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Air Warfare
Saab bids for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project
2nd March 2020
Saab is bidding for the Canadian Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) which will see the replacement of the RCAF’s existing CF-18 Hornet fighter fleet. If …
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Air Warfare
Japan charts course for new F-X fighter
16th March 2020
As its fleet of F-2A and F-2B fighters ages, Japan continues to consider plans and potential partners for an indigenous next-generation fighter that is due …
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Naval Warfare
Future USS Delbert D Black completes builder's trials
26th February 2020
The US Navy’s future USS Delbert D Black (DDG 119) has successfully completed builder’s trials, the navy announced on 24 February. Conducted by shipbuilder Huntington …
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Defence Notes
US sees huge spike in Middle East arms exports
10th March 2020
Booming arms export trade between the US defence industry and the Middle East has risen by 79% over the course of the last five years, …
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Air Warfare
Collins Aerospace & Lockheed Martin complete U-2 Dragon Lady sensor upgrades
18th February 2020
Collins Aerospace and Lockheed Martin completed flight testing of an upgraded Senior Year EO Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor on the US Army’s U-2 fixed-wing aircraft. …
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Defence Notes
Short UK defence review timetable draws criticism
11th March 2020
Experts appearing before the UK Defence Select Committee have suggested that the government is mistaken to plan to complete new national spending and defence reviews …
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Land Warfare
Raytheon moves fast to begin Patriot radar replacement
25th February 2020
The US Army is one step closer to replacing the radar for its Patriot system, after Raytheon on 21 February announced the completion of the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Singapore Airshow 2020: ROKAF stands up Global Hawk unit
5th February 2020
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) established a new reconnaissance squadron in late 2019, to coincide with the arrival of the country’s first RQ-4B …
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Military Logistics
Canada's final MSVS truck complete
17th February 2020
Mack Defense has completed the final truck for Canada’s Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) programme. This 1587th truck rolled off the …
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Air Warfare
Singapore Airshow 2020: Viper and Gripen dogfight for Manila deal
5th February 2020
Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana confirmed in December 2019 that his country had downselected the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 Viper and Saab …
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Land Warfare
Russia receives first S-350 as it explores export opportunities
6th March 2020
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have accepted their first Almaz-Antey S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The initial unit was handed over on 26 February to the …
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Digital Battlespace
Three into one: IDF fuses air, land and naval capabilities into multidimensional unit
19th February 2020
A few weeks after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the establishment of a new multidimensional unit, systems and technology are being matched with operational …
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Defence Notes
Patria acquires Milrem Latvia SIA
14th February 2020
Patria ISP has acquired 100 % of shares of Milrem Latvia SIA from Milrem LCM OÜ, the company announced on 12 February. The acquired company …
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Defence Notes
Japan invests in hypersonic and stand-off missiles
10th March 2020
Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) is developing and buying new classes of missile aimed to counter the threats it perceives in its neighbourhood, including a belligerent …
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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 …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Loitering munitions
Harop [Morocco]
Programme Background In November 2021, Haaretz reported that a $22 million drone sale between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Morocco had occurred. That publication and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Heron TP [India]
Programme Background Emergency Procurement The Narendra Modi-led Indian government granted the Armed Forces Rs 500 crores to upgrade their warfighting capabilities due to the ongoing ...
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Loitering munitions
Mini Harpy [Estonia]
Programme Background Russia's Aggression In February 2023, Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said the country was set to procure loitering munitions to enhance its indirect ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munitions [Japan]
Programme Background Appreciation of Loitering Munitions After years of not operating loitering munitions and armed UAVs, Japan's position towards them has changed. Belatedly, the MoD realised ...
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Loitering munitions
Harop (Amphibious Transport Ships) [Netherlands]
Programme Background Multifunctional Support Vessels In September 2024, the Dutch MoD announced that the Royal Netherlands Navy would receive two new Multifunctional support vessels from Dutch ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Orbiter 3 (Croatia)
Programme Background The Croatian government launched a competitive tender for the procurement of a short-range UAV in October 2017. Although the tender was opened on ...
