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Air Warfare
Germany to postpone decision on Eurofighter sale to Saudi Arabia until at least 2025
13th July 2023
The ongoing block on the export of the fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia is likely to impact the Eurofighter consortium's plans to sell around 200 jets in the next two years.
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Naval Warfare
No easy options: Australia's navy faces complex surface fleet choices
14th September 2023
As part of Australia’s Defence Strategic Review (DSR), a report into the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) future surface fleet force structure was directed to be completed separately. Shephard examines its likely outcomes and how Australia might balance capability with affordability
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Land Warfare
Black Knight identifies US opportunities for expeditionary fuel cell
28th June 2023
Black Knight Group sees the US Marine Corps' expeditionary light vehicles as an application for the SFC Energy EMILY 3000 fuel cell.
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Digital Battlespace
US Marine Corps enhances tactical comms with L3Harris radio contracts
22nd May 2023
The US Marine Corps is acquiring further L3Harris Falcon IV tactical radios under two new contracts.
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Air Warfare
Korean Air completes first AH-6i fuselage
27th June 2023
Korean Air in South Korea is building Boeing scout helicopter fuselages for an international customer.
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Defence Helicopter
Argentina orders Bell 407s for military search and rescue missions
6th June 2023
Argentina is to acquire six Bell 407 helicopters for search and rescue operations by the country's army and air force under a government-to-government contract with Canada.
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Air Warfare
Paris Air Show: Romania orders first batch of Watchkeeper X drones
21st June 2023
Romania has awarded Elbit Systems a $180 million purchase order for three Watchkeeper X Tactical UAS, the Israeli firm announced at the Paris Air Show.
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Land Warfare
Bundeswehr orders 57 Rheinmetall heavy trucks
31st May 2023
The German Bundeswehr has ordered 57 HX81 trucks worth over €50 million from Rheinmetall.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Third order for German 2-in-1 drone for Ukraine
1st June 2023
On 31 May, Quantum Systems announced that the Ukrainian MoD had ordered 300 additional Vector drones under a third order that the German government is funding.
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Land Warfare
Secret customer orders Pearson’s Slice interface for tanks and engineering vehicles
1st June 2023
An undisclosed customer has contracted Pearson Engineering to provide a suite of front-end equipment - including the Slice interface – for its tank and combat engineering vehicle programmes.
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Air Warfare
Insight: Is the Bayraktar TB2 UAV living up to expectations?
15th September 2023
Sold to well over 20 countries and combat-proven in Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine and elsewhere, the Bayraktar TB2 has been an export success for its Turkish manufacturer. Shephard Defence Insight analyses the aircraft's design and capabilities and reviews in depth who is buying it and why.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy orders ninth John Lewis-class fleet oiler from General Dynamics NASSCO
25th May 2023
General Dynamics NASSCO received a $736 million modification from the USN to the existing T-AO contract to build a ninth ship (T-AO 213) under the John Lewis-class fleet oiler programme.
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Air Warfare
Indonesia orders GM400α radars to enhance its patchy air surveillance
23rd June 2023
Indonesia has inked a long-awaited deal for multiple air surveillance radars that will close gaps in the military's ability to monitor aircraft movements.
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Naval Warfare
Fincantieri details FCX Naval Ships Series, eyes Malaysian market for corvette design
14th June 2023
At Seafuture 2023, Fincantieri presented its FCX Naval Ships Series and provided further details about the FCX30 design.
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Land Warfare
Australia orders more Bushmaster 4x4 vehicles from Thales in vital orderbook boost
18th May 2023
Australia has ordered dozens more Bushmaster vehicles to replenish army stocks, providing a much-needed boost to the manufacturer's backlog.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Edge 130 [US]
Programme Background First Order As reported by Shephard, In October 2024, the US Customs and Border Protection force submitted a $1.6 million order to acquire Edge ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
MEUAS IV (US)
Programme Background MEUAS History The first iteration of the MEUAS programme began in the early 2000s when the ScanEagle was acquired through the programme and ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Cobra II Armoured Tactical Vehicle - 2 (EGM-ZTA-2)
Some of the Cobra IIs delivered to the SGD are armed with an Aselsan SARP RWS. Based on the value of the June 2016 contract ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CV90 (Ukraine Aid) [Denmark & Sweden]
Programme Background Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine was the recipient of a number of Western systems, many of which ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-53K [U.S. Marine Corps]
Programme Background The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Sikorsky a USD$10.855 billion contract covering up to 99 CH-53K helicopters. According to Lockheed Martin, this is the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion (Contracted) [Ukraine]
Programme Background Previous Orders & Donations On 29 March 2022, the US Embassy in Warsaw announced that Quantum Systems had donated an unknown quantity of ...
