• Uncrewed Vehicles

  L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation introduces micro-handheld VideoScout-MXR

  30th September 2010

  L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (L-3 IEC) announced today the release of its new micro-handheld VideoScout-MXR full-motion video processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) management system. The …

• Military Logistics

  Boeing receives A-10 structural inspection contract from US Air Force

  30th September 2010

  Boeing today announced that it has received a contract from the US Air Force to supply airframe services and support for the A-10 Thunderbolt II …

• Military Logistics

  Air T, Inc. announces award of new contract from the US Air Force

  30th September 2010

  Air T, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Ground Support, LLC, has been awarded a contract to supply flight line tow tractors …

• Defence Helicopter

  Northrop Grumman partners with US Navy to advance rotorcraft development

  30th September 2010

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has partnered with the US Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement (NACRA) to provide its Digital Avionics Suite technology for retrofitting NACRA's …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  BAE Systems flies flapless UAV

  29th September 2010

  Demon, a technology demonstrator resulting from the Flapless Air Vehicle Integrated Industrial Research (FLAVIIR) programme, completed its maiden flight in the UK on September 17. …

• Defence Helicopter

  Army Apaches all at sea on Ark Royal

  29th September 2010

  A detachment of Apache attack helicopters have landed on board the Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship HMS Ark Royal to take part in Exercise Joint Warrior …

• Defence Helicopter

  Russian Mi-17 helicopters for Afghanistan

  29th September 2010

  Defense Technology Inc. (DTI) announced today that its procurement plan for twenty-one new Mi-17 aircraft has been approved by the Russian Government. Under RFQ N00019-10-R-0032, …

• Military Logistics

  iGov wins multiple military support contracts

  29th September 2010

  iGov, prime contractor for TACLAN and USMC TCWS and provider of evolutionary tactical network systems and support programs, announced today that it has recently won …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman chosen to increase efficiency for next-generation military laser technology

  29th September 2010

  Northrop Grumman Corporation will leverage its recent high-energy solid-state laser successes to advance electric laser technology by substantially increasing the efficiency of these systems for …

• Land Warfare

  BAE Systems awarded $3.6m contract to produce integrated restraint airbag systems for German armoured security vehicles

  29th September 2010

  BAE Systems, the world's second largest defence, security and aerospace company, has been awarded a $3.6 million contract by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to manufacture and …

• Defence Helicopter

  Parvus receives follow-on contract for US Navy SEAHAWK helicopter program

  29th September 2010

  Eurotech subsidiary Parvus Corporation announced a follow-on contract with Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego to supply rugged VME Ethernet switch cards for the Navy's …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopter conduct first "power-on" of new Fire-X medium-range vertical unmanned system

  28th September 2010

  Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, have moved a significant step closer to being able to offer military users a vertical unmanned …

• Military Logistics

  Kuwait C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and related support

  28th September 2010

  The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of one Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and associated …

• Defence Helicopter

  AgustaWestland congratulates 2010 Cormorant Trophy winners

  28th September 2010

  AgustaWestland has announced that the crew of "Rescue 912" from Canadian Forces Squadron 103 in Gander, Newfoundland has been selected as the winner of the …

• Defence Helicopter

  Bell Boeing V-22 program delivers 6th Osprey trainer to US Marines

  27th September 2010

  The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter, has delivered the sixth and final MV-22 Osprey Containerized Flight Training Device …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Fighter - multirole

  Multirole fighter aircraft [Ireland]

  Programme Background A newly released report from the Commission on the Defence Forces (CoDF) has called on the Irish government to invest in the acquisition ...

• AEW&C

  Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (1-6) [NATO]

  Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...

• Fighter - multirole

  MiG-35 (Russia)

  The MiG-35 is a new-generation derivative of the twin-engine MiG-29 (NATO code-name ‘Fulcrum’) featuring multi-role combat capabilities, significantly reworked airframe and a vastly expanded arsenal ...

• Fighter - multirole

  Swiss Air 2030 - Combat Aircraft

  Programme Background Switzerland began the latest phase of flight and ground tests on 8 April 2019. In June 2019, Saab announced that the company’s in-development ...

