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Defence Notes
Europe rethinks defence spending cuts after Ukraine
17th April 2014
The crisis in Ukraine highlights the urgency to increase defence spending and cooperation between European nations, defence ministers have argued. Maciej Popowski, deputy secretary general …
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Defence Notes
First international contract for Paveway IV
17th April 2014
Raytheon has received a contract valued at more than $200 million from an undisclosed international customer for the Paveway IV precision guided bomb, it was …
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Land Warfare
Defence Services Asia: Monitor-Service debuts Mosquito LTV
17th April 2014
Belarus company Monitor-Service has used the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur to introduce its Mosquito family of Light Tracked Vehicles (LTVs) to …
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Land Warfare
Defence Services Asia: Malaysia pushes ahead with tactical vehicle masterplan
17th April 2014
Deftech has agreed to a partnership with US vehicle manufacturer AM General to produce light tactical platforms for the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and law …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Defence Services Asia: Unmanned tech to support MAF jungle ops
15th April 2014
Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) counter-insurgency (COIN) operations in Sabah, East Malaysia, will significantly influence future unmanned system requirements, industry sources have revealed. In February 2013, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Threat of armed UAV proliferation questioned
15th April 2014
A US report on the proliferation of armed UAVs has downplayed the likelihood of such weapon systems becoming a credible threat, claiming that the potential …
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Digital Battlespace
Defence Services Asia: Beretta showcases I-Protect monitoring system
15th April 2014
Beretta Defense Technologies and Intellitronika have used the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition to introduce an integrated weapon monitoring system to ASEAN customers. Speaking to …
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Land Warfare
Defence Services Asia: Malaysia interested in bunker ammo
15th April 2014
Nordic ammunition company, Nammo, is preparing to demonstrate the M141 bunker defeat munition (BDM) to the Malaysian military. A spokesperson from Nammo told Shephard that …
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Land Warfare
Defence Services Asia: Thales advances StarStreak in Asia
14th April 2014
Thales is a step closer to supplying its Starstreak air defence system to the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) after formalising a partnership agreement with Weststar …
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Defence Helicopter
SAS14: USN considers LCS future
10th April 2014
As the US Navy (USN) and industry await the findings of a task force study into the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), confidence …
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Defence Helicopter
SAS14: Navy readies for APKWS
10th April 2014
The US Navy is furthering development of its new LAU-61G/A Digital Rocket Launcher (DRL), paving the way for full Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) …
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Naval Warfare
SAS14: USN chief encourages payload utility extensions
7th April 2014
The US Navy’s (USN) chief of naval operations has stressed that the payload capacity of the service’s vessels needs to be utilised further in order …
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Defence Helicopter
Selex ES successfully demonstrates Miysis DIRCM
7th April 2014
Selex ES has successfully demonstrated its Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system as part of NATO Trial EMBOW XIV. The demonstration took place in March …
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Military Logistics
DRS wins DDG-51 Ships energy storage module contract
7th April 2014
DRS Technologies will design, build and supply Energy Storage Modules (ESM) to the US Navy for the DDG 51 class ships. The modules will provide …
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Military Logistics
Rheinmetall announces Norwegian vehicle order
4th April 2014
Rheinmetall will supply the armed forces of Norway with a new fleet of logistical vehicles under a new order worth over €100 million. The contract …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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OPVs
Kingston Class Replacement [Canada]
Programme Background Requirements Under the second pillar of its shipbuilding strategy, Canada is seeking to procure an undisclosed number of small vessels (below 1000t). Part ...
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Tanks
NGCV: DLP
Programme Background Requirement The DLP is one of five vehicle families being developed for the US Army's NGCV programme. Expanded to include five programmes in ...
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Special operations vehicles
CANSOFCOM Next Generation Fighting Vehicles
Several platforms are known to have been proposed for the NGFV programme. In 2015, it was reported that General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada (GDLS-C) ...
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Destroyers
Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X) [USN]
Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...
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UAS: communication systems
UAS: communication systems | Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) [US Army]
The Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR), or Co Level SUAS DR, is a US Army programme that has seen ten-year $14.42 million Indefinite ...
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UAS: flight control systems
UAS: flight control systems | Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) [US Army]
The Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR), or Co Level SUAS DR, is a US Army programme that has seen ten-year $14.42 million Indefinite ...
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Destroyers
Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III) Batch 2 [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The Sejong the Great class (KDX-III) Batch 2 will consist of three improved Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III) batch 1 guided-missile destroyers, which ...
