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Land Warfare
US Army awards Raytheon $173m contract for Excalibur
21st April 2011
Raytheon Company received a $173 million US Army fiscal year 2010 contract for the production of Excalibur precision-guided projectile rounds for in-theater use. This contract …
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Military Logistics
General Dynamics awarded $37m for ammunition demilitarization
21st April 2011
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $37 million contract from the US Army Contracting Command, …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin demonstrates integration of MONAX with base network
21st April 2011
Military commanders may soon have the ability to access the full range of smartphone applications anywhere on their installations with the Lockheed Martin MONAX 3G …
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Digital Battlespace
Quad A 2011: Raytheon demonstrates ADAS Proof of Concept
20th April 2011
The Advanced Distribution Aperture System (ADAS), Raytheon's situation awareness solution for helicopter pilots and crews has been demonstrated in its full configuration, according to company …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Quad A 2011: Fire Scout prepares for land operations
20th April 2011
The US Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout VTOL UAS will take part in its first land-based deployment as part of CENTCOM operations later in the month, …
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Defence Helicopter
Quad A 2011: Sikorsky readies S-97 Raider
20th April 2011
Sikorksy is getting ready to build its S-97 Raider demonstrator prototypes as part of its bid to meet the needs of the US Army's requirement …
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Defence Helicopter
Quad A 2011: Advanced engine programme gains momentum
20th April 2011
A programme that could replace the engines in every US Army Black Hawk and Apache helicopter is gathering pace, with the two industry teams currently …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Quad A 2011: STUAS completes OA-1
20th April 2011
Integrator, the US Navy's Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) has completed its first Operational Assessment (OA-1), according to manufacturer Insitu. Describing it as a …
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Digital Battlespace
Quad A 2011: USSOCOM cut short Belize FOPEN evaluation
20th April 2011
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) elected to end its evaluation of Boeing's A160T Hummingbird and DARPA's Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Quad A 2011: US Army outlines future UAS strategy
20th April 2011
The US Army has identified 'potential gaps' in its UAS operating concept regarding Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities, according to a senior service official. …
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Military Logistics
Northrop Grumman wins logistic support services contract
20th April 2011
US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an option year for its current contract to provide logistics support services at …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Honeywell T-Hawk aids Fukushima Daiichi disaster recovery
20th April 2011
Honeywell's T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) is helping emergency workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility get up-close video and photos inside the plant as …
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Digital Battlespace
Harris Corporation receives $7.6m Falcon order from US DoD
20th April 2011
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $7.6 million order from the US Department of Defense for its Falcon III …
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Digital Battlespace
Quad A 2011: TRACER begins operational evaluation with SOUTHCOM
19th April 2011
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has begun an Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) of Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar (TRACER), according to company officials. …
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Digital Battlespace
Quad A 2011: Raytheon joins race for next-generation PCAS
19th April 2011
Raytheon has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to compete with Northrop Grumman in the development of its Persistent Close …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - small
Puma 3 AE (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background Military Aid - $300 Million On 1 April 2022, the US DoD announced a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine to "bolster Urkaine's capacity ...
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MPVs - 4x4
M1165 Special Ops HMMWV [USA]
Background The HHMWV, or Humvee, has been in US service since 1983. The M1165A1B3 is a special operations variant of the platform. In 2015, the US ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 300 (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background Presidential Drawdown (16 March 2022 & 13 April 2022) On 16 March 2022, President Biden announced $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine through ...
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Loitering munitions
Point Blank [US]
Programme Background As IAI stated in a 19 January 2023 press release, it had been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the Irregular Warfare Technical Support ...
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Loitering munitions
Switchblade 600 (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background $300 Million USAI (1 April 2022) On 1 April 2022, the US DoD announced a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine following ...
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Military UAS - mini
Puma LE [Kosovo]
Background Contract Award On 21 January 2022, the US Department of Defence (DoD) announced that AeroVironment had been awarded an $11.01 million firm-fixed contract for Puma ...
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Loitering munitions
ALTIUS-600M (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Programme Background On 24 February 2023, the US DoD announced that the Biden Administration had released an additional aid package under the Ukraine Security Assistance ...
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MPVs - 4x4
M1152A1B2/M1165A1B3 HMMWV [USA]
Background The HMMWV has been in US service since the 1980s. Despite the introduction of newer platforms, the US DoD continues to utilise the platform ...
