Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Sweden gears up for sniper rifle competition
Swedish defence procurement agency FMV expects to start its Sniper Weapon System (SWS) programme later this year. An FMV official told Shephard that preparations are ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: US Army starts to receive new Sub Compact Weapon
Deliveries of the US Army’s Sub Compact Weapon (SCW) are under way, following the selection of the APC9K weapon (pictured). Casca Long, a spokesperson for ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Norway receives first Black Hornet vehicle recce system
The first Black Hornet nano-UAV vehicle reconnaissance system (BH VRS) has been delivered to Norway. A spokesperson for manufacturer FLIR told Shephard that the VRS unit ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Warrior production could begin before battlefield assessments finish
Reliability and growth trials (RGTs) on the British Army’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) are set to continue into 2021. A spokesperson from Lockheed Martin ...
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Special Operations
PREMIUM: USSOCOM to receive ATACR scopes
11th March 2020
Nightforce Optics is set to deliver 40 new sights to US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) under the Precision Variable Power Scope (P-VPS) programme. The company ...
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Special Operations
PREMIUM: German SF set for new rifle but Bundeswehr must wait
9th March 2020
Deliveries of the new HK416 rifle (pictured) to German SF are expected to start this month as the Bundeswehr ponders the replacement of its main ...
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Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: Australia mulls one replacement Growler
26th February 2020
The Australian government is still seeking compensation for the loss of one EA-18G Growler EW aircraft after a 2018 accident. Meanwhile, the Department of Defence is ...
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Land Warfare
Sky Sabre begins to rattle as air defence market heats up
17th January 2020
As the ground-based air defence (GBAD) market sees a spike of investment, one new next-generation system is on the verge of entering service. Although the British Army’s ...
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Naval Warfare
US nearshore patrol explores its place in Great Power world
29th November 2019
The revamp of the US Navy’s nearshore maritime patrol capability continues apace following the merger in 2012 of the Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Maritime Expeditionary ...
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Rotorhub
Lilium jet completes first flight tests
28th October 2019
A new prototype eVTOL aircraft built by Lilium has completed its first phase of flight testing. The Lilium jet has proven it can undertake complex manoeuvres ...
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Digital Battlespace
NZ issues RfI to advance its networked army
12th September 2019
New Zealand has initiated Tranche 2 of its Network Enabled Army (NEA) programme following governmental approval in July. The project is digitising the New Zealand ...
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Naval Warfare
Boarding party time for RNZN crews
27th August 2019
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is seeking to procure specialist tactical equipment for personnel conducting naval boarding operations. In an RfT released in August, ...
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Digital Battlespace
Australia’s radar network upgrades set in motion
12th August 2019
BAE Systems Australia has completed its first software release on the upgrade programme for the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), which will look to digitise the ...
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Naval Warfare
Work proceeds on Attack-class design
17th July 2019
The design of Australia’s new Attack-class submarines is set to mature rapidly under the next phase of the Sea 1000 programme. A submarine design contract ...
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Land Warfare
Canada's soldier suite delivery nears completion
19th June 2019
Final delivery of equipment sets under Canada’s Integrated Soldier Systems Suite (ISS-S) programme will be completed by the end of the year as the system ...
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Defence Notes
Defence Capability Plan expands NZ’s military
10th June 2019
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will increase the size of its military and acquire new amphibious ships under the latest Defence Capability Plan (DCP) ...
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Digital Battlespace
Future of contested battlespace points to directional communications
10th June 2019
The future of battlespace communications, particularly in the air domain, is seeing a trend towards direct platform-to-platform transmission as the capabilities of near-peer and peer ...
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Digital Battlespace
Spanish Army's soldier modernisation efforts advance
29th May 2019
The Spanish Foot-Soldier System (SISCAP) soldier modernisation effort will shortly enter its test readiness review (TRR) phase, Shephard has learned. It passed its critical design review (CDR) ...
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Naval Warfare
First Australian AOR commences test phase
29th May 2019
The first of two new auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessels being built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has started its test phase. Navantia told ...
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Defence Helicopter
Chilean seagull programme to squawk in 2019
21st December 2018
A tender for new light helicopters for the Chilean Navy is expected in March 2019 with the release of a RfP. Up to five helicopters ...
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Naval Warfare
Insight: South American frigate programmes develop
20th December 2018
With a number of shipbuilding programmes in South America get underway industry is readying itself to compete for these lucrative opportunities, as countries look to ...
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Rotorhub
New Black Hawk variant under development
4th December 2018
A new maritime variant of the S-70i Black Hawk is set to be launched by Sikorsky to meet emerging operational requirements. It is still in ...
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Naval Warfare
BAE faces complicated arrangements for Hunter frigates
4th December 2018
BAE Systems should sign contracts to begin Australia’s Sea 5000 Hunter-class frigate programme within the next couple of months. It is also expected to buy ...
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Naval Warfare
CASG acknowledges Hunter-class build challenges
21st September 2018
As the Royal Australian Navy looks ahead to acquiring Hunter-class frigates, RADM Anthony Dalton, General Manager of Ships at Australia’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group ...
