• 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 …

• Defence Helicopter

  New Automatic Test Equipment for Marine Corps maintainers

  6th October 2009

  The new Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Automated Support System (RTCASS) is arriving at Marine Corps air stations around the world. “RTCASS is the newest member of …

• 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 …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Quatro Composites Supports Insitu in Developing and Manufacturing Next Generation UAS Structures

  6th October 2009

  Quatro Composites, a leader in design and manufacturing of advanced composite structures, has become a technology partner in developing and manufacturing composite components for Insitu's …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Rotomotion SR20 first and only UAS to complete multiple high wind flights DSEi 2009 in London

  6th October 2009

  ASM Europe Ltd demonstrated Rotomotion’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) conference last month, successfully completing a total of …

• Digital Battlespace

  Three SeaBat sonar systems delivered to Germany

  6th October 2009

  RESON awarded contracts for the delivery of three SeaBat multibeam sonar systems for hydrographic and research applications. An ultra-high resolution 400kHz SeaBat 7125-SV multibeam sonar …

• Digital Battlespace

  Sagem receives 500 new orders for SITEL tactical information systems for French army

  6th October 2009

  French defense procurement agency DGA has ordered an additional 500 SITEL (Système d’Information Terminal Elémentaire) vehicle-mounted tactical information systems from Sagem (Safran group) for the …

• Digital Battlespace

  Harris Corporation Demonstrates JTRS Battlefield Networking Technology on Falcon III Manpack Radios

  6th October 2009

  Harris Corporation an international communications and information technology company, has demonstrated the exchange of high-bandwidth voice, video and text over a Falcon III AN/PRC-117G radio …

• 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 …

• 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 …

• 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 …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System Readies for Immediate and Future Combat

  5th October 2009

  The Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) MQ-1C unmanned aircraft system (UAS) – the Army’s newest UAS – is undergoing successful testing in Iraq in preparation for near-term …

• Defence Helicopter

  Denel Aviation Upgrades the Oryx On-Board Communication and Navigation Systems

  5th October 2009

  Denel Aviation has been tasked with upgrading the Oryx helicopter’s on-board communication and navigation systems. The systems’ upgrade, which will include the modification and installation …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Army Leads Defense Department Effort to Coordinate Near-Term Flying of Unmanned Aircraft in National Airspace

  5th October 2009

  The Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office today announced it has created a new directorate to lead one of the  Department of Defense (DoD) …

• Defence Helicopter

  FLIR and Sofradir to collaborate on new camera

  5th October 2009

  FLIR Systems and Sofradir today announced they will be collaborating on state-of-the-art, third-generation dual-band detectors and camera cores to create thermal cameras with enhanced capabilities …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• 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 ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  Land 400 Phase 3 (Logistics, Ammunition Carrier and Mortar Carrier Variants)

  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 ...

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

  DEF129 Small UAS [Australia]

  Programme Background Requirement The Australian Army identified a need for a small UAS to provide an organic ISR capability to units operating at the tactical ...

• Tanks

  Project Land 907 Phase 2 [Australia]

  Programme Background Between 2006 and 2007, the Australian Army received 59 M1A1 AIM SA Abrams MBTs under Project Land 907 Phase 1. These vehicles were planned to ...

• AEW&C

  E-7 Wedgetail (737) - UK

  Programme Background Seeking to replace its six ageing Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW&C;, the British Royal Air Force awarded Boeing a £1.89 billion contract in 2019 covering the ...

• Military UAS - small

  Bug Nano UAS (UK)

  Programme Background The British Army previously took delivery of 160 first-generation Black Hornet PD-100 nano UAS in 2013 to support operations in Afghanistan. After these ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  Project Land 400 Phase 3 [Australia]

  Programme Background Requirement: 2015 RfI The Land 400 Phase 3 programme will procure a new tracked IFV to replace the Australian Army's legacy fleet of ...

