• Defence Helicopter

  New BAE Systems’ Gen3 CMWS orders from US Army

  23rd July 2014

  BAE Systems has been awarded $40 million worth of contracts by the US Army for its third-generation (Gen3) Common Missile Warning System (CMWS). The orders …

• Defence Helicopter

  Farnborough: Interest grows in APKWS

  17th July 2014

  BAE Systems plans to expand its APKWS market into the US Army and US Navy rotary and fixed wing fleets as well as overseas to …

• Digital Battlespace

  Farnborough: Selex ES advances BriteCloud decoy

  17th July 2014

  Selex ES has announced imminent field trials of its BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) technology at the Farnborough International Airshow this week. Flight tests of …

• Land Warfare

  ADAS: Saab looks to fill Philippine air defence requirements

  17th July 2014

  As part of its presence at ADAS 2014, Saab is showing the capabilities of its RBS 70 air defence system, which it hopes will suit …

• Defence Helicopter

  Farnborough: AgustaWestland awarded FASGW integration contract

  16th July 2014

  The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £90 million contract to AgustaWestland to integrate the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW) onto the Royal …

• Defence Notes

  Farnborough: Tornado will go out in style

  16th July 2014

  UK RAF Tornado aircraft will receive further upgrade packages to provide additional capabilities up until their scheduled retirement in 2019, it has been confirmed. Speaking …

• Naval Warfare

  SeaGriffin demonstrates dual-mode seeker abilities

  15th July 2014

  The Raytheon SeaGriffin missile has completed a guided flight test to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system’s semi-active laser guidance system, and the missile's ability …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Farnborough: Thales launches Free-Fall LMM

  14th July 2014

  Thales ADW has used the Farnborough International Airshow to unveil its Free-Fall Lightweight Multi-role Missile (FFLMM), designed for lightweight platforms and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). …

• Digital Battlespace

  Farnborough: Boeing to present NGA with immersion analysis solution

  13th July 2014

  Boeing will present a white paper this month to the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) outlining proposals to develop ‘immersive analytics’ for the processing and …

• Naval Warfare

  Double success for MBDA’s Sea Ceptor system

  7th July 2014

  Two guided firings of the Sea Ceptor air defence system have been successfully carried out by MBDA, demonstrating the functionality of the system’s Command and …

• Defence Helicopter

  Helicopter losses mount in Ukraine conflict

  1st July 2014

  The bloody internal conflict in Ukraine has seen the downfall of a military force that has failed to modernise its hardware in the previous decade …

• Land Warfare

  DVD2014: WCSP moves ahead as ABSV waits

  27th June 2014

  The UK’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) is expected to complete its critical design review (CDR) in Q2 2015, whist the Armoured Battlefield Support Vehicle …

• Defence Helicopter

  Echo Apaches performing beyond expectations

  25th June 2014

  US Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters deployed to Afghanistan have been described as more lethal than their ‘D’ model predecessor, according to senior figures in …

• Military Logistics

  Eurosatory : Dirks dévoile mur anti-blast

  20th June 2014

  Le mur Langener Wall (LaWa) de Dirks Defence and Security Company a été mis en représentation pour la première fois à Eurosatory. « Le LaWa …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory: Streit introduces Warrior and Varan LAVs

  20th June 2014

  Streit Group has used Eurosatory to unveil two new light armoured vehicles (LAV), dubbed the Warrior and Varan. According to the company, the 14-seater Warrior …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  Naval: Combat Management Systems | Joint Strike Ship [South Korea]

  South Korea is reportedly seeking to acquire up to three Joint Strike Ships as part of its "Three Axis System". The Joint Strike Ship (JSS) is ...

• Naval: shipboard communication systems

  Naval: shipboard communication systems | Joint Strike Ship [South Korea]

  South Korea is reportedly seeking to acquire up to three Joint Strike Ships as part of its "Three Axis System". The Joint Strike Ship (JSS) is ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Bayraktar TB2 (Contracted) [UAE]

  Programme Background UAE and Turkish relations Historically, the two nations were not aligned with one another. However, this situation has quickly turned around, with Emeriti's ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Bayraktar TB2 (Selected) [UAE]

  Programme Background UAE and Turkish relations Historically, the two nations were not aligned with one another. However, this situation has quickly turned around, with Emeriti's ...

• Loitering munitions

  Turkish Loitering Munitions [Albania]

  Programme Background "Considerable" Speaking on 10 October 2024, Albania's  Prime Minister Edi Rama stated that Türkiye would provide Albania with a "considerable" number of loitering munitions. A government ...

• Light attack, Trainer

  Hürkuş-C Advanced Armed Trainer (Turkey)

  The Hurjet-C development programme funding was included in the Hurkus-B procurement contract awarded by  the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in December 2013.  The Hurjet will ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Bayraktar TB2 [Kuwait]

  Programme Background Contract Award On 18 January 2023, Baykar announced that it had signed a $370 million export contract with Kuwait for the Bayraktar TB2. ...

