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Air Warfare
Gray Eagle UAS makes first ship-to-shore journey
14th November 2024
The Gray Eagle short take-off and landing (STOL) UAS has a different engine, wings, control surfaces and landing gear to earlier Gray Eagles, and is a production variant of the demonstrator Mojave UAS.
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Air Warfare
Slovakia approved for US$600 million AH-1Z helicopter order
1st August 2024
The US offered a dozen AH-1Z Viper helicopters to Slovakia at two-thirds discount with the latter sending fighter aircraft to Ukraine, which would extend H-1 production beyond 2024.
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Naval Warfare
Portuguese mothership of uncrewed vehicles locks in Cube ecosystem from SH Defence
21st February 2025
The multi-purpose support ship being built by Damen for the Portuguese Navy has added a skidding system to its design to enhance its operational capabilities on launch.
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Air Warfare
Collins prepares expansion of the US Navy/Marine Tactical Combat Training System Inc II
14th April 2025
The company has been negotiating the supply of TCTS II to US allies and partners.
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Land Warfare
General Atomics and Rafael unveil new multi-domain missile
9th April 2025
Currently under development, Bullseye has been designed to be a long-range, precision-guided strike capability.
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Air Warfare
Avalon 2025: BAE Systems eyes customers for its Strix after initial flight
31st March 2025
The Strix test effort suffered a setback last year when the prototype incurred minor damage in a hard landing during its second trial flight.
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Training
Royal Jordanian Air Force takes delivery of five new Bell 505 aircraft at Farnborough
25th July 2024
The five helicopters complete an order of 10 Bell 505s placed in 2022.
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Naval Warfare
Myanmar launches new FF-135 frigate, the largest ever built in its domestic yards
31st December 2024
The launch of the King Thalun marks a high point for shipbuilding in Myanmar.
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Training
Rheinmetall receives rocket order from German armed forces for Tiger helicopters
17th July 2024
The Tiger attack helicopter was developed for the French and German armies, prior to also being procured by Spain and Australia, with a total of 185 ordered. Germany, however, has planned to retire its 55-strong fleet.
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Air Warfare
US Army Special Operations orders two more Chinooks
2nd August 2024
Including the new order, the US Army has contracted for a total of 46 MH-47G Block II aircraft.
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Air Warfare
France and Airbus eye up Indian defence deals
19th February 2024
India has kickstarted an ambitious procurement process on a number of defence platforms for its Armed Forces with Airbus and France likely to be the main contenders for contract wins.
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Air Warfare
RTX Raytheon wins $736 million contract to make AIM-9X missiles
15th October 2024
Part of a US Navy and US Air Force joint programme, work under this contract will take place across the US up to 2029.
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Air Warfare
Serco receives contract extension for Royal Navy helicopter support
13th August 2024
The contract will deliver aircraft engineering support to the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Merlin Helicopter Force and Wildcat Helicopter Force based out of RNAS Culdrose and RNAS Yeovilton respectively.
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Air Warfare
Boeing lines up helicopter deals and delivers first US Army CH-47F Block II
3rd July 2024
Boeing is nearing the end of its new-build V-22 but is set to sign new Apache orders, as well as progressing MH-139 and new generation Chinook helicopter efforts.
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Air Warfare
Boeing delivers first production Grey Wolf to US Air Force
6th August 2024
Boeing announced in November last year that it was transitioning towards the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter after delivering the sixth and final test aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF).
