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Air Warfare
Farnborough 2022: BAE Systems’ ‘flap-free’ design helps CRANE take flight for DARPA
18th July 2022
Wind tunnel tests have been completed of the active flow control effector for the future X-Plane in the DARPA Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) programme.
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Defence Notes
DARPA picks Canadian firm for AI-based modelling research project
15th July 2022
The Automating Scientific Knowledge Extraction and Modeling programme seeks to harness AI for decision-making.
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Digital Battlespace
HRL composes ELGAR to improve G-band electronics
15th July 2022
DARPA wants to maximise the opportunities offered by the G-band spectrum.
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon continues JAWS work for DARPA to coordinate kill webs
14th July 2022
DARPA has awarded Phase 2 work to Raytheon in the Joint All-Domain Warfighting Software (JAWS) battle management planning programme.
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Defence Notes
DARPA and US Air Force complete second hypersonic weapon flight test
19th July 2022
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced on 18 July that they have completed the second flight test of the scramjet-powered HAWC.
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Air Warfare
Reduced fleet size and weapons integration issues put squeeze on future RAF air combat missions
22nd September 2022
As the RAF manages NATO missions and faces increased pressure from Russia, defence experts argue that additional fighter jet deployments to the Asia-Pacific to maintain leading strategic ambitions signposted by the UK's Integrated Review looks to be out of the question.
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Naval Warfare
Hanwha demonstrates anti-submarine UUV for ROKN
27th July 2022
Hanwha Systems is working on USVs and UUVs for South Korea's navy, including an anti-submarine type. The country is also working to improve its AIP and fuel cell technology.
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Naval Warfare
Belgorod mega-sub falls short of its potential
15th July 2022
Is the Russian Belgorod special-purpose submarine really operational? Key capabilities remain unavailable, despite positive talk from the Russian Navy.
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Defence Notes
Challenges and opportunities abound for US in autonomy research
19th April 2022
DARPA continues to explore the potential of uncrewed platforms across the air, land and sea domains — although industry, academia and government agree that challenges must still be overcome.
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Naval Warfare
Japan commissions its second frigate
3rd May 2022
The second of a new class of frigate for Japan's navy has been delivered to the JMSDF.
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Land Warfare
DARPA wants to move faster on autonomous off-road UGV simulation
27th April 2022
Intel expects new simulation tools in the DARPA RACER-Sim programme to significantly improve the development of autonomous systems using virtual testing.
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems joins DARPA’s MINC programme
5th May 2022
BAE Systems receives a contract from US agency to develop an autonomous tactical network.
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Naval Warfare
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6th May 2022
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Naval Warfare
Remus 300 joins USN Program of Record
31st March 2022
Remus 300 has been selected to join the USN Small UUV Program of Record.
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Air Warfare
US hails HAWC test but still plays catch-up on hypersonics
8th April 2022
The second successful test flight of the HAWC missile fails to obscure patchy progress overall in US hypersonic programmes.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot [USA]
Programme Background Requirement According to DARPA, the objective of the LongShot programme is "to disrupt the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]
Programme Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a "leap-ahead" in long-endurance, ...
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Fighter - multirole
Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement Originally conceived as a replacement for the F-22, the PCA was designed to counter various air threats, including integrated air defence systems ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military - UUVs
Bluefin-Knifefish
The Bluefin-21 UUV is being developed for the Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV (SMCM UUV) programme to equip the USN’s Littoral Combat Ships.
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Sea: procedural training
UUV Training Simulator
The Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Training Simulator teaches users how to operate and control a UUV, specifically with reference to mine hunting. The UUV is ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot
The LongShot is a developmental air-launched platform intended to increase the survivability of friendly crewed aircraft. In February 2021, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...
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Military - UUVs
Echo Voyager
In March 2016, Boeing Defense, Space & Security introduced the Echo Voyager UUV. It is a 51ft (15.5m) long vehicle that can operate autonomously for ...
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Sea: procedural training
2 Sigma Digital Tutor
A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
XRQ-73
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled the flying design of the XRQ-73 in June 2024. The aircraft has been developed under the Series ...
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Major networking projects
CHAIN
The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...
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Riptide Mk II
At Oceanology International 2018, Riptide Autonomous Solutions presented its second-generation micro-UUV – the Mk II. The Riptide Mk II UUV has a maximum speed of ...
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Sea: sonar systems
UUV-3500
The Klein UUV-3500 side-scan sonar family is composed of the mid-depth (3000m) high-resolution, low-power, dual-frequency and the deep (6000m) variant which is a higher power ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
XV-24A LightningStrike
The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...
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Military - UUVs
Iver
Iver is a family of commercially developed, low-cost AUVs designed to carry out coastal applications such as sensor development, surveying, research and environmental monitoring.
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Data links
QNT
The QUINT Networking Technology (QNT) programme is intended to develop robust, affordable, miniature networked data link technologies suitable for use on weapons and by tactical ...
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Military - UUVs
Talisman L
The Talisman Littoral (L) UUV uses the mission system of the larger Talisman M and repackages it into a two-man portable system for port and ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Shrike
The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR. Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
X-61A Gremlin
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is developing the X-61A Gremlin. This low-cost swarming drone can be outfitted with different payloads, launched by a mothership, recovered ...
