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Airbus flies first serial production H160 helo
The first serial production H160 made its maiden flight on 14 December. The H160 has been selected by the French military to replace most of its helicopter types with a single platform. Source: Airbus HelicoptersSchiebel demos new payloads on S-100 VTOL UAV for Australian Army
Schiebel has integrated Overwatch Imaging’s TK-5 Firewatch wide-area mapping payload to its S-100 Camcopter VTOL UAV for as part of a two-week technology demonstration to the Australian Army. Source: Australian Defence ForceSikorsky-Boeing team delays Defiant first flight
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant team postponed the aircraft's first flight until early 2019 after a pair of undisclosed issues arose during PSTB runs. Source: Lockheed MartinSlovakia signs for F-16V fighters
The F-16V is the latest variant of the Fighting Falcon. Slovakia has ordered 14 (including a pair of two-seaters) to be delivered by the end of 2023. Source: Lockheed Martin
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Bundeswehr releases report on July 2017 Tiger helicopter crash in Mali
The Bundeswehr announced on its website on 12 December that it submitted a report to the German parliament's defence committee on the 26 July 2017 crash of a Tiger combat helicopter supporting the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which killed the two pilots.
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New CH-4 UAV variant to feature kerosene-burning engine
A new variant of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Cai Hong 4 (Rainbow 4, or CH-4) strike-capable, medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be fitted with a kerosene-burning engine, the state-owned Global Times newspaper reported on 18
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Canada retires Sea King after 55 years
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has retired the last of its Sikorsky SH-3A (CH-124 in national service) Sea King helicopters after 55 years of operations. A final flypast of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) helicopter took place on 17 December along
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Spain gives green light for frigate, IFV orders
The Spanish cabinet gave the official go-ahead on 14 December for three major new military programmes worth more than EUR7.3 billion (USD8.2 billion) over 15 years. The largest programme is a five-ship order for the navy for the long-planned F-110 frigate, worth EUR4.32 billion. A further EUR2.1
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El Salvador deploys second aviation unit to Mali
Three Salvadoran Air Force (FAS) MD 500E armed reconnaissance helicopters have arrived in Gao, Mali, to support the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). MINUSMA announced that the helicopters arrived on 11 December and released photographs of them
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If you want peace, prepare for war: Chinese land forces modernisation
China's military modernisation began in the mid-1990s after Beijing realised that its military was incapable of participating in a modern conflict such as the 1991 Gulf War. Sam Cranny-Evans reports on the extent to which China's land forces have been transformed by the process -
Unmanned whirlybirds: Rotary-wing UAVs take off in Asia
Rotary-wing UAVs have been gaining traction in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the maritime domain where naval forces are building ships with an eye on unmanned aviation capabilities. Land forces operating in constricted terrain are also investigating similar systems. Kelvin Wong reports -
Silencing the airwaves: Chinese SEAD capabilities
China’s territorial ambitions around its coast have long been among the driving forces of its military modernisation. Tiago Falcao Machado reports on how, to support the expanding missions of its air forces, the PLA is developing an increasingly effective SEAD capability
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Weaponised Mission Master UGV takes shape
Rheinmetall Canada continues to expand the capabilities of its 8×8 Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), which it has been developing using internal research and development funding since 2016. Jane’s understands that the company plans to integrate a range of weapons systems to
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PROSUB achieves key milestone with launch of first S-BR submarine
The first of four Scorpène diesel-electric (S-BR) submarines being built under Brazil’s PROSUB (Programa de Desenvolvimento de Submarinos) programme has been launched by Itaguaí Construções Navais (ICN). Riachuelo was lowered into the water at the Itaguaí naval
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Weaponised Mission Master UGV takes shape
Rheinmetall Canada continues to expand the capabilities of its 8×8 Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), which it has been developing using internal research and development funding since 2016. Jane’s understands that the company plans to integrate a range of weapons systems to
