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Defence Notes
Kim Jong-un punctuated September with flurry of new missiles
15th October 2021
North Korea continues to surprise protagonists with the rate at which it develops new missile types.
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Naval Warfare
Germany to modernise F124 frigate radars
24th August 2021
The project will see Germany’s F124 air defence frigates equipped with new radar capabilities and the installation of a land-based system.
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Air Warfare
USAF engine programmes tell a contrasting story
27th September 2021
A winning bidder has been chosen to implement the B-52H Commercial Engine Replacement Program — but a plan to re-engine the F-35A has encountered technical and affordability issues.
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Defence Notes
NRL demonstrates distributed radar concepts
19th August 2021
Developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with the help of Raytheon, the Flexible Distributed Radar Array (FlexDAR) system is said to offer improvements in detection, tracking and electronic protection.
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Land Warfare
Howling success for Coyote reusable non-kinetic effector
26th July 2021
Raytheon shines a light on Coyote Block 3 trial and progress on Block 2 launch system.
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Air Warfare
L3Harris to repair Stratofortress and Hercules electronic countermeasures
18th August 2021
L3Harris will service the self-protection system aboard B-52H and C-130 aircraft.
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Naval Warfare
US lawmakers seek land testbed for DDG(X) power system
3rd August 2021
The US Navy's future destroyer, known as DDG(X), will need massive power generation capabilities to run advanced sensors, directed energy weapons and propulsion systems.
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Naval Warfare
DSEI 2021: SubSea Craft confident design will deliver
20th September 2021
SubSea Craft's VICTA diver delivery unit has begun sea trials. Surface trials will be undertaken first, with subsurface trials due to start in 2022.
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Defence Notes
Demonstrations test the case for naval resupply UAS
6th August 2021
The Blue Water UAS could be on track to become a USN programme of record.
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Land Warfare
DSEI 2021: Aardvark goes on show
15th September 2021
New UGV offers possibilities for military logistics, resupply and other missions.
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Naval Warfare
South Korea commissions its first KSS-III submarine
18th August 2021
The rollout of South Korea's indigenous KSS-III submarines has begun, while LIG Nex1 is claiming early success in the CIWS-II programme.
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Defence Notes
Read the Radar Systems Handbook
16th August 2021
The Radar Systems Handbook Issue 5 covers the full spectrum of radar systems and subsystems across the land, sea and air domains. Read for free.
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Defence Helicopter
Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight S2 E6 - The Role of Autonomy
7th September 2021
Autonomy is certain to be a defining trend in the future of aviation and fully autonomous aircraft could one day supplement or even replace traditional helicopters.
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Training
DSEI 2021: RAF says Waddington will be MQ-9B global training hub
13th September 2021
The UK is to build a Protector International Training Centre at RAF Waddington, hoping to attract operators from around the world.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Marines trial UAS swarms and autonomous systems
19th July 2021
A UAS swarm dropped underwater vehicles into the sea and delivered supplies to Royal Marine (RM) Commandos, while an autonomous surface vessel monitored the horizon during Autonomous Advance Force 4.0.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
ISTAR UAS project (Canada)
Programme Background Objective The Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) main significant UAV project is the RCN Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System (RCN ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Flexible Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FTUAS) [UK]
Programme Background Tender Notice & Timeline On 25 May 2021, the MoD published a tender notice for the urgent acquisition of a UAS and ancillaries under ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
DEF129 Nano UAS [Australia]
Programme Background DEF129 The Australian Ground Service has combined various army procurement efforts under the DEF129 programme to increase the abundance and proliferation of UAVs ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...
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Military UAS - mini
Aeromobila A Pilotaggio Remoto (Mini) [Italy]
Programme Background Requirement Released on 5 August 2021, the Italian MoD's Multi-Year Defence Programme Document for 2021-2023 announced a programme aimed at acquiring a mini-UAS capable ...
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Light attack, Trainer
IAR-99 Replacement (Romania)
On 29 August 2017, Leonardo announced that the IAR-99 trainer technology demonstrator (TD) will be fitted with company's Vixen 500E AESA radar. The Vixen 500E AESA ...
