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Defence Helicopter
Hunting the hunters: HMCS Winnipeg continues to disrupt piracy
4th June 2009
The approaching monsoon season, with its promise of high winds and rolling seas, has yet to discourage pirates from attacking merchant ships, or HMCS Winnipeg …
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Defence Helicopter
Lynx Mk9s receive enhanced protection package from Vector Aerospace
3rd June 2009
The Lynx Business Unit at Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services Fleetlands in Gosport has recently completed an important modification upgrade across the UK MoD's entire fleet …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Australia confirms Shadow 200B preferred for JP129
3rd June 2009
Australia’s Department of Defence has confirmed it is evaluating a non competitive acquisition of the AAI Shadow 200B as its preferred solution for its Joint …
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Defence Helicopter
Senior Taliban leader killed in British Apache strike
3rd June 2009
One of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Helmand, believed to be behind suicide attacks that have killed British and Afghan troops, was killed during …
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Defence Helicopter
GE awarded NAVAIR engine overhaul contract
2nd June 2009
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded GE Aviation a contract to overhaul up to 757 T700-401/401C engines, cold section modules and power turbine modules …
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Defence Helicopter
FLIR Systems experiencing high demand for airborne imaging systems around the world
2nd June 2009
FLIR Systems announced today that it is experiencing a strong demand around the world for the company's Star SAFIRE and Talon classes of stabilised, multi-sensor …
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Defence Helicopter
Caracal carries out first maritime rescue mission
2nd June 2009
A French Air Force EC725 Caracal carried out its first maritime rescue mission on May 29. The aircraft was called out to the 77 metre-long …
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Defence Helicopter
Navy terminates contract for VH-71 Presidential helicopter
2nd June 2009
The United States Navy has announced that it will terminate the VH-71 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program contract. The announcement follows a Department of …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Bental's Microbat debuts in Paris as an integrated system on Innocon's Micro Falcon UAV Platforms
2nd June 2009
Bental Industries, Israel’s defence industry leading electric motion and power systems supplier and its source for micro and mini UAV stabilised payload systems, will integrate …
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Defence Helicopter
ATK and Elbit Systems Conduct Successful Flight Test of GATR from Helicopter
1st June 2009
Elbit Systems and Alliant Techsystems announced today that they have successfully conducted flight tests of the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR). In a recent demonstration, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Australia confirms A$22.015 million Talon buy
1st June 2009
Australia has placed a major order for supply of the Foster-Miller Talon unmanned ground vehicles with deliveries due to be completed by 30 April 2010. …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
EADS Defence & Security welcomes customers' approval of Advanced UAV Risk Reduction Study
29th May 2009
The concluding review meeting of representatives from the customer nations France, Germany and Spain and EADS Defence & Security (DS) has officially marked the end …
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Defence Helicopter
Reducing Wiring Complexity: GE Aviation supports the adoption of WiTNESSS with its wireless sensor technology
29th May 2009
GE Aviation is to develop wireless data gathering and transmission technology for aircraft applications in support of the WiTNESSS (WIreless Technologies for Novel Enhancement of …
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Defence Helicopter
AgustaWestland Opens New Dedicated T129 Facility
28th May 2009
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the opening of its new T129 facility in Cascina Costa, Italy. The official opening ceremony was attended …
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Defence Helicopter
Apache Longbows for Egypt
28th May 2009
On May 22, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of 12 AH-64D Block …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Light tanks
Light Tank Programme (Tracked) [Philippines]
Programme Background The decision to split the programme into a wheeled and a tracked element follows the belief of the Philippine Army that this will ...
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Fighter - multirole
Combat Fighter Jet [Ireland]
Background In February 2025, the Irish Minister for Defence and Tánaiste Simon Harris highlighted Irelands need to procure a new combat fighter jet to combat airborne ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - mini
Polish Drones (Ukraine Aid) [Sweden]
Background Swedish Support Package On 31 March 2025, the Swedish Government presented its 19th and largest military support package to Ukraine to date, valued at almost SEK ...
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Loitering munitions
IRIFI [Morocco]
Methodology PGO and programme status Defence Insight has assigned this programme a PGO of 95%, since the bid has been selected. Units required Since no ...
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Loitering munitions
Sivrisinek (YIHA-III) [Azerbaijan]
Background Development Two YIHA-III drones were seen during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s inspection of drones in July 2024, prompting some publications to suspect that Azerbaijan ...
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Hybrid effector systems
Skyranger 30 [Germany]
Background The SPD-led approach Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany has been under consistent pressure to increase its defence spending. In the immediate ...
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Long Range Missile Defence Systems: > 90km range
Long Range Air Defence [Brazil]
Background Brazil is in the process of expanding its medium-range air defence capabilities and is known to be interested in acquiring a long-range air defence ...
