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Uncrewed Vehicles
Army explores Griffin missile for broader UAS application
9th October 2009
Senior US Army leaders, speaking at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual meeting, point to exploration of broader UAS applications for the Raytheon …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Fire Scout departs for first deployment
9th October 2009
The MQ-8B Fire Scout made naval aviation history when the fleet deployed this revolutionary rotary wing unmanned aircraft system aboard the USS McInerney (FFG-8) Monday. …
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Defence Helicopter
MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability
8th October 2009
On October 1, 2009, the US Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate's HH-60 Conversion Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
US Army Awards Lockheed Martin $133 Million to Provide Persistent Threat Detection Aerostat Systems
8th October 2009
Lockheed Martin recently received a $133 million award to provide the US Army with eight additional Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) to support coalition forces. …
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing AH-6i Light Attack/Reconnaissance helicopter makes first flight
7th October 2009
Boeing today announced that the AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter successfully completed its first flight on Sept. 16, seven months after the company started work on …
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Defence Helicopter
US Army Awards Raytheon $13 Million to Improve Situational Awareness for Pilots
7th October 2009
The US Army has awarded Raytheon Company a $13 million contract to develop additional sensor prototypes for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System, which gives helicopter …
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Defence Helicopter
ATK Awarded $49 Million Follow-on Contract to Provide AAR-47 Missile Warning System Components for US and Allied Military Aircraft
7th October 2009
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a $49.3 million contract by the US Navy for the procurement of AAR-47 Missile Warning System components for the US …
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Defence Helicopter
Longbow Fire Control Radar Block III Passes Testing Milestone
6th October 2009
The new Longbow Fire Control Radar Block III system hardware and operational software successfully completed the first half of initial flight tests on an AH-64D …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
GE Aviation Delivers First X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Landing Gear
6th October 2009
GE Aviation recently delivered the first fully-dressed landing gear to Northrop Grumman Corporation in support of the X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration …
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Defence Helicopter
Building on success: the UH-72A continues its rapid fielding with the US Army
6th October 2009
The on-time, on-budget deliveries of EADS North America’s UH-72A Lakotas to the US Army reached its 86th aircraft at the end of September, with this …
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Defence Helicopter
EADS North America and US Army validate global mobility of the UH-72A Lakota
6th October 2009
EADS North America and the US Army successfully loaded four US Army UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and one additional company-owned EC145 helicopter onto …
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Defence Helicopter
Three new MEDEVAC-configured UH-72As delivered to Fort Polk, Louisiana
6th October 2009
The US Army Air Ambulance Detachment, 5th Aviation Battalion at Fort Polk, Louisiana, has received three new MEDEVAC-configured Lakota UH-72As for its air medical operations. …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman to Continue Development of GPS-Free Inertial Navigation System
6th October 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract modification from the US Department of Defense to further demonstrate a revolutionary advance in inertial navigation. The demonstration …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman Announces Successful G/ATOR AESA System Tests
6th October 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced a prototype partial array antenna representative of the US Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) active electronic scanned array …
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Digital Battlespace
New Rockwell Collins MicroDAGR GPS receiver for soldiers features latest commercial applications in a secure, lightweight system
6th October 2009
Rockwell Collins today introduced its new MicroDAGR hand-held GPS receiver for soldiers. This latest-generation navigation device, which is a smaller version of Rockwell Collins’ highly …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Land 400 Phase 3 (Logistics, Ammunition Carrier and Mortar Carrier Variants) [Australia]
Programme Background The Australian DoD released the initial RfI for the Land 400 Phase 3 programme in November 2015. Following consultations with local industry, the ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Land 400 Phase 3 (Amphibious Vehicles) [Australia]
Programme Background The Australian DoD released the initial RfI for the Land 400 Phase 3 programme in November 2015. Following consultations with local industry, the ...
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Tanks
M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams [Poland]
Programme Background Requirement Since the early 2010s Poland wanted to upgrade its Soviet-era tank fleet due to modernisation requirements, the need to increase interoperability with NATO ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Drone40 (Ukraine Aid) [Australia]
Programme Background In August 2022, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a think tank, held a podcast with Ukraine's ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, in which ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Land 400 Phase 2 - Boxer CRV [Australia]
Programme Background History The Land 400 Phase 2 programme will procure a replacement for the ASLAV, a derivative of the General Dynamics Land Systems Light Armoured Vehicle ...
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Landing craft and hovercraft
Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Medium (Project Land 8710 Phase 1A) [Australia]
Programme Background Requirements Australia has set out requirements for a fleet of up to 18 Littoral Manoeuvre Vessels - Medium (LMV-M) with the release of ...
