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News - S-743D

  • Defence Helicopter

    Royal Navy says SAR-onara

    4th January 2016

    The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm has officially ended its role in UK search and rescue (SAR) operations, concluding nearly 60 years of service. The …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Thailand conducts H225M CSAR trials

    4th January 2016

    After the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) received a batch of four Airbus Helicopters H225M (EC725) Super Cougar helicopters last year, the type conducted its …

  • Military Logistics

    Lockheed Martin secures C-130 contract

    4th January 2016

    A multi-year contract announced on 31 December will see Lockheed Martin deliver 78 C-130 Super Hercules aircraft to the US government between 2016 and 2020. …

  • Defence Helicopter

    HAL to manufacture Ka-226T

    4th January 2016

    An indigenous helicopter production deal between India and Russia was signed in late December after more than a year of negotiations.  The contract, sealed when …

  • Military Logistics

    UK awards C-130 support contract

    31st December 2015

    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to three companies for the support of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of C-130 …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Heron reaches new flight hour milestone

    31st December 2015

    Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has marked its 70,000th flight hour in support of operations in Afghanistan, IAI announced on …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Northrop confirmed for DARPA UAV project

    30th December 2015

    Northrop Grumman has been selected to develop a working demonstrator for DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) programme, it was revealed in a statement issued …

  • Training

    Aegis Technologies to enrich Vampire

    30th December 2015

    Aegis Technologies has been contracted to work on a programme for the Spanish Ministry of Defense being delivered under an AeroVironment-US Army UAS Foreign Military …

  • Naval Warfare

    Choppy waters for LCS

    29th December 2015

    The survivability and lethality of the US Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme has again been called into question in a GAO report released …

  • Training

    MetaVR visuals for SOTACC simulators

    29th December 2015

    Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training simulators at the US military's Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller Course (SOTACC) facility will feature MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Selex, Saab team for EWOS

    29th December 2015

    Selex ES and Saab have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) solutions, Selex announced on 23 December. …

  • Defence Helicopter

    France orders more Tiger HAD helicopters

    24th December 2015

    The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters to supply seven additional Tiger HAD attack helicopters, the company announced on …

  • Land Warfare

    GDELS to support Danish Army vehicles

    24th December 2015

    General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) will provide on-going support for the Danish Army’s wheeled vehicle fleet under a new multi-year framework contract announced on …

  • Training

    Kongsberg Maritime to acquire SMSC

    24th December 2015

    Kongsberg Maritime is strengthening its maritime simulation capabilities with the acquisition of the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centre (SMSC), a simulation and consultancy company.  SMSC’s …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Vietnam unveils indigenous HALE

    24th December 2015

    Despite outsiders knowing little about Vietnam’s UAV developments, local media revealed in December that the country was developing its largest vehicle yet, a HALE platform. …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S (First Batch) [Turkey]

    Programme Background Orders In February 2018, TAI announced that it had delivered the first Anka-S UAVs to the Turkish Air Force. In late 2018, Savunmasanay ...

  • Submarines: conventional, attack

    Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus) [Spain]

    Programme Background The S-80A SSK design for the Spanish Navy is based on the Franco-Spanish S-80 Scorpene design that both countries decided to cooperate on ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S [Chad]

    Programme Background Hurkus Trainer Aircraft On 10 July 2023, President General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno visited an air base to inspect the country's new Hurkus trainer ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S (Saudi Arabia)

    Programme Background Desired Procurement Saudi Arabia has reportedly been in negotiations to procure six Anka UAVs since 2013. It has not been disclosed which Anka ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    EDA-S [France]

    Programme Background Following the announcement of the 14-ship contract, the DGA approved the design of the first two standard amphibious landing craft (EDA-S) in October 2019, ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    S-70i (Philippines)

    The Black Hawk is believed to have been the most expensive of the aircraft that had been shortlisted for the PAF project, others being the ...

