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Air Warfare
Swarm drones and CCAs take flight in India
14th March 2025
India reaches new milestones as it pushes it unmanned combat and surveillance strategy forward.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy seeks the best combinations of crewed vessels with commercial UAVs and USVs
5th February 2025
The service will conduct Operation Southern Spear to identify the most appropriate manned/unmanned formations for domain awareness and counternarcotics operations.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Defence Insight Briefs: What 2025 holds for the global drone market
16th January 2025
The UAV market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with innovations in technology and battlefield applications driving demand across military sectors. From the battlefields of Ukraine to NATO exercises and beyond, drones are transforming how wars are fought and supported.
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Air Warfare
US Navy’s next-generation sensor for Super Hornets achieves Initial Operating Capability
5th February 2025
The full rate production decision is scheduled for first-half 2025 and this will authorise the US Navy (USN) to fully outfit its carrier-based F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons with InfraRed Search-and-Track (IRST) Block II.
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Air Warfare
Airbus to further work on France’s A321XLR maritime patrol aircraft programme
5th February 2025
The two-year contract on the A321 militarised maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) will look to risk-assess the programme ahead of its development phase in 2026.
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Air Warfare
US Air Force needs to “rebuild to win”, says deputy chief of staff of operations
21st March 2025
Aging aircraft, fewer platforms and a lack of replacements for retired systems has impacted the US Air Force’s lethality and training capabilities, according to the force’s deputy chief of staff for operations.
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Land Warfare
L3Harris awarded $263 million contract for night vision goggles
31st January 2025
The order for Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B) is the second order under the full-scale production Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) programme, following a similar award last year.
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Air Warfare
IDEX 2025: Bombardier Defense eyes demand uptick with Challenger and Global platforms
17th February 2025
The Canadian jet manufacturer is anticipating a opening date for its new UAE service facility in the near future as well as getting ready to welcome its Global 8000 jet into service by the end of the year.
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Land Warfare
Thales adds DigitalCrew to panoramic gimbal for new generation tracking and identification
30th January 2025
Thales Panoramic Above Armour Gimbal (PAAG) is in service as a mast mounted system on German Boxer Joint Fire Support Teams (Heavy) armoured vehicles. DigitalCrew has been designed to take full advantage of PAAG’s six sensors.
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Naval Warfare
Why USNORTHCOM would struggle to defeat China in the Arctic
6th March 2025
Not having enough naval and C4ISR capabilities to patrol and monitor the region would the US at risk in a conflict with China in the Arctic region.
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Air Warfare
Embraer to expand C-390 platform for ISR missions
5th December 2024
The Brazilian manufacturer will work with the Brazilian Air Force to explore expanding the capabilities of the C-390 Millennium.
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Land Warfare
US Marines to receive first GDLS Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 30mm in October
28th February 2025
The platform is currently being built and will undergo testing by the company before delivery.
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Land Warfare
US Army LTAMDS is close to entering production
13th February 2025
Raytheon expects the programme to achieve milestone C in Q2 this year.
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Air Warfare
FLIR Defense to provide 125 electro-optic sensors to US Coast Guard
13th January 2025
The systems will be installed on US Coast Guard (USCG) MH-60 and MH-65 helicopters.
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Naval Warfare
Spanish F-110 frigate’s new SPY-7 radar achieves successful track, keeping launch on schedule
16th January 2025
The SPY-7 radar will undergo testing and calibration down to its component level before it is handed over to the Spanish Navy.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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ISR/special mission
MC-27J [Algeria]
Programme Background Algeria has a long standing ISR aircraft requirement to support its Beech 1900 fleet comprised of six aircraft. The new ISR fleet is ...
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ISR/special mission
C-208B ISR [Tunisia]
Programme Background Requirement The acquisition of the C-208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft is part of Tunisia’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its ISR capabilities in response ...
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ISR/special mission
King Air 350ER ISR [Kuwait]
Programme Background In February 2018, the US State Department has approved an estimated $259m potential foreign military sale of King Air 350ER intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ...
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Military UAS - mini
U&C reconnaissance drones [US Army]
Methodology PGO The programme has been assigned a PGO of 100%, as a contract has been awarded. Unit cost It has not been clarified what ...
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Military UAS - small
Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]
Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...
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Military UAS - HALE
Long-Endurance UAV [US AFRICOM]
Programme Background Ageing MQ-9A Reapers In November 2022, Shephard reported that GA-ASI would continue supporting contractor SMX with its MQ-9A after winning a $2.3 billion task ...
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Military UAS - small
Black Hornet 3 PRS (UK)
Programme Background The British Army operated approximately 160 first-generation Black Hornet PD-100 nano UAS between 2013 and 2017, when the decision was made to retire ...
