• Digital Battlespace

  Eurosatory 2010: Sagem demonstrates CAS solution

  18th June 2010

  Sagem displayed its Joint Air Controller Vehicle (JAC-V) concept demonstrator for the first time. The JAC-V leverages technology from Sagems FELIN digital infantry system to …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2010: French forces to trial Thales GSR prototype

  18th June 2010

  Thales is to deliver a prototype of its latest Lynx Lightweight Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) to French forces for an evaluation programme by the end …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2010: Boxer IFV options unveiled

  18th June 2010

  The ARTEC Boxer 8x8 Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) is now being marketed as an infantry fighting vehicle with a choice of two turrets. The Boxer …

• Defence Helicopter

  EDA multinational helicopters exercise - AZOR 2010

  18th June 2010

  As part of the European Defence Agency's Helicopter Training Programme (HTP), Spain is hosting a Multinational Helicopter Exercise, from 9 to 24 June 2010, in …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Lockheed Martin's SMSS vehicle demonstrates autonomous performance for logistics centers

  17th June 2010

  Lockheed Martin recently proved in a series of demonstration tests that its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) vehicle can perform detailed logistics tasks without human …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Mercury Computer Systems is selected by Northrop Grumman for US Navy BAMS program

  17th June 2010

  Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced it was selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation to deliver its scalable multicomputing products and services …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2010: BAE launches ULW, delivers it for SOF field trials

  17th June 2010

  BAE Systems’ solution to ‘reduce the burden’ of dismounted warfighters will be evaluated by NATO special operations forces (SOF) in the next few months, the …

• Defence Helicopter

  Eurosatory 2010: Industry celebrates first helicopter biofuel flight

  17th June 2010

  The first flight of a helicopter using a bio-kerosene blend has marked the dawn of a new era for rotorcraft aviation, according to industry officials. …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2010: GCV design 'more than a stretched Puma'

  17th June 2010

  The German Army's Puma tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is the 'ideal starting point for development' of a ground combat vehicle (GCV) for the US …

• Military Logistics

  Thales launches PART>Log

  17th June 2010

  Thales announced today the launch of PART>Log, a modular line of high added value services that can be used to control the entire supply chain …

• Defence Helicopter

  Thales to supply electronic warfare programming stations for French Army and Navy helicopters

  17th June 2010

  Thales has been selected by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to supply 50 electronic warfare programming stations for seven families of helicopters in service …

• Digital Battlespace

  Thales launches Nexium

  17th June 2010

  Thales's Nexium offer aims to design and deploy complex communications systems architectures that are available at any time, in any circumstances and especially in crisis …

• Digital Battlespace

  Thales launches F@stnet-Twin

  17th June 2010

  Thales announces today the launch of F@stnet-Twin, extending its range of Software Defined Radio (SDR) to the hand-held level. With its two independent channels, this …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Honeywell T-Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle reaches 10,000 flight milestone

  17th June 2010

  Honeywell announced that its T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle, the only fielded unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with hover and stare surveillance capability, has recorded its 10,000th …

• Defence Helicopter

  Honeywell Green Jet Fuel powers Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopter

  17th June 2010

  UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced using its Green Jet Fuel process technology powered a Boeing AH-64D Apache …

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 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...