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Uncrewed Vehicles
QinetiQ readies Aberporth UAV Centre for Watchkeeper
27th May 2009
A key milestone in the £899m MOD project to develop the Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System has been reached on schedule. QinetiQ, working closely with other …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
French Army completes 100th flight of its tactical UAV in Afghanistan
27th May 2009
The French tactical drone system, SDTI carried out its 100th reconnaissance mission at the oprational base at Tora in Afghanistan on May 15, 2009. The …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Aerodrones to reveal new generation of UAV Ground Control Stations
26th May 2009
After its commercial successes these last two years, the innovative French company Aerodrones, specialized in in small-UAV Portable Ground Control Stations, will be launching the …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Saab partners with Swiss UAV
22nd May 2009
Saab and Swiss UAV (SUAV) have signed a strategic business agreement to increase technology superiority within the Unmanned Airborne System (UAS) area. The agreement seeks …
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Defence Helicopter
Apache squadron returns from Helmand
21st May 2009
After running sorties around the clock during their four-month deployment to Afghanistan, 130 personnel from an Apache Attack Helicopter Squadron returned home to their East …
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Defence Helicopter
Boeing Delivers Apache Longbow Crew Trainer to US Troops in Germany
21st May 2009
Boeing today announced that it delivered an advanced Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) to the US Army in Illesheim, Germany, in April and declared the …
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Defence Helicopter
AVIC Helicopters forecasts 300 aircraft per annum build plan
21st May 2009
The Chinese state-run China Aviation Industry Helicopters Corporation Ltd is flagging plans to secure at 15-20 percent share of the global helicopter business market by …
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Defence Helicopter
ITT awarded $11.4 million special ops night vision contract
21st May 2009
ITT Corporation has been awarded an $11.4 million contract to supply image intensification tubes for existing night vision goggles to the United States Special Operations …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Mystery Kandahar aircraft also seen over southern California?
20th May 2009
An unidentified low observable aircraft seen on the ground and in the air at Kandahar, Afghanistan since 2007 may also been seen flying out of …
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Defence Helicopter
Australia preparing for Black Hawk EWSP flight tests
20th May 2009
The Australian Army plans to begin flight testing of one of its Sikorsky S-70A-9 Black Hawk helicopters upgraded with the BAE Systems Australia ALR-2002 radar …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Bental teams with 3W International to create new UAV power pack
19th May 2009
Bental Industries, Israel’s defense industry leading motion and power systems supplier, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Germany's 3W International to integrate Bental's G032 …
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Defence Helicopter
New lease of life for Navy Panthers
18th May 2009
Eurocopter is test flying a mid-life update for the French Navy’s small fleet of Panther shipboard helicopters. The prototype AS565 Panther Mk 2 (aircraft 505) …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Elbit Systems US Subsidiary and General Dynamics Form Joint Venture to Provide Tactical UAVs to US Market
17th May 2009
Elbit Systems has announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America and General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products have formed a new joint venture named …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman's Hunter Reaches 75,000 Flight Hours Operational Milestone
15th May 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the US Army since 1996, recently surpassed 75,000 flight hours in service, 50,000 of …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AAI Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Complete a Successful Simultaneous Flight Demonstration
15th May 2009
AAI Corporation has announced that it has flown three of its small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) simultaneously at the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range. …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-2 Forecast (Japan)
Programme Background The UH-2 is a Japanese militarised version of Bell’s civilian 412EPX, with the two OEMs cooperating on this particular programme. The Acquisition, Technology ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 [Croatia]
Programme Background Contract Award As reported by Shephard in November 2024, Croatia's government approved the purchase of six Bayraktar TB2 drones, a training package in Türkiye, a command-and-control centre, ...
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Trainer
T-6C [Thailand]
Programme Background The contract is for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II advanced military training aircraft, ground-based training systems for pilots and maintenance professionals, a mission ...
