Air Warfare

Nigeria confirms M-346 advanced trainer deliveries for this year

19th April 2024

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will enhance its fleet with the imminent delivery of six Leonardo-built M-346 advanced trainer and light attack aircraft by the end of 2024.

Training

Babcock to partner with companies to develop improved VR training system

12th April 2024

Ship and vehicle builder Babcock has been looking to build on its defence training division through new partnerships.

Digital Battlespace

Norway to receive maritime surveillance satellite data from Kongsberg

10th April 2024

Norway's Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace has announced that its subsidiary Kongsberg NanoAvionics will produce three satellites and launch them in 2025.

Training

US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines conduct major military exercise in South China Sea

8th April 2024

The countries conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippine’s Exclusive Economic Zone on 7 April 2024.

Training

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex team up on MR and VR training for IT2EC

8th April 2024

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex Solutions will present advanced mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) pilot training solutions at IT2EC 2024.

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]

Programme Background  Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

Command Insertion Craft (CIC) [UK]

Programme Background Requirements The Royal Navy is seeking a replacement for its fleet of LVPs Mk5 amphibious landing craft. The vessels entered service in the ...

Military UAS - MALE

Anka-B - Turkey

Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Low-Cost Uncrewed Air Systems (LANCA) Follow-On Project [UK]

Programme Background Project Mosquito Beginning in 2019, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), in collaboration with the Royal Air Force (RAF), began the ...

Maritime patrol

Maritime Patrol Aircraft Procurement [Italy]

Programme Background In an appearance before the Italian parliament’s Foreign and Defence Affairs Committee on 14 July 2022, Italian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Adm ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

Project Mosquito [UK]

Programme Background Inception and Capabilities In 2019, in collaboration with the RAF, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) released details of its new UAS ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

Project Vampire [UK]

Programme Background Prior RN Tests Project Vampire began in 2021, before the January 2022 Phase 1 tender announcement. In September 2021, as part of Vampire, a Banshee ...

Military helicopters - attack

T129 (Nigeria)

Programme Background Requirement The Nigerian Air Force has an ongoing requirement for attack helicopters in order to assist the country's ongoing counter-insurgency operations. Nigeria already ...

Military UAS - small

Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]

Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN has identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...

Corvettes

Reshef Class [Israel]

Programme Background Requirements The Israeli Navy is seeking a replacement for its Sa'ar 4 and Sa'ar 4.5-class of fast attack vessels. Dubbed Reshef-class, the new ...

Patrol boats

Mk VI Patrol Boat - Ukraine (7-8) Optional

Programme Background The Mk VI is described as the USN's next-generation patrol boat and is currently in service with the US Navy's Coastal Riverine Forces (CRF). The ...

Patrol boats

Mk VI Patrol Boat - Ukraine (1-6)

Programme Background The Mk VI is described as the USN's next-generation patrol boat and is currently in service with the US Navy's Coastal Riverine Forces (CRF). The ...

Fighter - multirole

Global Combat Air Programme (Japan)

Programme Background The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency of Japan issued a RfI in August 2020 to support the F-X project. The document stipulated that applicants ...

OPVs

Teresa Magbanua Class [Philippines]

Programme Background The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) signed a contract for two 94m multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) in February 2020 to be built by ...

Patrol boats

VCG Patrol Vessels

Programme Backgroun The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) are in the process of procuring six new patrol vessels. On 28 July 2020, the Japan International Cooperation ...

Maritime patrol

MSA

Boeing unveiled its mid-tier MSA at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2014. The aircraft is based on the Bombardier Challenger 604 series. The MSA is ...

Trainer

Hurjet

The Hurjet is an advanced jet trainer being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries in collaboration with Sierra Nevada Cooperation to meet the requirements of the Turkish ...

Man-portable missile systems

QW-1 Vanguard

The QW-1 Vanguard is a first generation Chinese MANPADS, developed by CASIC in the early 1990s, that is intended to be used against low-altitude aircraft. ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Fulmar X

The Fulmar X is a Thales UAV designed to carry out high-quality ISTAR missions for civil and military applications. A complete system comprises two UAVs, launch and recovery ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Spider VTOL

The Spider VTOL is a mini electrical fixed-wing UAV. Unlike traditional VTOL UAVs with dedicated motors, propellors and structural parts for performing take-off and landing, the Spider ...

Air: Displays

LAD2008DA

Produced by Psion DSP, LAD2008DA is a 20"x8" Large Area Display for full-glass cockpit applications. It was showcased during the 2022 Farnborough Air Show and the 2023 ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

S55 Ares

The S55 Ares, or Super Kukulkan, is a MALE fixed-wing UAV designed by Hydra Technologies.  Hydra’s range of UAVs is predominantly used for ISR operations ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

CGT45

The CGT45 is a T-Tail UAV made with a composite airframe. It is fully autonomous, has a swarm capability and is payload agnostic, allowing a user to ...

Data links

GNOMAD International

Global Network On the Move – Active Distribution (GNOMAD) is an exportable SATCOM on-the-move system supplying a mobile network for military and government vehicles. The ...

Fighter - ground attack

AMX International

The AMX International is a ground attack aircraft manufactured by AMX International, a consortium of Italy's Leonardo (Alenia and Aermacchi) and Brazil's Embraer, the latter ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

S50 Kukulkan

The Hydra Technologies S50 Kukulkan, or Kukulkán, is a medium-range ISR UAV for civil, law enforcement and military use. The UAV is a direct evolution of the S45 ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Harrier

Aviation Industry Corporation of China displayed the Harrier MALE UAV at the Zhuhai Airshow in November 2012. The platform is believed to be in Chinese ...

Air-to-surface missiles, Anti-ship missiles

SPEAR 3

The Selective Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 3 is being developed by MBDA for the UK MoD, which is seeking a new missile for ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar, Air: UAS radar

Osprey 50

Osprey 50 is a larger-aperture variant of the international successful Osprey 30 model. It is the largest and most capable variant in the radar family ...

ISR/special mission

MC-27J

MC-27J is a multi-mission aircraft developed by Leonardo based on the C-27J Spartan transport aircraft.  With modular roll-on/roll-off systems, the MC-27J is a reconfigurable platform for ...