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Military UAS - micro
Aeromobila A Pilotaggio Remoto (Micro) [Italy]
Programme Background Requirement Released on 5 August 2021, the Italian MoD's Multi-Year Defence Programme Document for 2021-2023 announced a programme aimed at acquiring a micro-UAS capable ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
RQ-20 Puma (Belgium)
Programme Background Requirement The Belgian MoD outlined plans to procure more mini and tactical UAS in its Strategic Vision for Defence published in 2016. According ...
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Military UAS - small
Bug Nano UAS (UK)
Programme Background The British Army previously took delivery of 160 first-generation Black Hornet PD-100 nano UAS in 2013 to support operations in Afghanistan. After these ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Goal The Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) programme stems from the Military Sealift Command and Fleet Forces Command identifying, in 2018, a ...
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Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE (Germany)
Programme Background The Germany navy had an urgent requirement for three UAS required for reconnaissance and identification in maritime operations. A platform was required that ...
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AEW&C
Airbus A330 AWACS (India)
Programme Background India is planning to increase its AEW&C; capabilities with indigenous radar systems. IAF has requested to procure six Airbus 330 airliner to host ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Mini UAS [Spain]
Programme Background Fuerza 35 Project This project is a Spanish Army initiative to create and maintain an effective force by forming flexible and cohesive operational ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
AW101-Norway
AgustaWestland is also providing initial support and training services, including spares at each of the operating bases and aircrew training. It will then provide performance ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Land: air defence radar
MPDR 12
The MPDR 12 is a high-data-rate (60rpm) pulse-Doppler radar with good clutter rejection performance. Teamed on Gepard with a Siemens pulse-Doppler tracking and FCR. Used ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
SPS-550K
SPS-550K is a medium- to long-range 3D air and surface surveillance radar. It employs digital multi-beam forming, pulse-Doppler and medium pulse repetition frequency techniques to ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
Grifo S
The Grifo-S fire control radar is the most powerful version of the Grifo radar family for combat aircraft, featuring a 560W air-cooled travelling-wave tube-based transmitter ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
MM/SPS-702
Developed by Leonardo, MM/SPS-702 is an air and surface search radar. The SPS-702 features Moving Target Indicator (MTI), Pulse Doppler Radar and IFF interrogator.
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
N011
The N011 is an updated version of the N001 for more advanced Su-27 family aircraft featuring both air-to-air and air-to-ground (terrain following/avoidance and mapping) modes ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
N019 Sapfir-29
The N019 Sapfir-29 is a pulse-Doppler fire control radar with look-down/shoot-down capability developed for the MiG-29. Dedicated to air-to-air combat, it has three pulse repetition ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
RDI
The RDI is an optimised pulse-Doppler radar installed on Mirage 2000B and C models used in the air superiority role. The slotted flat-plate antenna features ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
Kopyo
The Kopyo is a multi-mode coherent pulse-Doppler radar aimed at the MiG-21 upgrade market. It uses a slotted flat-plate antenna and digital signal processing. Air-to-air ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
Zaslon AM
Zaslon AM is a variant with upgraded data-processing systems for all in-service MiG-31s.
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Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar
NR-100
The NR-100 is a man-portable pulse-Doppler radar designed to detect and track moving people and vehicles, providing targeting information for infantry weapons.
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
AN/APG-66
The AN/APG-66 is a coherent pulse-Doppler fire control radar originally developed for the F-16, now adapted to platforms including Hawk 200, PBN Defender, Skyhawk, T-39N and ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
N001
The N001 is a mechanically scanned pulse-Doppler fire control radar associated with the Su-27, -30 and -33 fighters. The system features single-target engagement capability.
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Air: weather radar
TWR-850/WXR-840/WXR-80
The TWR-850/WXR-840/WXR-80 weather radar systems use Doppler-based turbulence and weather detection for faster analysis and a solid-state transmitter for optimum pulse width for different ranges ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
Zaslon M
Zaslon M is a further upgrade to the Zaslon series, including the addition of a larger 1.4m-diameter phased-array antenna. Performance is reported to be 50-100 ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
EL/M-2238 STAR
EL/M-2238 Surveillance Threat Alert Radar (STAR) is an S-band, pulse-Doppler, 3D, surface and air search radar for naval platforms. The STAR has three antenna variants: ...