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Transport
C295 [Angola]
Programme Background Requirement Angola's transport capability is mainly provided by Soviet-origin An-12, An-30, An-72/74, Il-76 and the Xian MA-60 from China. According to AIN Online, Angola ...
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Maritime patrol
C295 MPA [Angola]
Programme Background Requirement Angola uses a mix of Dornier Do-28s, A-29s and EMB-312 Tucanos for maritime surveillance duties. The country's dedicated maritime patrol capability was ...
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Tanks
T-90S/SK (Forecast) (Vietnam)
Shephard estimates that Vietnam may have a requirement for up to 200 T-90S/SK MBTs to modernise its tank fleet. Minus the 64 that were already ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Boxer IFV (Schakal) [Netherlands]
Programme Background The Boxer is currently in service with both Germany and the Netherlands, having entered service in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In October 2025, ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
A330 MRTT Follow-On (NATO)
Following operations in Libya and extensive analyses by the European Defence Agency (EDA), it was agreed at the NATO Summit in 2012 that the EDA ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Enok LAPV [Romania]
Programme Background Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Romania has embarked upon a rapid modernisation of its armed forces. This has included orders for ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Boxer IFV (Schakal) [Germany]
Programme Background The Boxer is currently in service with both Germany and the Netherlands, having entered service in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In October 2025, ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CV90 [Ukraine - Forecast]
Programme Background Announced at the NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Brussels in June 2023, Ukraine formally signed a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Procurement and Operation ...
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Fighter - multirole
Su-30MKI - India Follow-On
India is experiencing Chinese violations in the western sector of the Line of Actual Control. The stand-off with China has sped up government-to-government discussions that have ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar, Land: coastal surveillance radars
CHR
The Compact Hemispheric Radar (CHR) is a family of sensors used in active protection systems for land vehicles manufactured by RADA Electronic Industries in Israel. The ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
Erieye
The S-band Erieye is a long-range airborne early warning and control radarthat detects and automatically tracks air and surface targets across a largearea. The radar has ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
Pozitiv-ME1.2
The Pozitiv-ME1.2 is a three-dimensional naval surveillance radar manufactured in Russia. It is designed to search, detect, and track air and surface targets. According to ...
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Counter-UAS systems, Land: air defence radar, Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar, Sea: naval surveillance radar
pMHR
The Portable Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (pMHR) is the smallest in the family of MHRs manufactured by Israeli company RADA Electronic Industries. The radar provides hostile ...
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Land: air defence radar, Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar, Sea: coastal surveillance radar, Sea: naval surveillance radar
ieMHR
The ieMHR radar is a three-dimensional pulse-doppler radar previously manufactured by Israeli company RADA Electronic Industries and is currently produced by Leonardo. It is designed ...
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Maritime patrol
340 MSA
The Saab 340 MSA incorporates a mission management system connected to onboard sensors for all-weather monitoring of large maritime areas. The aircraft is equipped with automatic ...
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Land: C2 simulators
C2 Training
Saab provides doctrinal-based simulation that enables trainees to dynamically execute plans and orders from their own C2 system. Commander and staff can perceive and comprehend ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Mildef Tarantula
The Tarantula is a High Mobility Armoured Vehicles from Malaysian defence manufacturer Mildef International Technologies. First revealed in February 2021, the Tarantula has already received orders from ...
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Tanks
VT2
The 125mm-armed VT2 tracked MBT, which was unveiled at DSA 2012, is the export version of the People's Liberation Army Type 96A. As of early ...
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Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar, Land: coastal surveillance radars
Three-Dimensional Perimeter Surveillance Radars
The Three-Dimensional Perimeter Surveillance radars are hemispheric surveillance radars manufactured by RADA in Israel. They provide border and perimeter surveillance through detection, classification and tracking ...
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Land: battle management systems
MFoCS
Mounted Family of Computing Systems (MFoCS) is a modular family which is designed to integrate existing FBCB2, future JBC-P and WIN-T capability into a modular ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Maatla 4x4
Paramount's Maatla 4x4 is a Light Protected Vehicle (LPV) aimed at the African off-road armoured vehicle market. Announced at the African Aerospace and Defence Expo (AAD 2022) in ...
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Data links
Link Y Mk2
Thales Link Y Mk2 is used to securely exchange tactical data and orders via a self-managing, adaptive radio network between multiple military platforms. Designed for ...
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Tanks
Yatagan
The Yatagan tank, sometimes referred to as the T-84-120, is an improved T-84 armed with a NATO-standard 120mm smoothbore gun developed by KMDB for the ...
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Light UGVs
SUGV
The Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) was previously known as the 310 SUGV and is designed for dismounted EOD missions, but it can also be used ...
