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Air Warfare
DSEI 2025: ‘Future force’ a focus but questions remain on core UK air programmes
3rd September 2025
Focused on shaping the armed forces for the fight ahead, DSEI will hone in on new technology and small and medium enterprises to help lead the sector forward.
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Naval Warfare
NATO naval exercises map out future USV requirements but raise questions on acquisition
8th December 2025
Uncrewed surface vessels have shifted from a desirable capability to a critical one for navies. But should these systems be bought outright, rented as a service or rapidly built using commercial off-the-shelf components?
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Air Warfare
Embraer evaluates new mission capabilities for C-390 with ISR study to finish by 2026
10th June 2025
Alongside its official Maritime Patrol study, Embraer is also evaluating further special missions capabilities for its aircraft, including those in the space domain and with drones, CEO Bosco da Costa Junior told Shephard.
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Land Warfare
DSEI 2025: Belgium will be fourth user of 40mm 40CT cannon
11th September 2025
The cannon is currently used by the French Army, French Navy and British Army. It has an elevation of +85° with a cyclic rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute.
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Defence Notes
Nuclear costs crowd out key defence priorities in UK investment plan, say SDR authors
8th July 2026
The UK government’s Defence Investment Plan has been criticised by the authors of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 which formed the basis of the plan. The SDR’s external reviewers told the country’s defence committee how the plan misses the mark.
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Land Warfare
Team LionStrike polishes British Army vehicle offering for Land Mobility Programme
14th November 2025
Team LionStrike has demonstrated its offering for the British Army’s Land Mobility Programme with plans to bid the Chevrolet Silverado and two variants of the platform: the Infantry Squad Vehicle and General Support Utility Platform.
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Air Warfare
Anduril awarded latest OPF-L contract with around $155.2 million still up for grabs
20th January 2026
As the US Marine Corps continues to push loitering munitions as a core battlefield tool, Shephard looks at how the latest contract award factors into future potential purchases.
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Land Warfare
Shephard's DSEI 2025 Show News Portal is live
1st September 2025
Join Shephard for the latest news from DSEI 2025.
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Air Warfare
Could CUAS demand open a new market for armed trainer aircraft?
6th July 2026
As affordable counter-drone solutions become a military priority, repurposing training aircraft could emerge as a credible option to prepare for emergency scenarios.
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Land Warfare
Lockheed Martin wins deals for missiles and systems worth $5 billion
15th August 2025
There continues to be an insatiable desire for air-defence and air-launched missiles and systems in the US and worldwide. Lockheed Martin’s latest deals reinforce the demand and highlight the supply chain challenge for manufacturing solid rocket motors.
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Land Warfare
Estonia drops CV90 plan as it shifts towards uncrewed systems and firepower
13th April 2026
The country is scaling back its reliance on heavy battlefield equipment in favour of upgrading existing platforms and investing in firepower, mobility, unmanned systems and situational awareness.
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Land Warfare
China goes for ground-launched attack weapons as it strengthens deterrence strategy
26th November 2025
China has been advancing its capabilities with a new generation of precision-guided artillery and loitering munitions, positioning ALIT’s WS-series as direct competitors with Western systems like the US’s M982 Excalibur.
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Land Warfare
UAE’s first combat use of M-SAM II could raise export prospects for South Korean air defence
13th March 2026
Reported to provide a high percentage of precision in its engagements, the South Korean air defence system has been receiving growing international interest since it was deployed by the UAE to defeat Iranian missiles.
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Air Warfare
NHI’s NH90: Europe’s multirole helicopter strives to maintain relevance (updated 2026)
27th April 2026
Developed in response to NATO’s needs, NHIndustries’ NH90 remains a cornerstone of European and Middle Eastern fleets – with upgrades planned to extend and improve the capabilities of the versatile and capable platform.
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Air Warfare
November drone digest: GA-ASI eyes Middle East for Gambit, Edge Group unveils new UAVs
1st December 2025
In November 2025, GA-ASI unveiled a new Gambit variant, the Gambit 6, and appears to be pitching the aircraft series to various customers in the Middle East, which is a fast-emerging CCA market. The Dubai Airshow also saw the unveiling of various Emirati aircraft from Edge Group.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - small
Vietnam - ScanEagle 2
Programme Background The Vietnamese Coast Guard are receiving the ScanEagle 2's thought to be provided by the US under the Maritime Security Initiative (MSI) programme. This ...
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Military UAS - small
V-Bat [Armenia]
Background Announcment On 9 February 2026, in a press release from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan and JD Vance, US vice-president, ...
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Military UAS - small
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) GUARD [Ireland]
Background Problem As stated on the project’s website in 2022, Ireland is the “softest target in the EU for smugglers” due to its 3171km of ...
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Main battle tanks
Leopard 2A8 [Croatia]
Programme Background Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Croatia became the latest in a string of Eastern/Central European countries to bolster its ...
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Frigates
European Combat Vessel [Spain]
Background Requirements The European Combat Vessel (ECV) is currently a conceptual project that seeks to design a European collaborative multi-mission, modular warship. As of March ...
