Defence`s Feeds

FLIR Systems revealed a technology refresh for the UltraForce 275 and UltraForce 350 multi-sensor gimbal turrets at Farnborough International Airshow 2018. The low size weight and power (SWAP) systems developed for integration on small lightweight manned and unmanned airborne platforms now enable

Leonardo unveiled its new Spider airborne communications intelligence (COMINT) system at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show. SPIDER has been developed in the UK and operates in the 20 MHz to 6 GHz band, is designed to “detect, identify, analyse and geolocate” emissions. Jan Boyes, head of

SteelRock Technologies (SR) conducted its hard launch during the Farnborough International Airshow. The UK start up is marketing its family of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and soft-kill UAV countermeasures and unveiled the WO3 Protector Counter-IED UAV at the show. Designed by a serving

Hungary's Ministry of Defence has announced a tender for 81 mm medium mortars to replace its 50 Soviet-made 82-BM-37 82 mm mortars. The tender is for 40 mortars, with an option for 20 more, 24 fire control systems, and a logistic package. The tender also includes 28,000 high explosive (HE), 7,500

Jordan’s King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) has developed a weaponised unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) under a private venture. A complete system comprises the UGV, handheld control unit and a lightweight communications backpack. According to company specifications, the 250

NATO’s new so-called Package on the South, approved by allied leaders at their 11-12 July summit in Brussels, to create a more “coherent approach” to security across the Middle East and North Africa is a mixed bag of substance and window dressing designed to rebalance NATO’s

Portugal will deploy six Pandur II 8x8 armoured vehicles and an additional 45 troops to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to provide additional mobility and protection for its contingent. Plans are being made to deploy the

Danish systems and sensors house Terma has introduced an updated version of its airborne Advanced Countermeasures Dispenser System (ACMDS) designed to provide an improved mixed-payload capability and inventory management, as well as promote compatibility with a new generation of smart expendables.

The UK government has selected five primarily SME-led teams to carry out research into unmanned systems and robotics under the second phase of an experiment to test disruptive autonomous technologies that could be used in logistics roles. Under a cross-government collaboration that includes funding

The UK House of Commons Committees on Arms Exports Controls (CAEC) has issued a new report outlining some of the concerns that it has with the sale of defence technology from the UK. Concerns include the role of third parties such as brokers, agents and advisers within arms exports, the enforcement

Key Points Brazil recently detailed its delivery schedule for the KC-390 and F-39 Gripen E/F The two programmes are the nation’s most important aircraft modernisations efforts The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) recently detailed its delivery schedules for two of its most important modernisation

Raytheon and the US Navy (USN) have successfully executed a first guided flight test of the RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 missile. Performed from the US Navy’s (USN’s) Self-Defense Test Ship (SDTS) in June, the Guided Test Vehicle-1 (GTV-1) event saw the new Block 2

Inzpire’s Helicopter Service Division is supporting the European Defence Agency (EDA) in improving its members’ rotary-wing capabilities, with an emphasis on tactics courses. Chris Raynes, Inzpire’s head of helicopter services, said during the Farnborough International Airshow on

Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS, a joint venture between Thales and Raytheon) have announced a strengthening of their partnership arrangement to provide NATO with a territorial ballistic missile defence (BMD) command-and-control (C2) capability. In July 2017, the companies signed a

Farnborough International Airshow has provided insights into the responses by industry to the United Kingdom’s requirement for a ground-based ballistic missile defence (BMD) radar. The UK government committed to investing in a ground-based BMD radar within its 2015 Strategic Defence and

The hard launch of SteelRock Technologies (SR), a UK start up producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and counter-UAV systems, took place during Farnborough International Airshow 2018. During the show, SR displayed its Nightfighter counter-UAV device in multiple configurations. Nightfighter

Portuguese company Tekever unveiled its AR5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Farnborough International Airshow, and the launch included a live feed from operations in the Atlantic. In 2017 Tekever was awarded a contract to produce an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability for the European Maritime

Teledyne e2v, a specialist imaging technology company, announced at Farnborough 2018 it had been awarded a contract to develop building blocks for a low power, high resolution, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor designed to meet the demands of the emerging small satellite

Key Points Israel has been blamed for a second airstrike close to Aleppo airport The IAF is suspected of carrying out an even longer range strike in June The Syrian military has accused Israel of carrying out an airstrike near Aleppo’s airport on 15 July: the second such strike in less than

Mercury Systems is offering a new self-encrypting solid-state drive (SSD) for laptops and workstations storing highly sensitive data. The SSD uses Mercury Systems’ ASURRE-Stor, which couples NAND flash memory with the company’s ARMOR processor. The drive features up to 512 GB of storage