• Loitering munitions

  Loitering Munitions [Japan]

  Programme Background Appreciation of Loitering Munitions After years of not operating loitering munitions and armed UAVs, Japan's position towards them has changed. Belatedly, the MoD realised ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Akinci [UAE]

  Programme Background Surprise Delivery Baykar, in a statement of its 2024 achievements, stated that it had delivered two Akinci UAVs to the UAE, one in ...

• Fighter - multirole

  JF-17 [Azerbaijan]

  Programme Background Requirement In October 2019, Turkish media sources reported that at least two Azeri pilots travelled to Pakistan to receive training in JF-17 aircraft. ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  MQ-9B SeaGuardian [Morocco]

  Programme Background 2020-2030 Morocco-US Agreement In October 2020, officials from the Trump administration visited Morocco, and both nations signed a military and security cooperation agreement. ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Endurance UAS [US Army]

  Programme Background Request for Information (RfI) On 5 June 2024, the American DoD published an RfI with an original response date of 19 July 2024. The ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Bayraktar TB2 (Qatar)

  Programme Background In 2018 at DIMDEX, it was revealed that Qatar had bought six Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey. The deal also included three ground control stations, ...

• Fighter - multirole

  Eurofighter Typhoon [Türkiye]

  Programme Background Requirement The Turkish Air Force has operated two main fighter platforms, the F-16 and F-4, for several decades. As older F-16 airframes and ...

• Light attack, Trainer

  L-39NG Senegal

  The aircraft will feature five hard-points, two external fuel tanks with 350 lt capacity, Mk 81 and Mk 82 bombs, guided and unguided rockets, single ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Air: aerial targets, Loitering munitions

  Simsek

  The Simsek (Şimşek), or Lightning, is a high-speed target drone system that enables autonomous high-speed and low-altitude threat stimulation of aircraft and missiles for air-to-air, ...

• Guided munitions

  MAM-L

  The Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L) is designed to be used for taking down heavily armoured vehicles,  by all classes of UAVs and light attack aircraft. The ...

• Artillery rockets

  TRG-230

  TRG-230 is a 230 mm GNSS/INS guided artillery rocket developed by the Turkish ROKETSAN as the medium-range guided artillery rocket for the firm’s universal MLRS ...

• Guided munitions

  SMKB (Smart-MK-Bomb)

  The Smart-MK-Bomb, or the SMKB, is a precision guidance kit developed by Mectron and designed to turn Mk 82 and Mk 83 bombs into guided munitions.

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Aksungur

  The Aksungur is a twin-engined MALE UAS manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for the Turkish Armed Forces. TAI completed the platform's maiden flight on 20 March ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Akinci

  The Akinci is a HALE UCAV manufactured by Baykar. Sometimes known as Uçan Balık, the UAV can be fitted with a range of ISR or ...

• Artillery rockets

  TRG-300 Block I

  TRG-300 is a 300 mm artillery rocket developed by Turkish ROKETSAN, serving as the heavy rocket in the TRG family of guided artillery missiles.

• Artillery rockets

  TRG/TRLG-122

  The TRG-122 is a Turkish 122mm family of guided artillery rockets developed by ROKETSAN for the T-122 Sakarya and other MLRS platforms. The family includes ...

• Self-propelled mortars

  2S34 Chosta

  The 2S34 Chosta is an upgraded version of the 122mm 2S1 tracked SPH that replaces the original 2A31 ordnance with the 120mm 2A80-1 mortar-gun, an ...

• EO/IR systems

  StormCaster-DX

  Unveiled at Modern Day Marine 2022, the Teledyne FLIR StormCaster-DX is a multi-role, low-SWaP laser target designator (LTD) payload designed to affect the STANAG-compliant terminal ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter

  The Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter is an attack helicopter being developed by Turkish Aerospace to meet the operational requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, including air-to-ground ...

• Air-to-surface missiles

  BARQ

  The BARQ, known as Lighting in Urdu, is a laser-guided air-to-surface missile developed by Pakistan's Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS). Weighing 47.5kg at launch, the ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Ares 150 SAT

  The Ares 150 SAT is a tactical patrol and guided-missile fast attack craft designed and developed by the Turkish manufacturer Ares Shipyard. The boats are ...

• Surface-to-air missiles

  9M331

  The 9M331 is a short-range, surface-to-air missile designed to engage aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and guided munitions and is the primary missile for the 9K331 Tor ...

• Counter-UAS systems

  Venom

  Venom is a vehicle-based, remote-controlled laser designator/rangefinder targeting mast system that incorporates Northrop Grumman's Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder 2 (LLDR 2) on a universal, stabilised and ...