• Military Logistics

  Stuart Canvas receives UK MoD contract

  5th August 2014

  Stuart Canvas will provide protection systems for a range of military vehicles as they are withdrawn from Afghanistan under a new contract from the UK …

• Defence Helicopter

  First overseas deployment for Puma 2

  5th August 2014

  The UK MoD’s Puma HC.2 helicopter has successfully completed hot and high flight trials during exercise ‘Hot Blade’ in Portugal, marking the first overseas deployment …

• Land Warfare

  Russia to counter sanctions with increased army spend

  4th August 2014

  The Russian government plans to increase defence spending to one-quarter of the federal budget by 2017. This is due to sanctions imposed on the country, …

• Land Warfare

  Loc wins Bradley Fighting Vehicle mobility contract

  4th August 2014

  Loc Performance Products will perform work to enhance the mobility of the US Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle under a $161 million contract announced on 30 …

• Military Logistics

  New C-17 Training Center delivered to USAF

  1st August 2014

  Boeing has delivered a new comprehensive training centre for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Memphis Air National Guard base in Tennessee. The centre …

• Land Warfare

  Excalibur Ib cleared for full rate production

  1st August 2014

  The US Army has approved the Excalibur Ib precision guided projectile for full rate production (FRP), bringing the system’s low rate initial production phase to …

• Military Logistics

  Northrop Grumman to continue US Army logistics services

  29th July 2014

  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the US Army to continue to provide mission logistics services in support of combat brigades training at …

• Defence Helicopter

  Tunisia requests UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters

  29th July 2014

  A US Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 12 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Tunisia has moved a step closer with the US State Department approving …

• Naval Warfare

  Brazilian Air Force orders C295 SAR aircraft

  29th July 2014

  Airbus Defence and Space will supply three C295 aircraft in search and rescue (SAR) configuration to the Brazilian Air Force under a new contract announced …

• Land Warfare

  MEADS system demo success

  28th July 2014

  A two-week comprehensive system demonstration of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has resulted in all criteria for success being achieved, Lockheed Martin has …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  QinetiQ, ASV team for Marine Surface Target Service

  25th July 2014

  QinetiQ’s Marine Surface Target Service will utilise Autonomous Surface Vehicles’ (ASV) autonomous surface target vessels under a new partnership agreement between the two companies. QinetiQ’s …

• Land Warfare

  Cubic receives I-MILES TVS training contract

  24th July 2014

  Cubic Corporation will provide its Instrumentable Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Tactical Vehicle Systems (I-MILES TVS) to the US Army under a $4.1 million contract announced …

• Land Warfare

  Oshkosh details L-ATV progress in JLTV bid

  22nd July 2014

  The Oshkosh Defense entry for the US military’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) competition has successfully completed 200,000 miles and all requirements for Reliability, Availability, …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Simlat develops Maveric S&T solution

  21st July 2014

  Simlat has developed a simulation and training system for the Prioria Maveric small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform. The solution has already been delivered to …

• Defence Helicopter

  Maritime Moving Target Indication added to I-Master

  21st July 2014

  Thales has enhanced its I-Master radar with the addition of a Maritime Moving Target Indication (MMTI) mode, expanding the system’s relevance for manned and unmanned …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Light attack, Trainer

  F-5E/F Adversary Trainer US Navy

  The F-5N is a single seat, dual engine supersonic land based fighter. It is designed to a service life of 9000 flight hours. The aircraft ...

• Trainer

  Basic Trainer Aircraft - Sweden

  Programme Background Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) announced a request for tender for the procurement of basic trainer aircraft on the eAvrop online portal on ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Seeker 400 - First Batch (UAE)

  Programme Background The UAE has a long history of transactions with Denel Dynamics. The country has been purchasing various Seeker systems from as far back ...

• Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform (LACP) [UK]

  Background Autonomous Collaboration Platform (ACP) Strategy Reflecting on lessons learned from the cancellation of the Mosquito programme, the Royal Air Force (RAF) redefined the role ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Seeker 400 - Second Batch (UAE)

  Programme Background The UAE has a long history of transactions with Denel Dynamics. The country has been purchasing various Seeker systems from as far back ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing

  Bandit (US)

  Programme Background Goal As stated by Alyson Turri, the AFRL Bandit programme manager, the goal is to "develop an unmanned platform that looks like a fifth-generation ...

