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News - Commercial UAV expo 2017
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Naval Warfare
Malaysia to install new coastal radars
6th January 2016
Malaysia will receive new coastal radars later this year for installation in the troubled eastern Sabah region of the Southeast Asian nation. A contract with …
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Defence Helicopter
Russia confirms Egyptian Ka-52 order
4th January 2016
Russian Helicopters has acknowledged for the first time the existence of a contract for 46 Ka-52 coaxial rotor attack helicopters for Egypt. Alexander Mikheev, director …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Saab and UMS Aero Group form JV
23rd December 2015
Saab will form a joint venture with UMS Aero Group to target the defence and civil tactical UAS markets, the company announced on 21 December. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UTAP-22 in further testing
22nd December 2015
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has successfully conducted the third flight demonstration of its Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22) on the US Navy test range …
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Land Warfare
BAE Systems to supply AAV7A1 to Brazil
22nd December 2015
BAE Systems will deliver 23 upgraded Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV7A1) to the Brazilian Marine Corps under an $82 million contract announced on 21 December. The …
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Defence Notes
PLA plans core restructuring
22nd December 2015
China's President Xi Jinping has launched an ambitious restructuring of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with the force to be progressively reformed by 2020. A …
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Military Logistics
Saab to overhaul Swedish corvettes
21st December 2015
The Swedish Defence Material Administration has awarded a contract to Saab for the yearly overhaul and modification of the Swedish navy’s two Stockholm-class corvettes, the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
IRIS eyes operational focus
21st December 2015
Colombia’s indigenous IRIS tactical UAV, developed by the government-owned Corporacion De La Industria Aeronautica Colombiana (CIAC), is set to be delivered to the Colombian Air …
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Land Warfare
Germany orders more Boxer vehicles
21st December 2015
Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) joint venture Artec will supply Germany with additional Boxer armoured fighting vehicles under a $516 million order announced on 18 …
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Land Warfare
Nexter set for ammo boom
21st December 2015
Nexter Group’s newly enlarged ammunition business is expected to achieve sales of nearly €750m in 2015, a 50% increase from last year. Officials disclosed their results …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) (Tranche 2) / Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) [USA]
Programme Background The Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) Programme The RPUAS programme will provide the battalion and below-ground manoeuvre elements within the US Army with an ...
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Military UAS - tactical
VTOL UAV (ROKA)
Programme Background All branches of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces are placing a large emphasis on the procurement of unmanned systems to improve ISR ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Commercial / MOTS UAVs [Germany]
Programme Background Challenge On 16 June 2023, the Bundeswehr posted the "Commercial / Military off the shelf UAS for the Bundeswehr" challenge on KOINNOvationsplatz. The two-week ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Micro UAV (Argentina)
Programme Background Tender The EA and MoD in April 2021 announced Public Tender 0090/2021 (UOC: 84/135) which saw the General Directorate of Material begin the process ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-64E Apache (Indian Air Force)
Programme Background The Indian Army was originally granted co-ownership of the 22 Apaches by the Indian MoD. However, the IAF refused to cede them to ...
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Loitering munitions
DELI (Türkiye)
Programme Background Speaking to Shephard at SAHA Expo 2022, a spokesperson stated that the platform was expected to enter into service with the Turkish Armed ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Akinci [Libya]
Programme Background 2022 Reports In October 2022, various Libyan media outlets reported that the country was eyeing a possible procurement from Baykar, possibly the Akinici ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
TUAS [Malaysia]
Programme Background Tender & Requirments The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) issued a tender in May 2020 to provide a new Tactical Uncrewed Aerial System (TUAS). ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
ScanEagle [Czechia]
Programme Background Earmarked The ACR took delivery of ten ScanEagle systems (100 UAVs), which were received as a donation from the US in 2015. In ...
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OPVs
Sri Lankan CG 85M OPVs
Programme Background The Sri Lankan coast guard is expected to receive three new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in the near future to be built locally. ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Special Forces Micro-UAV (India)
Programme Background Mass of Requests In October 2022, the Indian Army released a flurry of RfIs for various UAVs, showing its desperation to get UAVs ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
HUSAR (2023 Order) [Germany]
Programme Background First Order In 2015, the German Army launched the HUSAR programme to identify a replacement for its Airbus Defence & Space KZO and ...
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Loitering munitions
ZT-180 [Russia]
Programme Background Claims On 23 February 2023, DER SPIEGEL reported that, according to information it had gathered, China and Russia were negotiating the purchase of 100 ZT-180 ...
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Loitering munitions
Small-Sized Suicide Drones [South Korea]
Programme Background Drone Ambition As reported by Shephard, South Korea has ambitions to possess a large arsenal of drones. In May 2024, the presidential office ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Wizjer [Poland]
Programme Background Requirements In its Technical Modernisation Programme 2013-2022, the Polish Ministry of National Defense (MND) identified the need for several new types of UAVs ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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md4-3000
The md4-3000 is a small VTOL quadcopter UAV with a maximum take-off weight of 15kg, one-third of which can be payload. It can fly by remote ...
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Neo V2
Flycam UAV displayed the Neo V2 at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas in November 2016. Developed in 2014, the UAV has a twin-boom ...
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Falcon 8+
Intel unveiled the Falcon 8+ for the first time at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas in November 2016. The V-Form octocopter, which will ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Skylark 3
The Skylark 3 is a small UAS manufactured by Elbit Systems. It is designed for both dismounted and vehicle-based operations. It can perform a range of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
M12 Monitor
The Saxon Remote Systems M12 Monitor UAV is a commercial and military system designed to perform a range of roles such as surveillance, pipeline inspection ...
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H520
The H520 is a hexarotor VTOL UAV designed for the commercial and industrial markets by Yuneec International. The system was unveiled in January 2017. It ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
SICX-10E
The SICX-10E is a rotary-wing UAV suitable for a range of military and civil roles, including tactical ISR, bomb damage assessment, homeland security, aerial surveillance, ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
SICX-25
The SICX-25 is a rotary-wing UAV suitable for a range of military, commercial and civil missions, including tactical ISTAR, bomb damage assessment, civil air surveillance, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
30 June
Developed by the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, the 30 June is a MALE fixed-wing UAV designed for reconnaissance missions. Additionally, it features an electromagnetic system and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small, Military UAS - tactical
Resolute Eagle
The Resolute Eagle is a tactical Group 3 UAS with fuselage and underwing payload bays, which is able to carry multiple sensors. The UAS has been ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Wulung
The Wulung is an Indonesian tactical UAV. First displayed at the Indo Defence Expo and Forum in November 2014, the aircraft entered mass production in May ...
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EO/IR systems
Skybox
The Skybox allows gimballed camera systems developed for small UAVs to be integrated on the nose of manned helicopters. It accommodates cameras such as DJI’s ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
EJ-30
Produced by Industrial Complex Engineering Robots in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Military Production, the EJ-30 is a MALE UAV with visual similarity to the ...
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Special operations vehicles
Yagu
Plasan unveiled the Yagu 4x4 at the March 2018 Expo Seguridad event. It is based on the Arctic Cat Wildcat 4 1000 commercial all-terrain vehicle. The ...
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Air: mission management systems
TM-100 Map and Video Management system
Trakka Systems introduced a new TM-100 Map and Video Management system at HAI Heli-Expo 2017 in Dallas. The augmented reality mapping system with metadata video and audio ...
