Land Warfare

General Dynamics-Thales team for Land 400 Phase 2

11th March 2015

General Dynamics Land Systems and Thales Australia have teamed to respond to Australia's Land 400 Phase 2 - Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability Request for Tender …

Land Warfare

Italian Army training to get heightened realism

10th March 2015

Cubic Global Defense has been awarded a supplemental contract to deliver heightened realism for the Italian Army's combat training, the company said on 9 March. …

Naval Warfare

DCNS to participate in NATO Ballistic Missile Defence

9th March 2015

DCNS will participate in the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence system engineering and integration, as part of an industrial team led by Leidos, the company said …

Digital Battlespace

US Stryker Brigades get WIN-T Increment 2

4th March 2015

The US Army has been fielding General Dynamics' Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 to selected Stryker Brigade combat teams, the company announced …

Digital Battlespace

Selex wins two Grifo radar contracts

2nd March 2015

Selex will supply its Grifo radar system for the combat aircraft of two unnamed customers under two contracts announced by the company on 27 February. …

Naval Warfare

Thales, Aselsan to continue MLS development

26th February 2015

Thales and Aselsan have signed a cooperation agreement to continue the joint development of a Missile Launcher System (MLS). The under-development MLS incorporates Aselsan's own …

Land Warfare

First serial production CV90 IFV handed over to Norway

26th February 2015

BAE Systems has handed over the first serial production CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) to the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (FLO), the company announced on …

Land Warfare

Middle East customer orders Cubic CTCs

25th February 2015

Cubic has been awarded a contract worth $65 million from an unnamed Middle East army customer for two Combat Training Centers (CTCs), the company announced …

Digital Battlespace

Exelis on-the-move mission systems for US Army

24th February 2015

ADS has subcontracted Exelis to provide mission command on-the-move systems to the US military, as announced by Exelis on 23 February. The subcontract was valued …

Loitering munitions

Warmate (2017) [Poland]

Programme Background Order In November 2017, Poland ordered 100 sets of Warmate loitering munitions, each consisting of ten platforms, for a reported 100 million Polish Zloty ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) [USA]

Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) will provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It is intended to ...

Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Project [UK]

Programme Background Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Project The British Army launched the RAS project to provide the "direction required to exploit emerging technologies to ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CV90 [Slovakia - Second Batch]

Programme Background Requirements The Slovakian Armed Forces are currently lumbered with an ageing inventory of legacy platforms that are not interoperable with its allies and ...

Military UAS - mini

Mini-UAVs [Czechia]

Programme Background Tactical UCAV Halted The effort to acquire mini-UAVs is directly linked to the Czech MoD's now-delayed procurement programme for tactical or MALE drones, such as ...

APCs/IFVs - 6x6

6x6 APC (Philippines)

Programme Background The Philippine Army has identified an urgent need for new wheeled APCs, after the Battle of Marawi exposed shortcomings in its existing fleet ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CV90 [Slovakia - First Batch]

Programme Background Requirements The Slovakian Armed Forces are currently lumbered with an ageing inventory of legacy platforms that are not interoperable with its allies and ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4, APCs/IFVs - 6x6

Armoured Vehicles (Ecuador)

Programme Background In November 2022, the Ecuadorian Army confirmed it had placed an order with Elbit for 137 armoured vehicles required for military combat operations against ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

Interim Air Assault Vehicle (Netherlands)

Programme Background As part of its Defence-wide Replacement Programme of Wheeled Vehicles (DVOW), the Dutch Army initiated the 12kN AASLT Air Assault Vehicle procurement programme ...

Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) [US Army]

Programme Background Requirement The US Army approved the Co-Level SUAS DR acquisition in June 2023 to supply Brigade Combat Teams with an "immediate, commercially available capability" to ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Estonia CV9035NL

Programme Background In its previous National Defense Development Plans, the Estonian MoD identified the need for a mechanised infantry brigade that would enable its forces ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Small VTOL UAV (Denmark)

Programme Background 2020 Tender In January 2018, Denmark's three main political parties signed the Danish Defence Agreement, a cross-party defence white paper covering the period ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

BMP-3F (Russia)

Programme Background The Russian Navy's Naval Infantry are believed to have first tested the Kurganmashzavod BMP-3F in 2010, but at that time the service opted ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

AW101 [Poland]

According to the media reports, Airbus couldn't provide a competitive offer for the programme due to the offset requirements.  The deliveries were to be completed ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Piranha V

264 of the Piranha Vs will be assigned to the Danish Army's 1st Brigade, following its reorganisation in January 2019. Each of its three armoured ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Aerosonde Mk 4.8 HQ FTUAS

From the Texton family of Aerosonde UAS, the Aerosonde Mk 4.8 Hybrid Quad (HQ) FTUAS is a tactical drone purpose-built to meet the US Army's Future Vertical Lift ...

Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems

IM-SHORAD

Unveiled at AUSA 2019, Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) is a multipurpose platform, based on the Stryker IFV, which moves and maneuvers in ...

Major networking projects

Army BCT Modernisation Program Increment 1

The US Army brigade combat team (BCT) modernisation strategy will build a mix of mobile, networked BCTs that can gain leverage from mobility, protection, information ...

Land: tactical engagement simulators

CATS CTC

The CATS Combat Training Centre (CTC) trains armed forces in simulated opposition. Features: direct-fire weapon effect simulation with laser engagement systems; area weapon effect simulation ...

Construction vehicles

HMEE

The JCB High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) was originally designed to support the US Army’s Stryker brigade combat teams and has been proven on operations ...

Armoured engineer vehicles

M1150 ABV

The M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) project, launched by the USMC in 2002, is a joint programme to meet the requirements of both the US ...

Armoured engineer vehicles

JAB

The US Army is leading the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) project to replace legacy M60A1-based bridge launchers in service with itself and USMC with an M1-based ...

Land: C2 simulators

Collective Combat Training

Thales offers a global simulation and training approach that links together various simulators to perform the full spectrum of military operations (offence, defence, stability and ...

Surface-to-surface missiles

9K720 Iskander-M

The Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 'Stone') is a short-range ballistic missile. It was the second attempt by Russia to replace the Skud after their ...

Land: battle management systems

FüInfoSys Heer

FüInfoSys Heer (Army Command and Control Information System) is the first common, integrated and mobile system of its kind in the German Army. It is ...

Land: tactical engagement simulators

GAMER Deployable CTC

Saab’s GAMER Deployable Combat Training Center (CTC) is an instrumented training system, enabling a military to train on home bases and deploy worldwide for training ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

RQ-7 Shadow 200

The Shadow 200, designated RQ-7B by the US Army, is flown by the army brigade combat teams and combat aviation brigades along with the UAV ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle

The tracked M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV), developed in parallel with the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), equips reconnaissance units within the US ...

Subsystems: software

Simulation-based Embedded Training Software Package

This software package is installed in the Stryker Interim Armoured Vehicle (IAV), supporting US Army brigade combat team training requirements. It has been in service ...

Land: COMINT and ELINT systems

EWPMT

Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) is a US Army programme which began in 2014, designed to support electronic warfare officers and provide ...