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Air Warfare
US attack helicopters for Manila – will it or won’t it?
1st May 2020
The Philippine Air Force’s (PAF's) desire to obtain new dedicated attack helicopters lurched forward on 30 April, when the US State Department announced a potential …
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Naval Warfare
US destroyer could have brought COVID-19 on board during counter-narcotics operation
6th May 2020
The USN guided missile destroyer USS Kidd, recently returned to San Diego after an outbreak of COVID-19 on board, could have brought the coronavirus onto …
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Naval Warfare
Australia fast-tracks extra patrol boats
1st May 2020
Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced on 1 May that her country’s navy would receive six additional Cape-class patrol boats, to be built by Austal. …
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Land Warfare
Myanmar to acquire Chinese long-range strike system
16th April 2020
Myanmar’s military is reportedly soon set to receive an initial batch of SY-400 precision-guided strike weapons from China. It is not known how many of …
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Digital Battlespace
Huneed Technologies delivers MILDS AN/AAR-60 to KAI
22nd April 2020
Hensoldt’s South Korean partner, Huneed Technologies, has delivered eight MILDS AN/AAR-60 to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). The missile warning system will be integrated into KAI’s …
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Training
UK NAO highlights training shortfalls
16th April 2020
In March, the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) published its 'Defence Capabilities – Delivering What Was Promised' report. For the first time, the NAO concentrated on …
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Naval Warfare
Serious Chinese shenanigans persist in South China Sea
24th April 2020
One might have hoped that China would desist from its aggressive territorial claims and military activities in the South China Sea during the COVID-19 crisis. …
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Air Warfare
AVIC test flies AG600 amphibious aircraft over sea
15th April 2020
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has completed tests of its AG600 large amphibious aircraft over sea. The company confirmed the development on 14 …
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Defence Notes
Saab staves off COVID-19 complications to deliver first UAE GlobalEye
29th April 2020
The first of three GlobalEye multirole Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C;) aircraft has been delivered by Saab to the UAE, in a move made possible by …
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Land Warfare
Land Warfare magazine: robot ground forces, SP artillery, ATGMs and more
24th April 2020
Read the latest edition of Land Warfare for free in our app or on your desktop. Register below to be sent the download link and …
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Naval Warfare
Baltic Workboats supplying two vessels to Estonian Navy
20th April 2020
The Estonian Navy has placed an order for two force protection boats from Baltic Workboats which will aim to plug smaller gaps in the Navy’s …
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Land Warfare
Germany to gain artillery upgrade
15th April 2020
The German Army plans to enhance its indirect-fire capability by upgrading its legacy PzH 2000 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled (SP) howitzer, procuring new systems and …
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Naval Warfare
China adds to SSBN fleet
30th April 2020
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) celebrated its 71st anniversary on 23 April, and ahead of the milestone commissioned two new Type 094 Jin-class nuclear-powered …
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Defence Helicopter
Chinese Z-20F ASW helicopter makes tantalising appearance
10th April 2020
It is well known that one significant capability gap in the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is an effective anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, but the …
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Air Warfare
Boeing’s first F-15QA test completed
15th April 2020
Boeing as successfully completed the first test of its F-15 Qatar Advanced (QA) fighter jet (pictured) which has been developed for the Qatar Emiri Air …
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 Award In 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Chinese UAVs [Bangladesh]
Background Request for Proposals (RFP) In 2023, as reported by Shephard at the time, the Bangladesh Army released a 106-page tender document to gather information ...
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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 - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Jump 20 [Denmark]
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 between ...
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ISR/special mission
ISTAR Aircraft [South Korea]
Programme Background 2018 - Issue of RfI The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) stated that Seoul planned to procure additional aircraft to minimise potential surveillance ...
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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
AR3 (Ukraine Aid) [UK]
Background £270 Million investment On 15 September 2025, the UK MoD noted that, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the UK ...
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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 - small
Gladius [Poland]
Programme Background Contract Signing On 6 May 2022, the Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, the president of the WB GROUP, Piotr Wojciechowski and the head ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Tactical UCAV [Czechia]
Programme Background Inception In November 2017, the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) announced that the service had earmarked CZK1 billion ...
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Military UAS - small
Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]
Background Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challenge The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore cargo-carrying ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-9A Reaper (Second Batch) [Netherlands]
Programme Background First Batch Following a cancelled MALE UAV project in 2007, the Dutch MOD revealed its intention to acquire four MQ-9A Reapers from General ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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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: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
AN/APY-10
The AN/APY-10 is an airborne maritime surveillance radar manufactured by Raytheon. It is designed to equip the USN'S Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and has ...
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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 and GMTI sensor for UAVs, manufactured by Northrop Grumman. It offers strip and spot synthetic ...
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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 manufactured by Raytheon. It provides both multi-resolution synthetic aperture radar and inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR), allowing performance over the ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
TriSAR
The Tri-mode Synthetic Aperture Radar (TriSAR) is a real-time, high-resolution land and maritime surveillance radar designed by Array Systems Computing in Canada. It is suited ...
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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
TacSAR
The Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar (TacSAR) is an airborne reconnaissance system designed by Collins Aerospace (now part of Raytheon). It is intended for land and ...
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Air: surveillance 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
Seaspray 7500E V2
The Seaspray 7500E V2 is a long-range, maritime-focused multi-mode surveillance radar produced by Leonardo and manufactured in the UK. The system can rapidly interleave radar modes ...
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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: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
MOSAIC
The MOSAIC is a three-dimensional, AESA-based, multi-mode surveillance radar manufactured by Telephonics. It is designed for maritime, littoral and overland surveillance missions for rotary- and fixed-wing ...
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Air: surveillance radar
ASTOR
The Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) is abattlefield surveillance synthetic aperture radar/moving target indication (MTI) system installed in the UK RAF's Raytheon SentinelR1 aircraft, a version ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Black Swan
The Black Swan is a cargo-carrying drone manufactured by Dronamic. In February 2026, the company released the Detect & Defend version, a military variant of the platform ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
Seaspray 7300E V2
The Seaspray 7300E V2 radar is an airborne, maritime, multi-mode surveillance radar manufactured by Leonardo. It is designed for the detection of small maritime targets in ...
