• Defence Helicopter

  AUSA 2011: Waters clear on Kiowa replacement

  12th October 2011

  With the US Army starting to show its hand on the project to replace the Kiowa Warrior, industry in turn is shaping its response to …

• Digital Battlespace

  AUSA 2011: First contract for FELCO

  12th October 2011

  ITT and Mercury Computer Systems (MCS) have received a contract from the US Army to supply the FELCO (Federated Embedded Intel-Server for Collaborative Operations) ISR …

• Defence Helicopter

  Kiowa Warrior successfully proves manned/unmanned capability

  12th October 2011

  Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. companytoday announced that its OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several ground breaking capabilities that will enable interoperability among …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman demonstrates G/ATOR

  12th October 2011

  Northrop Grumman Corporation and the US Marine Corps Program Executive Officer for Land Systems demonstrated the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to senior …

• Defence Helicopter

  MD Helicopters delivers first 3 MD 530Fs

  12th October 2011

  MD Helicopters, a leading manufacturer of commercial and military helicopters presented the first three (3) MD 530Fs to the US Army as part of the …

• Defence Helicopter

  MD Helicopters wins $14m logistics contract

  12th October 2011

  MD Helicopters, a leading manufacturer of commercial and military helicopters has been awarded a $14,237,169 fixed-firm contract from the US Army to provide logistics support …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UGCS integrated with Orion UAS and Centaur OPA

  12th October 2011

  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the organizations have …

• Land Warfare

  AUSA 2011: BAE Systems continues pursuit of AMPV

  11th October 2011

  BAE Systems is continuing to advocate its solution to the Armoured Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) replacement for the M113 at AUSA. On display at the …

• Defence Helicopter

  AUSA 2011: Flight demonstration plan bad news for Sikorsky

  11th October 2011

  The US Army plans to hold flight demonstrations of the aircraft bidding for its Armed Aerial Scout programme in 2012, in a decision that is …

• Digital Battlespace

  AUSA 2011: eCORE targets export market

  11th October 2011

  Northrop Grumman is developing an exportable version of its eCORE (enhanced C4ISR Operationally Responsive Enterprise) COTS-based architecture after US Army testing showed it increased time  …

• Land Warfare

  AUSA 2011: Raytheon examines larger calibre LPWS

  11th October 2011

  Raytheon, in partnership with the US Army and Navy, has completed initial gun calibre testing of 25 mm and 30 mm gun systems on a …

• Land Warfare

  AUSA 2011: Textron receives further ASV reset award

  11th October 2011

  Late last month Textron Marine And Land Systems (TMLS) was awarded a contract by the US Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to reset …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUSA 2011: iRobot announces UGV production start date

  11th October 2011

  The first production model of iRobot's latest UGV, the 710 Warrior, is expected to be completed by December, according to a company official. Speaking to …

• Digital Battlespace

  AUSA 2011: US Army backs NIE evolution

  11th October 2011

  US Army officials have expressed their enthusiasm and 'absolute belief' in the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) process, as the army prepares for the upcoming NIE …

• Defence Helicopter

  AUSA 2011: AAS-72X development continues apace

  11th October 2011

  With the US Army looking to a competitive flight demonstration for its Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) project in 2012, EADS North America is confident its …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - mini

  RQ-20A Puma [Latvia]

  Programme Background The US DoD is financing military modernisation in the Baltic to improve the capabilities of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian militaries. This includes ...

• AGMV 1.1

  Programme Background The US Army has been seeking a lightweight, air-droppable, high mobility vehicle since as early as 2014, when it initiated its Ultra Light ...

• APCs/IFVs - 8x8

  Surplus M1126 Stryker APCs (Thailand)

  Programme BackgroundAccording to reports from Thai and US media, the RTA planned to take delivery of 120 Strykers by the end of 2020. These would ...

• Tanks

  NGCV: DLP

  Programme Background Requirement The DLP is one of five vehicle families being developed for the US Army's NGCV programme. Expanded to include five programmes in ...

• UAE Surplus MaxxPro MRAP

  Programme Background Following the withdrawal of many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has sought to divest of many of its MRAPs ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing

  Switchblade 300 (USA)

  Programme Background AeroVironment has been providing the Switchblade 300 loitering munition to the US Army under the long-standing Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) programme ...

