Defence Helicopter

The Black Cats announce 2011 display season

17th March 2011

The Royal Navy helicopter display team, the Black Cats, have announced their 2011 season. Following on from a very successful 2010 season, the 2011 programme …

Defence Helicopter

Heli-One adds S-76 to industry-leading list of approvals

15th March 2011

Heli-One, the world’s largest independent helicopter MRO company, has earned S-76 Customer Support Centre status, adding to a long list of approvals already held by …

Defence Notes

UK government defends strategic review

11th March 2011

The UK needs to ensure that when it procures military equipment there is also a ‘real budgetary line’ and consider unfunded projects as ‘simply a …

Defence Helicopter

Enstrom Helicopter returns to China

11th March 2011

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has recently signed a Purchase Agreement with Wuhan Helicopters in China for a 480B turbine helicopter. The state of the art aircraft …

Digital Battlespace

Harris Corporation expands terrestrial networks capabilities

10th March 2011

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has acquired key infrastructure assets of the government business of Core180, Inc. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, …

Military Logistics

EADS chooses not to protest tanker contract

8th March 2011

EADS has said it is ‘ready to step in’ if Boeing fails to deliver the 179 KC-46A tankers, despite announcing it will not protest the …

Military Logistics

Cassidian improves air traffic control at Vienna International Airport

8th March 2011

Cassidian, the renamed defence and security division of EADS, will equip Vienna International Airport with its MSSR 2000 I airspace surveillance system (MSSR = Monopulse …

Defence Helicopter

Sikorsky adds new capabilities, options to the S-92 helicopter

8th March 2011

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has added 21 new capabilities to the S-92 medium lift helicopter encompassing navigational, communications and airframe …

Defence Helicopter

Further sales secured for AW139

7th March 2011

AgustaWestland has sold four of its AW139 medium twin engined helicopters for transport and fire-fighting services in Europe and Asia. The sales were announced by …

Defence Helicopter

Thales enhances its TopDeck avionics suite on Sikorsky S-76D

7th March 2011

Thales announced today that it has been working on significant functional enhancements on its TopDeck avionics suite in order to anticipate operators requests, which will …

Defence Helicopter

Vector Aerospace re-targets SeaKing / S-61 market

7th March 2011

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America a subsidiary of Vector Aerospace Corporation and one of the world's leading independent providers of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul …

Defence Helicopter

Rolls-Royce hits key milestone for RR500

7th March 2011

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has completed the first development test runs of the new RR500 engine. The initial runs included engine start and …

Defence Helicopter

Bell Helicopter announces 13 orders first day of Heli-Expo 2011

7th March 2011

Bell Helicopter today announced it received 13 orders on the first day of Heli-Expo 2011 in Orlando, FL. The 13 orders were received from the …

Defence Helicopter

Vector Aerospace receives Sikorsky certifications

6th March 2011

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America, a subsidiary of Vector Aerospace Corporation and one of the world's leading independent providers of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul …

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (First Batch) [Turkey]

Programme Background Orders In February 2018, TAI announced that it had delivered the first Anka-S UAVs to the Turkish Air Force. In late 2018, Savunmasanay ...

Submarines: conventional, attack

Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus) [Spain]

Programme Background The S-80A SSK design for the Spanish Navy is based on the Franco-Spanish S-80 Scorpene design that both countries decided to cooperate on ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S [Chad]

Programme Background Hurkus Trainer Aircraft On 10 July 2023, President General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno visited an air base to inspect the country's new Hurkus trainer ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background Desired Procurement Saudi Arabia has reportedly been in negotiations to procure six Anka UAVs since 2013. It has not been disclosed which Anka ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

EDA-S [France]

Programme Background Following the announcement of the 14-ship contract, the DGA approved the design of the first two standard amphibious landing craft (EDA-S) in October 2019, ...

Military helicopters - multirole

S-70i (Philippines)

The Black Hawk is believed to have been the most expensive of the aircraft that had been shortlisted for the PAF project, others being the ...