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Loitering munitions
K-LUCAS [South Korea]
Background Shahed influence Both the 2026 Iran War and the Russia-Ukraine War have demonstrated the effectiveness of deep-strike capabilities, such as the Shahed-136. As reported ...
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Man-portable missile systems
RBS 70 NG [Czech Republic]
Background The Czech Republic is acquiring the vehicle-mounted RBS 70 NG systems to increase the mobility and protection of its ground-based air-defence units. The systems ...
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Military UAS - mini
Bayraktar Mini replacement [Qatar]
Methodology PGO and programme status There has been no indication from Qatar that it seeks to replace its Bayraktar Mini UAV fleet; instead, this programme ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Naval UAV [Chile]
Background Unsuccessful evaluations In the early 2010s, the Chilean Navy reportedly tested the ScanEagle. However, the force’s requirements appeared to change, due to the organisation’s ...
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Man-portable missile systems
Mistral SHORAD [Croatia]
Background Croatia announced the procurement of the Mistral for the Croatian Armed Forces. The procurement followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the crash of a Tu-141 ...
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Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range
Medium Range Air Defence [Portugal]
Background Portugal's Military Programming Law 2023-2034 includes a requirement for medium-range air defence. In order to facilitate this, Portugal has joined the European Sky Shield Initiative ...
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Military UAS - small
Small UAV [Peru]
Background UAV FAP UAV FAP is a family of Peruvian UAVs that have been developed by the Peruvian Air Force and the Centre for Research ...
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Loitering munitions
Jaser [Saudi Arabia]
Methodology PGO and programme status Serb Advanced Industries confirmed in 2026 that the Jeser loitering munition was being produced for the Saudi Armed Forces, with multiple ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Anoa
Pindad designed the 6x6 Anoa APC to meet the requirements of the Indonesian Army. Since the vehicle was publicly unveiled in November 2008, close to ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Antasena
Antasena is an X-18 tank boat developed as a joint collaboration between CMI Defence and PT Lundin. The fast craft has been designed to support ...
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Wheeled assault guns
Badak
A prototype of the 90mm-armed 6x6 Badak (Indonesian for rhinoceros) direct fire support vehicle was unveiled at IndoDefence in November 2014 by Pindad and partner ...
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Core systems: cameras and IR detectors, EO/IR systems
NightConqueror CMI
The NightConqueror Compact Modular Imager (CMI) is the main component of a variety of thermal imaging systems. It is used in stabilised imaging turrets for ...
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Light tanks
Tulpar Light Tank
Otokar unveiled its tracked Tulpar Light Tank, which mounts CMI's Cockerill 3105 turret on Otokar's Tulpar IFV chassis, at the June 2018 Eurosatory exhibition. The ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
BTR-3
Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau produced the first 8x8 BTR-3-series amphibious APC in 2001. The series includes the BTR-3U, the BTR-3U Guardian (variant for ...
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Land: manned turrets
Cockerill CPWS 25-30
The remotely-operated Cockerill Protected Weapon Station (CPWS) can be armed with 25 mm or 30 mm guns from various manufacturers and can be integrated on 4x4, ...
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Wheeled assault guns
ERC 90 NG
The ERC 90 Sagaie 6x6 armoured vehicles were acquired by the French Army to provide a well-armed vehicle for its rapid reaction armoured units. Capitalising ...
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Frigates
Drazki Class
The Bulgarian Navy's three Drazki-class frigates began life as four Wielingen-class (Type E-71) frigates with the Belgian Navy. The ships underwent a major refurbishment and ...
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Light tanks
K21-105 Light Tank
At IDEX 2013, Doosan and John Cockerill Defense presented the K21-105 Light Tank concept which integrates the Cockerill 105mm-armed XC-8 turret on the Doosan K21 ...
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Major networking projects
Missile Defence
In 2010, NATO rolled out an initial capability to protect alliance forces against missile threats and is now examining options for protecting territory and populations. ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Commando Select
The Commando Select 4x4 APC, built on knowledge gained from the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle’s ten years of combat theatre use by the US Army, ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6, MPVs - 4x4
Jais MRAP
The Jais 4x4 and 6x6 are Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles from the UAE's NIMR. Formally known as both the RG35 and N35, the Jais ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Anders Multirole Combat Platform
The tracked WPB Anders multirole combat platform was designed to replace the BMP-1 IFV and other vehicles in Polish Army service. The Anders family is ...
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Land: RWS
CPWS
Building on the success of the Cockerill Protected Weapon Station (CPWS) 25-30, John Cockerill Defense introduced a new version of the CPWS at the June 2018 ...
