China’s Compound Coaxial Helicopter Prototype Breaks Cover
After the maiden flight of China’s tiltrotor, another high-speed rotorcraft prototype as a compound coaxial helicopter similar to S-97 made its appearance.
AH-64 Apache News
Air
Analysis
Air
Sensors
The U.S. Army Wants AESA Radars on AH-64 Helicopters
The U.S. Army has published an RFI to integrate multi-function AESA radars into its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
Air
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
AH-64E Apache Performs Maiden Flight with T901 Engine
Boeing stated that the latest version of the AH-64E Guardian Apache attack helicopter had completed its first flight with the General Electric T-901 engine.
Air
Expo and Air Show
Poland to acquire 96 new Apache attack helicopters
Poland announced that Boeing’s AH-64 Apache had been selected for its KRUK (meaning Raven) Attack Helicopter program during the MSPO Expo in Kielce.
Engine and Transmission
ITEP Engine for UH-60 and AH-64 Passed the First Tests
The US Army has announced that the first tests of the new engine program for the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk have been completed.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Defender-Europe 2021 to begin in Greece
The US Army’s most significant European exercise in 25 years will start soon in Greece. It was planned for last year but was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