Destroyers

KDDX-S [South Korea]

Programme Background Requirements During MADEX 2023, Naval News reported that there is an upcoming competition for new destroyers, namely the KDDX-S programme. According to the ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Camcopter S-100 [Greece]

Programme Background Trails A 2 August 2021 Schiebel press release announced the company had demonstrated the Camcopter S-100's capabilities to the Hellenic Navy. The UAV was ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S [El Salvador]

Programme Background As reported by InfoDefensa in September 2023, The Salvadoran Air Force (FAS) is considering purchasing the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka-S and T625 Gokbey medium ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Second Batch) [Turkey]

Programme Background First Batch Based on comments by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Turkish media in 2018, Shephard believes that Türkiye acquired 26 Anka-S drones ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Corvette UAVs [Angola]

Programme Background In February 2023, at NAVDEX 2023, Shephard reported the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), part of the EDGE Group, had signed a €1 billion ($1.06 ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Bayraktar TB2 [Indonesian Air Force]

Programme Background Anka-S Procurement Throughout the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU)'s effort to purchase the Anka-S from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), covered in a separate entry on Defence Insight, the acquisition ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Pakistan)

Programme Background 'Brotherly Ties' On 14 January 2022, the Pakistan government unveiled its first-ever National Security Policy. As reported by Shephard, the policy emphasised 'brotherly ties' with ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Camcopter S-300 [South Korea]

Programme Background Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) On 18 January 2023, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Northop Grumman at a ...

Loitering munitions

Hunter Family [UAE]

Programme Background IDEX Contract Announcement On 21 February 2023, EDGE announced that its subsidiary, HALCON, had been awarded an AED 1.1 billion ($272.29 million) contract to supply ...

Data links

S-band TDMA Airborne Data Link

Multiple-participant airborne S-band TDMA data link with up to 400 slots/s. Transmission rate is up to 625Kb/s. As an example, a data link built for ...

Deployable/static missile systems

S-200

The S-200 (NATO designation SA-5 Gammon) is a long-range, high-altitude, surface-to-air missile designed to protect large areas from bomber attacks. Its initial operational test deployment ...

Land: Radio and SATCOM

R&S M3TR

The R&S; M3TR SDR family is a family of digital radios. The core of the integrated communications system is the lightweight R&S; MR3000 H/U manpack ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Camcopter S-300

The Camcopter S-300 is a larger variant of the S-100 manufactured by Schiebel. The VTOL-capable UAV is intended for ISR missions, partially those in the maritime ...

Air: Radio and SATCOM, UAS: communication systems

R&S SDAR

The R&S; SDAR is a software-defined airborne radio that extends the R&S; M3AR airborne radio family. The R&S; SDAR offers secure broadband voice and data ...

Corvettes

Saar S-80

The S-80 is a multirole corvette developed by Israel Shipyard and based on the S-72 platform. The S-80, showcased for the first time at Euronaval ...

Submarines: conventional, attack

Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus)

Spain’s S-80A or Isaac Peral-class SSKs are being built to replace the Spanish Navy’s existing Agosta 90B-class SSKs that were designed in the 1970s and ...

Data links

TIGDL-II

Tactical Interoperable Ground Data Link (TIGDL)-II is described as a transportable TDL surface terminal that supports military operations by providing a full duplex ground capability ...

Deployable/static missile systems

S-125-2A Pechora-2A

Almaz-Antey offers the S-125-2A Pechora-2A upgrade package for the S-125 Pechora (US/NATO designation SA-3 Goa) static and towed medium-range SAM system that first entered Soviet ...

Surface-to-air missiles

48N6E2 missile

The 48N6E2 is the second generation of the 48N6 surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is designed to target low-altitude jets and tactical ballistic missiles. The 48N6E2 ...

Subsystems: software

M&S Suite

M&S; Suite is a comprehensive and integrated range of modelling and simulation (M&S;) software tools designed to help speed up application development and reduce integration ...

Self-propelled missile systems

S-400 Triumf

The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) long-range air defence system, previously known as the S-300PMU-3, was developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau ...

Land: Radio and SATCOM

KG-350

The KG-350 is an encryptor for network communications. The product was granted Type 1 certification by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on 27 July ...

Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

President-S

Ekran’s President-S is a Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) designed to equip fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The President-S is an export version of the firm’s L-370 ...

Transponders and IFF

IFF Mk XIIA(S)

Aselsan IFF Mk XIIA(S) is a Mode 5/S compatible long-range IFF interrogator. According to the manufacturer, it may be mounted to a standard 19-inch rack ...