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Digital Battlespace
Farnborough 2012: Aegis system to get air defence upgrade
8th July 2012
The first of the US Navy's Aegis combat system ships will start receiving the latest 'Baseline 9' integrated missile and air defence upgrade in September, …
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Digital Battlespace
DSEi 2011: Raytheon highlights dual-band data link for European BMD capability
13th September 2011
Raytheon has described how an initial flight test date for the SM-3's dual-band data link will be dependent on interest from European nations. Speaking at …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman performs cueing of ABIR sensor
11th August 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the first test to demonstrate real-time cueing of the Airborne Infrared (ABIR) sensor for the Ballistic Missile Defense System …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin's MMSP completes tracking test
26th July 2011
The Lockheed Martin Aegis SPY-1 radar successfully identified, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against live aircraft in a stressing electronic attack environment during a test …
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Digital Battlespace
CPI awarded $15m contract to support Aegis weapons system
26th July 2011
The Econco Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has been awarded a five-year contract for up to approximately $15 million from the US …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman submits final proposal revision for MDA's Next Generation Aegis Missile
4th March 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced it has submitted its final proposal revision for the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Next Generation Aegis Missile (NGAM) concept …
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Digital Battlespace
DRS Defense Solutions wins $10.2m contract to provide US Navy mission critical data network
27th January 2011
DRS Defense Solutions, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc., announced that its Intelligence, Communications and Avionics Solutions (ICAS) business unit was awarded a …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman-built STSS demonstration satellites show 'force multiplier' capability in Aegis campaign test
14th December 2010
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites recently showed the ability of the space-based sensors to maximize defended areas through earlier tracking of …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin receives $97m contract for Aegis production
11th November 2010
The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $97M contract for the production of the Aegis Weapon System for the DDG-113 destroyer, plus advanced procurement funding …
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Digital Battlespace
MILCOM 10: Raytheon primed to deliver NMT to customers in 2011
2nd November 2010
Raytheon is preparing to deliver its first Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) to the US Navy and other international customers in the latter part of 2011, …
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Naval Warfare
Euronaval 2010: Saudi naval expansion examines LCS variant
26th October 2010
The Saudi Arabian government is in discussions with the US Navy about the purchase of the Aegis combat system-equipped Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Orlando Carvalho, …
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Naval Warfare
Upgraded Aegis weapon systems proven operational on two US Navy cruisers
9th September 2010
The US Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials for upgraded Aegis Combat Systems installed aboard two Navy ships. The …
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon receives $13 million for Aegis modernization
5th August 2010
Raytheon Company was awarded a $13.7 million US Navy contract to upgrade the Aegis weapons system for several Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Under …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman marks delivery of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the US Navy fleet
2nd August 2010
The first Northrop Grumman built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to enter the US Navy fleet was "welcomed home" on Thursday in a ceremony held at …
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Digital Battlespace
Lockheed Martin completes first live tracking exercise with new multi-mission, open architecture Aegis signal processor
12th April 2010
Lockheed Martin successfully identified and tracked numerous live targets for the first time using its new Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP). The MMSP is intended to …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Destroyers
Future Destroyers - ASEV (1-2) [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements Following the Maya-class destroyers, the JMSDF will not just maintain the destroyer units they operate already but will receive two new destroyer platforms. ...
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Destroyers
Kongō Class Replacement/Future Aegis Destroyers [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements At CNE 2024, Vice Admiral Shinichi Imayoshi, Director General of Naval Systems at the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), revealed that ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors, OPVs
Large Optionally-crewed Surface Vessels (LOSVs) (1-6) [Australia]
Background Requirements The recommendations in the initial Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet analysis suggested that the LOSVs should have 32 Vertical Launching System (VLS) cells. ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Maritime Operations Helicopters Block 2 (South Korea)
Programme Background The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) was seeking additional naval helicopters under its Maritime Operations Helicopter Batch 2 (MOH2) project. It represented a ...
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Frigates
F127 [Germany]
Background Requirements The German Navy gave Shephard an update on the programme in October 2021. Germany expects to introduce the next-generation F127 frigate into service ...
