Safran and MTU are to team to develop a new engine to power a future rotorcraft for the EU’s ENGRT effort that could leverage the Airbus Helicopters RACER concept for high-speed helicopter flight (pictured) and the Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor. (Airbus Helicopters via Janes/Gareth Jennings)
France’s Safran Helicopter Engines and Germany’s MTU Aero Engines have agreed on a joint venture (JV) to develop a powerplant for the European Union’s (EU’s) European Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT) programme.
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Commissioned into service between 1990 and 1994, the Royal Netherlands Navy’s four Walrus-class submarines are planned to be replaced from around 2034. (Royal Netherlands Navy)
As the tender submission deadline for the Walrus-class submarine replacement programme approaches, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) has provided further details on the awards process.
AID awarded a contract to Nexter Arrowtech, EOS Technologie, and Traak on 16 June to develop a medium-range loitering munition under its and the DGA’s Larinae call for projects. (Nexter)
The Agence de l’Innovation de Défense (AID), the French defence innovation agency, awarded a contract to Nexter Arrowtech, EOS Technologie, and Traak on 16 June to develop a medium-range loitering munition under the Larinae call for projects aimed at providing the French Army with such a system armed with an anti-tank warhead, Nexter announced in a press release on 19 June.
Nato’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) organisation has opened applications for innovators to propose new solutions to the problems in the defence sector.
The first pilot challenge call, which will run until August this year, focuses on three areas: energy resilience, surveillance and secure information sharing.
Staffed by experts in innovation and working with universities, industry and governments across Nato’s 31 member countries, DIANA works to deter and defend against future threats.
Thales has partnered with PT Len to provide 13 GM400α long-range air surveillance radars (pictured) and the SkyView command-and-control system to the Indonesian National Armed Forces. (Thales)
Thales will supply 13 Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400α) long-range air surveillance radars and the associated SkyView command-and-control (C2) system to Indonesia, in collaboration with its local partner, PT Len Industri.
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