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News - GM Defense
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon continues MAD-FIRES work
1st September 2020
Raytheon is to perform Phase 3 tasks for DARPA on the Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES) programme, under a $32.49 million contract …
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Defence Notes
Lockheed Martin gains more THAAD work
1st September 2020
Lockheed Martin has received a $911.77 million contract modification from the US Missile Defense Agency for THAAD element development and support services. This raises the total …
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Land Warfare
Elbit subsidiary to make Bradley fire control components
1st September 2020
Elbit Systems of America is to provide the US Army with gunner hand stations, commander hand stations and circuit cards for the Bradley IFV, under …
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Land Warfare
Latest IBCS tests give US Army hope for game-changing air defence
31st August 2020
A US army air and missile defence system, which has struggled in development for more than a decade, knocked down ballistic and cruise missile targets …
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Defence Notes
China goes ballistic in South China Sea
28th August 2020
China fired four of its most capable conventional ballistic missiles into the South China Sea from bases in mainland China on 26 August. Most commentators saw these …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin carries on with Aegis Ashore design work in Japan
28th August 2020
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems will continue performing engineering design support and analysis of services of the Aegis Ashore system in Japan, under a …
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Digital Battlespace
DISA seeks single contractor for Defense Enclaves Services provision
28th August 2020
A new $11.7 billion tender is being prepared by the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for a single industry partner to consolidate, modernise and …
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Air Warfare
New AMRAAM sale to Japan moves closer
27th August 2020
Japan is set to receive more AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM, after the US State Department gave the green light for Raytheon Missile Systems to sell 32 of …
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Air Warfare
US lines up Hellfire FMS deal for UK
27th August 2020
The UK is set to receive 395 AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles from prime contractor Lockheed Martin under an FMS deal worth about $46 million. The …
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Training
Transforming training is crucial to future-proofing our armed forces
27th August 2020
Future-proofing our training is the best way of ensuring our Armed Forces are equipped to keep us safe and secure in the future says Frazer …
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Land Warfare
Taiwan orders more CM34 IFVs
26th August 2020
The Republic of China Army (ROCA) will order an additional 21 CM34 Cloud Leopard 8x8 IFVs armed with a 30mm cannon for the Military Police …
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Digital Battlespace
First LRDR array is in place, says Lockheed
26th August 2020
Engineers from Lockheed Martin and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have completed installation of the first 60ft x 60ft Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) array in …
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Digital Battlespace
Ofek 16 takes its first pictures
26th August 2020
The Israeli MoD and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have released the first images from the Ofek 16 EO reconnaissance satellite that was launched in early …
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Digital Battlespace
Teledyne to help cool X-band radars
21st August 2020
Teledyne Brown Engineering announced on 20 August that it has been awarded a $29 million contract from Raytheon to produce and sustain cooling equipment units …
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Training
AI proves its mettle in AlphaDogfight
21st August 2020
The third and final competition in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) AlphaDogfight Trials has now taken place to evaluate how AI algorithms …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement [US Navy]
Programme Background According to the FY2021 budget request, the USN funded three JLTVs in FY2018, eight in FY2019, 19 in FY2020 and 25 in FY2021. ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement [US Air Force]
Programme Background According to the FY2021 USAF budget request documents, the USAF procured 103 JLTVs in FY2019, 146 in FY2020 and 142 in FY2021. The ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement (USMC)
Programme Background The USMC is expected to procure 10,859 JLTVs to replace all of its HMMWVs on a like-for-like basis. Since the USMC has already ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
AGMV 1.1
Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV [US Army - Second Order]
Programme Background Oshkosh was awarded a contract to produce up to 16,901 JLTVs for the US Army and USMC programmes of record in August 2015. ...
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Maritime patrol
Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Singapore)
Programme Background Deployed from Changi West airbase, and jointly operated by the RSAF and Republic of Singapore Navy, the ageing Fokker 50 fleet is primarily ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Xtender [US]
Programme Background Previous Procurement In early 2021, the US Department of Defence awarded a contract to XTEND for the platform in partnership with Isreal's MoD. ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
eLRV [US]
Programme Background Purpose The US Army unveiled a new concept for a more deployable IBCT structure at AUSA in October 2014. Built around three main types ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 5th Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Aksungur [Turkish Air Force]
Programme Background First Flight & Contract Award The platform's maiden flight was completed on 20 March 2019, and it was first publicly shown at IDEF ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 2nd Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 3rd Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 4th Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Data links
Data links | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Infantry Squad Vehicle
The General Motors (GM) Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) is a fully-integrated military platform based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 mid-sized truck chassis with Roll ...
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Special operations vehicles
Electric Military Concept Vehicle
The Electric Military Concept Vehicle (e-MCV) is General Motors (GM) Defense's concept vehicle designed for the US Army's ongoing electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV) programme. Based on ...
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Land: air defence radar
9S18M1E
The 9S18M1E is a mobile, 3D, frequency-agile coherent pulse radar designed to detect and identify air threats and feed target data to the Buk-M1E AD ...
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Military vehicle engines
6V53
The 6V53 is a six cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine that stems from the GM Diesel Series 53 engine launched in 1957. The 6V53 has a ...
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Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems
Tunguska
KBP Instrument Design Bureau began development of the 2K22 Tunguska tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile system in 1970 to provide the Soviet Army with ...
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Self-propelled missile systems
Buk-M2
The Buk-M2 (NATO designation SA-17 Grizzly) tracked self-propelled air defence system entered Russian service in 1995 and various models have been exported to more than ...
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Land: battle management systems
ADC3
IAI's Air Defense Command, Control and Communication (ADC3) was developed to meet the air defence mission requirements of Israeli Defense Forces.
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Military UGVs
SURUS
General Motors unveiled its Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS) – a large, multipurpose, hydrogen-electric UGV – at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, DC, in ...
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Subsystems: software
Network Defense Trainer
The Scalable Network Defense Trainer is an LVC simulation system for delivering realistic hands-on cyber training. It enables students to experience cyber attacks launched against ...
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Land: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Ground
GenCOM Defense Ground provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Naval
GenCOM Defense Naval offers an automatic situational awareness picture achieved through integration with single or multiple CESM-DF arrival sensors deployed on an array of naval ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Air
GenCOM Defense Air provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming, Air: Electronic Attack - Pod
Talisman [Defense Initiatives]
The Talisman is an integrated self-protection system developed by Defense Initiatives of Belarus. It is designed to equip combat aircraft and is thought to be ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
CombatGuard
IMI Systems unveiled its new CombatGuard, a 4x4 armoured combat vehicle designed to provide a high level of off-road mobility, at Eurosatory 2014. It is ...
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Air: mission management systems
TAIKS Fire Support C3 System
TAIKS is the tactical element of AFSAS (see separate entry) that integrates fire support units and target acquisition systems with each other and other functional ...