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Naval Warfare
FREMM-derived design wins out in USN FFG(X) programme
1st May 2020
The decision by the USN on 30 April to award the contract for the build up to ten of the future FFG(X) guided missile frigates …
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Land Warfare
Saudi Arabia to receive THAAD interceptors
25th March 2020
Lockheed Martin has secured a $932.83 million contract modification, including $605.34 million in FMS funding, to provide Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and …
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon to carry out RAM Block 2/2A FMS
31st March 2020
Raytheon has secured a new $146.08 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2/2A Guided Missile Round Pack and spare replacement parts …
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Land Warfare
Griffon to pack a punch with MEPAC
25th March 2020
The French Army has disclosed how it will deploy its recently ordered Thales (previously TDA) 120mm 2R2M rifled mortars in the Mortier Embarqué Pour l'Appui au Contact …
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Defence Notes
US sees huge spike in Middle East arms exports
10th March 2020
Booming arms export trade between the US defence industry and the Middle East has risen by 79% over the course of the last five years, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
UAVOS and KACST announce new Saker-1B MALE UAS
4th March 2020
UAVOS has teamed up with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia to develop the Saker-1B MALE UAS. The two companies …
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Land Warfare
Boeing to support development of Saudi SLAM-ER
13th March 2020
Boeing has secured an $8 million contract modification to continue with first-phase design, maturity, analysis and test planning for Stand-Off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response …
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Defence Notes
Patriot users invest $314 million on modernisation
25th February 2020
Raytheon confirmed on 25 February that $314 million has been invested to modernise the Patriot air and missile defence system by all partner states. The …
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Defence Helicopter
Singapore Airshow 2020: Apaches to enter two new territories
14th February 2020
Boeing’s most active rotary-winged marketing campaigns at the moment centre on the AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, with new customers about to join the fraternity …
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Digital Battlespace
Longbow receives Fire Control Radar contract
27th January 2020
Longbow has received a contract from the US Army Contracting Command for production support services for the Fire Control Radar System for the Apache attack …
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Another year of instability amid Middle Eastern power plays
22nd January 2020
The new decade has opened, quite literally, with a bang. The drone strike by the US military on 3 January to kill the head of …
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Naval Warfare
Saudi MMSC programme in motion as SSDS develops
15th January 2020
With the Pentagon's contract modification awarded to Lockheed Martin in late December 2019 for the detailed design and delivery of four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) vessels …
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Defence Notes
Raytheon receives $768 million for AMRAAM production
6th January 2020
Raytheon has received a contract from the US Department of Defense for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33. The $768.2 million contract, awarded on …
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Can India escape the morass of bungled procurements?
23rd January 2020
With India hosting its biennial DefExpo exhibition early next month, in yet another new and inconvenient location, it is a timely reminder to consider the …
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Military Logistics
Fincantieri plans FFG(X)-centric upgrades to Marinette Marine site
15th January 2020
Fincantieri could initiate an industrial development process at its shipbuilding facility at Marinette Marine that would enable the site to build two frigates per year, …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Transport
C-130 Replacement [Saudi Arabia]
Programme Background Requirement The Royal Saudi Air Force operates 33 C-130H, 7 KC-130H aircraft and two KC-130Js. The country has been seeking to replace its ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Kozak 5 (Saudi Arabia)
Programme Background In 2021, Ukrainian firm Pracktika announced that they had fulfilled an export contract to deliver 60 Kozak-5 armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. The ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | Typhoon Tranche 3A [Saudi Arabia]
In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Typhoon Tranche 3A [Saudi Arabia]
In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...
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Data links
Data links | Typhoon Tranche 3A [Saudi Arabia]
In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | Typhoon Tranche 3A [Saudi Arabia]
In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...
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Transponders and IFF
Transponders and IFF | Typhoon Tranche 3A [Saudi Arabia]
In June 2018, Saudi Arabia agreed to procure 48 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from BAE. The total procurement cost for 48 aircraft is estimated at ...
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Main battle tanks
M1A2S (Saudi Arabia)
Programme Background Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1A2 Abrams. 315 were delivered between 1993 and 1994 as part of a $1.5 ...
