• Naval Warfare

  Is the health of Russia’s submarine fleet improving?

  14th February 2024

  The Russian Federation Navy submarine service has struggled to modernise in recent years, but progress on two main acquisition programmes could mean that it has turned a corner.

• Air Warfare

  Fast, French and furious: DGA tests hypersonic glide vehicle

  27th June 2023

  Yesterday, the French DGA conducted the first tiring of its VMaX hypersonic glide vehicle demonstrator from Biscarrosse.

• Naval Warfare

  Russian Navy to receive trio of new submarines

  25th April 2022

  Construction programmes have not run smoothly but three more submarines — including boats capable of launching nuclear and hypersonic missiles — are expected to arrive with the Russian Navy by the end of 2022.

• Air Warfare

  Hypersonic missile defence ‘difficult but tractable’, says CSIS

  8th February 2022

  At the current pace, the US may not field a glide-phase interceptor until the 2030s, but a new report from the CSIS indicates that this could be accelerated.

• Naval Warfare

  RN will have to play catch-up to achieve hypersonic ambitions

  18th February 2022

  Comments from the head of the RN about hypersonic ambitions came shortly before UK officials met with their French counterparts to progress the joint Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon project.

• Naval Warfare

  Fire aboard Provorny disrupts Project 20385

  24th January 2022

  Was damage to the corvette Provorny in a December 2021 fire more serious than the Russian Navy and MoD care to admit?

• Naval Warfare

  Tsirkon series production begins

  30th November 2021

  The Russian Navy awaits Tsirkon hypersonic missile deliveries in 2022.

• Naval Warfare

  Latest Tsirkon test shines more light on Russian hypersonics

  19th October 2020

  ​The hypersonic missile travelled at Mach 8 to strike a naval surface target at 450km range, but is Russia following a realistic timetable to bring it into service?

• Naval Warfare

  Russia to carry out second test-firing of hypersonic missile

  6th April 2020

  Russia is planning to carry out the second test-firing of its Tsirkon hypersonic missile in April or May 2020 according to Defence Ministry sources. The …

• Defence Notes

  Flight tests are central for US in hypersonic arms race

  18th March 2020

  The US military is preparing a crucial flight test of a hypersonic weapon this spring, as part of a ramped-up campaign to develop and field …

• Naval Warfare

  Russian naval revamp to continue unabated

  20th March 2020

  Representatives of the Russian MoD and the General Staff have insisted to Shephard that the country’s naval modernisation programme will proceed as planned, despite a …

• Naval Warfare

  Russia steers towards submarine fleet growth

  31st March 2020

  The Russian Navy anticipates a major replenishment of its nuclear submarine fleet, with plans in place to receive or put into service four new boats …

• Naval Warfare

  Russia tests Tsirkon hypersonic missile in Barents Sea

  28th February 2020

  The Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov has test-fired the Tsirkon hypersonic missile for the first time in the Barents Sea, TASS reported on 27 February. …

• Defence Notes

  Combat air set to play the fall guy in UK defence review

  6th March 2020

  As high-profile budget difficulties tie the UK government to making tough, long-term procurement decisions across air, land and sea domains, the RAF’s combat air plans …

• Land Warfare

  Summer award date for US hypersonics launcher contract

  6th June 2019

  A contract will be awarded ‘later this summer’ for a transporter erect launcher (TEL) from which the US Army will conduct its first ever erect …

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Destroyers

  Udaloy I Class (Project 1155)

  The Udaloy class destroyers were built in the 1980s for Russia by Zhdanov (now Severnaya Verf) and Yantar shipyards under the Project 1155 programme as specialised anti-submarine ...

• Frigates

  Admiral Gorshkov (Project 22350)

  The Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates for the Russian Navy are being built under the long-running Project 22350 programme. It was approved in 2003 for a class ...

• Corvettes

  Gremyashchy Class (Project 20385)

  The Gremyashchy-class (Project 20385) corvette is an advanced variant of the Streregushchy class (Project 20380) designed by Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau for the Russian Federation ...