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News - live field training

  • Military Logistics

    ADECS 2018: India awaits submarine rescue equipment

    25th January 2018

    JFD, formerly known as James Fisher Defence, will despatch two much-needed submarine rescue systems to India in March. The acquisition of two systems will allow …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Safran’s INS for Dutch submarines

    6th February 2018

    Safran Electronics and Defense’s inertial navigation system (INS) has been selected for the Royal Netherlands Navy's Walrus class submarines, the company announced on 1 February. …

  • Training

    RNN orders upgraded portable DECKsim VR trainer

    7th February 2018

    SEA has received a contract from the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNN) to provide upgraded portable DECKsim virtual reality (VR) trainers. The new man-portable solution will …

  • Special Operations

    USSOCOM awards PDW contract

    12th February 2018

    The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has satisfied its Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) requirementwith a sole source contract awarded to Sig Sauer, according to the …

  • Land Warfare

    Singapore Airshow 2018: Soldier system pushes the boundaries (video)

    7th February 2018

    ST Kinetics showed its armed Stinger UAV, part of its advanced soldier system, at Singapore Airshow 2018. Far from being a conventional UCAV, this is …

  • Digital Battlespace

    US gets serious about European EW threat

    16th February 2018

    The US is embarking on a number of projects that will see it rapidly rebuild and field advanced electronic warfare capabilities, many of which have …

  • Land Warfare

    Austria completes Pandur EVO blast trials

    22nd February 2018

    The Austrian Army has completed ballistic and mine protection testing for its new Pandur EVO 6x6 armoured vehicle, ahead of an expected handover later this year. …

  • Military Logistics

    MAGPIE maintenance trainer in development

    22nd January 2018

    Charles River Analytics is developing a game-based virtual aircraft maintenance trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) that will allow for larger class sizes and …

  • Land Warfare

    Indian Army buying more BMP-2s, updating tank fleet

    22nd February 2018

    India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the acquisition of 156 BMP-2/BMP-2K IFVs on 20 February, which will be licence-produced by the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board …

  • Training

    Inzpire delivers Exercise Steel Dragon to UK

    6th February 2018

    Inzpire has successfully designed and delivered the first Exercise Steel Dragon of 2018 to the UK military, the company announced on 2 February. The four-week …

  • Digital Battlespace

    EO/IR Special Report: Border concerns driving Asia EO/IR market

    12th February 2018

    Maritime and land border protection are key concerns the world over, although ongoing tensions between neighbouring nations in the Asia Pacific are expected to drive …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Lithuanians seek Hip replacement

    5th February 2018

    The commander of Lithuania’s Šiauliai Air Base, Lt Colonel Antanas Matutis, has outlined the Lithuanian Air Force’s (LAF) plans to introduce a new utility helicopter …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Thales’ 70mm rockets for Tiger helicopters

    14th February 2018

    The Spanish Army Aviation (FAMET) and the German armed forces have selected Thales rockets to equip their Tiger helicopter fleets, the company announced on 13 …

  • Land Warfare

    Puma missile system tests near completion

    29th January 2018

    Final testing of the German Armed Force's anti-tank missile system on its fleet of Puma IFVs is expected to be completed by the third quarter …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    MDA to deliver MMUAS to Canadian navy

    15th February 2018

    MDA has signed a contract with Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) to provide maritime miniature UAS (MMUAS) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Light attack, Trainer

    Hürkuş-C Advanced Armed Trainer (Turkey)

    The Hurjet-C development programme funding was included in the Hurkus-B procurement contract awarded by  the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in December 2013.  The Hurjet will ...

  • Light attack, Trainer

    IAR-99 Replacement (Romania)

    On 29 August 2017, Leonardo announced that the IAR-99 trainer technology demonstrator (TD) will be fitted with company's Vixen 500E AESA radar. The Vixen 500E AESA ...

  • Military helicopters - light/training

    TH-73 Advanced Helicopter Training System - AHTS (TH-57 Replacement)

    Contenders for the competition included the Leonardo single engine TH-119 – a military variant of the AW119Kx – and Bell’s newly upgraded single engine 407GXi. ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Bayraktar TB2 [Kuwait]

    Background Contract Award On 18 January 2023, Baykar announced signing a $370 million export contract with Kuwait for the Bayraktar TB2. According to the announcement, ...

  • Military helicopters - scout/light attack

    MD 530F -Kenya

    Crew transition training took place at the MD Helicopters headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, with field service support, armament, and gunnery training scheduled to occur at ...

  • Trainer

    Joint Terminal Attack Controller (Project Air 6016)[Australia]

    Programme Background Requirements Project Air 6016 aims to deliver a sovereign training system to ensure the sustainable generation of sufficient and appropriately skilled Joint Terminal Attack ...

