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Uncrewed Vehicles
Specialist solutions: the growing importance of niche UAS in defence
31st July 2024
DARPA and Northrop Grumman outline plans for the XRQ-73 uncrewed aerial system with hybrid-electric power, which will join the growing ranks of highly specialist UAV designs.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Cubic joins DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution programme for AI air combat
29th July 2024
The company has added its SLATE technology to the manoeuvring routine of the X-62A modified F-16 aircraft.
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Digital Battlespace
US Space Force bets big on the use of AI to improve its capabilities
18th July 2024
The service has been conducting several acquisition and upgrading efforts involving artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve communication, data analysis and ISR systems.
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Naval Warfare
Naval artificial intelligence demonstrated in new applications in Paris
9th July 2024
The prevalence of AI-enabled solutions from startups and major defence company at this year’s Eurosatory highlighted both the potential benefits and trust-related challenges associated with its adoption.
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Digital Battlespace
BAE Systems contracted to advance Insight AI system
7th August 2024
Insight, an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) exploitation and resource management system, was designed to fill gaps in military intelligence analysis capability.
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard eyes uncrewed and emerging tech to improve its effectiveness
29th October 2024
The service released its first Operational Posture Statement focusing on deploying cutting-edge capabilities.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AeroVironment to display eVTOL P550 at AUSA 2024
4th October 2024
AeroVironment’s portfolio will grow thanks to the eVTOL P550 aimed at battalion-level tactical forces.
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Training
Training Together: Unlocking Educational Excellence through Military and Industry Collaboration (Studio)
14th October 2024
Military training is ultimately about people. At Capita, training programmes are built on close engagement with partners, delivering an educational approach that can adapt to individual needs, cultivate leadership – and drive wider cultural change.
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Air Warfare
MBDA shows Orchestrike swarming missile system progress at Farnborough
22nd July 2024
MBDA demonstrated Orchestrike, a collaborative combat solution designed to help overcome complex air defence challenges, at Paris Air Show in 2023 and is showing the progress made since then at Farnborough International Airshow.
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Land Warfare
Textron to make improvements to Ripsaw M5 and M3 UGVs
22nd October 2024
The company has been partnering with several suppliers to enhance the autonomy of its platforms.
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Training
How the US Air Force plans to use artificial intelligence to train pilots
26th June 2024
AI can accelerate instruction for flying officer and improve their training in several ways.
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Air Warfare
New vision-based navigation integration offers protection to UAS
12th September 2024
ESEN has integrated its vision-based navigation system into ArduPilot providing an alternative PNT source for UAS.
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Land Warfare
Seeing the Unseen – The Indispensable Role of Infrared Detection in Modern Defense Technology
30th September 2024
Infrared detection has emerged as a cornerstone of defense systems, providing essential capabilities in surveillance, target acquisition, and threat detection.
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Digital Battlespace
MBDA enhances the Akeron family of missiles with AI-based solution
24th June 2024
Ground Warden AI technology will offer further support and coordination assistance for combat missile systems, while enhancing decision-making on the battlefield.
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Air Warfare
Shield AI to provide V-BAT UAS to US Coast Guard
3rd July 2024
The V-BAT series aircraft is a single-engine ducted fan platform that can launch and recover from a hover and fly on wing in horizontal flight. It can operate as a flexible platform capable of performing Group 2 to Group 5 UAS missions and beyond.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]
Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a “leap-ahead” in long-endurance, VTOL-capable ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot [USA]
Programme Background Requirement According to DARPA, the objective of the LongShot programme is "to disrupt the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned ...
