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Air Warfare
Update: India’s Rafale-M deal postponed
25th April 2025
New Delhi had been gearing up to sign a Navy Rafale deal as talks swirled around a potential assembly line in Nagpur.
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Naval Warfare
Type 23 Duke-class frigate HMS St Albans completes mid-life refit
2nd December 2024
HMS St Albans’ refit included an update in FOST training to help staff adapt to new technology and routines.
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Air Warfare
Japan cleared for more KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft under $4.1 billion deal
16th September 2024
Japan ordered two KC-46A tanker aircraft under an FMS contract with the US Air Force awarded in December 2017. The deal was increased to six tankers with subsequent orders. Japan has now been approved for up to nine more aircraft.
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Air Warfare
Boeing gets another boost with 36 Apaches approved for South Korea amid flurry of FMS deals
20th August 2024
The approval of four Foreign Military Sale (FMS) requests this week follows the green light for the sale to Israel of 50 F-15IA multi-role fighter aircraft and mid-life update kits for the country’s existing F-15s and other equipment in deals worth $20 billion.
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Land Warfare
US Army to double investments in Patriot and Stinger modifications
13th January 2025
Congress authorised more than $505 million for the acquisition and improvement of Patriot and Stinger missile systems.
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Naval Warfare
German Navy tests BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle
28th November 2024
The autonomous underwater vehicle was tested in the tough environment of the Baltic Sea.
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Air Warfare
Saab strengthens AEW&C bid with Korea Aerospace Industries agreement
3rd October 2024
Saab’s proposal for South Korea is its GlobalEye aircraft. This MoU between the two companies is the latest update in Saab’s bid for South Korea’s competition for a new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.
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Air Warfare
Angola receives first Airbus C295
31st July 2024
The first of three aircraft ordered is in transport configuration with the remaining aircraft to be configured for maritime patrol.
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Air Warfare
MBDA shows Orchestrike swarming missile system progress at Farnborough
22nd July 2024
MBDA demonstrated Orchestrike, a collaborative combat solution designed to help overcome complex air defence challenges, at Paris Air Show in 2023 and is showing the progress made since then at Farnborough International Airshow.
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Air Warfare
L3 Technologies awarded $587 million contract for next stage of new Growler jammer
11th September 2024
The Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB) is part of a larger NGJ system that will augment and ultimately replace the legacy ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System on the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.
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Land Warfare
Poland commits another $4.2 billion for howitzers and rocket launch systems
5th December 2024
Poland has signed contracts for US$14.4 billion in helicopters, $3 billion in light attack fighter aircraft and $6.5 billion in air and coastal defence systems and now billions more on rocket and artillery systems.
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Defence Notes
Top-level commitments but no meat in UK Defence Industrial Strategy’s Statement of Intent
3rd December 2024
The initial document focused more on creating the right partnerships and inspiring investment in defence than on any details of how future UK Armed Forces would be armed.
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Air Warfare
Australia wins approval from US for 100 AGM-88G missiles
30th September 2024
All Australia’s fixed-wing fighter aircraft can carry the missiles and work has been underway to investigate the use of the missile from P-8A MPAs which are also operated by Australia.
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Naval Warfare
NATO allies gather in Scotland for major naval exercises
15th October 2024
Exercise Strike Warrior will run for two weeks, training navies in interoperability and combat techniques.
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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.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Seeker 400 - First Batch (UAE)
Programme Background The UAE has a long history of transactions with Denel Dynamics. The country has been purchasing various Seeker systems from as far back ...
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Maritime patrol
Challenger 650 ISR - UAE
Programme Background In February 2019 at IDEX, the UAE announced that it will procure a new special mission aircraft with an option for the second ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Seeker 400 - Second Batch (UAE)
Programme Background The UAE has a long history of transactions with Denel Dynamics. The country has been purchasing various Seeker systems from as far back ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Family of UAVs [Bangladesh]
Programme Background RfP The Bangladesh Army released a 106-page tender document to gather information about different platforms that would enable the force to "standardise" its UAV ...