• OPVs

  Samarth Class (Batch 2)

  Programme Background The Samarth class Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPVs) are a class of six in service with the Indian Coast Guard with a further five vessels ...

• ISR/special mission

  EC-37B Compass Call [USAF]

  Programme Background Requirement The retirement of the EF-111A in 1990 left the USAF largely out of the operational and tactical level radar jamming business. Lockheed Martin ...

• Air: Radio and SATCOM

  Air: Radio and SATCOM | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Data links

  Data links | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Air: Helmet-mounted displays

  Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Air: Head-up displays

  Air: Head-up displays | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Transponders and IFF

  Transponders and IFF | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• OPVs

  Vikram Class

  Programme Background The Vikram class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard are being built at the Kattupalli shipyard by Larsen and Toubro (L&T;)  Shipbuilding. ...

• Trainer

  Future Aircrew Training Program (Fixed-wing Aircraft Procurement) - Canada

  Programme Background The new procurement will result in one contract covering all the requirements, including maintenance and infrastructure services. Training services are currently provided through ...

• Military helicopters - light/training

  Future Aircrew Training Program (Helicopter Procurement) - Canada

  The new procurement will result in one contract covering all the requirements, including maintenance and infrastructure services. Training services are currently provided through two separate ...

• Military helicopters - multirole

  EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Greece)

  Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Major networking projects

  Air Policing

  Air Policing is a collective peacetime mission that requires NATO to take action against all violations and infringements of its airspace using agreed procedures. Supreme ...

• Land: air defence radar

  Lanza LTR-20

  The Lanza Long Range Tactical system-20 (LTR-20) is a deployable radar and part of the Lanza family of 3D radar systems. Missions that the radar ...

• Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar

  O-PEN Wall Penetration Radar

  SRC’s O-PEN sense-through-the-wall radar system, previously known as SOMISR II, was developed to address urban warfare requirements under a US Army Technology Objective programme. The ...

• Awing-F100J

  Awing-F100J is the latest UAV from Tianjin-based Quadrant Space (Tianjin) Technology and was displayed at the 11th Zhuhai Airshow in China for the first time ...

• Major networking projects

  Air and Missile Defence

  NATO Air and Missile Defence comprises all measures aimed at monitoring and reacting to potential air threats in NATO airspace, as well as countering hostile ...

• RemoCopter-001

  The Uconsystem RemoCopter-001 is a very lightweight (1kg) quadrotor UAV dedicated to commercial and hobby applications, with an integrated EO payload. 

• Major networking projects

  NATO DCIS

  Airbus is delivering the NATO Deployable Communication and Information System (DCIS). The project represents a major upgrade in the capability of NATO Response Forces (NRF) ...

• Land: RWS

  Qimek NATO

  Rheinmetall's RWS family includes the Qimek single-weapon RWS and the Nanuk dual-weapon RWS. The Qimek NATO combines full stabilisation, long-range day/night all-weather sights and a ...

• Land: RWS

  Nanuk NATO

  Rheinmetall's RWS family includes the Qimek single-weapon RWS and the Nanuk dual-weapon RWS, which was introduced in 2008. The Nanuk NATO combines full stabilisation, long-range ...

• Major networking projects

  NATO SATCOM

  Leonardo has been awarded a turnkey contract to rationalise and upgrade NATO’s SATCOM systems and associated infrastructure. The company will design, build, test, commission and ...

• Counter-UAS systems

  Blackbird

  The Blackbird UAV detection and geolocation system detects and locates both the UAV and its controller, using signal processing technology. It can be deployed interactively ...

• APCs/IFVs - 4x4

  V-RAPTOR

  Unveiled at LAAD 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, the V-RAPTOR is a tactical police armoured vehicle from domestic manufacturer Combat Armor Defense do Brasil.

• Air-to-air missiles

  Vympel R-27

  The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a Soviet air-to-air missile. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force and is also ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

  Phoenix

  The Phoenix UAV is a delta-wing platform designed largely for civilian applications such as policing, border patrol, coast guard, fire-fighting and surveillance, as well as ...

• Major networking projects

  SCCOA

  ThalesRaytheonSystems is providing the French Air Force with key components of the SCCOA (Système de commandement et de conduite des opérations aériennes) programme. This provides ...