• Loitering munitions

  Project Brakestop [UK]

  Programme Background Information Notice On 25 September 2024, the UK MoD published a prior information notice on Project Brakestop, which informed the industry about the upcoming ...

• Transport

  VC-25B - USAF

  The modifications to the 747-8 aircraft will include an electrical power upgrade with dual Auxiliary Power Units that are usable in flight, a mission communication ...

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

  Jump 20 [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 ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

  RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)

  Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  Mi-28NE Night Hunter

  Algerian military's follow-up order suggests that the country is satisfied with the Mi-28NE Night Hunters' performance in operational conditions in the desert environment featuring sandstorms ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

  RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)

  Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...

• Maritime patrol

  Challenger 650 ISR - UAE

  Programme Background In February 2019 at IDEX, the UAE announced that it will procure a new special mission aircraft with an option for the second ...

• Military helicopters - multirole

  HH-60W - Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH)

  According to the FY2021 Base funding, the HH-60W helicopter unit cost is $43.2 million. The HH-60W will be capable of employment day or night, in ...

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

  Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) [Canada]

  Programme Background Programme Inception The Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System (JUSTAS) project was established to procure a UAS for ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Air: air combat simulators

  German Air Force Tornado Simulators

  CAE has designed and manufactured all Tornado combat and aircraft flight simulators for the German Air Force and continues to provide upgrades and on-site training ...

• Subsystems: visual

  WholeEarth Synthetic Environment

  Rockwell Collins unveiled its enhanced synthetic training environment, WholeEarth, at I/ITSEC 2015 and the official release occurred in May 2016. The high-resolution complete Earth database ...

• Subsystems: software

  SE Core

  The US Army’s Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core) common virtual environment management (CVEM) program provides simulations with the ability to fully integrate and interoperate within ...

• Land: C2 simulators

  CATS Tactical Command Training

  CATS Tactical Command Training is a wargaming simulator supporting brigade, battalion and company staff. It provides commanders, staff and subordinate commanders with a safe and ...

• Air: air combat simulators

  Eurofighter Typhoon ASTA

  CAE’s Medallion-6000 visual system is used for the Eurofighter Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids (ASTA) programme. In Germany, CAE was awarded a contract in 2014 to ...

• Subsystems: visual

  DSE

  CAE's Dynamic Synthetic Environment (DSE) aims to create and maintain a virtual synthetic environment that more accurately and realistically simulates the real world. Based on ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  Brunei MPTC

  The CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) is a JV established in 2012 between CAE and the Government of Brunei. Located in Rimba near the Brunei ...

• Subsystems: visual

  EP-8100

  At I/ITSEC 2015, Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) unveiled its EP-8100 image generation system, which is driven by real-time, simulation-specific graphics cards and software. It ...

• Land: UGV simulators

  XPT for Andros

  The XPT high-fidelity training system uses VR simulation with game-quality graphics. The full physics engine emulates complete motion and physical interaction of modelled robot, 3D ...

• Air: UAV simulators

  Predator Mission Trainer (PMT)

  The CAE Predator Mission Trainer (PMT) is an integrated platform that combines the features of CAE's UAS mission trainer with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' Predator-specific ...

• Land: C2 simulators

  CATT

  A Lockheed Martin programme since 1996, the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT) provides the British Army with a high-fidelity, realistic synthetic environment that supports collective ...

• Land: vehicle simulators

  RWS

  The Remote Weapon Station (RWS) Desktop Trainer simulates all functions of a live weapon station and provides for the practise and improvement of gunnery skills. ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  RN MTS

  The UK RN Merlin Training System (MTS) was designed and built by CAE under subcontract from Lockheed Martin. It is a network of five training ...

• Subsystems: software

  VR-Forces

  VR-Forces is a flexible computer-generated forces platform used to fill a customer’s synthetic environments with urban, battlefield, maritime and airspace activity. Uses include a threat ...

• Air: air combat simulators

  Tornado GR4 Synthetic Training Service

  Thales provides its Tornado GR4 Synthetic Training Service (TSTS) through its 100%-owned subsidiary, Ace. The service is a complete suite of synthetic training for Tornado ...