Spain orders 16 Airbus C295 in Maritime Patrol and Surveillance configurations
The Spanish MoD has ordered 16 Airbus C295 aircraft in MPA configuration and MSA configuration. The contract amounts to €1.695 billion.
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Spain approves the acquisition of 16 Airbus C295W for Maritime Patrol and Surveillance
The Spanish government has approved an agreement that enables the ministry of defense to procure 16 Airbus C295W MPA and MSA.
French MoD awards studies contracts for next-gen Maritime Patrol Aircraft
On December 22, 2022, the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) awarded Airbus Defense and Space and Dassault Aviation two study contracts for the architecture of a future maritime patrol aircraft (Patmar) based on the Airbus A320neo and Dassault Falcon 10X platforms.
Airbus to Supply ‘SMDM’ Aliaca fixed-wing UAV to the French Navy
SURVEY Copter signed a contract with French DGA to provide the French Navy with 11 SMDM Aliaca UAV systems...
VSR700 prototype aces first autonomous landing on moving deck
The VSR700 optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) has successfully achieved fully autonomous takeoff and landing (ATOL) approaches, validating its autonomy to and from a moving platform and advancing the VSR700 programme towards its end goal: offering a tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) with (ATOL) capacities for global navies. The landing zone: a pitching, yawing platform, mounted on a trailer to simulate the conditions of a moving ship deck.
Studies on French-German Next Gen MPA to Start this Month
The future French-German MPA program will be launched in the coming weeks. The first phase of the studies will focus on the mission system...
Malaysia begins conversion of CN235-220M to Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
The Royal Malaysian Air Force began modification of existing CN235-220M (M44-05) tactical airlifter into maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) under the US Maritime Security Initiative (MSI).
Future Air Combat System development officially launched by partner countries
The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and her German and Spanish counterparts, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Ángel Olivares Ramírez on February 20 signed the Future Air Combat System (FCAS) agreements.
Airbus comments French Navy lease-purchase of H160 SAR helicopters
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) is to supply four H160s to the French Navy for search and rescue missions through a partnership between Airbus Helicopters, Babcock, and Safran Helicopter Engines. The contract was awarded on January 31, 2020. The French Navy will start operating these helicopters in 2022 for a period of ten years.
France progressing towards HIL Guépard helicopter development
Airbus Helicopters and the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) are pursuing a new set of studies to further the militarization of the H160 and to define its associated support ecosystem in the context of the Joint Light Helicopter program (Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger: HIL).