• Land Warfare

  Supacat Protected Vehicle (SPV) 400 contender for UK MoD LPPV programme unveiled

  13th April 2010

  The Supacat Protected Vehicle (SPV400) today received its International Media Launch at the Long Valley Test Ground, Aldershot, UK. The SPV400 is the contender from …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  US Army brigade modernization to expand UAS participation

  12th April 2010

  US Army planners are projecting a significant expansion of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capabilities in the upcoming testing of Brigade Combat Team Modernisation capabilities packages. …

• Defence Helicopter

  First live warhead flight for Lockheed Martin's multi-purpose Hellfire II missile

  9th April 2010

  Lockheed Martin's multi-purpose AGM-114R Hellfire II missile scored another success in its second proof-of-principle (POP) flight test, the first armed with a live warhead.  The …

• Land Warfare

  German Army orders 44 DINGO 2 GSI mobile workshop vehicles from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

  6th April 2010

  The German Defence Procurement Agency (BWB) has commissioned Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply 44 all-protected battle damage repair vehicles based on the DINGO 2. The …

• Military Logistics

  TenCate Protective Fabrics receives order from Short Bark for the US Marine Corps flame resistant Inclement Weather Combat Shirt (IWCS)

  1st April 2010

  The US Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded a contract of 180,000 garments over 18 months for the US Marine Corps flame resistant Inclement Weather …

• Defence Helicopter

  Army Chinooks commence summer operations in Afghanistan

  30th March 2010

  Australian Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters have commenced the summer rotation of rotary wing operations in Afghanistan while embedded with the United States 82nd Combat Aviation …

• Land Warfare

  Oshkosh Defense awarded $41 million for M-ATV Protection Kits

  30th March 2010

  Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has received an order valued at more than $41 million from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) …

• Land Warfare

  German Army orders 41 DINGO 2 KMW will deliver before the end of the year

  29th March 2010

  The DINGO 2 has already been successfully tried and tested in numerous international missions, including in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Next to Germany it …

• Land Warfare

  BAE Systems hands over last Viking MK2 to UK Ministry of Defence

  29th March 2010

  The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has taken delivery on time of the last of 24 BvS10 Viking Mk 2 mine-protected vehicles ordered from BAE …

• Defence Notes

  Associations issue statement on global sectoral approach to aviation and climate change

  22nd March 2010

  The heads of a group of airline associations – Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), Association of European Airlines (AEA), …

• Defence Helicopter

  Royal Navy's SAR crew races specialist medical team to premature twins in Stornoway

  17th March 2010

  In an epic nine hour sortie, the duty crew of the Royal Navy’s search and rescue unit at HMS Gannet, Prestwick delivered a four-strong medical …

• Defence Helicopter

  China to focus attention on heavy-lift helicopters

  16th March 2010

  China's Aviation Industry has announced its intention to develop its own heavy-lift helicopter. At a press conference on March 11, Hang Zhang Biao, director of …

• Land Warfare

  Fibrotex supplies advanced multi spectral camouflage and concealment systems to IDF

  16th March 2010

  Fibrotex Technologies, a global industry leader in camouflage, concealment, and deception solutions, and the IDF's (Israel Defense Force) exclusive supply-source choice for decades, announces a …

• Land Warfare

  Pinpoint protection for Afghanistan

  15th March 2010

  Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first series-production vehicle of the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology …

• Defence Helicopter

  HMS Gannet, claims four new UK records in SAR

  15th March 2010

  HMS Gannet, the Royal Navy’s helicopter search and rescue unit in Prestwick, Scotland is bigger and busier than anywhere else in the UK – and …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV [Slovenia - 2nd Batch]

  Programme Background  Slovenia began its procurement of Oshkosh Defence's JLTV 4x4 armoured vehicle in 2018, although a US government FMS contract was not signed until ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  BvS10 [India]

  Programme Background The BvS10 is a tracked APC designed to operate in all terrain environments, especially rough and mountainous regions. A significant proportion of India's ...

• Loitering munitions

  Warmate 3.0 [India]

  Background Capacity Gap While awaiting domestic solutions, the Indian Army has filled a capacity gap by purchasing around 120 Warmate 3.0 units from WB Group. ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  AH-64E Apache [Morocco]

  Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the US State ...

• Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

  CH-47F (Australia)

  Programme Background The government of Australia has requested to buy four CH-47F cargo helicopters with unique modifications: eight T55-GA-714A aircraft turbine engines, five AN/AAR-57 common ...

• Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range

  GEM-T Missiles [Sweden]

  Background A coalition of European countries has signed a $5.6-billion contract to procure 1,000 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM-T) interceptors under the auspices of the NATO Support ...

