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Ageing RQ-11 Raven fleets create a global replacement opportunity

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Ageing RQ-11 Raven fleets create a global replacement opportunity

28th August 2026

The RQ-11 Raven is being retired from service across most of its more than 30 operators. Defence Insight estimates that these Raven retirements open up a replacement market worth at least $576 million, but suppliers will have to act quickly and strike a balance between cost and capability to succeed.

Future frigate programme highlights broader RNZN replacement challenge

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Future frigate programme highlights broader RNZN replacement challenge

28th August 2026

New Zealand’s evaluation of the Mogami and Arrowhead 140 frigate designs reflects a wider push for alliance interoperability, and points to a larger recapitalisation of the Royal New Zealand Navy fleet beyond the current programme.

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USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicle Goes to BAE Systems

20th June 2018

BAE Systems secured a US Marine Corps contract to produce the new fleet of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV 1.1). The award announcement, made 19 June, …

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BISim releases updated VBS3 versions

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Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has released updated versions of its VBS3, VBS Control Behavior Pack 1 and VBS Simulation SDK, the company announced on 13 …

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Eurosatory 2018: Industry experts on the next generation armoured vehicle (video)

19th June 2018

At Eurosatory 2018 Shephard spoke to a number of industry experts on what technology and capabilities they believe will define the next generation of armoured …

Teledyne to build zombie targets

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Teledyne to build zombie targets

19th June 2018

Teledyne’s subsidiary Teledyne Brown Engineering has received a $79.6 million task order from the US Army to design and build flexible target missiles for test …

US Army orders additional FMTVs

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US Army orders additional FMTVs

19th June 2018

Oshkosh Defense has received four additional orders from the US Army to provide its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), the company announced on 14 …

Eurosatory 2018: Lithuania receives first Boxer IFVs

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Eurosatory 2018: Lithuania receives first Boxer IFVs

19th June 2018

Lithuania has taken delivery of it first two pre-series Boxer prototypes configured as heavily-armed IFVs, with series production of the initial batch of vehicles also …

Mi-35Ms en route to Kazakhstan

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Mi-35Ms en route to Kazakhstan

19th June 2018

A new contract covering four Mi-35M Hind attack helicopters has been signed between Russia and Kazakhstan. Its existence was officially confirmed on 29 May by …

NASA Ikhana flies with detect and avoid avionics

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NASA Ikhana flies with detect and avoid avionics

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA-ASI) Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system enabled the flight of NASA’s Ikhana UAS through the National Airspace System (NAS) earlier …

Eurosatory 2018: Supacat delivers Norway's first HMT vehicle (video)

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Eurosatory 2018: Supacat delivers Norway's first HMT vehicle (video)

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FAAC to modernise Combat Convoy Simulators

19th June 2018

Arotech's FAAC has received a contract to modernise the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) Combat Convoy Simulators (CCS). The contract is worth up to $28.9 million …

IAI, Airbus sign Heron TP agreement

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IAI, Airbus sign Heron TP agreement

19th June 2018

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement with Airbus to lease the Heron TP UAS to Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence, the company announced …

Keel laid for Swedish SIGINT ship

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Keel laid for Swedish SIGINT ship

19th June 2018

PGZ Stocznia Wojenna has laid the keel for the new Swedish signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship at the Nauta shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, Saab announced on …

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