• Digital Battlespace

  CMD3D enters French service

  16th July 2012

  ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has announced that its CMD3D (air defense management centre in 3D) system has entered service with the French forces. The system provides France …

• Digital Battlespace

  Cassidian to supply IFF systems to French forces

  16th July 2012

  Cassidian will supply the French Armed Forces with advanced identification systems used to prevent friendly fire, the company announced on 16 July. The French defence …

• Defence Helicopter

  Sagem wins French Army Tiger support award

  16th January 2012

  Sagem has announced that it has signed a five-year contract with SIMMAD to provide life-cycle support for the STRIX turret-mounted, gyro-stabilised observation and sighting systems …

• Naval Warfare

  DGA receives amphibious landing craft

  25th November 2011

  The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has announced that it has taken delivery of the first fast amphibious landing craft (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie Rapide, …

• Defence Helicopter

  MAKS 2011: Russia begins overhaul of military helicopter fleet

  16th August 2011

  Russian Helicopters has received orders for more than 450 helicopters from the Russian defence ministry as part of a multi-billion dollar effort to modernise its …

• Defence Helicopter

  Aero India: Indian Army takes delivery of more powerful Dhruvs

  11th February 2011

  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) officially handed over to the Indian Army Aviation Corps (AAC) the first Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) powered by Shakti engines …

• Defence Helicopter

  Flight tests begin for Eurocopter's Tiger HAD support and attack helicopter in Spain

  20th September 2010

  The first HAD support and attack version of Eurocopter’s Tiger helicopter has initiated its flight test program at the company’s Albacete facility in Spain. During …

• Defence Helicopter

  Tigre flies off the Mistral

  14th December 2009

  Just two weeks after playing host to the first-ever shipborne landing of a Russian Ka-52 Alligator, two Tigres, two Pumas and two Gazelles have been …

• Defence Helicopter

  Alligator and Mistral meet in St Petersburg

  1st December 2009

  A Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter has landed on the French assault ship Mistral as part of the vessel's official visit to St Petersburg. The Mistral …

• Defence Helicopter

  Mistral signs MoU with Eurocopter

  14th June 2009

  Mistral Solutions, a leading product realisation company specialising in real-time embedded solutions and Eurocopter a Germany-based helicopter manufacturing company have signed an MoU to jointly …

• Defence Helicopter

  OCCAR Issues the Final Qualification of the HAP and UHT Versions of Eurocopter's Tiger helicopter

  29th December 2008

  OCCAR, the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation managing the Tiger combat helicopter program, issued jointly with the DGA (Délégation Générale pour l'Armement) and the …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military helicopters - maritime

  Ka-52K Katran [Russia]

  Programme Background The Ka-52K Katran is a navalised version of the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter.  The history of the Ka-52K is aligned with ...

• Amphibious assault ships

  Project 23900 UDC

  Programme BackgroundThe Project 23900 universal landing ships (UDC) which are also referred to as landing helicopter docks (LHDs) have been developed by JSC Zelenodolsk Design ...

• Loitering munitions

  Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS): HERO [US]

  Background Contract Award On 29 September 2025, the US Department of War announced that Mistral had been awarded a $982 million hybrid cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price contract ...

• Loitering munitions

  Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS): Switchblade [US]

  Background DoD Contract On 27 August 2024, the US DoD announced that AeroVironment had been awarded a ceiling $990 million hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to provide “an ...

• Loitering munitions

  HERO-120 [USSOCOM]

  Programme Background As reported by Shephard, UVision and Mistral will supply Hero-120SF Loitering Munitions to US Special Operations Command under a $73.5 million contract announced ...

• Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

  CH-47F [Egypt]

  Programme Background Egypt has operated the CH-47D heavy lift helicopter since the 1990s and is now seeking to replace them with new-build CH-47Fs. Approval for ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  Sherpa Light [Morocco]

  Programme Background Morocco is in the midst of procuring large quantities of defence equipment from the French defence industry to modernise its forces, with much ...

• Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

  Landing Platform Docks [India]

  Programme Background Requirements The LPD tender, although more akin to an LHD, specifies that the quartet of ships must be built within India, although collaboration ...

