• Land Warfare

  US Army to increase investments in missile capabilities by 62% in FY2025

  15th March 2024

  The total amount allocated to missile capability purchasing over the next fiscal year will be $6.2 billion and will comprise additional funds for several programmes.

• Air Warfare

  Czech Republic gets greenlight for Hellfire and APKWS missiles

  18th July 2024

  The deal worth US$138.3 million includes training and technical support.

• Training

  Maxar advances US Army’s global terrain simulation

  19th March 2024

  The One World Terrain prototype will become a key part of the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment to provide soldiers realistic training with geospatial dataset.

• Land Warfare

  CV90 aims to follow up northern European success by meeting southern demand

  16th January 2024

  The BAE Systems Hägglunds’ CV90 IFV has been around for decades but continual refreshing to maintain power and relevance, along with a healthy market at home in Sweden and neighbouring countries, has led to more than 1,500 vehicle orders.

• Land Warfare

  First locally built KF41 Lynx IFV handed over to Hungary

  26th July 2024

  The KF41 procurement is part of Hungary’s Zrínyi 2026 development plan and is one of several efforts to procure modern, NATO-standard platforms that will supersede legacy equipment received from the Soviet Union by 2026.

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory day one: Images from across the show

  17th June 2024

  The best images from around the exhibition hall and Live Demonstration area at Eurosatory 2024.

• Land Warfare

  Patria unveils new mortar system and new customer

  29th October 2024

  Patria has a heritage of mortar manufacture and design including the Advanced Mortar System (AMOS) and NEw MOrtar (NEMO) which are both 120mm system but the new Tremos is designed for 81mm as well.

• Land Warfare

  Hanwha signs deals to advance large vehicle programmes in Australia

  12th September 2024

  The deals were announced at Australia’s Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition in Melbourne and are a further strengthening of the South Korea’s Hanwha’s position in Australia.

• Training

  Sogitec combines Sword, Genius and HORUS for virtual/constructive demonstrator

  2nd July 2024

  The French company has integrated its Genius UAS and HORUS helicopter simulators with MASA’s Sword constructive simulation as it aims to achieve operational orders by the end of 2025.

• Land Warfare

  US Army chooses Textron Systems and Griffon Aerospace in final showdown for FTUAS

  26th April 2024

  The US Army plans to procure a Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) to replace the Textron Systems RQ-7Bv2 Shadow tactical UAV currently in service with the US Army's Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). The FTUAS is being developed under the wider Future UAS (FUAS) programme.

• Land Warfare

  Brazil gets go-ahead for 12 Black Hawk helicopters

  28th May 2024

  The Brazilian Army announced in 2023 that it was aiming to replace the eight HM-3 Cougar (Airbus Helicopters AS532 UE) and four HM-2 Black Hawk helicopters (Sikorsky S-70A) that have been in service with Army Aviation Command, with the aircraft beginning to be decommissioned in December 2023.

• Land Warfare

  AUSA 2024: New standard JLTVs built as Oshkosh waits by to step up

  17th October 2024

  The competition to build the next generation Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV A2) was hotly contested and ultimately saw manufacture go from Oshkosh Defence to AM General. Now, as the latter makes the vehicle, the former stands by for commercial sales or to fill any gaps.

• Land Warfare

  General Motors completes first version of next-gen 4x4 military vehicle

  22nd October 2024

  GM has unveiled its “Next Generation” 4x4 military vehicle, a technology demonstrator based on the Chevrolet Silverado ZR2, featuring commercial components, a flexible design and advanced weapon systems.

• Land Warfare

  AUSA 2024: MilDef dismounts with new concept

  14th October 2024

  MilDef has supplied tactical and IT systems to a range of platforms, including Norway’s CV90 infantry fighting vehicle and Danish artillery systems, but dismounted is a new area for the company.

• Naval Warfare

  German Navy places its faith in F125 frigates

  7th October 2024

  First-of-class Baden-Württemberg, a German F125 frigate, has been put to the test and declared suitable for Indo-Pacific operating conditions.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4

  Eagle V 4x4

  According to documents released by the Danish Ministry of Defence, a total of 233.6 million Danish Krone (US$34.669 million) were allocated to this programme. 62.1 ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  Naval: Combat Management Systems | Patrol Ships Procurement [Denmark]

  On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of platforms of the ...

• Naval: shipboard communication systems

  Naval: shipboard communication systems | Patrol Ships Procurement [Denmark]

  On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of platforms of the ...

• Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

  Small VTOL UAV (Denmark)

  Programme Background 2020 Tender In January 2018, Denmark's three main political parties signed the Danish Defence Agreement, a cross-party defence white paper covering the period ...

• OPVs

  Patrol Ships Procurement [Denmark]

  Programme Background Timeline On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of ...

