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Land Warfare
Modern militaries crawl towards electrification of the battlefield
12th March 2025
Full electrification of their land and air vehicles may be beyond modern militaries for now. But how close are they to the tipping point of the widespread use of electric vehicles?
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Jammer resistant drone designs spark search for countermeasures
6th March 2025
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has driven another stage of evolution for drones and the counter measures to defend against them.
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Land Warfare
British Army and UK Royal Navy new counter-drone soft-kill systems near fielding
13th January 2025
Ongoing military operations in Europe and the Middle East have accelerated the development of a variety of systems to defeat uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
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Land Warfare
UK and US militaries advance mobile directed energy weapon systems
4th February 2025
Recent tests have demonstrated how the UK and US armed forces have been scaling DEWs for mobile field-based operations.
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Defence Notes
Ukraine leads the way on battlefield use of directed energy weapons
18th February 2025
Increased drone use in Ukraine and in Middle Eastern conflicts has created a strong impetus to develop laser and radio-frequency firepower as exploration of direct-energy technology intensifies.
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Air Warfare
UK Royal Navy Wildcat fires Sea Venom anti-ship missile
9th October 2024
The Wildcat is fitted with .50cal gun and carries Stingray torpedoes and Marlet lightweight missiles. Sea Venom substantially boosts the platform’s punch.
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Land Warfare
Next-generation colour micro-LED for soldiers on the horizon
6th November 2024
US company Kopin supplies displays for a range of systems and companies and is working on a range of light-emitting diode (LED) displays.
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Training
QinetiQ wins 10-year aerial training contract with German armed forces
1st August 2024
The deal will be worth €284 million across the course of a decade of training provision.
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Training
British Army Strategic Training Partner bidders drop from seven to four
7th November 2024
Three of the bidding consortia have dropped out of the competition to become STP for the British Army Collective Training Service.
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Naval Warfare
Anti-drone directed energy weapons continue to evolve at sea
7th November 2024
Defence companies have been accelerating the roll out of directed energy weapon systems to counter the growing importance of drones in modern maritime warfare.
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Land Warfare
The UK’s directed energy counter-unmanned weapon could see service in 2026
23rd September 2024
The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW), a joint effort by the UK’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), has been designed to detect, track and engage a range of threats across land, air and sea.
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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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Air Warfare
QinetiQ to build silent hangar for UK to test GPS jamming resilience
22nd August 2024
The hangar will allow for rigorous testing of technologies on modern defence assets, without allowing jamming signals to escape into the wild.
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Digital Battlespace
How to build navigational resilience for your military in a hackable world
17th September 2024
If the position or navigation information of your defence assets are compromised, they are as good as useless.
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Training
Thales and German armed forces sign mobile threat simulator enhancement contract
2nd August 2024
The three-year deal will continue work that has been ongoing for 15 years in Koblenz.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Project Vampire [UK]
Programme Background Prior RN Tests Project Vampire began in 2021, before the January 2022 Phase 1 tender announcement. In September 2021, as part of Vampire, a Banshee ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Autonomous Collaboration Platform (ACP) (Project Vanquish) [UK]
Background Autonomous Collaboration Platform (ACP) Strategy Reflecting on lessons learned from the cancellation of the Mosquito programme, the Royal Air Force (RAF) redefined the role ...
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Main battle tanks
Future Ground Combat System MBT (UK)
Programme Background The UK MoD is understood to be in the process of determining the capabilities of a notional next-generation armoured vehicle fleet that could ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 (ASW) [Canada]
Programme Background Contract Award At Euronaval 2022, Shephard reported that UMS Skeldar and Ultra had been awarded a Phase 2 contract on 19 October to provide ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Project Land 2097 Phase 4 [Australia]
Programme Background According to the RfI, under Project Land 2097 Phase 4, the selected helicopter must comprise a commercial or military off-the-shelf solution that is ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Project Tiquila [UK]
Programme Background Tender Notice On 18 September 2020, the MoD Combat Air Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Team published a tender notice for a system integrator ...