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ISR/special mission
ISTAR Aircraft (South Korea)
Programme Background South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration stated that Seoul is planning to procure additional aircraft to minimize potential surveillance gaps amid growing security ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
KUS-FT (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirement The ROKA had identified a need for tactical UAVs that can be employed at the divisional level to carry out ISTAR missions ...
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Loitering munitions
ALTIUS-600M [Taiwan]
Programme Background China's Aggression Taiwan's national defence policy revolves around defending itself from a possible invasion by China. In Early 2025, the Taipei Times elaborated ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKA) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKAF) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE UAV ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Loitering munitions
Long Range One-way Platforms [US]
Solicitation In October 2024, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) released a solicitation for long-range, one-way platforms. The DIU noted recent conflicts highlighted the asymmetric impact of low-cost, ...
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Fighter - multirole
Swiss Air 2030 - Combat Aircraft
Programme Background Switzerland began the latest phase of flight and ground tests on 8 April 2019. In June 2019, Saab announced that the company’s in-development ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Eurodrone (Forecast) [Czechia]
Programme Background Eurodrone Programme For context, the European MALE RPAS, or Eurodrone, is a quad-nation effort from some of Europe's most prominent defence manufacturers to ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Eurodrone (Forecast) [Japan]
Programme Background Japan's Application The Letter of Approval (LOA) for observer status in the programme was presented to the Japanese Ambassador to Germany, Hidenao Yanagi, by Joachim ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Land: COMINT and ELINT systems
GenCOM Defense Ground
GenCOM Defense Ground provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...
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Major networking projects
DCGS
The Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) is the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office plan for the integrated architecture of all ground and surface computing and communications ...
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EO/IR systems
CM262
Manfuaucted by AVT Australia, the CM262 is a ground-based imaging system combining four sensor configurations into a compact and ruggedised system for C-UAS and ISR ...
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Land: air defence radar
KRONOS Power Shield Land
This system is an L-band digital AESA anti-TBM radar. It is the land-based version of the naval KRONOS Power Shield, also known as KRONOS Ground ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
AMRAAM-ER
The AIM-120 AMRAAM-ER is essentially an upgraded version of the AIM-120 AMRAAM tailored for extended range and enhanced performance in ground-based air defense systems like ...
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Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range
Initial Maneuver - SHORAD
Unveiled at AUSA 2019, Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) is a multipurpose platform, based on the Stryker IFV, which moves and maneuvers in ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Type 87
The Type 87 is a 6x6 armoured reconnaissance vehicle developed by the now defunct Defense Division of Komatsu to meet the specific requirements of the ...
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AEW&C
P600 AEW&C
In June 2019, Embraer and IAI/Elta signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing an AEW&C; aircraft based on the business jet Praetor 600, namely the ...
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Land: battle management systems
AMDWS
AMDWS (Air and Missile Defense Work Station), is a collaborative battlespace awareness information management system developed by Northrop Grumman to meet the requirements of the ...
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Parvus DuraCOR 312
The Parvus DuraCOR 312 is an Ultra-Small Form Factor (USFF) modular mission computer unveiled by Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions in November 2016. The DuraCOR 312 is ...
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Long-range Video and Data Downlinks
BMS airborne and ground-based equipment enables long-range, real-time HD video and broadband data links. Products include cockpit control panels, airborne antennas, real-time encoders, compact high-power ...
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Land: battle management systems
FAAD/C-RAM C2
The Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Command and Control (C2) system was developed by Northrop Grumman to provide command and control (C2) for the US Army ...
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Data links
Universal Link System
Developed by Scytalys, the Universal Link System (ULS) is a modular, scalable multi data link processor. It supports all NATO and US standard data links ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
MIM-72 Chaparral
The MIM-72 Chaparral is a short-range, low-altitude, surface-to-air missile produced for the M48 Chaparral fire unit. It was produced as a replacement for the cancelled MIM-46 Mauler ...
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Land: battle management systems
Delta Situational Awareness System
The Delta Situational Awareness System is a cloud-based ISTAR and battle management platform with planning, communication and fire control capabilities according to NATO standards. Developed ...
