Uncrewed Vehicles

US DoD orders WASP aerostat systems

9th March 2016

Drone Aviation has received a contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for the supply of its Winch Aerostat Small Platform (WASP) tactical aerostat …

Defence Helicopter

Aurora contracted for X-Plane phase 2

7th March 2016

Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for phase two of the Vertical Takeoff and …

Training

US, Japan conduct joint training

4th March 2016

Units from the US Navy conducted a Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) units in February, the US Navy announced …

Land Warfare

Alcoa to lighten combat vehicles

4th March 2016

Alcoa has received a five-year contract from the US Army for research and development (R&D) projects involving the development of lightweight solutions for ground combat …

Digital Battlespace

Three firms selected for manpack contract

1st March 2016

The US Army has selected three companies - Harris, General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins - to compete for a potential ten-year, $12.7 billion contract to …

Training

USMC simulator to get more weapons

1st March 2016

Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has been awarded contracts worth $3.7 million to integrate new weapons into the US Marine Corps’ (USMC's) Squad Immersive Training Environment …

Digital Battlespace

CVA/H weapon system reaches FOC

1st March 2016

The US Air Force Space Command's (AFSC) Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter (CVA/H) weapon system has reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) status. The system is now ready …

Military Logistics

USAF receives T56 engine upgrade kits

29th February 2016

Rolls-Royce has delivered the first T56 Series 3.5 engine upgrade kits to the US Air Force (USAF) for its C-130H transport fleet. The upgrades are …

Military Logistics

Iraq requests KA-350 support package

26th February 2016

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible sale of KA-350 sustainment, logistics, and spares support to Iraq, it was announced on …

Training

USAF orders AFSAT Lot 12

24th February 2016

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' subsidiary Composite Engineering (CEi) has received an $18.7 million award for the Lot 12 option on the Air Force Subscale …

Military Logistics

Arotech bags Israel battery order

23rd February 2016

Arotech’s power systems division has received a contract worth $8.5 million from the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for the supply of 70,000 rechargeable batteries, …

Training

US Army to get Cubic’s I-MILES IWS

23rd February 2016

Cubic Global Defense has received contracts worth $44 million from the US Army for the supply of its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon …

Training

Aegis receives missile defence training contract

23rd February 2016

AEgis Technologies has received a prime contract for Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) Domain 3 Enhanced Warfighter Capabilities by the US Army's Space and Missile …

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.  ...

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 ...

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. ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

eLRV

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...