CZ36 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing …

  • Naval Warfare

    Thomas Hudner completes acceptance trials

    8th May 2018

    The US Navy has successfully completed acceptance trials of its 36th Arleigh Burke destroyer, the future USS Thomas Hudner, NAVSEA announced on 4 May. The …

  • Naval Warfare

    CAMM 3-cell ExLS completes qualification trials

    9th April 2018

    MBDA and Lockheed Martin have completed qualification of MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martin’s Extensible Launching System (ExLS) 3-cell standalone launcher following …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • UAS: communication systems

    UAS: communication systems | Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]

    The Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft ...

  • UAS: flight control systems

    UAS: flight control systems | Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]

    The Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft ...

  • Military UAS - MALE

    Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]

    Programme Background Requirement The FVL-MS programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft utilised ...

  • UAS: communication systems

    UAS: communication systems | Project Proteus [UK]

    Project Proteus is an RN and Leonardo effort to design and develop an uncrewed helicopter demonstrator that could provide an innovative alternative to existing crewed ...

  • UAS: flight control systems

    UAS: flight control systems | Project Proteus [UK]

    Project Proteus is an RN and Leonardo effort to design and develop an uncrewed helicopter demonstrator that could provide an innovative alternative to existing crewed ...

  • Tiltrotors

    V-22 Osprey [Japan]

    Programme Background Procurement Contracts The Japanese government is the first export customer of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, having ordered 17 helicopters from the US across ...

  • Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    MQ-8C Fire Scout (USA)

    Programme Background Timeline According to the Naval Air Systems Command, having first ordered the MQ-8B in 2009, the UAV has become a pillar of the ...

  • Military UAS - small

    Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]

    Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...

  • Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Project Proteus [UK]

    Programme Background Requirements The RN requires an uncrewed helicopter to test the viability of larger uncrewed aircraft for the RN, possibly providing an alternative to crewed ...

  • Military helicopters - maritime

    MH-60R Seahawk (Saudi Arabia)

    The sale is aimed at improving Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems, provide the capability to identify, engage ...

  • Air: Radio and SATCOM

    Air: Radio and SATCOM | Future Naval Fighter China

    China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...

  • Data links

    Data links | Future Naval Fighter China

    China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...

  • Air: Helmet-mounted displays

    Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Future Naval Fighter China

    China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...

  • Air: Head-up displays

    Air: Head-up displays | Future Naval Fighter China

    China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...

  • Transponders and IFF

    Transponders and IFF | Future Naval Fighter China

    China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Korean Future Vertical Lift (KFVL)

    Unveiled at KADEX 2024, the Korean Future Vertical Lift (KFVL) is a family of uncrewed helicopters from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). Despite being in the ...

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

    Aerosonde Mk 4.8 HQ FTUAS

    From the Texton family of Aerosonde UAS, the Aerosonde Mk 4.8 Hybrid Quad (HQ) FTUAS is a tactical drone purpose-built to meet the US Army's Future Vertical Lift ...

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

    HQ-60

    Similarly to other platforms in the L3 Technologies Hybrid Quadrotor (HQ) and Fixed-Wing Rotator family (see separate entries) of VTOL fixed-wing UAVs, the HQ-60 has ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    V-247 Vigilant

    The V-247 Vigilant is a tiltrotor UAV from Bell. Officially introduced in 2016, it features an open modular architecture and can host several payloads. These include ...

  • Baby Shark 260

    The Foxtech Baby Shark 260 is a fixed-wing VTOL UAV for commercial and civil operations, which has four spar-mounted rotors to provide vertical lift, a pusher ...

  • Air: Displays

    F-15 Replacement Vertical Situation Display

    BAE Systems Replacement Vertical Situation Display (RVSD) replaces the legacy VSD units on F-15E aircraft. The AMLCD display offers a larger display size and is compatible ...

  • Air: Helmet-mounted displays

    X-Sight

    Elbit X-Sight is a developmental helmet-mounted display system designed for helicopters. According to the manufacturer, it will offer a high field of view and colour binocular ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    H6 Poseidon

    Manufactured by Swarmly, the H6 Poseidon is a fixed-wing VTOL-capable UAV. The second largest member of the Poseidon family, the vertical lift is provided through ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Proteus

    Proteus is a technology demonstrator that Leonardo is developing in collaboration with the UK MoD's Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S;) Future Capabilities Group and the ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    Bell 360 Invictus

    The Bell 360 Invictus is the company's prototype for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme.  The helicopter features retractable weapon bays, two ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

    Veloce-15

    The ST Engineering Veloce-15 (V-15) is a hybrid fixed-wing UAV with four rotors for vertical lift and a tail-mounted two-bladed pusher propeller for horizontal propulsion.  ...

  • Military UGVs

    Avenger

    In January 2017, Med-Eng announced the launch of a new bomb disposal and tactical robot, called the Avenger, at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Ultra

    The Ultra UAV, or HCMC, is a fixed-wing twin-engined cargo-carrying platform manufactured by Windracers. The platform is mainly aimed at the commercial market and has conducted trials ...

  • EO/IR systems

    VLP-16

    Velodyne's VLP-16 Puck is a small and compact lidar that is power and performance optimised for usage across a variety of applications. This ranges from ...

  • Nimbus 1800

    Foxtech's Nimbus 1800 is a tri-copter, lightweight, fixed-wing VTOL UAV designed for civilian and commercial mapping and inspection roles. It has a 2.8kg weight without ...