Digital Battlespace

Dot Hill teams with Phoenix International Systems

21st September 2011

Dot Hill Systems Corp., a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced it has entered into an OEM agreement with …

Land Warfare

SELEX Galileo launches new driver's night vision system

16th September 2011

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has announced the launch of DNVS-4, a new passive, dual-channel, wide-angle indirect observation camera which will be offered with the …

Land Warfare

Oshkosh Defense marks 10 years of HET service to UK MoD

15th September 2011

The Oshkosh Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) has become an integral vehicle for UK military logistics operations since its introduction in 2001, providing a highly survivable …

Digital Battlespace

DSEi 2011: Rockwell Collins targets European C3 market

12th September 2011

Rockwell Collins believes that Europe will continue to be an important market for its C2 and C3 products despite reductions in defence budgets, Claude Alber …

Land Warfare

General Dynamics awarded $42m for Saudi tank work

16th August 2011

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of $42.4 million for the Kingdom …

Uncrewed Vehicles

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK demonstrates new C-IMCMS

28th July 2011

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK has set a milestone in mine countermeasures (MCM) technology. With the C-IMCMS, the company has presented another first: a modular and platform-independent MCM …

Defence Helicopter

PAS 2011: ITT prepares to restart EW countermeasure production

21st June 2011

ITT is set to re-launch production of its ALQ-136 electronic warfare countermeasure system after a period of five years as part of a strategy to …

Defence Helicopter

Taiwan goes ahead with Apache Block III buy

10th June 2011

The US Army has confirmed that Taiwan will be the first customer for the AH-64D Apache Block III. Col Shane Openshaw, PM Apache, said on …

Digital Battlespace

Boeing on track as it looks to further P-8

8th June 2011

The last of the six test aircraft that are the lead in for the US Navy's (USN's) P-8 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) programme is currently …

Digital Battlespace

Royal Saudi Air Force NVTS completes testing

7th June 2011

Environmental Tectonics Corporation today announced the completion of Factory Acceptance of a Night Vision Training System (NVTS), sold to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) …

Military Logistics

First Airbus Military A330 MRTT handed over to RAAF

1st June 2011

The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT new generation tanker/transport has formally been delivered to, and accepted by the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) at the …

Digital Battlespace

Saudi Arabia wants night vision equipment

16th May 2011

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale Order to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for various night and …

Land Warfare

Weapon simulators sold to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

5th May 2011

Don Andrus, VirTra Systems' President and COO, today announced the sale of multiple weapon simulators to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The purchase includes borderless …

Military Logistics

LAAD 2011: Australia set to receive MRTT aircraft

13th April 2011

Australia is on the verge of taking delivery of its first two A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, in the first of a host …

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Kozak 5 (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background  In 2021, Ukrainian firm Pracktika announced that they had fulfilled an export contract to deliver 60 Kozak-5 armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. The ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Didgori AMEV ( Saudi Arabia - Second Batch)

Programme Background Saudi Arabia announced that it was evaluating several 4x4 armoured vehicles in 2014 under a programme to acquire new armoured ambulances capable of ...

Tanks

M1A2S (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1A2 Abrams. 315 were delivered between 1993 and 1994 as part of a $1.5 ...

Tanks

T-90S (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background.  The status of the Saudi Arabian T-90 deal is unclear, it is possible that these tanks may be purchased to replace stocks of ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Jais 4x4 (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background The Saudi Arabian government is aiming to localise 50% of its investment into defence by 2030 in line with the country's Vision 2030 ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Saudi Arabia National Guard LAV 700

The Saudi Arabian LAV 700 order is believed to encompass several variants including APC, ambulance, armoured recovery vehicle, command post, ATGM carrier, IFV, VIP transport ...

Air: Radio and SATCOM

Air: Radio and SATCOM | Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...

Air: Helmet-mounted displays

Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...

Data links

Data links | Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...

Air: Head-up displays

Air: Head-up displays | Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...

Transponders and IFF

Transponders and IFF | Typhoon Tranche 3A (Saudi Arabia)

In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...

Military UAS - MALE

CH-4 - Saudi Arabia

Programme Background Riyadh had already experience to operate various Chinese-made UAVs, including Wing Loong I,  Wing Loong II and CH-4.   Saudi Arabia was planning to ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Saudi Arabia)

Programme Background Desired Procurement Saudi Arabia has reportedly been in negotiations to procure six Anka UAVs since 2013. It has not been disclosed which Anka ...

APCs/IFVs - 6x6

Titus

While there has been no direct confirmation that Nexter has sold the Titus to Saudi Arabia, it has been confirmed that Nexter has delivered CAESAR ...

Frigates

Frigates Procurement Programme [Saudi Arabia]

Programme Background Requirements The Royal Saudi Navy urges to enhance its combat capabilities and to replace older vessels. Riyadh has recently embarked on major naval ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

Hazem

Produced by SAMI Navantia, Hazem is a combat management system designed for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. Based on the Cadiz CMS, it is integrated ...

Fighter - multirole

Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 (Block 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10C, 11, 11C, 15, 15C)

Under the Typhoon Tranche 2 procurement,  the four European partner nations of Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the export customer Saudi Arabia took delivery ...

Transport

An-132

The An-132 is a multipurpose transport aircraft based on the Soviet-era An-32. It is being jointly developed by Antonov and Saudi Arabia's Technology Development and ...

SH-01

The SHAHEEN SH-01 is a VTOL UAS manufactured by Prince Sultan Defense in Saudi Arabia. The aircraft is designed for surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. 

Ship-launched torpedoes, Submarine-launched torpedoes

F17

The F17 is a wire-guided anti-surface ship torpedo developed for the French Navy and purchased by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The latest version is the F17 ...

Data links

TTR

Offered through Data Link Solutions (DLS) – Rockwell Collins' joint venture with BAE Systems – TacNet Tactical Radio (TTR) is claimed to be the smallest ...

Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

Interceptor HSI32

The Interceptor HSI32 was designed by French shipbuilder CMN to meet the needs of modern navies and coastguards. The vessel's primary missions are sea policing ...

Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar

Cymbeline

The Cymbeline is a phased-array, mortar-locating radar that detects the flight path of a mortar bomb at two points in its trajectory as it passes ...

Corvettes

Avante 2200 (Combatant)

The Avante 2200 corvettes from Spanish shipbuilder Navantia are currently under construction for Saudi Arabia. A contract was signed for five corvettes in July 2018. ...

Mine-protected vehicles

RG32M

BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa produced more than 600 RG32-series vehicles before its acquisition in 2014 by state-owned Denel.  According to the company, the ...

Land: Radio and SATCOM

RF-7800M-MP

The L3Harris Falcon III RF-7800M-MP high-capacity data radio provides secure voice and high-speed networked data, supporting both narrowband and wideband waveforms of 30MHz-2GHz with 20W ...

Surface-to-surface missiles

Qiam-1

The Qiam-1 is a short-range ballistic missile designed and used by Iran. It is based on the Shahab-2.

Mine-protected vehicles

Aravis

Nexter unveiled its 12.5t Aravis at Eurosatory 2008, and in April 2009, the company received a launch order for 15 vehicles to equip French Army ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Sky Saker FX80

The Sky Saker FX80 is a VTOL-capable fixed-wing drone from Norinco. Designed explicitly for artillery spotting operations, the drone was unveiled at the 14th Chinese ...

Air: Integrated cockpit systems

Cockpit 9000

Produced by CMC Electronics, the Cockpit 9000 is an integrated avionics solution primarily integrated into C-130 aircraft. According to the manufacturer, over 100 C-130s are ...