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Amphibious assault ships, Landing platform docks/dock landing ships
Landing Platform Docks [India]
Programme Background Requirements The LPD tender, although more akin to an LHD, specifies that the quartet of ships must be built within India, although collaboration ...
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Minehunters
Mine Countermeasure Vessel [India]
Programme Background Requirements In August 2023, the Indian MoD issued a new Request for Information (RfI) for the procurement of 12 Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Vessels. The ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-9B (Tri-Service) [India]
Programme Background Inception & The Indian Navy In 2016, reports suggested India was looking to acquire the MQ-9A Reaper. The two parties developed this requirement, and in June ...
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Transport
C-27J [Azerbaijan]
Programme Background The Azerbaijani Air Force signed a contract with Leonardo in June 2023 to procure the C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft. This move is ...
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Destroyers
Future Destroyers (13DDX) [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements At CNE 2024, Vice Admiral Shinichi Imayoshi, Director General of Naval Systems at the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), revealed that enhancing ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
MH-60R Seahawk (Saudi Arabia)
The sale is aimed at improving Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems, provide the capability to identify, engage ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
H-145M (Serbia)
Serbia's aircraft will be equipped with a fast roping system, high-performance camera, fire support equipment, ballistic protection as well as an electronic countermeasures system. The ...
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Light attack, Trainer
L-39NG Senegal
The aircraft will feature five hard-points, two external fuel tanks with 350 lt capacity, Mk 81 and Mk 82 bombs, guided and unguided rockets, single ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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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 ...
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Counter-UAS systems
DroneDefender
DroneDefender is a directed-energy UAS countermeasure that disrupts the adversary's control of the aircraft, neutralising it so that no remote action (including detonation) can occur, ...
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Counter-UAS systems
MEHEL 2.0
The Mobile Expeditionary High-Energy Laser (MEHEL) is a C-UAS-capable vehicle that employs directed energy to neutralise targets. MEHEL 2.0 was first seen at AUSA 2016, ...
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Destroyers
Flight III Destroyer
During Indo Pacific 2023, Navantia Australia unveiled a 10200t destroyer design. Dubbed as Flight III Destroyer, the Spanish shipbuilder is pitching the ship for the ...
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ISR/special mission
AC-130J
The AC-130J 'Ghostrider' is a fifth-generation gunship manufactured by Lockheed Martin to replace the AC-130U/W gunships for the USAF deployed in 2019. The Ghostrider is a highly modified C-130J ...
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Naval guns
HELIOS
HELIOS (High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance) is a high-energy weapon system developed by Lockheed Martin. According to the producer, the system is specially ...
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Self-propelled missile systems
Avenger
The automated AN/TWQ-1 Avenger is the US Army's primary shoot-on-the-move air defence weapon. It is a lightweight, mobile short-range fire unit with eight Stinger missiles ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Bushmaster ePMV
The electric Protected Mobility Vehicle (ePMV), also known as the 'electric Bushmaster,' is a prototype 4x4 armoured vehicle unveiled at the Chief of Army Symposium in ...
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Land: RWS
R800
The R800 is a RWS developed by EOS for integration on heavy armoured vehicle platforms. It is designed to offer the capabilities of a medium ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming
Miysis DIRCM
Leonardo’s Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system provides high power, all aspect protection against modern and legacy Infrared Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (IR MANPADS) for ...
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Frigates
Omega
At IndoDefence 2018, Damen unveiled a 6000t Omega frigate design aimed at the Indonesian Navy's future frigate procurement. The Omega frigate design builds on the MKS180 ...
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Air-launched ASW torpedoes
MK 50 Lightweight Torpedo
The MK 50 torpedo was utilised by USN surface ships and aircraft and developed by Raytheon to replace the MK 46 torpedo. It was first ...
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Corvettes
MEKO A210
During Indo Pacific 2023, TKMS unveiled the MEKO A210 corvette. According to the manufacturer, the ship is an evolution of the existing MEKO A200 design. ...
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Air: maintenance simulators
F-22 Training Devices
TRU Simulation + Training F-22 MTD programme includes three training devices that provide USAF students at Sheppard AFB, Texas, with maintenance training on landing gear, ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Drone Killer
The Uconsystem Drone Killer was unveiled in October 2015 and was developed in response to a UAV threat from North Korea, which saw four North ...