  • Trainer

    Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS)/T-45 Replacement [USN]

    Programme Background Requirements The US Navy’s (USN) Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) programme is intended to replace the troubled T-45 Goshhawk trainer. The June 2024 RFI includes ...

  • Loitering munitions, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Scorpio 500 [US]

    Background Contract Award In December 2024, XTEND was awarded a US$8.8 million contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) for its Scorpio 500. As reported by ...

  • Fighter - multirole

    F-16V Block 70 (Bahrain)

    Programme Background In 2018, the US government awarded a $1.12 billion contract to Lockheed Martin to produce 16 F-16 Block 70 aircraft for Bahrain, which ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Maritime Launched Effects (MLE) [US]

    Background Origin & Requirment The loitering munition effort dates back to at least 2018 and used to be called the Maritime Precision Engagement (MPE). The US Special ...

  • PLFS [France]

    Programme Background The Sabre, then known as the Sherpa FS, was developed as a response to a 2014 requirement for three types of new vehicles ...

  • Fighter - naval

    Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighters (MRCBF) [India]

    Programme Background RFI / Requirments In January 2017, India issued an RFI for the procurement of 57 multirole naval fighters. The RFI for the Indian Navy ...

  • Military UAS - tactical

    Mi2 Challenge [USN]

    Programme Background Requirements The USN wants a UAV to be flown in austere environments without dedicated launch or recovery equipment; since it would be launched ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

    Tethered UAS (UK)

    Programme Background Requirements The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking one UAV system, two drones, which operate from a tethered power supply and have the 'flexibility ...

  • Light attack, Trainer

    Super Galeb Replacement [Serbia]

    Programme Background Serbia is looking to replace their aged fleet of Super Galeb aircraft from Yugoslavia with a new trainer and light attack aircraft.  According ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Land: air defence simulators

    Live Training System for Air Defence

    Elbit Systems' Live Training System for Air Defence is integrated on various short- and medium-range air defence systems. The Live Training System provides networked and ...

  • Land: range systems and targets

    Targets

    Meggitt deployable live-fire range targets can be installed on unimproved terrain with no special equipment required. Products include modular, mobile and stationary field range targets; ...

  • Land: tactical engagement simulators

    Live Training Systems-Range Instrumentation

    End-to-end, networked, live training communications systems providing live training range products, communications infrastructure and instrumented participant voice, video and data communications. These include range voice, ...

  • Land: tactical engagement simulators

    Field Artillery Training Systems

    The ICE Field Artillery Training Systems for the M109A6 Paladin and M270/M270A1 MLRS provides instrumented real-time data and performance monitoring during training and live-fire missions. ...

  • Land: counter-IED simulators

    Large IED Trainer

    The Large IED Trainer can be integrated into a number of training scenarios including convoy roadside bombs, vehicle-borne IEDs, artillery/mortar impact, vehicle search and/or destruction, ...

  • Land: counter-IED simulators

    High Impact Pipe Bomb Trainer

    The T50PB High Impact Pipe Bomb Trainer can be detonated using a wireless or wired command detonate module. Either compressed gas or CO2 can be ...

  • Land: infantry weapon simulators

    PRISim Suite Live Fire Trainer

    The PRISim Suite Live Fire Trainer provides a training environment for military and law enforcement professionals to practise live firing at interactive video-based or CGI ...

  • Land: range systems and targets

    Thermal Shot

    The Thermal Shot live-fire virtual targetry system enables immersive live-fire training throughout Laser Shot’s line of training platforms. Thermal Shot-equipped systems provide training on virtual ...

  • Land: tactical engagement simulators

    LCTS

    Designed for tactical combined arms force-on-force live training, the Live Combat Training System (LCTS) combines infantry and armoured vehicle laser suites, independent broadband communications and ...

  • BCTC Operations and Management

    The Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) at Fort Lewis, Washington, is the US Army’s centre of excellence for Army Battle Command Systems training for Stryker ...

  • Land: tactical engagement simulators

    Live Training Solutions

    Thales offers live training solutions for land and combined forces around the world. Thales Combat Training Centres are available for open and urban battlefields, and ...

  • Land: range systems and targets

    Range and Training Facilities

    Cubic designs and delivers training complexes incorporating indoor and outdoor shooting ranges and specialist facilities. Outdoor ranges include conventional gallery and open ranges as well ...

  • Land: air defence simulators

    ADTS

    The Air Defense Training System (ADTS) is an LVC training package based on integrated technologies of IAI MLM. The ADTS allows pilots and air defence ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    CAE 700MR

    The CAE 700MR FTD is a full mission simulator platform for military helicopter-specific flight and mission training. It is a fixed-base system based on CAE's ...

  • Land: range systems and targets

    Crosshair

    Powered by the Thermal Shot live-fire detection system, the Crosshair downrange virtual targetry system places life-sized, immersive scenario-based human targets at actual distances on outdoor ...