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Indonesia designates two Panther helicopters for anti-submarine operations
Only two of the Indonesian Navy’s (Tentera Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL’s) 11 Airbus Helicopters AS 565MBe Panther helicopters are equipped for...Full story -
ATEC's ITEP bid was USD163 million more expensive than GE's
The Advance Turbine Engine Company’s (ATEC’s) losing bid for the US Army’s next-generation helicopter engine programme was USD163 million more than winner General...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: GKN looks to expand defence business
GKN Aerospace expects to grow the defence side of its business in the coming years through new opportunities and the ramp-up of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Lockheed Martin unfazed by Turkish F-35 uncertainty, for now
Lockheed Martin does not expect uncertainty surrounding Turkey’s continued involvement in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to negatively affect the wider...Full story -
US blames Iran for second tanker attack
The Trump administration has directly blamed Iran for attacking two more oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman with limpet mines as part of a wider response to economic...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Boeing to demo CH-53K engine on Chinook
Boeing will demonstrate on its CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter the more powerful General Electric (GE) T408 engine normally fitted to its Sikorsky CH-53K King...Full story -
Rafael demos Spike LR from JLTV
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has demonstrated a live-fire targeted launch of the Spike weapon system from an Oshkosh-supplied 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).Full story -
Russia trials new EW tactics
Russian forces have trialled new electronic warfare (EW) tactics designed for comprehensive protection against air assets such as cruise missiles, airborne radars, and...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Boeing warns ‘last chance' to buy V-22
Prospective customers of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey need to place their orders sooner rather than later as the tiltrotor’s production run enters into its final stages,...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Leonardo unveils Falco Xplorer
Italy’s Leonardo has unveiled a new variant of its Falco unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) family, the Falco Xplorer.Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Lockheed Martin touts ‘25 by 25' initiative to drive down F-35 operating costs
Lockheed Martin plans to dramatically reduce through-life operating and sustainment costs of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft through,...Full story -
AESA technology could migrate to electronic warfare equipment
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology, typically associated with radar systems, is being explored to aid electronic warfare (EW) equipment.Full story -
South Korea's first KSS-3 submarine begins sea trials
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has begun initial sea trials for the country’s first KSS-3 diesel-electric submarine (SSK), an industry...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Pegasus makes international debut at Le Bourget
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker-transport aircraft made its first appearance outside of the United States during the week of the Paris Airshow.Full story -
IAI Elta announces multi-sensor air defence system
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary Elta Systems unveiled on 12 June a new version of its EL/M-2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) that has been developed to counter...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Leonardo launches MAIR missile warning system
Italy’s Leonardo has launched a new hostile fire indicator system, known as the Multiple Aperture Infrared (MAIR) system.Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Embraer, ELTA announce new business jet AEW aircraft
Embraer and ELTA Systems Ltd (ELTA) are teaming to develop a new airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft based on the super mid-sized platform of Embraer’s Praetor 600...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: New air-combat training consortium looks for opportunities in GCC
Red Sky, a new consortium led by French businessmen based in the United Arab Emirates, is set to field a new global adversary training service aimed at the militaries of...Full story -
Belarus pursues armed multirotor UAS developments
Belarusian companies have unveiled three new weaponised multicopter unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) being developed under a wider national effort to advance indigenous...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: IAI offering Kfir NG to Colombia, expects to return Sri Lanka and Ecuador jets to service
Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering Colombia an upgraded variant of the Kfir combat aircraft it currently flies, dubbed the Kfir Next-Generation (NG).Full story