To make this website work, we log user data. By using Shephard's online services, you agree to our Privacy Policy, including cookie policy.

×
Open menu Search

Search Results We've found 2337 articles

News - mv-22

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Enhanced UTAP-22 Mako in testing

    14th August 2017

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed a flight test series evaluating the next evolution of the UTAP-22 Mako UAS, the company announced on 10 …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Analysis: Frantic year for military helicopter market

    10th August 2017

    While progress has continued across US military helicopter programmes, one platform that has garnered its share of headlines this side of 2017 has been the …

  • Naval Warfare

    GSL delivers OPV to Sri Lankan Navy

    31st July 2017

    Goa Shipyard (GSL) delivered a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Sri Lankan Navy on 22 July 2017. Designed in-house and built by GSL, …

  • Defence Notes

    PLA celebrates anniversary with new kit

    31st July 2017

    China celebrated the 90th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with a massive military parade at the Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training …

  • Special Operations

    Ukraine special ops development continues

    28th July 2017

    Force elements from Ukraine’s Special Operations Command have completed a joint training programme with the US Naval Special Warfare Command in the Black Sea as …

  • Naval Warfare

    US Navy commissions Gerald R Ford

    24th July 2017

    The US Navy has commissioned its newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), at Naval Station Norfolk on 22 July. USS Gerald R. …

  • Defence Notes

    Upgunned ESG concept exercised in Talisman Saber

    21st July 2017

    Exercise Talisman Saber 2017, held in Australia this month, provided the US Navy (USN) with the opportunity to put its latent upgunned Expeditionary Strike Group …

  • Training

    USMC trials tech in Talisman Saber

    19th July 2017

    The involvement of the USMC’s 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 in Australia was punctuated by experimentation with new equipment under …

  • Special Operations

    Flyer 60 evaluated by Special Operations

    7th July 2017

    The US Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command is evaluating the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) Flyer 60 as an additional option for ‘fly …

  • Military Logistics

    Portland completes builder’s trials

    5th July 2017

    The US Navy’s upcoming San Antonio class amphibious transport dock, the future USS Portland (LPD 27), has successfully completed builder’s trials following four days of operations …

  • Naval Warfare

    RAN’s MV Sycamore arrives in Sydney

    30th June 2017

    The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) multi-role aviation training vessel (MATV) MV Sycamore arrived in Sydney harbour after completing her 14-day maiden voyage, Damen Shipyards announced …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Guardian sale could signal US policy change

    29th June 2017

    The White House approved the sale of 22 non-weaponised MQ-9B Guardian UAVs to India on 21 June, perhaps signalling a policy shift in terms of …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Star SAFIRE 380-HD for USCG HC-27J

    27th June 2017

    FLIR Systems has received a $17.9 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to supply 19  systems for the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) HC-27J surveillance aircraft fleet, …

  • Naval Warfare

    DCNS’s F21 torpedo enters final development phase

    26th June 2017

    DCNS’s F21 torpedo has entered into its final development phase following the completion of a qualification round of firing off the Var coast in France, …

  • Digital Battlespace

    UK awards IFF upgrade contract

    26th June 2017

    Leonardo has received a contract worth over $323 million from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the upgrade of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Tiltrotors

    V-22 Osprey (USN)

    Programme Background Requirement According to USN FY2023 Budget Estimate documentation, the V-22 programme provides an aircraft to meet the amphibious and vertical assault needs of ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift, Tiltrotors

    V-22 Osprey [Indonesia]

    Programme Background Announcement Indonesia issued a letter of request for pricing, which eventually triggered the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to announce on 6 June 2020, ...

  • Trainer

    T-54A Multi-Engine Training System (METS) (USA)

    Programme Background Multi-Engine Training System is a USN programme to replace the ageing T-44C Pegasus fleet and modernize multi-engine aircraft training. Multi-Engine Training System provides ...

  • Sealift/replenishment vessels

    Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) Ship [UK]

    Programme Background Requirements The 2021 Defence Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, outlined the plan to develop a new Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) vessel ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Long-Range Attack Munition (LRAM) [USMC]

    Programme Background Force Design 2030 The USMC Force Design 2030 is a modernisation effort to create a lighter, more agile maritime force. The update to ...

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

    Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) (Increment 2) [USMC]

    Programme Background MUX Since 2016, the USMC has wished to acquire a UAV that could be deployed from a vessel, used for various missions, and ...

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

    Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) (Increment 1) [USMC]

    Programme Background All-in-One UAV Since 2016, the USMC has wished to acquire a UAV that could be deployed from a vessel, be used for various missions, ...

