Digital Battlespace

Lockheed Martin awarded DCGS contract

23rd September 2011

Sharing intelligence data and services between the Department of Defense, Government agencies and coalition partners is becoming more seamless as Lockheed Martin upgrades the infrastructure …

Digital Battlespace

DRS Technical Services wins USSOCOM support contract

22nd September 2011

DRS Defense Solutions announced that its Technical Services (DRS TSI) business unit is one of seven contractors awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a potential …

Land Warfare

Cubic wins USMC I-TESS II contract

22nd September 2011

Cubic Defense Applications, the defense systems business unit of Cubic Corporation, has been awarded a $49 million indefinite delivery type contract from the US Marine …

Digital Battlespace

Peace Eye AEW&C delivered to ROKAF

21st September 2011

A team led by Boeing today delivered the first Peace Eye 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air …

Digital Battlespace

Dot Hill teams with Phoenix International Systems

21st September 2011

Dot Hill Systems Corp., a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced it has entered into an OEM agreement with …

Defence Helicopter

AAR, Boeing collaborate on RNLAF rotorcraft support

21st September 2011

AAR and the Boeing Company have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities to support Royal Netherlands …

Digital Battlespace

UCDMO validates Cubic's cross-domain transfer solution

21st September 2011

A high-speed cross-domain transfer solution developed by Cubic Cyber Solutions, a defense systems unit of Cubic Corporation, has been validated for use by US Department …

Land Warfare

SRI Sarnoff awarded US Army contract

20th September 2011

SRI International Sarnoff is one of the winners of a multiple-award Force Protection Systems contract from the US Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) …

Digital Battlespace

DRS Technologies unveils WatchMaster IP Elite

20th September 2011

DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that its Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (DRS RSTA) Group has developed a compact, low power, digital thermal …

Land Warfare

Elbit Systems to supply Israeli MoD with Cardom Systems

19th September 2011

Elbit Systems Ltd., announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) in the amount of approximately $40 million …

Military Logistics

Northrop Grumman launches GCSS-Army

19th September 2011

Northrop Grumman Corporation's support to the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) has allowed the system to enter the production phase of the program with the …

Defence Helicopter

AAR wins contract from Military Sealift Command

16th September 2011

AAR announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Military Sealift Command (MSC), to provide airlift support for US Navy ships. The contract …

Digital Battlespace

ViaSat awarded $27.6m MIDS-LVT Lot 12 order

16th September 2011

ViaSat Inc. has received a delivery order valued at approximately $27.6 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) from the Space …

Land Warfare

Lockheed Martin awarded contract to upgrade US Army AGTS

16th September 2011

The US Army Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $28.6 million contract to upgrade more than …

Digital Battlespace

DSEi 2011: US warfighters set to receive Iridium upgrade

15th September 2011

Dismounted US forces operating in Afghanistan are set to receive the latest upgrade to ITT's Netted Iridium RO and C2 tactical radios, Iridium Communications have …

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...