• Amphibious assault ships, Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

  Landing Ship Tank Replacement [Singapore]

  Programme Background Requirements Singapore needs to replace its four in-service Endurance-class ships, which will be retired in the late 2020s. In 2014, Singapore announced the ...

• Submarines: conventional/attack

  Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus) [Spain]

  Programme Background The S-80A SSK design for the Spanish Navy is based on the Franco-Spanish S-80 Scorpene design that both countries decided to cooperate on ...

• Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

  Multi-Role Support Ship (MRSS) (1-2) [Malaysia]

  Programme Background Requirements The Royal Malaysian Navy are in the process of a fleet transformation plan known as the 15 to 5 Transformation Plan, which ...

• Loitering munitions

  Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) [US Army]

  Background Launch The Program Executive Office Soldier, a US Army organisation responsible for rapid prototyping, procurement, and equipment fielding, launched the effort in May 2023 and ...

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

  Système de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM) (1-6) [France]

  Background Requirement The requirement for the SDAM programme is a rotary-wing VTOL-capable UAV with a modular configuration that can host a range of payloads. It ...

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

  Système de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM) (7-30) [France]

  Background Requirement The requirement for the SDAM programme is a rotary-wing VTOL-capable UAV with a modular configuration that can host a range of payloads. It ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Surface-to-air missiles

  Mistral 2

  MISTRAL is a man-portable, fully digital, heat-seeking missile designed to meet the requirements of all branches of the armed forces to defend against air threats. ...

• Surface-to-air missiles

  Mistral 3

  The Mistral 3 is the latest member of the Mistral family of very short-range surface-to-air missiles. It entered service in 2018 and has been chosen ...

• Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems, Land: air defence radar

  MCP

  MBDA developed the Mistral Coordination Post (MCP) to provide optimum surveillance, command, and control functions for Mistral missile Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems. Its variants ...

• Air-to-air missiles

  Mistral ATAM

  The Mistral ATAM is a fire-and-forget air-to-air missile system that uses the Mistral SAM modified for the air-to-air role. It is in operational service on French Army ...

• Man-portable missile systems

  Mistral MANPADS

  Mistral MANPADS is a very short range air defence weapon system, firing the Mistral fire-and-forget missile.  It features a lightweight man-portable launcher that can be transported ...

• Amphibious assault ships

  Mistral Class

  The Mistral-class amphibious ships were developed as a result of the evolution of the French Navy’s amphibious warfare doctrine in the late 1990s. A requirement ...

• Landing craft and hovercraft

  EDA-R

  Four EDA-R (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie-Rapide) fast amphibious landing craft were ordered for the French Navy in 2009 after a 12-month evaluation. They are designed ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  SENIT-9

  SENIT-9 is the most recent iteration of the SENIT series of combat management systems developed for the French Navy. Coupled with a Thales MRR3D-NG radar, it ...

• Self-propelled missile systems, Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

  MPCV

  The Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle (MPCV) was developed by MBDA in cooperation with Rheinmetall Defence Electronics to provide a mobile weapon system which can be adapted ...

• Sea: procedural training

  Mistral 4000

  The Mistral 4000 Full Mission Shiphandling Simulator can simulate a range of propulsion systems and vessels in open and constrained waters and provides training for ...

• Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

  Simbad-RC

  Simbad-RC is a short-range, anti-air system that can accommodate two fire-and-forget Mistral missiles. According to MBDA, Simbad-RC is suitable also for small vessels with small ...

• Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems

  Super Vulcan

  Super Vulcan is an MBT self-propelled air defence product with Eagle-Eye optronic fire control system, in service with the Israeli Air Force. It adds an enhanced ...

• Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems

  Platoon Command Post

  Unveiled at the IDEX 2011, Platoon Command Post (PCP) was developed by MBDA to provide adapted solutions for the Command and Control (C2) of Ground ...

• Amphibious assault ships

  Project 23900 UDC

  The Project 23900 vessels are universal landing ships (UDC) and are also considered LHDs, developed by Russia's JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau. Russia is reported to have ordered ...

• Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems

  Eagle-Eye Mk 2

  Eagle-Eye Mk 2 is a passive air defence electro-optical fire control system. It has TV and FLIR channels, laser range finder and auto-tracking for engaging ...