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Loitering munitions
Harop [Israeli Navy]
Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Artillery UAV [Thailand]
Programme Background Requirement & Replacement The Royal Thai Army (RTA) was understood to be seeking a new tactical UAV to replace four legacy Israel Aerospace Industries ...
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Loitering munitions
Mini-Harpy [Israeli Navy]
Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel Navy Sa'ar 6 ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munitions (Forecast) [Germany]
Programme Background Three Systems In April 2023, Germany reportedly ordered three different loitering munition systems to further assess their suitability for use by the German Armed ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]
Programme Background Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...
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Loitering munitions
Loitering Munition PODS [UK]
Programme Background PODS As the Royal Navy states, Persistent Operational Deployment Systems (PODS) are "interchangeable modules that can be fitted to the surface fleet. Similar in ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
WanderB (Morocco)
Programme Background History Morocco has a history of UAV deals with Isreal. In 2021, Morocco reportedly acquired four Hermes 900 units from Elbit Systems. Equally, according ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
ThunderB (Morocco)
Programme Background History Morocco has a history of UAV deals with Isreal. In 2021, Morocco reportedly acquired four Hermes 900 units from Elbit Systems. Equally, according ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-46A (Israel)
Programme Background Boeing, according to reports, would not grant Israel Aerospace Industries permission to convert used 767s into tanker planes. Consequently, according to Channel 12 ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ELL-8385
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) ELL-8385 is an integrated electronic support measure designed to equip Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Open source imagery intelligence indicates that the ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Rotem
The Rotem, or Rotem L, is a loitering munition based on a multi-rotor UAV. Manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the quadcopter features an EO/IR camera payload ...
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Military UGVs
RobDozer
The RobDozer, or Panda, is an uncrewed ground combat engineering system manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and ELTA Systems. The UGV is designed for breaching tasks, ...
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Loitering munitions
ASN-301
The ASN-301 is a Chinese anti-radiation loitering munition. Likely based on Israel's Harpy drone, the ASN-301 features a delta-wing configuration and a pusher propeller, and ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ELI-3120
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) ELI-3120 is a Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) system designed for use at the operational and tactical levels. The ELI-3120 architecture also includes ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ELK-7071
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) EL/K-7071 is an integrated electronic support measure designed to equip UAVs. While not explicitly stated by the system’s manufacturer, it is ...
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Loitering munitions
Kargi (Improved)
At ADEX 2022, Lentatek unveiled a new, as-yet-unnamed version of the Kargi loitering munition. Instead of Kargi's radio frequency (RF) seeker, this new version features an under-nose EO/IR ...
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Military UGVs
RobARC
The RobARC, or Sahar, is a military UGV manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The UGV's payload comprises a variety of sensors, allowing the Sahar to detect above-ground, ...
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Military UGVs
RoBattle
The RoBattle, or LR3, is a six-wheeled military UGV developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Intended to assist troops engaged in mobile operations, it is a ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ELI-3001 AISIS
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) ELI-3001 Airborne Integrated Signals Intelligence System equips the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) three Gulfstream G-550 Shavit SIGINT aircraft. IAI’s official literature ...
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Fighter - multirole
Kfir
The Kfir is a multi-role supersonic combat aircraft that is now out of production. Despite this, its manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) still offers long-term maintenance support ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Sky Saker FX80
The Sky Saker FX80 is a VTOL-capable fixed-wing drone from Norinco. Designed explicitly for artillery spotting operations, the drone was unveiled at the 14th Chinese ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
APUS 25
Unveiled at AUSA 2024, the APUS 25 is a small rotary-wing UAV from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Aerotor. The APUS 25 is the first drone ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM, Data links
ELK-1891 SATCOM
The ELK-1891 is a full duplex X- or Ku-band SATCOM network, intended for uninterrupted mid-rate OTH communications (eg voice, data, compressed video). Each subscriber port ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
T-Heron
The Tactical Heron (T-Heron) is a UAS manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries' Malat Division (IAI). Unveiled in June 2019, the T-Heron is a multi-mission, multi-payload aircraft that fulfils the ...