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Long Range Missile Defence Systems: > 90km range
Land Ground Based Air Defence [UK]
Background In November 2023, the UK published the Land Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Prior Information Notice, which informed industry of the future direction of the ...
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Military UAS - small
Indonesia - ScanEagle 2
Programme Background As part of a large scale programme, Indonesia was set to receive eight ScanEagle UAS drone Insitu provided by the US under the Maritime ...
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Self-propelled guns
Land Ground Based Air Defence (SHORAD) [UK]
Background In November 2023 the UK published the Land Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Prior Information Notice which informed industry of the future direction of the ...
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Military UAS - small
V-Bat [Romania]
Programme Background Modernisation According to HotNews, a Romanian news outlet reporting on 25 February 2025, the Romanian MoD announced to journalists that it would focus on ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | Baltic Joint Naval Procurement [Latvia]
The Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia plan to continue developing their respective navies, regarding them as important elements in the NATO alliance — ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
Naval: shipboard communication systems | Baltic Joint Naval Procurement [Latvia]
The Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia plan to continue developing their respective navies, regarding them as important elements in the NATO alliance — ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Army Armoured Combat System (A2CS) [Italy]
Background The Italian Army has identified a requirement for new tracked IFVs to equip its armoured and mechanised brigades. These new vehicles will replace 200 ...
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UAS: communication systems
UAS: communication systems | Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]
The Royal Navy's (RN) Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), or Heavy Lift Challenge, is a developmental programme exploring cargo-carrying uncrewed technology and new acquisition approaches. Phase ...
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UAS: flight control systems
UAS: flight control systems | Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]
The Royal Navy's (RN) Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), or Heavy Lift Challenge, is a developmental programme exploring cargo-carrying uncrewed technology and new acquisition approaches. Phase ...
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Fighter - multirole
Typhoon Tranche 3A [Germany]
Methodology PGO As this programme has been contracted with all units delivered, the PGO is 100. Units required A total of 31 units are required ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Land: COMINT and ELINT systems
Smartscan- MEWS
MEWS (Modular Electronic Warfare System) is a software-driven spectrum surveillance system covering two megahertz to three gigahertz. It is designed to detect, collect and geolocate ...
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Land: battle management systems, Major networking projects, Naval: Combat Management Systems
DOOB (HARBIYE)
Defence out of a Box (DOOB, also marketed as HARBIYE) is a C4I system family developed by Havelsan as an integrated defence solution aiming for ...
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Subsystems: software
Simulation Engine II
The Simulation Engine II (SE II) commercial game engine is the first PC-based game engine to be developed by Sonalysts as a commercial product and ...
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Air: mission management systems
Naval Command Center
The Elbit Systems Naval Command Center (NCC) provides the infrastructure, systems and functionality required to achieve maritime domain awareness in conjunction with applicable means, evaluating ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
JTRS Increment 1 Waveforms
A number of waveforms are set to be implemented under JTRS Increment 1: WNW with OFDM and anti-jam; SRW (ground domain); joint airborne network-tactical edge ...
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Sea: procedural training
Submarine Simulator
A multi-domain simulation system for submarines, covering all vessel systems and subsystems: Submarine Tactical Trainer (STT); Submarine Diving and Steering Simulator (SDS) in a cockpit; Surface Navigation Simulator ...
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Air: mission management systems
I-JOCCS
Integrated Joint Operational Command and Control Services (I-JOCCS) is designed for interoperability among coalition forces including the UK and US. The capability supports fixed-site installations ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
GMS Cross-Domain Systems (CDS) Family
At AUSA 2024, General Micro Systems (GMS Computing Engines) unveiled four new cross-domain systems (CDS) designed to give air and land forces ultra-secure, real-time gigabit ...
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Air: COMINT and ELINT systems
ELK-7065
The ELK-7065 ground and naval HF COMINT direction-finding system was unveiled in 2013, with a compact, lightweight airborne version launched in September 2017. The sensor was ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
JTRS Domains
The former JTRS ‘clusters’, that had become separate disjointed programmes, have been replaced with centrally managed domain programme management offices. The construct comprises four JTRS ...
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Land: battle management systems
AMDWS
AMDWS (Air and Missile Defense Work Station), is a collaborative battlespace awareness information management system developed by Northrop Grumman to meet the requirements of the ...
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Major networking projects
TNE
Trusted Network Environment (TNE) is used by the US DoD and federal agencies where multiple coalitions of interest need trusted information brokers to let them ...
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Major networking projects
GIG
Global Information Grid (GIG) is a DoD-wide programme, managed by OSD Network Information Infrastructure and integrated by the Defense Information Systems Agency, to support all ...
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Land: air defence radar
Hawkeye AD
Hawkeye Air Defence (AD) is an integrated sensor suite optimised for acquisition, tracking, classification and engagement of air targets from fixed and mobile platforms. The ...
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Land: air defence radar
3D Primary Surveillance Radar
The Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR) 3D is part of the Lanza family of 3D radar systems. It has been designed especially for airport and air ...