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Submarines: nuclear, attack
Second Hand SSNs [Australia]
Programme Background Timeline In September 2021, it was announced in a trilateral announcement between Australia, the US and the UK that Australia, in a shock ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | AUKUS-SSNs (1-5) [Australia]
In September 2021, it was announced in a trilateral announcement between Australia, the US and the UK that Australia, in a shock move, will not ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
Naval: shipboard communication systems | AUKUS-SSNs (1-5) [Australia]
In September 2021, it was announced in a trilateral announcement between Australia, the US and the UK that Australia, in a shock move, will not ...
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Tanks
M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams [Poland - Forecast]
Programme Background Requirement The Polish Army wants to replace its legacy Soviet T-72 MBTs with new NATO-standard platforms to increase interoperability with its allies and ...
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Tanks
Viatura Blindada de Combate-Carro de Combate (VBC-CC) [Brazil]
Programme Background Several key technical requirements have been outlined by the Brazilian MoD. Among the most important are that the platform should weigh less than ...
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Submarines: nuclear, attack
AUKUS-SSNs (1-5) [Australia]
Programme Background AUKUS Australia announced on 16 September 2021 that the contract with Naval Group signed in 2016 had been cancelled. Although not a surprising ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Project Air 7003 [Australia]
Programme Background Requirement The Royal Australian Air Force has been without a UAS capability since the Heron was withdrawn in mid-2017. According to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
MH-60R [Spain]
Programme Background On 16 March 2022, the US State Department approved an FMS to Spain for eight MH-60R helicopters and associated equipment and weaponry for $950 ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton (Contracted) [Australia]
Programme Background Three Contracted Units In June 2018, the Government provided Second Pass (Tranche 1) Approval to procure the first of six air vehicles, supporting ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons
Carl-Gustaf M3
The Carl-Gustaf M3 is the third generation of the 84mm shoulder-fired recoilless antitank gun, first fielded by the Swedish Army in 1946. Since then, it ...
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Naval: RF, IR and acoustic decoys
Nulka
The Nulka active anti-ship missile decoy was originally conceived in Australia, and developed under a joint Australian-US programme. BAE Systems Australia is prime contractor, while ...
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S-64 Helitanker Fire-fighting Equipment
Erickson's 10,031l tank for the S-64 helitanker drops water, retardant or foam mix at a rate of around 95l/h. Microprocessor-controlled tank doors offer eight individual ...
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Tanks
M1/M1A1 Abrams
The 105mm-armed M1 Abrams tracked MBT was introduced into US Army service in 1980 as a replacement for the 105mm-armed M60 MBT. In April 1991, ...
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Submarines: nuclear, attack
AUKUS SSN
The AUKUS-SSN will be the submarine design resulting from the AUKUS trilateral pact between Australia, the US and the UK. Expected to incorporate technology from ...
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Tanks
M1A2 SEPv3
The M1A2 System Enhancement Package 3 (M1A2 SEPv3, also known as M1A2C) is the latest production-standard variant of the Abrams MBT. Designed primarily to address ...
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Land: tactical engagement simulators
CVTESS
Saab's Combat Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (CVTESS) is a laser-based simulator which supports every version of the Abrams Main Battle Tank and the Bradley ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
HATS
In October 2014, the Australian government approved a A$700 million (US$530 million) contract award to Boeing Defence Australia, teamed with Thales Australia, to provide the ...
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Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons
Spike LR2
The Spike LR2 (also known as NT-S) is Rafael's fifth-generation anti-tank guided missile system. It is a long-range, multi-purpose, multi-platform weapon designed for infantry, armored ...
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Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons
FGM-148 Javelin
The FGM-148 Javelin is a man-portable, fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed by the Lockheed Martin-Raytheon Javelin Joint Venture. Key features include fire-and-forget imaging ...
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Guided munitions
M-712 Copperhead
The M-712 Copperhead is 155mm artillery projectile that is guided to it's target via a laser guidance system. It was the first smart artillery round ever ...
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Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons
ATGL-H
The ATGL-H is an improved derivative of the Russian SPG-9 tripod-mounted, man-portable 73mm recoilless gun manufactured by Arsenal. It fires fin-stabilised, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
AS21 Redback
First unveiled in scale model form at the Land Forces 2018 exhibition, the AS21 Redback is a tracked IFV developed to meet the Australian Army's Land ...
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AEW&C
Global 550 CAEW
The G550 CAEW aircraft is a Gulfstream G550 adapted for AEW&C;, EW and ISTAR missions in Australia, Israel, Italy, Singapore and the US. The base platform is ...
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Frigates
Adelaide Class
The Adelaide-class guided missile frigates (FFG) were based on the US Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry design, with the first four ships in class built for ...