  • Destroyers

    KDDX-S [South Korea]

    Programme Background Requirements During MADEX 2023, Naval News reported that there is an upcoming competition for new destroyers, namely the KDDX-S programme. According to the ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Camcopter S-100 [Greece]

    Programme Background Trails A 2 August 2021 Schiebel press release announced the company had demonstrated the Camcopter S-100's capabilities to the Hellenic Navy. The UAV was ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S [El Salvador]

    Programme Background As reported by InfoDefensa in September 2023, The Salvadoran Air Force (FAS) is considering purchasing the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka-S and T625 Gokbey medium ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S (Second Batch) [Turkey]

    Programme Background First Batch Based on comments by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Turkish media in 2018, Shephard believes that Türkiye acquired 26 Anka-S drones ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Corvette UAVs [Angola]

    Programme Background In February 2023, at NAVDEX 2023, Shephard reported the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), part of the EDGE Group, had signed a €1 billion ($1.06 ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Bayraktar TB2 [Indonesian Air Force]

    Programme Background Anka-S Procurement Throughout the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU)'s effort to purchase the Anka-S from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), covered in a separate entry on Defence Insight, the acquisition ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-S (Pakistan)

    Programme Background 'Brotherly Ties' On 14 January 2022, the Pakistan government unveiled its first-ever National Security Policy. As reported by Shephard, the policy emphasised 'brotherly ties' with ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Camcopter S-300 [South Korea]

    Programme Background Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) On 18 January 2023, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Northop Grumman at a ...

  • Data links

    Data links | S-211 Replacement [Philippines]

    The Philippines is looking at replacement options for its ageing fleet of S-211 trainer jets. The S-211s have been in operation with the Philippines since ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Data links

    S-band TDMA Airborne Data Link

    Multiple-participant airborne S-band TDMA data link with up to 400 slots/s. Transmission rate is up to 625Kb/s. As an example, a data link built for ...

  • Deployable/static missile systems

    S-200

    The S-200 (NATO designation SA-5 Gammon) is a long-range, high-altitude, surface-to-air missile designed to protect large areas from bomber attacks. Its initial operational test deployment ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    R&S M3TR

    The R&S; M3TR SDR family is a family of digital radios. The core of the integrated communications system is the lightweight R&S; MR3000 H/U manpack ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Camcopter S-300

    The Camcopter S-300 is a larger variant of the S-100 manufactured by Schiebel. The VTOL-capable UAV is intended for ISR missions, partially those in the maritime ...

  • Air: Radio and SATCOM, UAS: communication systems

    R&S SDAR

    The R&S; SDAR is a software-defined airborne radio that extends the R&S; M3AR airborne radio family. The R&S; SDAR offers secure broadband voice and data ...

  • Corvettes

    Saar S-80

    The S-80 is a multirole corvette developed by Israel Shipyard and based on the S-72 platform. The S-80, showcased for the first time at Euronaval ...

  • Submarines: conventional, attack

    Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus)

    Spain’s S-80A or Isaac Peral-class SSKs are being built to replace the Spanish Navy’s existing Agosta 90B-class SSKs that were designed in the 1970s and ...

  • Data links

    TIGDL-II

    Tactical Interoperable Ground Data Link (TIGDL)-II is described as a transportable TDL surface terminal that supports military operations by providing a full duplex ground capability ...

  • Deployable/static missile systems

    S-125-2A Pechora-2A

    Almaz-Antey offers the S-125-2A Pechora-2A upgrade package for the S-125 Pechora (US/NATO designation SA-3 Goa) static and towed medium-range SAM system that first entered Soviet ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    48N6E2 missile

    The 48N6E2 is the second generation of the 48N6 surface-to-air missile (SAM). It is designed to target low-altitude jets and tactical ballistic missiles. The 48N6E2 ...

  • Subsystems: software

    M&S Suite

    M&S; Suite is a comprehensive and integrated range of modelling and simulation (M&S;) software tools designed to help speed up application development and reduce integration ...

  • Self-propelled missile systems

    S-400 Triumf

    The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) long-range air defence system, previously known as the S-300PMU-3, was developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    KG-350

    The KG-350 is an encryptor for network communications. The product was granted Type 1 certification by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on 27 July ...

  • Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

    President-S

    Ekran’s President-S is a Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) designed to equip fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The President-S is an export version of the firm’s L-370 ...

  • Transponders and IFF

    IFF Mk XIIA(S)

    Aselsan IFF Mk XIIA(S) is a Mode 5/S compatible long-range IFF interrogator. According to the manufacturer, it may be mounted to a standard 19-inch rack ...