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Main battle tanks
T-90S (Saudi Arabia)
Programme Background. The status of the Saudi Arabian T-90 deal is unclear, it is possible that these tanks may be purchased to replace stocks of ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Jais 4x4 [Saudi Arabia]
Programme Background The Saudi Arabian government is aiming to localise 50% of its investment into defence by 2030 in line with the country's Vision 2030 ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Saudi Arabia National Guard LAV 700
The Saudi Arabian LAV 700 order is believed to encompass several variants including APC, ambulance, armoured recovery vehicle, command post, ATGM carrier, IFV, VIP transport ...
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Main battle tanks
M1A2 Abrams [Saudi Arabia]
Programme Background The USA has historically been Saudi Arabia's largest arms supplier. The M1A2 Abrams is currently the backbone of Saudi Arabia's MBT fleet, with an estimated ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
CH-4 [Saudi Arabia]
Background 2014 Order According to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), in 2014, Saudi Arabia ordered two CH-4 aircraft from China. However, information from the Stockholm International Peace ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Anka-S (Saudi Arabia)
Programme Background Desired Procurement Saudi Arabia has reportedly been in negotiations to procure six Anka UAVs since 2013. It has not been disclosed which Anka ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Titus
While there has been no direct confirmation that Nexter has sold the Titus to Saudi Arabia, it has been confirmed that Nexter has delivered CAESAR ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Hazem
Produced by SAMI Navantia, Hazem is a combat management system designed for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. Based on the Cadiz CMS, it is integrated ...
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Fighter - multirole
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 (Block 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10C, 11, 11C, 15, 15C)
Under the Typhoon Tranche 2 procurement, the four European partner nations of Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the export customer Saudi Arabia took delivery ...
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Transport
An-132
The An-132 is a multipurpose transport aircraft based on the Soviet-era An-32. It is being jointly developed by Antonov and Saudi Arabia's Technology Development and ...
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SH-01
The SHAHEEN SH-01 is a VTOL UAS manufactured by Prince Sultan Defense in Saudi Arabia. The aircraft is designed for surveillance and reconnaissance purposes.
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Ship-launched torpedoes, Submarine-launched torpedoes
F17
The F17 is a wire-guided anti-surface ship torpedo developed for the French Navy and purchased by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The latest version is the F17 ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
Agrion
The Agrion is a surveillance and missile targeting pulse radar manufactured by Thomson-CSF (now Thales). It is designed to work alongside the AS-15TT anti-ship missiles ...
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Land: air defence radar
Shahine
The Shahine radar is a key component of the Shahine self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales) for Saudi Arabia in the 1970s. ...
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Data links
TTR
Offered through Data Link Solutions (DLS) – Rockwell Collins' joint venture with BAE Systems – TacNet Tactical Radio (TTR) is claimed to be the smallest ...
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Laser-directed energy weapons
Silent Hunter
Silent Hunter, also known as the low-altitude laser defence system (LASS), is a Chinese laser energy weapon believed to have been developed by the China Electronics ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Interceptor HSI32
The Interceptor HSI32 was designed by French shipbuilder CMN to meet the needs of modern navies and coastguards. The vessel's primary missions are sea policing ...
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Sea: sonar systems
Captas-1
CAPTAS-1 is a low-frequency Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) developed by Thales. It is the smallest member of the CAPTAS family optimised for littoral and shallow water ...
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Corvettes
Avante 2200 (Combatant)
The Avante 2200 corvettes from Spanish shipbuilder Navantia are currently under construction for Saudi Arabia. A contract was signed for five corvettes in July 2018. ...
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Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar
Cymbeline
The Cymbeline is a phased-array, mortar-locating radar that detects the flight path of a mortar bomb at two points in its trajectory as it passes ...
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MPVs - 4x4
RG32M
BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa produced more than 600 RG32-series vehicles before its acquisition in 2014 by state-owned Denel. According to the company, the ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
ALTESSE
Thales' Alert and Surface Ship Evaluation (ALTESSE) provides alerts on communication signals, tactical situation development and COMINT capabilities. Its wideband instantaneous bandwidth and processing capacities ...