• Military helicopters - light/training

  AW119Kx [Bosnia and Herzegovina]

  Programme Background  In May 2025, the U.S. State Department approved an FMS to Bosnia and Herzegovina for approximately $100 million including 8 AW119Kx helicopters and a ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  SCATA Mk1 (Batch 1) [Finland]

  Background SCATA developed the SCATA Mk1 to fill the gap between the Finnish army's lighter GTP 4x4s and heavier 6x6s. Providing enhanced protection over the ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  MRZR D4 [Belgium]

  Background In September 2025, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded Polaris a framework agreement to supply vehicles across the alliance. This framework is intended to ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  SCATA Mk1 (Batch 2) [Finland]

  Background SCATA developed the SCATA Mk1 to fill the gap between the Finnish army's lighter GTP 4x4s and heavier 6x6s. Providing enhanced protection over the ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  AH-64E Apache (Follow-On) [Morocco]

  Programme Background Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  CATV (Batch 2) [USA]

  Background The original Beowulf CATV contract between BAE and the US Army was to provide it with a total of 207 vehicles to operate in ...

• Main battle tanks

  VT5 [Bangladesh]

  Programme Background The Bangladesh MoD issued an RfI for a new light tank and a related ARV in September 2017. This will be easier to ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  CATV [Norway]

  Programme Background Seeking to replace its ageing fleet of BV206 tracked all-terrain vehicles, the Norwegian Armed Forces reported in May 2023 it was considering a ...

• APCs/IFVs - tracked

  CATV [USA]

  Background The US Army announced that the BAE Beowulf CATV had won its competition to replace the Small Unit Support Vehicles. Initially, 163 vehicles were required, but in ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Subsystems: visual

  Terrain Tools for ESRI ArcGIS

  MVRsimulation's Terrain Tools for Esri ArcGIS enable users to turn geospatial data into real-time geospecific 3D terrain from within their GIS software. Building on the ArcGIS ...

• Subsystems: visual

  ESP

  Introduced in January 2008, ESP is intended to provide a common, Windows PC-compatible platform on which to build a wide variety of virtual simulations for ...

• Subsystems: visual

  Sindbad 3-EX

  Sindbad 3-EX is a tool aiming at generating geographic terrain databases and 3D models for environment display systems. It is based on COTS tools and ...

• Air: parachute simulators

  Parasim

  Parasim is designed to simulate parachuting from the moment of leaving the aircraft to landing, including free fall before canopy deployment and controlled descent with ...

• Subsystems: software

  Light Box

  Light Box software provides critical, precision test tools to assess the correlation and compatibility of output formats, and automate the validation, quality control and accuracy ...

• Light UGVs

  PIAP Gryf

  The PIAP Gryf is a lightweight UGV designed for reconnaissance, EOD/IED detection, neutralisation and bomb disposal in places that are difficult to access. It was ...

• Subsystems: software

  SE Core

  The US Army’s Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core) common virtual environment management (CVEM) program provides simulations with the ability to fully integrate and interoperate within ...

• Subsystems: software

  Content Creation

  Content creation tools from Presagis include 3D modelling and terrain generation software that enable modellers and developers to build accurate and detailed virtual environments optimised ...

• Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Q4i

  The Q4i is a mini rotary-wing UAV designed for ISR tasks. The UAV and the Ninja, the Q4i's smaller sibling, can be assembled without tools and features an autopilot ...

• Construction vehicles

  10K ATFL

  The Cat 10K and 13K All-Terrain Forklifts (ATFL) utilise the Cat 930K platform to lift and carry loads, and provide rough-terrain capability for work in ...

• Heavy UGVs

  MV-10

  The DOK-ING MV-10 is a large, dedicated mine clearance UGV designed to clear anti-personnel, antitank mines and unexploded ordnance. The platform is usually fitted with ...

• Heavy UGVs

  MW330 Medium MineWolf

  The Medium MineWolf (MW330) was unveiled in 2010 and is designed to combine features from the manned MW370 and the remote-controlled MW240. It can be ...

• Subsystems: software

  CDB

  Equipe’s Continental Databases (CDB) expand the concept of flight simulation visual training environments from current networks of local airport regions to continental-sized areas containing the ...

• Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Ninja

  Designed for security and surveillance applications, the Ninja is a micro rotary-wing UAV manufactured by ideaForge.  The UAV and the Q4i, the Ninja's larger sibling, ...

• Subsystems: software

  OneSAF

  The One Semi-Automated Force (OneSAF) is an open-source, common constructive simulation platform used by the US Army, joint and international communities as well as non-military ...