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News - brigade bct combat

  • Defence Helicopter

    Spain deploys Tiger attack helicopters to Afghanistan

    16th April 2013

    Despite ISAF operations winding down, Spain has sent three Eurocopter Tiger HAP attack helicopters to Afghanistan in an effort to bolster its helicopter forces which …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Quad A 2013: US Army reflects on OEF aircraft challenges

    13th April 2013

    A senior US Army officer has shone light on some of the operational errors that led to 165 aircraft being lost in Afghanistan and Iraq …

  • Military Logistics

    General Dynamics awarded Abrams spares contract

    12th April 2013

    General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to provide spare parts in support of the Abrams …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Quad A 2013: Bell unveils next-generation tiltrotor

    11th April 2013

    Bell Helicopter has introduced the V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft as its offering for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) technology demonstrator phase of the US Army’s …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Knifefish UUV completes critical design review

    8th April 2013

    General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has reported that its Knifefish surface-mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle (SMCM UUV) has successfully completed its critical design review ahead …

  • Land Warfare

    Lockheed Martin Havoc completes amphibious testing

    4th April 2013

    Lockheed Martin has announced that its Havoc 8x8 Armored Modular Vehicle has successfully completed amphibious testing as part of its evaluation for the Marine Personnel …

  • Land Warfare

    US Army service life extension for Patriot missiles

    2nd April 2013

    Raytheon has received US Army approval for a second recertification which will see the operational life of the worldwide inventory of the Patriot missile extended …

  • Defence Helicopter

    First operational lessons identified with NH90 Naval Frigate Helicopter

    25th March 2013

    Early reports show that the Dutch NH90 Naval Frigate Helicopter (NFH), the first of which is currently deployed in support of the EU Naval Force …

  • Military Logistics

    MRAP support drawdown

    22nd March 2013

    As the expected drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan gathers pace, the reduction in the number of troops and vehicles in the Middle East has …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Rockwell Collins provides TTNT for X-47B deck handling trials

    20th March 2013

    Rockwell Collins has supplied its Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) for use in a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Harris unveils Falcon Wideband Team Radio

    19th March 2013

    Harris Corporation has unveiled its first true non-developmental solution to address requirements of the US Army's Rifleman Radio and NettWarrior programmes: the Falcon Wideband Team …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Germany revises number of NH90s and Tigers on order

    18th March 2013

    After lengthy negotiations, the German Ministry of Defence announced on 15 March that it had finally reached an agreement with Eurocopter about the revision of …

  • Land Warfare

    Roke wins soldier sensor research contract

    14th March 2013

    Roke Manor Research will lead a team of specialists to assess, mature and integrate innovative sensor technology for the dismounted close combat infantry soldier under …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Heli-Expo 2013: Eurocopter provides details on Tiger crashes

    6th March 2013

    Lutz Bertling, president and chief executive officer of Eurocopter, reviewed ongoing military activities and recent operational crashes involving the Tiger attack helicopter at the Heli-Expo …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Heli-Expo: APKWS validated on-board new Bell aircraft

    5th March 2013

    BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) has been fired from a Bell 407GT at Yuma Proving Grounds, qualifying it for use on-board the …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • 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 ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • 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 ...