• AEW&C

  E-7 Wedgetail - UK (Second Order)

  Programme Background Seeking to replace its six ageing Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW&C;, the British Royal Air Force awarded Boeing a £1.89 billion contract in 2019 ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Eitan 8x8 (Israel)

  Due to the provisions of the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) system, there is a chance that the Eitan could be mass produced in the ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  ACV - Additional Order 1 (US - USMC)

  Programme Background The Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) programme is intended to provide a replacement for the USMC's fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicle 7 (AAV7) tracked ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

  DEF129 Tactical UAS [Australia]

  Programme Background Programme Announcement The Australian Army announced the Project Land 129 Phase 3 programme in 2017. This announcement led to the release of an industry ...

• 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 ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  ACV - Additional Order 2 (US - USMC)

  Programme Background The Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) programme is intended to provide a replacement for the USMC's fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicle 7 (AAV7) tracked ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  ACV - Additional Order 3 (US - USMC)

  Programme Background The Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) programme is intended to provide a replacement for the USMC's fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicle 7 (AAV7) tracked ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  8x8 IFV (Bulgaria)

  Programme Background Requirement The Bulgarian Army's requirement for 8x8 vehicles is a long-standing requirement that has been subject to multiple delays. In 2017, the Bulgarian ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Infrastructure - shelters/accommodation

  Deployable Shelter Systems

  Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group provides integrated deployable shelters for C2, ground control of unmanned systems, C4ISTAR and laboratories. Examples include the Watchkeeper UAV GCS, ...

• Major networking projects

  Project Marshall

  The Joint Military Air Traffic Services project was initiated by the UK MoD in November 2005 to identify and evaluate options for the future delivery ...

• Infrastructure - shelters/accommodation

  Deployable Hospital Systems

  Marshall has two types of deployable field hospitals. The first is a shelter-based solution, whose users include the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Mobile Deployable Hospital ...

• Naval guns, Land: RWS

  Dragonfire

  Dragonfire is a new laser weapon system built for the UK MoD, receiving £30 million of funding in early 2017. The design of the gun ...

• Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems

  Hawkeye Land Surveillance Systems

  Launched at DSEI 2015, the Chess Dynamics Hawkeye family of multi-sensor surveillance systems is designed to provide short- to extended-range optical surveillance and target acquisition ...

• Infrastructure - shelters/accommodation

  Workshops

  Marshall offers a range of integrated, shelter-based workshops. These include several systems now in UK service: the Deployable Machine Shop fitted with the tools needed ...

• Land Ops

  ESS Land Ops goggles provide eye protection and fog-resistance for ground troops and are authorised by the US Army for use over prescription eyewear. Land ...

• Land: RWS

  Land Rogue

  The Land Rogue is an RWS developed by Reutech for installation on armoured vehicles. Capable of being armed with a 7.62mm machine gun, a 12.7mm ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Superav Land

  The Superav Land 8x8 is a modular vehicle with a large diameter turret ring that can be adjusted to fit a wide variety of remote-controlled ...

• Land: soldier modernisation systems - national programmes

  Land 125

  In 1994, Australia initiated Project Wundurra to develop an integrated soldier combat system, and by 2005 this had evolved into the multi-phase Land 125 programme ...

• Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range

  Land Ceptor

  MBDA Land Ceptor is a medium-to-long range ground-based air defence missile system based on the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) family of surface-to-air missiles developed ...

• Land: air defence radar, Land: coastal surveillance radars

  KRONOS Land

  KRONOS Land is a mobile multifunctional C-band radar system designed by Leonardo to support air and coastal defence tactical operations. The system simultaneously performs surveillance, ...

• Land: RWS

  RCG30

  The Mechatronics division of Denel Land Systems unveiled its RCG30 unmanned turret at the African Aerospace & Defence exhibition in September 2018. Armed with a ...

• EW test systems

  CEESIM

  The Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) family of simulators is designed for use in development, T&E;, maintenance and training support of airborne, land, shipboard and ...

• Land: manned turrets

  TRT-R30MK

  The TRT-R30MK is a new version of the TRT remotely operated gun turret family. The system draws on development from systems such as the TRT-25, ...