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Airbus DS demos Sferion counter-DVE system for helicopters
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has successfully demonstrated its 'Sferion' degraded visual-environment (DVE) system for helicopters, the company announced on 14 August. The demonstration, which took place during the German Army Aviation's Helicopter Forum at its International Training Centre in
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Airbus begins work on Tiger Mk3 attack helicopter
Airbus Helicopters is working on a new version of its Tiger attack helicopter, dubbed the Tiger Mk3. The work is being conducted under an 'architecture study' commissioned by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) on 31 July. According to OCCAR the study aims "to define the
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US to soon select builder for JLTV, much-awaited Humvee replacement
Key Points A JLTV builder is slated to be chosen in the coming weeks AM General, Lockheed Martin, and Oshkosh are competing to replace the overburdened Humvee The Pentagon is expected to downselect a supplier for its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), a long-planned replacement for the Humvee,
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Admiral Kuznetsov returns from dry dock
The Russian Navy's sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov , has completed three months in dry dock, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on 20 August. Admiral Kuznetsov was identified as being in refit at the end of May at the 82 Shipyard floating dockyard at Roslyakovo in Kola Bay,
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Ukrainian industry offers surface-launched R-27
In an effort to develop a new product line independent of their traditional Russian partners, two Ukrainian enterprises - Artem and Radionix - have entered into a co-operative programme to develop a new, air defence version of the Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name: AA-10 'Alamo') air-to-air missile
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FNSS completes Saber 25 trials
FNSS has completed qualification tests of its new Saber 25 one-man armoured vehicle turret, the Turkish combat vehicle and weapon system company announced on 13 August. The trials were conducted from 22-26 June at the Turkish Ministry of National Defence's Konya Karapinar range. For the trials the
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Canada's Irving Shipbuilding selects BAE Systems to provide naval guns for AOPS
BAE Systems has been tapped to provide modified machine gun systems for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN's) Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) programme, officials confirmed to IHS Jane's on 19 August. Canada's Irving Shipbuilding, the prime contractor on the AOPS programme, awarded BAE Systems a