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
H225M - France
Programme Background In April 2021, the French government signed a deal for the purchase of eight H225M Airbus helicopters to replace its ageing fleet of SA330 ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145M [Ireland]
Programme Background On 30 December 2024 Ireland announced a contract with Airbus for four new H145M helicopters to replace the Air Corps existing fleet of ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
TH-73 Advanced Helicopter Training System - AHTS (TH-57 Replacement)
Contenders for the competition included the Leonardo single engine TH-119 – a military variant of the AW119Kx – and Bell’s newly upgraded single engine 407GXi. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145 Helicopter [Honduras]
Programme Background The Honduran Government has purchased a total of four H145 Helicopters manufactured by Airbus to develop the armed forces preparedness against natural disasters ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Maritime Operations Helicopters
The three maritime operations helicopters will be used for logistics and personnel transport, alongside transportation of PASKAL naval special forces in operations in the area. ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Bell 412EPI-Indonesia
Programme Background PTDI is assembling Bell helicopters in its factory in Bandung. The first Bell 412EPI was delivered to Indonesian Army on 29 December 2020 ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Kondor Naval Helicopters (Poland)
Programme Background In 2018, the Polish MoD announced its requirement to purchase up to eight naval helicopters to replace in-service SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters. Polish ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Spain HT-29 Caiman (NH90 TTH) - Army First Batch
HT-29 Caiman GSPAs (NH90 TTH) will be assembled at Airbus Helicopters’ facility in Albacete and will replace AS332 Super Puma fleet in service. Even though ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
AW101 [Poland]
According to the media reports, Airbus couldn't provide a competitive offer for the programme due to the offset requirements. The deliveries were to be completed ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-X [Japan]
There is no mention of the AH-X in the 2019-2023 Medium Term Defence Plan, so it is possible that the requirement has quietly been postponed. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H135 (UK)
Programme BackgroundAirbus Helicopters UK announced on 2 February 2022 that it has won an order to provide five additional H135 twin-engine helicopters for the MoD. The ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Ka-226T-India-Air Force
An official contract announcement is expected during the Aero India 2021 exhibition in Bangalore, although negotiations have dragged on for more than five years and ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145M (Contracted) [Germany]
Programme Background Previous Usage The German Armed Forces ordered 15 H145M helicopters, with the initial two delivered in December 2015, for the Kommando Spezialkräfte. These ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Naval Utility Helicopters (India)
Programme Background The program will witness the formation of a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and another local or foreign manufacturer. In June ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) First Batch (South Korea)
Programme Background The LAH is the first time that the South Korean OEM has developed an armed helicopter. The project kicked off in June 2015, ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - light/training, Military helicopters - multirole
H135M
The H135M (formerly known as the EC635 and also designated as H135) is a light utility variant of the EC135 twin-engine, multipurpose 3t helicopter. In ...
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Model 301 Fire Attack
The Model 301 is a belly tank/refill hose system for Airbus Helicopters AS365-series helicopters.
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Model 316 Fire Attack
The Model 316 is a belly tank/refill hose system for Airbus Helicopters H225 and AS332 L-series helicopters.
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Military helicopters - multirole
H145M
The H145M (formerly known as the EC645 T2) is the military version of the H145 medium-sized (3.7t) helicopter. It is marketed as a multi-role platform ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H175M
The Airbus H175M is the military variant of the H175, a seven-tonne class aircraft powered by twin PT6C 67E engines. The civilian variants produced by Airbus ...
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Air: mission management systems
Helionix
The Helionix digital avionics suite was developed from the need for a more powerful avionics system with greater functions and computing capacity, alongside a user-friendly interface. ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H215M
The H215M (formerly the AS532 ALe) is the most recent addition to the Cougar family. It is a medium-weight (9t-class), twin-engine helicopter, combining the AS532's ...
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Helicopter engines
Arriel 2+/2D
Unveiled in 2011, the Arriel 2+ is an upgrade of the Arriel 2 and is intended for single- and twin-engine helicopters. It incorporates a new ...
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AC67 Airbus Helicopters H135 interior
Bucher has developed the AC67 medical interior for the Airbus Helicopters H135 in cooperation with ADAC Luftrettung.The lightweight, modular design features a floor with integrated ...
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Helicopter engines
LTS101
The LTS101 was first certified in 1975. Since then, over 2,100 engines have been delivered to customers worldwide, logging over 11 million service hours. The ...
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EO/IR systems
Viviane
Viviane is an out-of-production gyro-stabilised night and adverse weather observation system with missile sight. Manufactured by Safran, it was fitted to French Army Gazelles. It contained a ...
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Air: mission management systems
APM 2000
The current generation of autopilots is the APM 2000 family, fitted on major worldwide platforms. The APM 2000 is based on an integrated digital computer. ...
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Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers
EWR-99
Dassault is not traditionally associated with electronic warfare subsystems, instead being equated with the manufacture of combat aircraft and business jets. Nonetheless, the company did, ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
H125M
The H125M (formerly the AS550 B3e Fennec) is a military version of the civil H125. The helicopter has a reduced radar signature due to the use ...
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H160
Airbus Helicopters unveiled a full-scale model of the H160 medium twin rotorcraft on 3 March 2015 at Heli-Expo. The utility helicopter, the first to be ...
