• Uncrewed Vehicles

  TeleCommunication Systems receives $9.6m equipment order from US Army for UAS Project Office and SUAV Product Office

  20th October 2010

  TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in high availability and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been awarded a new order …

• Military Logistics

  L-3 awarded life-cycle contractor support (LCCS) contract for Army fixed-wing aircraft

  15th October 2010

  L-3 Communications announced today that its Systems Field Support (SFS) division was awarded a competitively-bid contract from the US Army to provide life-cycle contractor support …

• Military Logistics

  Northrop Grumman helps US Army transform tactical logistics at Fort Irwin

  26th August 2010

  With the recent launch of the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army), Northrop Grumman Corporation is helping the US Army transform tactical logistics with enterprise resource …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Robonic delivers new drone catapults to the US

  23rd August 2010

  Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem, Safran group) has delivered a second Robonic MC2555LLR pneumatic launcher to EADS North America to be used to …

• Land Warfare

  Cobham awarded contracts valued at US$26m for US Army digital vehicle intercom systems

  21st July 2010

  Cobham plc (‘Cobham') announces that its Cobham Defense Communications business has received further contract releases valued at US $26 million from Northrop Grumman Corporation for …

• Defence Helicopter

  Farnborough 2010: Raytheon joins the CIRCM chase

  19th July 2010

  Raytheon has thrown its hat into the ring for the US Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) programme. Speaking at the Farnborough International Air Show on …

• Defence Helicopter

  NAVAIR program managers to speak at Farnborough International Air Show

  15th July 2010

  Program Officials from two program executive offices, PEO (A) and PEO (T) are scheduled to conduct press briefings at the 2010 Farnborough International Air Show …

• Digital Battlespace

  Boeing Bids for US Army's Enhanced Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System

  12th July 2010

  The Boeing Company today announced that it has submitted a proposal to deliver an affordable airborne intelligence collection, processing and targeting support system to the …

• Land Warfare

  The FN SCAR reaches final milestone

  6th May 2010

  FN Herstal, S.A. (FN) received notification from the USSOCOM Program Executive Office-SOF Warrior (PEO-SW) that the SCAR Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) was approved and signed …

• Land Warfare

  Northrop Grumman Cobham team Successfully integrates VIS-X vehicle intercom system into US Army Stryker systems integration lab

  4th May 2010

  Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) LLC, a company formed by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Cobham, has announced the successful integration of the Vehicle Intercom System …

• Digital Battlespace

  US Army plans international networking exercise

  13th April 2010

  US Army planners are working the initial coordination efforts for a multinational networking exercise to be held in the October 2010 timeframe, immediately following the …

• Land Warfare

  Army surges CROWS weapons stations to Afghanistan

  23rd February 2010

  With the surge to Afghanistan underway, thousands of advanced CROWS weapon systems are taking flight to support US Army forces in theater. The CROWS systems …

• Military Logistics

  General Dynamics awarded $154 million to support US Army's medical communications for combat casualty care

  16th February 2010

  General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a task order to support the US Army's Program Executive Office, Enterprise …

• Defence Helicopter

  SAIC awarded $12 million delivery order to develop US Army aviation crew member simulators

  16th February 2010

  Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that it was awarded a delivery order by the US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and …

• Military Logistics

  General Dynamics awarded $387 million Training Support Contract by the US Army

  12th February 2010

  General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract for Constructive Training Systems support by the US Army's Program …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - fixed-wing

  Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Alternative [USA]

  Programme Background FARA Programme As covered in more detail in a separate entry on Defence Insight, the US Army initiated the FARA project in 2018 to develop a ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) [USA]

  Programme Background Requirement In 2018, the US Army initiated the FARA project to develop a replacement for Army attack and scout helicopters, such as the OH-58D Kiowa and AH-64 ...

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

  MQ-1 Gray Eagle [US Army]

  Background Required Quantity Although the US Army first envisioned a requirement for 132 MQ-1C Gray Eagles, the US Army's Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) was increased ...

• 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 ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Major networking projects

  FORCEnet

  A USMC and USN effort to implement network-centric operations, FORCEnet uses a series of concepts to improve communications, enhance situational awareness and enable sharing of time-sensitive ...

• Land: NVGs

  Digitally Enhanced NVG

  Designed as part of the US Army’s Enhanced NVG programme, this goggle uses digital imagery to assist soldier mobility and situational awareness under a range ...

• EW test systems, Air: air combat simulators

  MAST

  The Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer (MAST) replicates the visual and spectral effects of a shoulder-fired IR missile threat to stimulate UV-based aircraft survivability equipment systems ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH) SEALION

  The Combatant Craft Heavy (CCH) SEALION (Sea Air Land Insertion, Observation and Neutralization) is a low-observable semi-submersible craft employed by U.S. Naval Special Warfare Special ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  LSMP

  US Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command selected Rockwell Collins to perform the LIFT Simulator Modernization Program (LSMP) delivery order under the STRI Omnibus Contract. ...

• Land: air defence radar

  SkyChaser

  The SkyChaser is a lightweight on-the-move (OTM) radar designed for tracking targets from a moving platform. Compact and efficient, it features a panel that can be mounted ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  AN/PRC-148C/D IMBITR

  The AN/PRC-148 Improved Multiband Inter-Intra Team Radio (IMBITR) is a dual-channel, certified networking radio designed to enhance communications. The IMBITR is a variant of the ...

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

  Gray Eagle ER

  The Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) is an improved derivative of the US Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Compared to the original Gray Eagle, the Gray ...