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News - live field training

  • Military Logistics

    Australia signs maintenance contract for frigate gas turbines

    16th April 2015

    The Australian government has signed an in-service support contract with General Electric International Incorporated (GEII) covering the gas turbines of the Adelaide and Anzac class frigates of …

  • Naval Warfare

    SharpEye radars selected for Royal Navy's OPVs

    16th April 2015

    Kelvin Hughes has been selected to supply its SharpEye radars for the UK Royal Navy's River-class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), the company announced …

  • Defence Notes

    LAAD 2015: Embraer and Saab sign ‘historic’ Gripen agreement

    15th April 2015

    Embraer and Saab have signed an agreement at the LAAD exhibition in Rio de Janeiro establishing a partnership for the joint management of the Brazilian …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Boeing acquires 2d3 Sensing

    15th April 2015

    Boeing has acquired OMG's wholly-owned subsidiary 2d3 Sensing, which specialises in motion imagery processing of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data generated from aerial platforms. Boeing …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Australian Tiger helicopter fires APKWS laser-guided rocket

    15th April 2015

    An Australian Defence Force (ADF) Tiger helicopter has fired the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket at a recent demonstration, BAE Systems announced …

  • Military Logistics

    Textron to build two US LCAC vehicles

    15th April 2015

    Textron Systems Marine and Land Systems has been awarded a contract option to build two next-generation Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles, the company announced …

  • Naval Warfare

    SAS 2015: New LCACs ramp up

    14th April 2015

    The first new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels built under the US Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) programme are set to be delivered. Speaking at …

  • Defence Helicopter

    LAAD 2015: Bell pushes militarised commercial helicopters

    14th April 2015

    Bell Helicopter is hoping to draw on its recent success selling the 407GX aircraft to the Mexican Air Force with further orders from Latin American …

  • Land Warfare

    France receives first 32-tonne VBCI vehicles

    14th April 2015

    The French defense procurement agency, DGA, has taken delivery of the first three 32-tonne VBCI wheeled armoured vehicles, the Ministry of Defence announced on 9 …

  • Land Warfare

    First LRIP M109A7 howitzer delivered

    13th April 2015

    The first M109A7 155mm self-propelled howitzer was delivered to the US Army on 9 April that represented the beginning of Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP). Formerly …

  • Land Warfare

    Cubic to provide ballistic fit-out package to New Zealand

    13th April 2015

    Cubic Range Design Solutions (CRDS) has been awarded a contract to design, provide and install a ballistic fit-out package for a training facility for the …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Thales to supply Sotas Lite to Australia

    13th April 2015

    Thales has signed a contract that will see it supply its Sotas Lite crew intercom system for the vehicles being delivered to the Australian Defence …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Egypt requests Hellfire II missiles

    13th April 2015

    The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale of AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II missiles to Egypt, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Turf war intensifies over Mi-17s

    10th April 2015

    The first two of eight medium lift Mi-17 V5 helicopters were inducted by the Indian homeland Border Security Force (BSF) Air Wing on 9 April. …

  • Naval Warfare

    Lockheed wins subcontract for Canadian patrol ships

    10th April 2015

    Lockheed Martin Canada has been awarded an implementation subcontract for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) new class of Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). The C$170 million …

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

    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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...