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ISR/special mission
ISTAR Aircraft (South Korea)
Programme Background South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration stated that Seoul is planning to procure additional aircraft to minimize potential surveillance gaps amid growing security ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
ScanEagle 2 [Japan]
Programme Background Defence Building Program (DBP) Released in December 2022, this 1 trillion yen ($8 billion) Japanese policy called on the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Jump 20 [Denmark]
Programme Background 2020 Tender In January 2018, Denmark's three main political parties signed the Danish Defence Agreement, a cross-party defence white paper covering the period ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
D-Eyes 04 [Thailand]
Programme Background Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) According to a 29 June 2021 announcement, the RTA signed an MoU with Thailand's DTI to develop a MALE ...
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Military UAS - MALE
NCUAV
Programme Background The ROKA recognised the need for a more capable long-range ISR UAV in the aftermath of the North Korean shelling of its forces ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-9A Reaper (First Batch) [Netherlands]
Programme Background Acquisition Decision The Netherlands cancelled a project to procure a MALE UAV in 2007. Six years later, in 2013, it was revealed the Dutch ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 [Italy]
Programme Background Initial Procurement Italy submitted a $330 million FMS request through the Defence Security Cooperation Agency for four MQ-9A aircraft, four GCS and five ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]
Programme Background Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirments Seoul required UAS assets to help monitor its neighbour to the north and, increasingly, Chinese activities in waters and in the air near ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
KUS-FS (ROKA) [South Korea]
Programme Background Inception The Aerospace Division of Korean Air (KAL-ASD) commenced developing the MUAV in 2008 in response to a ROKAF requirement for a MALE ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar
TriSAR
The Tri-mode Synthetic Aperture Radar (TriSAR) is a real-time, high-resolution synthetic aperture radar designed to meet land and maritime surveillance requirements. Configurations are available for ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
AR5
First announced in October 2012, the AR5 is a MALE UAS designed for SAR, surveillance and maritime patrol missions. The AR5 can be flown manually or commanded ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
ELM-2022A
The ELM-2022A is a maritime surveillance radar family which can be used for long-range surveillance and ASW, navigation and weather, maritime moving target indication and ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar
AN/APS-137B(V)5
The AN/APS-137B(V)5 is a maritime patrol radar fitted to the USN's P-3C Orion as part of the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program. It provides both multi-resolution ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
Seaspray 7300E V2
The Seaspray 7300E V2 radar is a maritime-focused multi-mode surveillance radar. The 7300E V2 uses composite electronic and mechanical scanning in a gimbal configuration with ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
Seaspray 7500E V2
The Seaspray 7500E V2 radar is a long-range, maritime-focused multi-mode surveillance radar. The 7500E V2 uses composite electronic and mechanical scanning in a gimbal configuration ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar
AN/APY-10
The AN/APY-10 airborne maritime surveillance radar equips the USN’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The radar is a direct descendant of Raytheon’s AN/APS-149 Littoral ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
ELM-2022ML
The ELM-2022ML is a lightweight X-band maritime airborne surveillance radar from the ELM-2022 family. The synthetic aperture radar has been designed to carry out both ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
AR3
The AR3, or AR3 Net Ray, is an autonomous small-UAS designed to support land-based and maritime missions. In May 2025, the Royal Air Force announced ...
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Air: helicopter radar
AN/DPY-1 Lynx Block 30
The multi-mode AN/DPY-1 Lynx Block 30 is a reduced weight, power and volume variant of the AN/APY-8. It is a high-resolution, wide-area surveillance, Ku-band synthetic ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
AN/ZPY-1 STARLite
The AN/ZPY-1 Small Tactical Radar-Lightweight (STARLite) is a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indication (GMTI) sensor for UAVs and manned platforms that support tactical operations. ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
AN/APY-3
The AN/APY-3 is a large, phased-array, ground surveillance, side-looking airborne radar with synthetic aperture radar/moving target indication (MTI) capability. It is the primary sensor of ...
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Subsystems: software
Radar Simulation Systems
The Digital Radar Landmass Simulator (DRLMS) model accurately simulates real-world terrain and cultural feature returns, as well as weather patterns and targets. Configurable parameters allow ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: surveillance radar, Air: UAS radar
HISAR
HISAR, developed by Raytheon, is a radar system that provides airborne surveillance solutions for military applications in surveillance and reconnaissance, environmental monitoring, and maritime surveillance. ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
ELM-2022H
The ELM-2022H is the helicopter maritime patrol radar variant of the ELM-2022 family.