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Fighter - multirole
Global Combat Air Programme [UK]
Programme Background The next-generation platform concept is part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, which sought to deliver a Future Combat Air System ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [USA]
Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...
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Submarines nuclear, ballistic missile
Dreadnought Class (Successor Programme) (1-4) [UK]
Programme Background Requirements The Dreadnought-class, prior to being named in October 2016, was known as the Successor programme, which was approved by the government in May ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle [USA]
Programme Background Requirement The OMFV programme is the latest of several attempts to develop a Bradley replacement. Designed to be capable of operating with or without ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Jackdaw
At DSEI 2023, QinetiQ unveiled the Jackdaw, a low-cost, high-performance, attritable fixed-wing UAV. QinetiQ has stated it is designed for swarming and collaborative autonomous operations, including crewed-uncrewed teaming. The ...
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Air: aerial targets
Delta B15
The Delta B15 is a target drone developed by QinetiQ Germany and Rheinmetall. QinetiQ Germany showcased the drone in 2024, as part of the initial phase of ...
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Light UGVs
SPUR
The Squad Packable Utility Robot (SPUR) is QinitiQ's newest tactical land UGV. Designed to be backpackable, the drone can be deployed rapidly from its stowed state. It ...
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Air: aerial targets
Mosquito UHV-T
The Mosquito UHV-T, manufactured by QinetiQ, is a cost-effective unmanned helicopter target designed primarily for military training exercises. It is powered by a two-cylinder, two-stroke 60hp engine. ...
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Air: aerial targets
Vindicator II UAV-T
QinietQ, the manufacturer of the Vindicator II UAV-T, describe it as a cost-effective, recoverable, remotely piloted, basic training target. It is designed to simulate the threat ...
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Sea: weapon training, Military - USVs
Sprite
The Sprite is a USV developed by QinetiQ and designed for live-fire training exercises.
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Air: aerial targets, Military UAS - fixed-wing
Banshee Jet 80+
Released in 2018, the Banshee Jet 80+, also known as the MQM-185B, is an autonomous aerial target manufactured by QinetiQ Target Systems. The Banshee target can simulate an ...
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Air: aerial targets
Banshee Jet 40 / Jet 40+
The Banshee Jet 40 and Jet 40+ are aerial target drones developed by QinetiQ. Part of the Banshee series, transonic systems that travel at or faster ...
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Air: aerial targets, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Banshee NG
The Banshee Next Generation (NG) is an aerial target manufactured by QinetiQ. It offers interoperability with other Banshee series equipment, and a twin-gas turbine engine powers it, ...
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Air: mission management systems
MissionGrid
Hensoldt MissionGrid is a mission system that integrates radar and electro-optic sensors using a mission computer, mission management software and data links. The system is ...
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Air: aerial targets
Banshee Jet 80
Manufactured by QinetiQ Target Systems, the Banshee Jet 80 is an autonomous aerial target developed from previous versions. It features a twin 40kg thrust gas turbine engine ...
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Sea: weapon training, Military - USVs
Hammerhead USV-T
Hammerhead USV-T is an expendable uncrewed surface vessel target designed for simulating a multi-vehicle swarm threat. It is developed by QinetiQ Target Systems.
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Uncrewed aerial systems engines
WAE-342
The WAE-342 is a twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine developed by QinetiQ Target Systems (formerly Meggitt Target Systems) for integration on unmanned systems.
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Light UGVs
Dragon Runner
The Dragon Runner UGV, manufactured by QinitiQ, has two versions: the Dragon Runner 10 (DR10) and the slightly larger Dragon Runner 20 (DR20). All Dragon ...
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Air: aerial targets
Banshee Whirlwind
Originally made by Meggitt Target Systems, a company QinetiQ acquired in 2016, the Banshee is an aerial target and the first drone in the Banshee series. ...
