All Defence articles – Page 43
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NewsQinetiq sees strong customer interest in ‘chaos-causing’ Jackdaw UAV
Qinetiq has committed to build its newly revealed Jackdaw swarming unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the UK but is still developing the industrial strategy that will support eventual production.
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NewsTaiwan warns of increasing Chinese military threat
Taiwan paints a gloomy picture of North Asia’s strategic environment, characterised by increased Chinese military pressure including improvements to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
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NewsL3Harris and BAE deliver first EC-37B to USAF
The latest iteration of the Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft is built on a Gulfstream G500 business jet.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters cites H175M’s strong market potential on back of customer demos
Airbus Helicopters has begun conducting demonstration flights for potential customers of the H175M, including Saudi Arabia, as it eyes a market for the super-medium-twin beyond the UK.
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NewsBoeing poised to deliver first T-7 to USAF
Airframer Boeing says the first test version of its next-generation T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer is ready for delivery to the US Air Force, which is expected to accept the aircraft as soon as 12 September.
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NewsStandardAero to build Black Hawks for the UK under Lockheed NMH bid
Lockheed Martin has selected StandardAero to assemble Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk helicopters in Gosport on the south coast of England if it emerges as the winner of UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) competition. Revealing the industrial plan supporting its NMH bid at the DSEI trade show on 12 September, Paul ...
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NewsQinetiq reveals ‘low-cost, high-performance’ Jackdaw swarming UAV
Qinetiq has launched a new low-cost unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed for swarming and collaborative operations such as manned-unmanned teaming.
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NewsLockheed taps Aerojet Rocketdyne for HALO anti-ship missile engine
Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to power a hypersonic anti-ship missile it is developing under a US Navy contract.
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NewsGeneral Atomics prepares for flight testing of uncrewed ‘missile truck’
The producer of combat UAVs is developing an uncrewed, air-launched vehicle for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that will itself carry and launch currently available air-to-air missiles.
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NewsRAF capability gaps leave UK ‘dangerously exposed’, MPs warn
Defence chiefs have left the UK “dangerously exposed” through a series of misguided equipment decisions – in one case branded “irrational” and “perverse” – which have created “unacceptable” capability gaps for the Royal Air Force (RAF), a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
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NewsJakarta expresses interest in A330 MRTT
Jakarta appears to have made a decision to acquire the Airbus Defence and Space A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT).
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NewsAirbus confident that UK’s New Medium Helicopter buy will not be culled
Airbus Helicopters is confident the UK government is committed to its New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme despite the procurement delays which have led to speculation it could be axed as a cost-saving measure.
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NewsCobra pilot awarded USA’s top decoration for improvised rescue in Vietnam
Captain Larry Taylor evacuated a team of US Army troops who had been abandoned under heavy enemy fire, using a Bell AH-1G Cobra attack helicopter that was not designed to carry additional personnel beyond the pilot and weapons officer.
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NewsBoeing to install electronic warfare survival system on Japan’s F-15 fighters
Tokyo will pay Boeing $474.5 million to equip its fleet of F-15 fighters with the Eagle Passive Warning Survivability electronic warfare system.
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NewsAnduril acquires UAV fighter developer Blue Force Technologies
Autonomous defence technologies start-up Anduril acquired uncrewed aircraft developer Blue Force for an undisclosed sum, with an eye toward the Pentagon’s surging interest in autonomous combat aircraft.
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NewsInsitu unveils precision strike option for Integrator UAV
The Boeing subsidiary says it will now offer a miniature precision munition capability for the company’s Integrator UAV, which the US Navy operates under the designation RQ-21 Blackjack.
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NewsGE Aerospace joins FLRAA as supplier for Bell
GE Aerospace will provide digital backbone, voice and data recorder, and health awareness system for Bell V-280 Valor, which the US Army selected as its next-generation troop carrying aircraft.
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NewsCEVS wins US Navy contract for F/A-18 helmet upgrade
Joint venture Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS) is to develop a new helmet-mounted cueing system for the US Navy’s Boeing F-18-based fighter and electronic warfare fleets.
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NewsLockheed delays delivery of F-35 upgrades, prolonging delivery halt until 2024
Airframer Lockheed Martin now says it will not complete flight certification on the series of F-35 computer and communications upgrades known as TR-3, extending the halt on new deliveries by the US government and others.
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NewsUSA to provide Ukraine with RTX medium-range missiles ahead of F-16 transfer
Recent Pentagon contracts allocated $192 million, sourced from Ukraine security assistance funds, to supply an indefinite quantity delivery of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles from Raytheon.