• Military UAS - mini

  RQ-11 Raven (US Army)

  Programme Background The AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven began to be deployed by the US Army in 2004 and was selected as its sole small UAS in ...

• Maritime patrol

  P-8A Poseidon [UK]

  Programme Background In July 2016, the UK government announced that it had ordered nine aircraft for service with the RAF. Under this frame, in January ...

• Frigates

  Second-hand LCS [Greece]

  Programme Background Timeline In January 2024, Tasos Chatzivasileiou, a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and Secretary General of the Standing Committee of National Defence and Foreign ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  Eagle V 4x4

  According to documents released by the Danish Ministry of Defence, a total of 233.6 million Danish Krone (US$34.669 million) were allocated to this programme. 62.1 ...

• Tanks

  M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams [Morocco]

  Programme Background The Moroccan Armed Forces have received substantial investment in recent years as the country seeks to maintain parity with its regional rival, Algeria. ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV Oshkosh Contract [US Army]

  Programme Background As of January 2021, the US DoD had signed 15 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV Oshkosh Contract (US Navy) [US]

  As of November 2020, the US DoD had signed 14 contracts with Oshkosh Defense covering the delivery of approximately 17,731 JLTVs to all branches of ...

• UAE Surplus Caiman MRAP

  Programme Background Following the withdrawal of many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has sought to divest of many of its MRAPs ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  Surplus M2A2 ODS Bradley IFV (Greece)

  Programme Background The Greek Army has a long-standing need for new tracked IFVs to replace more than 200 legacy M113 tracked APCs in service with ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Maritime patrol

  US-2

  The ShinMaywa US-2 is an amphibious short take-off and landing aircraft used primarily by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for SAR. 

• Data links

  GNOMAD US Domestic

  The US domestic version of GNOMAD (see separate entry) is a ruggedised system comprising a satellite antenna and baseband modular chassis that can be installed ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  US Army AVCATT PDSS

  L3Harris Technologies is the prime contractor for the US Army’s Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) programme. L3Harris Technologies is ...

• US Navy T-44C training services

  In late 2013, CAE received a contract to provide the USN with comprehensive T-44C aircrew training services at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. CAE USA is ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  US Army Flight School XXI OFT/RCTD

  L3Harris Technologies is a major subcontractor to CSC on the US Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) programme. L3Harris Technologies has built or is under contract ...

• Towed mortars

  M120/M120A1

  The M120/M120A1 120 mm Towed Mortar System is a US-built version of the Soltam K6 mortar that was accepted into US Army service in 1990.

• MPVs - 4x4

  RG33

  BAE Systems RG33 is a family of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles available in both 4x4 and 6x6. The medium-weight class of BAE Systems MRAP ...

• Military - USVs

  Voyager

  Voyager is an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) built by US-based Saildrone. Voyager has been used by the US Navy (USN) and is one of three ...

• Frigates

  Oliver Hazard Perry Class

  The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates (FFG) were initially designed for the US Navy in the mid-1970s as cost-efficient surface combatants. The robust design has ...

• Naval: RF, IR and acoustic decoys

  Nulka

  The Nulka active anti-ship missile decoy was originally conceived in Australia, and developed under a joint Australian-US programme. BAE Systems Australia is prime contractor, while ...

• Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming

  AN/PLT-5 Thor-II

  Sierra Nevada Corporations’s (SNC's) AN/PLT-5 Thor-II Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED) system is designed to equip CIED teams and is used throughout the US armed ...

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

  LIMWS

  BAE Systems is leading the US Army’s Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) initiative. This is intended to enhance the missile protection provided to US ...

• Military helicopters - scout/light attack

  OH-58 Kiowa

  The single-engine OH-58 Kiowa, derived from the Bell 206, entered US Army service in 1969 as a light observation helicopter. More than 2,200 were built for ...

• Trailers

  M900 Series

  Heil’s M900-series tactical refuellers are designed and built to meet US military performance standards. The M967A2 ground equipment refueller and the M969A3 aircraft refueller are ...

• Suppressors

  249F

  The 249F flash suppressor was developed for use with the US Army's M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. According to a US Army evaluation, the 249F suppresses ...