All Military UAVs articles – Page 316
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$4.6 billion USAF engine support deal for GE and P&W
General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have won engine improvement contracts from the US Air Force worth more than $4.6 billion over the next 15 years. The US Defense Department describes the unusual arrangement as an "indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract", and says it reflects increasing USAF awareness that more resources ...
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US Navy awards contracts for next-generation catapult
Northrop Grumman and General Atomics have won US Navy contracts to develop competitively an electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) for the navy's CVX next-generation aircraft carrier. The two companies, selected from seven bidders, will perform EMALS programme definition and risk reduction tasks. Northrop Grumman's contract is worth $62 million, ...
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New roles considered for Global Hawk
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Northrop Grumman is beginning to look at developments of its RQ-4A Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle that could include stealth features for the airframe and payloads that would allow it to perform nearly 20 more operational roles. Plans are also being developed to deploy Global Hawk ...
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Matra BAe outlines plan for cruise missile-firing airliner
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD) has unveiled a concept for deploying cruise missiles from a converted Airbus airliner fitted with twin stern launcher tubes. A modular missile storage and handling system occupies the passenger deck. The missile builder is also exploring the use of the system with ...
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Australian Army sets missile priorities for firepower plan
Peter La Franchi/ADELAIDE The Australian Army is exploring the acquisition of shore-based anti-ship missiles (ASMs) as part of evolving plans for its future firepower architecture. The move highlights an army push to regain control of Joint Project 117 for a new generation surface-to-air missile. The plans may also include ...
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Denel reveals updated Seeker
Denel has developed an updated version of its Seeker unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to provide greater range and endurance, as well as updating its payload. The first Seeker II is to fly early next year, with deliveries starting shortly after. The Seeker II has digital avionics and systems in ...
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Holding the fort
Singapore's air force has added to its defensive strength and more procurements are on the horizon Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE It's a small island republic with no indigenous natural resources, but Singapore has been a long-time economic winner, even by the standards of the pre-crash Pacific rim. Singapore's economy was one of ...
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Future Rafale studies are unveiled
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRADassault Aviation is exploring enhancements to the low observable features of the Rafale fighter, and a possible future role for the aircraft as an in-flight controller for unmanned aerial combat vehicles. According to Dassault military adviser Paul Marty, studies are also to be carried out to assess a ...
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Northrop Grumman/Schweizer team reveals vertical take-off navy UAV
The US Navy's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) competition includes a bid from a Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Centre-led team which utilises a modified Schweizer Aircraft Model 330turbine-powered light helicopter. The modified rotorcraft, which has successfully completed a 41-mission, 38h manned flight test programme at ...
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MEADS money unleashed for risk-reduction programme
Lockheed Martin and its team members on the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS) programme, Alenia Marconi Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, have received $10 million to fund six months of work as a prelude to a three-year risk reduction programme. The money was delayed as Congress debated the need ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has agreed to buy Oslo-based Navia Aviation, an instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems supplier, for $35 million from Norway's Navia. The business will report to UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Cordant Technologies ...
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AGS radar system offer to Middle East clients
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Northrop Grumman is offering Middle East customers a business jet-mounted version of its Joint STARS airborne ground surveillance (AGS) radar system. The US defence electronics giant says the system can be available by the middle of the next decade at a "competitive" price. The company ...
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USN tests anti-missile laser
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON The US Navy has conducted the first live-fire test of laser missile jamming systems suitable for installation on fast-jet combat aircraft. The UK observed the trials, conducted under the Navy's Tactical Aircraft Directed Infrared Countermeasures (TADIRCM) advanced technology demonstrator programme. Prototype systems developed by Lockheed Martin Sanders ...
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Sikorsky Cypher in VTOL UAV hunt
Sikorsky has emerged as a late entrant in the US Navy's vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle competition. The helicopter manufacturer is offering a development of the Cypher II being tested by the US Marine Corps. Cypher III will be a scaled up, turbine-powered design based on the ...
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Bids are in for VTOL competition
The US Navy's multi-million dollar contest to acquire a vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) generated up to three bids. Bidding for the programme, which includes 12 systems for the US Navy and 11 for the US Marine Corps, closed on 1 November. The USN ...
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Hard to digest
Whether it is clever politics, a knee-jerk reaction or just well-meant advice, the "closed" sign has gone up in the window of the transatlantic merger diner at which Europe has been trying to book a table since merger-mania gripped the industry earlier this year. Clever politics, perhaps, because Washington ...
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Star target
NATO is well on the way to having its own version of the USA's Joint STARS Paul Lewis/MELBOURNE, FLORIDA After years of deliberation, NATO has embarked on a programme that could see the alliance field its own version of the US Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) by ...
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Kosovo air campaign shows up US and NATO disparities
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US secretary of State for Defense William Cohen says the Kosovo air campaign highlighted disparities between US military forces and those of NATO allies, including precision strike capabilities. Cohen's assessment is contained in an initial Kosovo after-action report from the Department of Defense containing early lessons from ...
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USAF gets funding to begin work on Galaxy re-engining
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force has secured $18 million in long lead funding to begin work on re-engining the Lockheed Martin C-5A/B Galaxy, as the Air Mobility Command (AMC) prepares to conclude a critical study of its future heavylift transport options. Congress has approved initial funding in ...
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TUAV shoot-out marred by crash
The US Army's fly-off involving four tactical unmanned air vehicles (TUAV) suffered its first casualty when an AAI Shadow 200 was destroyed in a crash on 11October near Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The Shadow 200 began its system capability demonstration (SCD) on 4 October and had completed two check flights ...