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Destroyers
Future Guided Missile Destroyer [Taiwan]
Four new destroyers are part of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) force modernisation which includes 12 indigenous shipbuilding programmes and upgrade projects. This is ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy Lift Helicopter [Philippines]
Programme Background Procurement from Russia In November 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that a contract had been signed to acquire 16 Mi-171 heavy ...
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Frigates
Project SEA 5000 Phase 1 (1-3) [Australia]
Background Timeline Under Australia's Sea 5000 Future Phase I Programme, the Royal Australian Navy was planned to receive nine new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates to replace the ...
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Frigates
Project SEA 5000 Phase 1 (4-6) [Australia]
Programme Background Timeline Under Australia's Sea 5000 Future Phase I Programme, the Royal Australian Navy was planned to receive nine new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates ...
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Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range
Medium Range Air Defence [Australia]
Background Faced with a growing threat from China and a vast land and sea territory to protect, Australia is seeking to establish a medium-range ground-based ...
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Destroyers
Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III) Batch 2 (1-3) [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The Sejong the Great class (KDX-III) Batch 2 will consist of three improved Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III) batch 1 guided-missile destroyers, which ...
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Destroyers
KDDX Next Generation Destroyer [South Korea]
Background Requirements The new destroyers are set to replace the older KDX I and KDX II. The program calls for the construction of six vessels, ...
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Frigates
De Zeven Provinciën Class Replacement/LC Frigates [Netherlands]
Programme Background Replacements The De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command platforms, which are in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), are expected to be ...
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Destroyers
Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X) [USN]
Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...
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Frigates
Hellenic frigate procurement programme (1-3) [Greece]
Background Timeline The programme took a significant step when the Greek Defence Minister Niko Panagiotopoulos and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a Letter of ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Long Range Missile Defence Systems: > 90km range
Aegis Ashore
Aegis Ashore is the first operational land-based version of the Aegis Combat System originally developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy's Ballistic Missile Defence ...
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Long Range Missile Defence Systems: > 90km range
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System, developed by the United States, provides advanced sea-based and land-based protection against ballistic missile threats. Using the AN/SPY-1 ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: fire control systems
Aegis Weapon System
Aegis Weapon System is an integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to perform anti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array ...
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Destroyers
ASEV Destroyers
Japan is set to procure two new destroyers instead of the Aegis Ashore system. The ships, which will have superior capacities to the existing Aegis ...
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Sea: naval fire control radar
AN/SPY-1 air search radar
Aegis isan integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to performanti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array AN/SPY-1D(V) radar acquires ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
IVCS
The Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS) is a shipboard communications system that combines naval telephones and intercom equipment into one system. It consists of terminals, ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
AN/SPY-7(V)1
The AN/SPY-7(V)1 is a solid-state naval surveillance radar produced and manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The system is expected to be fully integrated into programmes for ...
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Destroyers
Kongō Class
The Kongō-class destroyers were built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation. Commissioned throughout the 1990s, the class is ...
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Frigates
MEKO A-400 Air & Missile Defense (AMD)
The MEKO A-400 Air & Missile Defense (AMD) frigate is a surface combatant designed by TKMS in response to the German Navy's need to replace ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Integrated Combat System
The Integrated Combat System (ICS) is a combat management system being developed for the US Navy. The project, currently led by Lockheed Martin, aims to ...
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Frigates
GMF 140
The GMF 140 is a concept frigate designed by Rheinmetall Naval Systems. It is initially being marketed towards North American procurement as a next-generation integrated air ...
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Land: air defence simulators
IMTS
The Improved Moving Target Simulator (IMTS) for air defence training consists of a 38ft-diameter hemispherical dome screen with multiple computer-generated images (including geometry correction and ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
COMBATSS-21
Produced by Lockheed Martin, the Littoral Combat Ship Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century (COMBATSS-21) is a modular, scalable open combat management system that can be ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 Block IB
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 Block IB is an advanced interceptor missile designed for exo-atmospheric engagements against short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Operational since 2014, is the ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 Block IIA
The SM-3 Block IIA is an advanced interceptor missile designed for exo-atmospheric engagements against intermediate-range ballistic missiles and limited intercontinental ballistic missile threats. The SM-3 Block ...