  • 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 ...

  • Tiltrotors

    V-22 Osprey [Japan]

    Programme Background Procurement Contracts The Japanese government is the first export customer of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, having ordered 17 helicopters from the US across ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    AH-64E Apache-India-Army Forecast

    The Indian Army was originally granted co-ownership of the 22 Apaches that Air Force procured by the Indian MoD. However, the IAF refused to cede ...

  • Air: Radio and SATCOM

    Air: Radio and SATCOM | MAWS/PATMAR [France]

    French Navy is planning to purchase up to 22 MPA aircraft to replace its ATL2 fleet in service. Germany and France agreed to develop a ...

  • Data links

    Data links | MAWS/PATMAR [France]

    French Navy is planning to purchase up to 22 MPA aircraft to replace its ATL2 fleet in service. Germany and France agreed to develop a ...

  • Air: Head-up displays

    Air: Head-up displays | MAWS/PATMAR [France]

    French Navy is planning to purchase up to 22 MPA aircraft to replace its ATL2 fleet in service. Germany and France agreed to develop a ...

  • Transponders and IFF

    Transponders and IFF | MAWS/PATMAR [France]

    French Navy is planning to purchase up to 22 MPA aircraft to replace its ATL2 fleet in service. Germany and France agreed to develop a ...

  • APCs/IFVs - tracked

    AAV7A1 RAM/RS (Japan - 2nd Batch)

    Programme Background The Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) has procured the AAV7A1 RAM/RS to equip its Amphibious Assault Brigade formed in 2018. Tasked with ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Air: air combat simulators

    Air Combat Training

    Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.

  • Helicopter guns

    RGS (AWG-35)

    The RGS (AWG-35) fulfils the USMC requirement for an Interim Defensive Weapon System for the MV-22 tiltrotor. Armed with a three-barrel 7.62mm GAU-7 minigun, the ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    CV-22/MV-22 Osprey Training Devices

    As part of a joint FlightSafety/Bell Helicopter/Boeing team, FlightSafety was the first company to successfully design, manufacture and deliver full-motion flight simulators for tilt-rotor training. ...

  • Helicopter engines

    AE 1107C-Liberty

    The AE 1107C-Liberty is a new-generation 7,000shp-class turboshaft engine developed as the T406 to power the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in service with the USMC ...

  • EO/IR systems

    AN/AAQ-27A

    In production for USMC MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors, the AAQ-27A allows pilots to see through darkness, smoke, haze and adverse weather. The third-generation medium-wave IR system ...

  • Tiltrotors

    V-22 Osprey

    The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service multirole combat aircraft manufactured by Bell and Boeing in a joint venture. The platform has tiltrotor technology to combine a helicopter's vertical performance with ...

  • Air: Defensive Systems - MLDS, Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers

    AN/AAR-47B(V)2

    The AN/AAR-47B Missile Warning System (MWS) is an EW system designed to protect low/slow-flying aircraft against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles. The MWS will detect a ...

  • Military UGVs

    Gladiator TUGV

    The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) was funded through a USMC programme to develop an armed, armoured UGV. The programme began in the mid-1990s, ...

  • Towed mortars

    M327 120mm EFSS Mortar

    General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is the prime contractor for the USMC’s Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFFS), which consists of the M327 120mm towed ...

  • Special operations vehicles

    Sportsman MV850

    The Sportsman MV850 is derived from the Polaris Sportsman commercial 4x4 all-terrain vehicle and has been modified for military use. The MV850 seats one with ...

  • Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers

    AN/AVR-2

    The AN/AVR-2 series of laser warning systems detects, processes and alerts aircrew to laser threats to their aircraft. Imagery to this effect is overlaid on ...

  • OPVs

    MV Doria

    MV Doria is the first OPV ordered by Kenya's State Department of Fisheries. The contract for the construction of MV Doria was signed in January ...

  • 5000-MV series

    Navistar's International 5000-MV heavy-haul tractor trucks are built on the same type of heavy-duty platform as its commercial dump trucks and gravel haulers. It has ...

  • Military UGVs

    MV-10

    The DOK-ING MV-10 is a large, dedicated mine clearance UGV designed to clear anti-personnel, antitank mines and unexploded ordnance. The platform is usually fitted with ...

  • Special operations vehicles

    MRZR D2

    Originally introduced in 2013, the MRZR family of vehicles is in service with the US and several other militaries across the world.  On 20 February ...