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ISR/special mission
Shadow R1 [UK]
Background The RAF is moving forward with an ambitious plan to transform its intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) force to enable greater interoperability ...
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ISR/special mission
Baekdu-II [South Korea]
Programme Background This ISR aircraft programme, which first appeared on the 2020-24 Mid-Term Defense Acquisition Plan, comprises four Baekdu-II aircraft. These will add to two ...
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Military UAS - mini
ISR Drones (First Batch) (Ukraine Aid) [Netherlands]
Programme Background First Batch On 20 March 2024, Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defence of the Netherlands, announced that, following a 19 March Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, ...
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Military UAS - mini
Drone Action Plan (Ukraine Aid) [Netherlands]
Programme Background APOS On 6 October 2024, the Dutch Minister of Defense, Ruben Brekelmans, visited Kharkiv and Kyiv. During his visit to Ukraine, he announced a new ...
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ISR/special mission
King Air 350ER -Canada
Background Canadian Special Forces was looking to procure ISR aircraft to support their missions both overseas and domestically. There were few Canadian suppliers to sell the ...
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Maritime patrol
P-8A add-on [Canada]
Programme Background Canadian Air Force is operating 15 C-3P (Canadian designation CP-140) special mission aircraft in service. They were acquired between 1980-91 and expected to ...
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Military UAS - small
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services [USN]
Background ISR services In April 2026, several companies announced that the USN had selected them to provide Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) ...
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Light attack, Trainer
A-29 Super Tucano Afghanistan
Media reports suggest that with the hourly cost of $1000, the A-29 is a successful platform for counter-insurgency missions. Its operational capability from unprepared airstrips, ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - tactical
Zeus
The Zeus is an Argentine tactical-class UAV from Aerotec, in partnership with its Polish technology partner, Ekolot Aerospace & Defense (EAD). The aircraft is modular and ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Silent Falcon
The Silent Falcon is a solar-electric sUAS with long-endurance capabilities for extended-range missions. The UAS can be used for commercial and military applications. The entire ...
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Military UAS - small
Jackal
The Jackal is a small UAV manufactured by FLY BVLOS, Flyby Technology and Maxwell Innovations. The system features a plug-and-play system, meaning new equipment and technologies can be ...
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Military UAS - mini
Delta
The Delta is a UAV with a VTOL capability before rotating and operating as a conventional fixed-wing aircraft when airborne. Manufactured by Fly BVLOS, Nigeria was expected ...
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Military UAS - mini
Indago
Indago is a small quadrotor UAV with VTOL. It is equipped with a large-screen handset and is marketed as 'whisper-quiet' with a noise level of ...
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Military UAS - mini
Canary
Volatus Aerospace has stated that its civilian Canary rotary-wing cargo-carrying UAV can be adapted for military use in last-mile resupply operations. Payloads are housed internally ...
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Military UAS - tactical
ENVOY
The ENVOY is a multi-mission rotary-wing UAV with a tandem-rotor design and a payload carrying capacity of 180kg. General Dynamics renamed the system ENVOY in mid-2025. ...
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Air: UAS radar
EchoFlight
The Echoflight radar by Echodyne is a Lightweight Metamaterials ESA (MESA®), a Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) 4D radar designed for mid-sized UAVs flying below the visual line of sight (BVLOS) ...
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UAS: communication systems
muLTElink
Produced by uAvionix, the muLTElink is a multiple-link airborne radio system designed for uncrewed platforms in particular. It combines C-Band, LTE, ISM and Viasat L-Band communications, ...
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Air: mission management systems
Ageon ISR
Ageon ISR is a multi-INT C2/PED solution supporting cross-domain collection, ingestion, processing, exploitation and dissemination from tactical units to the global enterprise and cloud. Ageon ...
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Land: battle management systems
AIMS-ISR
AIMS-ISR is a software package used to process the video footage and data gathered from the cameras and other sensors fitted to airborne, ground-based and ...
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Military UAS - mini
DrN-15 (series)
The DrN-15 is a hexacopter mini-UAV from ST Engineering. The platform is highly customizable and can carry various payloads depending on a user's requirements. All DrN ...
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Military UAS - small
Nauru 500C
The Nauru 500C ISR is a VTOL-capable small fixed-wing UAV from Xmobots. Designed for ISR missions, the UAV features XSIS-EO and XSIS-EOLWIR stabilised sensors. The UAV features ...
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Military UAS - small
Outlaw SeaHunter
Outlaw UAVs are used by military and research agencies for training, testing, data collection and system development. In the 114-137kg maximum take-off weight class, SeaHunter ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Viper 1000C
The Viper 1000C is a fixed-wing MALE UAS. Designed to carry EO/IR sensors over vast distances, it can be employed in a wide variety of ...