• Fighter - multirole

  F-35A Denmark

  Denmark joined the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program in 2002 during the System Development and Demonstration phase and has influenced technical elements of the ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Piranha V

  264 of the Piranha Vs will be assigned to the Danish Army's 1st Brigade, following its reorganisation in January 2019. Each of its three armoured ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  Naval: Combat Management Systems | Arctic Frigates Procurement/Thetis Class Replacement [Denmark]

  On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of platforms of the ...

• Naval: shipboard communication systems

  Naval: shipboard communication systems | Arctic Frigates Procurement/Thetis Class Replacement [Denmark]

  On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of platforms of the ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  CV90 [Denmark]

  Programme Background Bidders and Suppliers The Danish Army has already taken delivery of 45 CV9035 IFV with deliveries running from 2007 through 2009. One of ...

• Frigates

  Arctic Frigates Procurement/Thetis Class Replacement [Denmark]

  Programme Background Requirements After awarding a design contract for the procurement of a new generation of patrol vessels, Denmark is expected to focus on the ...

• Frigates

  Absalon Class Replacement [Denmark]

  Programme Background Requirements After focusing on the procurement of new highly capable patrol ships and new Arctic frigates as a replacement for the Thetis-class, Denmark could ...

• Special operations vehicles

  VLFS

  Programme Background The VLFS platform is derived from the Arquus Dagger PVP platform, but has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of French Special ...

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

  Arctic Drone [Denmark]

  Programme Background Arctic Capability Package In February 2021, Denmark published the Arctic Capability package, a commitment to invest in new technologies, particularly uncrewed systems, to improve ...

• OPVs

  OPVs Procurement (Ukraine)

  Programme Background OMT presented the MPV80 design in September 2021 at the DSEI event in London. The 80m vessel was showcased in three configurations: Offshore ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• EO/IR systems

  Helios/HeliTOW

  A stabilised direct view optical system for surveillance and targeting, HeliTOW includes TOW missile tracking and guidance systems. The sight unit provides the gunner with ...

• Sniper rifles

  AX50

  The 50cal AX50 long-range anti-materiel rifle is based on the company's AW50. It has an external stock design with the aim of facilitating a secure, ...

• Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

  Eagle V 4x4

  GDELS unveiled the fifth generation of its Eagle light tactical vehicle at Eurosatory 2012. The platform has replaced earlier-generation vehicles in production. More than 1,250 ...

• Land: soldier modernisation systems - national programmes

  DANES

  Initial efforts to field a complete soldier system through the Danish Army Network-Enabled Soldier (DANES) concept were abandoned, following an evaluation of the US Land ...

• OPVs

  MPV80

  At DSEI 2021, OMT presented the Modular Patrol Vessel 80 (MPV80), an OPV design characterised by strong modularity and flexibility. The MPV80 comes in three ...

• Land: RWS

  Lemur

  Originally comprising a series of roof-mounted stabilised EO sights, the BAE Systems Bofors Lemur family has since expanded to incorporate armed RWS variants. Available in ...

• Medium/general-purpose machine guns

  M60E6

  The M60E6 GPMG is the latest improved version of the M60. USORD's M60E4/Mk 43 is in service in at least 15 countries and with US ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  CV90 Armadillo

  The Armadillo APC, unveiled at Eurosatory 2010, is based on BAE Systems’ CV90 IFV design. It has been modified to provide a higher degree of ...

• Assault rifles/carbines/shotguns

  C7A2

  Colt Canada developed the 5.56mm C7 family of assault weapons based on the M16A2 to meet the requirements of the Canadian Army. The family includes ...

• Tanks

  Leopard 2A7/A8

  Featuring a layout similar to the Leopard 2A5/A6, the Leopard 2A7 mainly offers subsystem upgrades compared to earlier versions. Adopted as the widely upgraded to ...

• Patrol boats

  Diana Class

  Six Diana-class large patrol boats are in service with the Royal Danish Navy. The first class entered service in 2007, and the last in 2010. ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Piranha V

  The Piranha V, the latest member of the Piranha family of wheeled armoured fighting vehicles, introduced a vehicle in the upper weight class. Unveiled in ...

• Patrol boats

  Flyvefisken Class

  Fourteen Flyvefisken-class (Standard Flex 300) patrol vessels were built by Aalborg Shipyard, which has since shut down and entered service with the Danish Navy. The ...

• Maritime patrol

  Challenger 604

  Bombardier Challenger CL-604 MPAs are in service with the Royal Danish Air Force and the Korea Coast Guard. The first of three Danish aircraft entered ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  PMMC G5

  The PMMC G5 is a tracked armoured personnel carrier (APC) intended to replace vehicles such as the M113 APC series with a modular family that ...