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Uncrewed Vehicles
Rustom II takes maiden flight
17th November 2016
Although long delayed, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the maiden flight of the Rustom II medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV on 16 …
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Military Logistics
Polaris MRZR ordered by USMC
14th November 2016
Polaris Defense will supply the US Marine Corps with 144 four-seat diesel MRZR vehicles under an order announced on 10 November. The vehicles have been …
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Digital Battlespace
TRS-4D radar finishes factory acceptance test
14th November 2016
Factory acceptance testing for the TRS-4D naval radar built for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 21 has been completed, clearing the way for …
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Land Warfare
Ukraine looks to Hulk up
14th November 2016
The Ukrainian MoD has started talks with the Kremenchug Automobile Plant (KrAZ) about buying the Hulk armoured vehicle. KrAZ is Ukraine’s largest producers of trucks …
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Digital Battlespace
Court orders re-start on US Army data management
10th November 2016
Plans to combine US Army intelligence software and hardware capabilities into one programme have hit a bump in the road. The Army’s Distributed Common Ground …
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Digital Battlespace
Navy's MUOS satellite overcomes challenges
4th November 2016
The US Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) has overcome propulsion system failures and has now reached operational orbit with pre-operational on-board testing set …
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Digital Battlespace
BAE Systems to continue ARC work
4th November 2016
BAE Systems has been awarded a $13.3 million contract modification from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to extend work on its Adaptive Radar …
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Land Warfare
NATO nations to lead battalions in Baltic States
4th November 2016
At the NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels in October, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Canada, Germany, the UK and the US will lead with …
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Land Warfare
Belgian army battalions fire first Spikes
4th November 2016
Operators from Belgian army manoeuvre battalions fired their Spike anti-tank missiles for the first time on 27 October on the Bergen-Höhne training area in northern …
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Defence Helicopter
Indo Defence 2016: Boeing looks to leverage Apache sale
3rd November 2016
Boeing is eyeing Vietnam as the next potential regional opportunity for its military rotorcraft, after getting a ‘foot in the door’ in Indonesia. The company …
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Land Warfare
Ceradyne to provide SPS components
2nd November 2016
Ceradyne will provide equipment for two components of the US Army’s Soldier Protection System (SPS) under two separate low-rate initial production (LRIP) contracts announced on …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SHARCs track live submarine
2nd November 2016
October’s Unmanned Warrior 2016 demonstration saw a live submarine detected, reported and tracked by a network of persistent USVs for the first time. The USVs …
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Defence Notes
Indo Defence 2016: ASEAN defence spending on the rise
27th October 2016
It is becoming clear that Southeast Asia is expanding its influence in the global defence industry. Recent data suggests that the upward trend in military …
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Naval Warfare
Philippines leases patrol aircraft
27th October 2016
During President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Japan from 25-27 October, the Philippines signed an MoU and letter of arrangement with Tokyo to lease five TC-90 …
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Digital Battlespace
US Army to expand cyber protection
25th October 2016
One of the capabilities being explored at the US Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) 17.1 would introduce expanded cyber defence capabilities at the brigade combat team …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement [US Navy]
Programme Background According to the FY2021 budget request, the USN funded three JLTVs in FY2018, eight in FY2019, 19 in FY2020 and 25 in FY2021. ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement [US Air Force]
Programme Background According to the FY2021 USAF budget request documents, the USAF procured 103 JLTVs in FY2019, 146 in FY2020 and 142 in FY2021. The ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV Future Procurement (USMC)
Programme Background The USMC is expected to procure 10,859 JLTVs to replace all of its HMMWVs on a like-for-like basis. Since the USMC has already ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
AGMV 1.1
Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
JLTV [US Army - Second Order]
Programme Background Oshkosh was awarded a contract to produce up to 16,901 JLTVs for the US Army and USMC programmes of record in August 2015. ...
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Maritime patrol
Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Singapore)
Programme Background Deployed from Changi West airbase, and jointly operated by the RSAF and Republic of Singapore Navy, the ageing Fokker 50 fleet is primarily ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Xtender [US]
Programme Background Previous Procurement In early 2021, the US Department of Defence awarded a contract to XTEND for the platform in partnership with Isreal's MoD. ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
eLRV [US]
Programme Background Purpose The US Army unveiled a new concept for a more deployable IBCT structure at AUSA in October 2014. Built around three main types ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 5th Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Aksungur [Turkish Air Force]
Programme Background First Flight & Contract Award The platform's maiden flight was completed on 20 March 2019, and it was first publicly shown at IDEF ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 2nd Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 3rd Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BOV 8x8 [Slovakia - 4th Batch]
Programme Background Requirement The Slovakian Army has a long-standing requirement for 8x8 armoured vehicles to equip its medium mechanised battalions and the combat support elements ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Data links
Data links | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Infantry Squad Vehicle
The General Motors (GM) Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) is a fully-integrated military platform based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 mid-sized truck chassis with Roll ...
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Special operations vehicles
Electric Military Concept Vehicle
The Electric Military Concept Vehicle (e-MCV) is General Motors (GM) Defense's concept vehicle designed for the US Army's ongoing electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV) programme. Based on ...
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Land: air defence radar
9S18M1E
The 9S18M1E is a mobile, 3D, frequency-agile coherent pulse radar designed to detect and identify air threats and feed target data to the Buk-M1E AD ...
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Military vehicle engines
6V53
The 6V53 is a six cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine that stems from the GM Diesel Series 53 engine launched in 1957. The 6V53 has a ...
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Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems
Tunguska
KBP Instrument Design Bureau began development of the 2K22 Tunguska tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile system in 1970 to provide the Soviet Army with ...
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Self-propelled missile systems
Buk-M2
The Buk-M2 (NATO designation SA-17 Grizzly) tracked self-propelled air defence system entered Russian service in 1995 and various models have been exported to more than ...
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Land: battle management systems
ADC3
IAI's Air Defense Command, Control and Communication (ADC3) was developed to meet the air defence mission requirements of Israeli Defense Forces.
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Military UGVs
SURUS
General Motors unveiled its Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS) – a large, multipurpose, hydrogen-electric UGV – at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, DC, in ...
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Subsystems: software
Network Defense Trainer
The Scalable Network Defense Trainer is an LVC simulation system for delivering realistic hands-on cyber training. It enables students to experience cyber attacks launched against ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming, Air: Electronic Attack - Pod
Talisman [Defense Initiatives]
The Talisman is an integrated self-protection system developed by Defense Initiatives of Belarus. It is designed to equip combat aircraft and is thought to be ...
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Land: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Ground
GenCOM Defense Ground provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Naval
GenCOM Defense Naval offers an automatic situational awareness picture achieved through integration with single or multiple CESM-DF arrival sensors deployed on an array of naval ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Air
GenCOM Defense Air provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
CombatGuard
IMI Systems unveiled its new CombatGuard, a 4x4 armoured combat vehicle designed to provide a high level of off-road mobility, at Eurosatory 2014. It is ...
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Air: mission management systems
TAIKS Fire Support C3 System
TAIKS is the tactical element of AFSAS (see separate entry) that integrates fire support units and target acquisition systems with each other and other functional ...