• Digital Battlespace

  General Dynamics' Warrior antenna terminals certified to operate on Wideband Global SATCOM network

  26th August 2010

  Two General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies’ Warrior antenna terminals are now certified by the US Army to use the Ka-band frequency to access the Wideband Global …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Boeing teams with Bolduc to build UGV conversion kits

  26th August 2010

  The Boeing Company has teamed with Bolduc Technology Group, LLC to design, develop, integrate, test, manufacture and sustain agnostic autonomous-navigation kits for ground vehicles. The …

• Digital Battlespace

  TiaLinx, Inc. announces launch of the Eagle30-P, precision sense-inside-the-wall imager

  26th August 2010

  TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of mm-wave radars with integrated radio and antenna arrays, today announced the launch of the Eagle30-P, a hand-held precision Sense-Inside-The-Wall Imager. …

• Land Warfare

  General Dynamics awarded $48M by US Army for reactive armor side skirt tiles

  26th August 2010

  The US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality, in Picatinny, NJ, has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products an order valued at …

• Military Logistics

  Northrop Grumman helps US Army transform tactical logistics at Fort Irwin

  26th August 2010

  With the recent launch of the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army), Northrop Grumman Corporation is helping the US Army transform tactical logistics with enterprise resource …

• Digital Battlespace

  EADS North America awarded US Coast Guard contract for HC-144A maritime patrol aircraft

  26th August 2010

  The US Coast Guard has awarded prime contractor EADS North America a $117 million contract for three HC-144A Ocean Sentry Maritime Patrol Aircraft, with options …

• Military Logistics

  Lockheed Martin receives $111.4M contract modification for F-22 Raptor sustainment

  26th August 2010

  Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a $111.4 million contract modification from the US Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet, resulting in a …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Real-time failure detection sensor system performs successfully in Shadow UAS flight tests

  26th August 2010

  In recent flight tests on the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft  System (TUAS), Rockwell Collins demonstrated a new technology that is able to perform real-time data …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Rockwell Collins reaches new heights in UAV damage tolerance flight testing

  26th August 2010

  Rockwell Collins today unveiled the results of successful flight tests with dramatically increasing levels of damage on an unmanned F/A-18 subscale model air vehicle. The …

• Digital Battlespace

  General Dynamics awarded $62 million to support US Army

  26th August 2010

  General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $61.8 million task order to support the US Army Intelligence and …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI: Northrop Grumman offers unmanned future vision

  26th August 2010

  Northrop Grumman executives used the opening day of AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2010 to offer a corporate vision for the future of unmanned systems. …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI: Fire-X UAS maiden flight by end of year

  25th August 2010

  The Bell Helicopter and Northrop Grumman Fire-X UAS will see its maiden flight by the end of the year, according to company officials. Speaking at …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI: Aeropak fuel cell technology boosts UAV endurance

  24th August 2010

  Horizon Energy Systems of Singapore has brought its production ready Aeropak fuel cell power system to AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America. According to Jogjaman Jap, …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  QinetiQ files for three world records for its Zephyr solar powered UAV

  24th August 2010

  QinetiQ has filed for three world records for Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS), with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale …

• Land Warfare

  General Dynamics Canada to supply smart displays for US Army MRAP vehicles

  24th August 2010

  General Dynamics Canada received an order to supply more than 1,000 Smart Display Units (SDU) for installation in US Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

  Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS) / Medium ULS-A [USMC]

  Programme Background US Marine ULS-A programmes The US Marines are seeking a family of Unmanned Logistics Systems-Air (ULS-A), which will provide logistics and ground units with ...

• Loitering munitions

  Small-Sized Suicide Drones [South Korea]

  Programme Background Drone Ambition As reported by Shephard, South Korea has ambitions to possess a large arsenal of drones. In May 2024, the presidential office ...

• Sealift/replenishment vessels

  Type 707 (1-2) [Germany]

  Programme Background Requirements The German Navy approved an acquisition to start replacing the two ageing Rhön-class (Type 704) class single-hulled tankers, which were constructed in the ...

• Transport

  C-130 Replacement [Greece]

  Programme Background Requirement The existing C-130 fleet of the Hellenic Air Force has faced operational readiness issues, with only one or two airframes in service at ...

• 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 ...

• Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

  CH-47F (Australia)

  Programme Background The government of Australia has requested to buy four CH-47F cargo helicopters with unique modifications: eight T55-GA-714A aircraft turbine engines, five AN/AAR-57 common ...

• OPVs

  58m OPV Procurement [Guyana]

  Programme Background Timeline In April 2024, OCEA announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (loI) with the Guyana Defence Force for the procurement of an ...

• Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

  Second LHD [Turkey]

  Programme Background Timeline On 29 October 2023, during the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish President Recep Erdogan stated that the Navy is ...

• Corvettes

  Ada Class Corvettes (1-2) [Ukraine]

  Programme Background Timeline In October 2020, the MoD of Ukraine and the President of the Turkish Defence Industries signed a memorandum of understanding. This outlined ...

• Frigates

  Multi-Role Combat Vessels (1-6) [Singapore]

  Programme Background Requirements Singapore is planning to replace its current ageing Victory-class corvettes, which are due to leave service in 2025, with an equal number of ...

• AEW&C

  E-7 Wedgetail (737) - UK

  Programme Background Seeking to replace its six ageing Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW&C;, the British Royal Air Force awarded Boeing a £1.89 billion contract in 2019 covering the ...

• AEW&C

  E-7 Wedgetail - UK (Second Order)

  Programme Background Seeking to replace its six ageing Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW&C;, the British Royal Air Force awarded Boeing a £1.89 billion contract in 2019 ...

• Amphibious assault ships

  TCG Anadolu LHD [Turkey]

  Programme Background TCG Anadolu is a Multipurpose Assault Ship (LHD) built by Sedef in Tuzla for the Turkish Navy. The vessel, which is the single ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  VN16 (Thailand - First Batch)

  Programme Background The RTMC has the capability to carry out amphibious landing operations, having previously taken delivery of more than 30 AAV7s (formerly known as ...

• Air: Radio and SATCOM

  Air: Radio and SATCOM | E-7 Wedgetail - UK (Second Order)

  The UK MoD signed a £1.51 billion ($1.98 billion) deal to purchase five E-7 Wedgetail aircraft from Boeing for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Surface-to-air missiles

  Cheetah

  The new Denel Cheetah counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) missile is designed to be integrated into existing air defence systems. It complements cannon-based systems and ...

• EO/IR systems

  MEES

  Developed by Rheinmetall, the Mobile Eagle Eye System (MEES) is an air space and ground surveillance unit with its own command post. It combines the ...

• Deployable/static missile systems

  Oerlikon Laser Gun

  Rheinmetall showcased the applications for its High Energy Laser (HEL) guns for the first time at IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi. The Oerlikon Laser Gun ...

• Self-propelled missile systems, Land: Integrated Defensive Systems

  Skyranger Missile

  Rheinmetall's Skyranger Missile is a short-range air defence system that is being developed to defeat low-flying air threats such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, as ...

• Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

  InShield

  Indra’s InShield Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system has been developed by the company to protect the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) Airbus A400M Atlas. 

• Light machine guns

  LSAT LMG

  Textron Systems Unmanned Systems is developing and maturing a Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) family of weapons and ammunition with the US Army that fires ...

• Land: COMINT and ELINT systems

  MEWS

  The Modular Electronic Warfare System (MEWS) is a land COMINT sensor that was jointly developed by L3 TRL and Qinetiq. Utilising L3 TRL compact receiver ...

• EO/IR systems

  MSP600

  Modular Sensor Platform MSP600 is a lightweight, four-axis stabilised EO system, which can be used in land-based applications (eg border or coastal surveillance and air ...

• Land: fire control systems

  Oerlikon Skymaster

  Oerlikon Skymaster is the command and control unit of Rheinmetall's Skynex air defence system. The Skymaster is intended to support tactical and operational level air ...

• EO/IR systems

  UMIT

  Universal Multispectral Information and Tracking (UMIT) system, developed by Rheinmetall, is a multi-sensor platform for airspace surveillance missions. The UMIT is modular and provides flexibility ...

• Land: air defence radar

  X-TAR 3D

  The X-Band Tactical Acquisition Radar 3D (X-TAR 3D) air surveillance and acquisition radar is the newest member of Rheinmetall’s X-TAR family. The fully coherent phased-array ...

• Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

  Manta

  Manta is a laser-based DIRCM system for airborne platforms. Designed to defeat first- and second-generation and imaging IR seekers, it is said to be effective ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  CM32/33/34 Yunpao

  The CM32 Yunpao (Cloud Leopard) family of 8x8 armoured vehicles has been developed to meet the requirements of the Republic of China Army to replace ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: sonar systems

  SBTS

  The Shore-Based Sonar Training System (SBTS), launched in 2016, incorporates technology from the Model 997 Hull/Bow-Mounted Sonar Model 980 ALOFTS system to help support sonar ...

• Subsystems: visual

  Apogée 7

  Apogée 7 is an integrated COTS-based image generation system. It provides functions enhancing overall fixed- or rotary-wing simulation efficiency, image quality and supports large-area realistic ...