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Fighter - multirole
Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement Originally conceived as a replacement for the F-22, the PCA was designed to counter various air threats, including integrated air defence systems ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
V-Bat [Netherlands]
Background Contract Award On 9 July 2025, Shield AI announced that the Netherlands MoD had acquired eight V-Bat, specifically the V-Bat 400, aircraft to enhance the maritime intelligence, surveillance ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
V-Bat 128 (Brazil)
Programme Background On 7 February 2022, Sheild AI announced on its website that it had signed a contract with VSK Tactical which included the 'purchase of [the] V-Bat ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Group Unmanned Isr DronE (GUIDE) [Netherlands]
Background Competition On 14 March 2025, the Netherlands announced on the EU tendering website a competition sounding the future procurement of 514 UAVs for intelligence, surveillance, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
V-Bat [India]
Programme Background Make In India The 'Make In India' is an initiative by the Indian government to grow the domestic manufacturing industry. In the context of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Skyborg [USA]
Programme Background Programme Intention Skyborg is one of three USAF Vanguard programs outlined in the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative. The program intends ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Air Launched Effect (ALE) [South Korea]
Programme Background KF-21 Boramae Crewed Fighter The Republic of Korea's Air Force (ROKAF) plans to acquire the KF-21 Boramae fighter, replacing F-4E Phantom II and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KF-21 Loyal Wingman [South Korea]
Background KF-21 Boramae Crewed Fighter The Republic of Korea’s Air Force (ROKAF) plans to acquire the KF-21 Boramae fighter, replacing F-4E Phantom II and F-5E/F fighters in the ROKAF. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
V-Bat 128 [Colombia]
Programme Background Procurement In August 2024, The Rio Times reported that the Columbian Navy had begun to equip its four Type FS 1500 frigates with the V-Bat ...
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OPVs
Next Generation OPVs (NGOPVs) Procurement [India]
Programme Background Timeline On 20 December 2023, the Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Mazagon Dockyard Shipbuilders (MDL) to construct six Next Generation Offshore ...
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Fighter - multirole
Sixth-Generation Aircraft [South Korea]
Programme Background Hanwha industries has confirmed that a new engine is under development to replace the American manufactured F-414 engine; according to reports, the new ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) [Japan]
Background Drone Appetite Released in December 2022, the Defence Building Program (DBP) tasked the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) with replacing some human assets with uncrewed ones ...
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Loitering munitions
Hunter Family [UAE]
Programme Background IDEX Contract Announcement On 21 February 2023, EDGE announced that its subsidiary, HALCON, had been awarded an AED 1.1 billion ($272.29 million) contract to supply ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military - UUVs
Manta Ray
Manta Ray is an uncrewed underwater vessel (UUV) developed by Northrop Grumman.
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
LongShot
The LongShot is a developmental air-launched platform intended to increase the survivability of friendly crewed aircraft. In February 2021, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
XRQ-73
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled the flying design of the XRQ-73 in June 2024. The aircraft has been developed under the Series ...
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Sea: procedural training
2 Sigma Digital Tutor
A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...
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Military - USVs
NOMARS
The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) is a US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a first-of-its-kind large uncrewed surface vessel.
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Major networking projects
CHAIN
The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
XV-24A LightningStrike
The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Shrike
The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR. Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...
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Data links
QNT
The QUINT Networking Technology (QNT) programme is intended to develop robust, affordable, miniature networked data link technologies suitable for use on weapons and by tactical ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar, Air: UAS radar
AN/ZPY-5 VADER
The Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) is an airborne radar system manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It is designed to track vehicles and foot traffic ...
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Data links
TTNT
The Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) programme is intended to develop, evaluate and demonstrate reconfigurable, affordable, robust, interoperable and evolvable communications technologies to support emerging ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
X-61A Gremlin
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is developing the X-61A Gremlin. This low-cost swarming drone can be outfitted with different payloads, launched by a mothership, recovered ...
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Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems
TKN-AI
TKN-AI is a commander’s periscope intended for guiding a vehicle, and battlefield observation and target acquisition by day and night. It is compatible with T-62, ...
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Fixed wing aircraft engines
AI-20M
The Ivchenko AI-20 is a Soviet turboprop engine developed in the 1950s. Although the engines were originally designed for civil cargo aircraft servicing medium- and ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance radar
FORESTER
The Foliage Penetration (FOPEN) Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER) is an airborne radar system that provides stand-off, persistent, wide-area surveillance for situational awareness ...