• Air Warfare

  Northrop Grumman selected to develop hypersonic missile interceptor

  26th September 2024

  Northrop Grumman beat out Raytheon for next stage of the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) weapon with the deal described as marking “a turning point for hypersonic glide phase defence”.

• Land Warfare

  US Missile Defense Agency’s budget could be cut by $2.6 billion over the next three years

  20th April 2024

  The reduction would impact several acquisition and development programmes, creating capabilities gaps in US missile defence architecture.

• Air Warfare

  Lockheed beats out Northrop on $17 billion US missile contract

  16th April 2024

  The Next Generation Interceptor and accompanying radars will play a key role in protecting the US against long-range ballistic missile threats.

• Air Warfare

  Long-range radar handed over to US Missile Defence Agency

  3rd May 2024

  Lockheed Martin delivered 10 antenna panels for its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to Clear, Alaska in 2020. The system will be used by the Missile Defence Agency (MDA) as part of its layered defence strategy against ballistic missiles.

• Land Warfare

  Northrop Grumman missile interceptor passes test

  1st February 2024

  Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman-Raytheon have been competing for the Next Generation Interceptor programme to defend the US from Intercontinental Ballistic Missile threats.

• Land Warfare

  Israel ramps up Arrow-4 development following Iranian attack

  19th April 2024

  Israel’s Ministry of Defense has fast-tracked the development of the Arrow-4 ballistic missile interceptor in response to recent Iranian ballistic missile attacks.

• Land Warfare

  US successfully tests improved missile defence system and multi-stage separation

  12th December 2023

  The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system has been deployed in multiple locations as the first and only operational missile defence system to defend the US against intermediate and long-range ballistic missile attacks.

• Air Warfare

  Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Interceptor completes preliminary design review

  17th October 2023

  Lockheed Martin's Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) will offer a new, advanced interceptor to protect the US homeland against long-range ballistic missile threats.

• Naval Warfare

  Aegis weapon system successfully intercepts two short-range ballistic missile targets

  27th October 2023

  The Vigilant Wyvern joint test saw USN Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carl M Levin detect, track, engage and execute missiles fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, located on Kauai, Hawaii.

• Land Warfare

  Lockheed Martin validates designs for Next Generation Interceptor

  24th August 2023

  The next US missile defence interceptor has made continued progress toward production and fielding.

• Land Warfare

  Lockheed Martin validates Next Generation Interceptor designs for missile defence

  8th August 2023

  Lockheed Martin has successfully completed preliminary design reviews (PDRs) for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), demonstrating design maturity and reducing risk for the US Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Missile Defense system.

• Land Warfare

  Israel outlines next steps to improve its missile defence architecture

  5th June 2023

  The Israeli MoD is progressing with the Arrow 4 interceptor effort in addition to working on improvement of its in-service sensors, radars and C2 systems.

• Defence Notes

  How integration of multiple sensors can enhance US missile defence

  24th April 2023

  The Pentagon is working on designing, developing and delivering capabilities to the armed services to enable them to counter ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles.

• Defence Notes

  Why the US cannot overcome Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons

  19th April 2023

  As hypersonic weapons do not follow a ballistic trajectory and can fly at low altitudes in addition to manoeuvring en route to their target, they challenge existing US defence systems.

• Defence Notes

  What has the US learned from the Ukraine war about missile defence?

  13th April 2023

  After analysing the conflict, the Pentagon intends to upgrade systems and accelerate both acquisition of new sensors and technologies and their integration with its equipment in addition to improving the procurement process.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) [Canada]

  Programme Background Programme Inception The Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System (JUSTAS) project was established to procure a UAS for ...

• AEW&C

  Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (1-6) [NATO]

  Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...

• Destroyers

  Canadian Surface Combatant/River Class [Canada]

  Development and Procurement Requirements Fifteen frigates are being procured to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's 12 ageing Halifax-class frigates and the now-retired Iroquois-class destroyers with ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: coastal surveillance radar, Sea: naval surveillance radar

  MDA BlueHawk

  MDA developed BlueHawk, a multi-sensor, unclassified maritime domain awareness solution that provides navies, coast guards, environmental and regulatory agencies with near-real-time access to broad-area maritime ...

• Space: radar systems, Space: satellite surveillance systems

  Radarsat-2

  Owned and operated by MDA, Radarsat-2 was launched in late 2007 as a follow-on radar satellite to Canada’s Radarsat-1. The satellite's resolution ranges from a ...

• Surface-to-air missiles

  Arrow-2

  Arrow-2 is designed to intercept and destroy incoming Tactic Ballistic Missiles that are detected, tracked and identified by the Arrow Weapon System sensors. The missile ...

• OPVs

  Kingston Class

  The Kingston-class undertakes a minehunter and coastal patrol roles with the Royal Canadian Navy. A total of 12 were built by Halifax Shipyards and commissioned ...

• Destroyers

  River Class (Type 26)

  The Type 26 Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate has been designed for the UK Royal Navy, but with an emphasis on export. Both the Royal Canadian Navy ...

• Surface-to-air missiles

  THAAD missile

  THAAD missile is one of the most important components of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The THAAD missile starts to intercept incoming ...

• Sea: naval surveillance radar

  AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR

  Raytheon’s Air and Missile Defence Radar (AMDR), now officially designated as AN/SPY-6(V), was purchased by the USN to equip the three new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers ...

• Land: air defence radar

  AN/TPY-2

  The Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) is an X-band missile defence radar that can detect, classify and track ballistic missiles. It uses an AESA antenna comprising 25.344 T/R ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

  Puma 2 AE

  The Puma 2 All Environment (AE), or RQ-20B in US nomenclature, is the second generation of AeroVironment's small UAS. The Puma 2 AE is sometimes called ...