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Defence Helicopter
Quad A 2011: Army ponders next steps for Apache
19th April 2011
The US Army will be taking delivery of its first Apache Block III this October, but they are already detailing the next steps for the …
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Defence Helicopter
Quad A 2011: Piasecki makes VTDP modifications for next phase of testing
19th April 2011
Piasecki is looking to move ahead with the next phase of its flight testing on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter Technology (VTDP) …
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Defence Helicopter
US Army selects Aero Dynamix for cockpit upgrades
19th April 2011
Aero Dynamix Inc. is proud to announce that the US Army has selected them for a $12.5 million AH-64 Apache IFR upgrade project. The army …
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Military Logistics
US DoD awards LifePort $45.5m contract
19th April 2011
LifePort, Inc. announced today that it had been awarded an IDIQ contract by the Defense Logistics Agency permitting orders up to $45.5 million to provide …
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Land Warfare
General Dynamics to produce Gatling gun systems and spares
19th April 2011
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products was recently awarded two contracts with a combined value of $12.9 million to produce 22 Gatling gun systems for …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Lockheed Martin TRACER completes UAS test flights
19th April 2011
Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar, TRACER, has completed flight testing aboard a Predator B MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. TRACER is a dual-band (UHF …
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Digital Battlespace
Harris Corporation introduces tactical 3G cellular Network-in-a-Box
19th April 2011
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has introduced KnightHawk 3G -- a ruggedized, highly mobile tactical base station that enables warfighters on …
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Defence Helicopter
L-3 Communications awarded AVCATT support contract
19th April 2011
L-3 Communications announced today that it has been awarded a five-year contract for the US Army's Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software …
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Digital Battlespace
AMF JTRS submitted for NSA certification testing
19th April 2011
Lockheed Martin announced today that the National Security Agency (NSA) has conditionally recognized completion of critical design for the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical …
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Military Logistics
Boeing, Australia announce order for 5th C-17 Globemaster III
19th April 2011
Boeing announced today that the Commonwealth of Australia has signed an agreement with the US government to acquire a fifth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. …
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Defence Helicopter
SELEX Galileo delivers 250th AGP to Boeing for the AH-64D Apache
19th April 2011
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has delivered the 250th Aircraft Gateway Processor (AGP) to Boeing (Mesa, AZ), prime contractor for the AH-64D Apache helicopter. This …
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Military Logistics
Northrop Grumman wins $99m base security and support contract
19th April 2011
US Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a five-year contract to perform base security operations and support services at overseas US …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Quad A 2011: US Army tunes up for inaugural MUSIC exercise
18th April 2011
The first exercise comprising the US Army's Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability (MUSIC) will take place in September this year, service officials have announced. According …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Quad A 2011: Second chance for Hummingbird in Belize
18th April 2011
Boeing's A160T Hummingbird VTOL UAS is being prepared to continue support of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) missions in Belize following an 'incident' last year. …
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Defence Helicopter
Quad A 2011: EC145 T2 could help to grow AAS-72X
18th April 2011
The team developing EADS' submission for the US Army's Armed Aerial Scout programme - the AAS-72X - say the latest version of the EC145 could …
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 ...