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MPVs - 4x4
M1165A1B3 HMMWV [USA]
Background The HMMWV has been in US service since the 1980s. Despite the introduction of newer platforms, the US DoD continues to utilise the platform ...
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Loitering munitions
Phoenix Ghost (Ukraine Aid) [US]
Background Presidential Drawdown Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, on 21 April 2022, President Biden announced an $800 million Presidential Drawdown security ...
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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 ...
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Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE [Estonia]
Programme Background The US DoD announced that it had awarded AeroVironment an $8.868 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply an undisclosed number of RQ-20B Puma AE ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-46A (3-6) [Japan]
On 30 October 2020, the US DoD announced that it awarded a $342 million contract to Boeing for two Japanese KC-46A tanker aircraft. Work will be performed ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
ACV-30 PRTV [USA]
Background The Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) programme is intended to provide a replacement for the USMC's fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicle 7 (AAV7) tracked vehicles. ...
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Military UAS - MALE
XQ-58A Valkyrie [USMC]
Programme Background Contract Award On 30 December 2022, the US DoD announced that it had awarded Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems a $15.52 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Pistols
M9
M9 is the US DoD designation for the military-specification 9mm Beretta 92FS, selected in 1985 to replace the 45cal M1911A1 in US service. Sales to ...
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Man-portable missile systems
Igla/SA-18
The 9K38 Igla (US DoD designation SA-18, NATO reporting name Grouse ) IR-homing MANPADS was developed by KBM and entered service in 1983 to meet the requirements ...
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Loitering munitions
Point Blank
Point Blank Weapon System is a hand-launched electro-optical VTOL-capable loitering munition developed by Isreal Aerospace Industries (IAI). IAI has been awarded a contract by the US ...
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Military UAS - small
ScanEagle 3
Insitu unveiled the ScanEagle 3 at the Xponential exhibition in Denver in May 2018. The platform has twice the payload capacity of its ScanEagle predecessor ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
BAT-850
Pathfinder's BAT-850 VSAT is a carbon fibre, tri-band terminal with auto-acquisition capability. Suitable for flyaway (case-based) and vehicle-mounted applications, it is in service with the ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
URC-300
The URC-300 is a software-defined radio designed for line-of-sight, ground-to-air communications in particular. Introduced in 2020, it adheres to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards as well ...
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Air: aerial targets
BQM-177A/i
The BQM-177A subsonic aerial target (SSAT) was designed for the USN, and the BQM-177i is the export variant. The BQM-177 provides realistic threat emulation for ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
Banshee Tactical Radio
Developed by Fenix Group, the Banshee Tactical Radio (BTR) is a communications system that uses 4G/LTE connectivity to provide secure mesh networking capability on the ...
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Crew-served grenade launchers
Striker 40/MK47
General Dynamics is systems integrator for the Striker 40 (MK47 AGL in US service). The complete system comprises the weapon, AN/PWG-1 Lightweight Video Sight and ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
AN/ARC-231 Skyfire
The AN/ARC-231 Skyfire is an airborne VHF/UHF/LOS and DAMA SATCOM system. This system supports US DoD requirements for airborne, multi-band, multi-mission, secure anti-jam voice, data ...
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Air-to-air missiles
9M39 Igla-V
The 9M39 Igla-V (‘needle’) is a Russian IR homing SAM adapted for helicopter use. It is an air-launched version of the Igla MANPADS, which the ...
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Military UAS - HALE
Global Observer
The AeroVironment Global Observer HALE UAV was a developmental HALE UAV designed for various civil, commercial and government applications. Development of the platform began in 2007 ...
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Directed energy weapons
CLWS
Developed by Boeing, Compact Laser Weapon System (CLWS or CLaWS) is a medium-range, low-power laser C-UAS system. According to the reports, the CLWS prototype has ...
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Weapon sights for day use
CompM4/M4s
The US DoD has bought over one million Aimpoint sights since 1997. The US Army is now fielding the CompM4s as the latest version of ...
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Data links, Land: Radio and SATCOM, UAS: communication systems
QNT-200
The Collins QNT-200 is a dual-channel software-defined radio (SDR) designed for size, weight and power-constrained platforms. Using IP-based mesh networks, it offers high-bandwidth mobile networking ...
