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Defence Notes
How small businesses will support US defence programmes
12th February 2023
To guarantee that the US will have a dynamic and robust defence industrial base, the Pentagon is betting on small businesses to progress with its main acquisition and development efforts.
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Defence Notes
How artificial intelligence can threaten military readiness
8th March 2023
Although AI provides several operational benefits in the defence arena, it can also put armed forces in risky situations.
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Air Warfare
Indian Air Force contemplates long-range transport aircraft
13th February 2023
India's Medium Transport Aircraft requirement has been spluttering along for some time, with three likely contenders still remaining.
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Air Warfare
Argentinian air power modernisation makes modest progress
8th February 2023
The Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina/FAA) is acquiring new Bell helicopters and is upgrading its combat and transport fixed-wing aircraft fleets.
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Naval Warfare
Germany highlights AI and uncrewed systems in mistakenly released naval force structure plans
8th March 2023
On March 5, the German Armed Forces published and later deleted a 'Force Structure Goals 2035+' on its website, offering glimpses into Berlin's naval planning.
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Air Warfare
Northrop Grumman to enhance US Air Force intelligence
17th January 2023
Northrop Grumman will help modernise the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate's intelligence with AI solutions under the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements programme.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy ships gain remote maintenance support
18th January 2023
Fairbanks Morse Defense's FM OnBoard system allows a ship's personnel to collaborate with offsite technicians using mixed reality and digital twin technology.
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Land Warfare
Norway wants to add long-range fires after Leopard tank buy
9th February 2023
In addition to purchasing 54 Leopard 2 A7V MBTs, Norway is now preparing procurement of long-range fires with initial deliveries scheduled for 2026.
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Land Warfare
India gets ball rolling on truck-mounted howitzers
15th February 2023
Truck-mounted 155mm howitzers are one important element of the Indian Army's goal of modernising its artillery inventory.
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Land Warfare
Germany explores new options for future armoured vehicles
31st January 2023
Germany has a range of requirements for additional or replacement armoured vehicles over the next decade. Shephard analyses how the German Army might use its share of the country's highly publicised €100 billion defence spending boost.
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Land Warfare
Germany explores new options for future armoured vehicles
31st January 2023
Germany has a range of requirements for additional or replacement armoured vehicles over the next decade. Shephard analyses how the German Army might use its share of the country's highly publicised €100 billion defence spending boost.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Rheinmetall expands UGV range with new Mission Master CTX
11th January 2023
Rheinmetall's new 4x4 uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) is intended for armed and unarmed missions with swappable payload modules.
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Land Warfare
How new BvS10 vehicles will improve readiness for Royal Marines
6th January 2023
The 60 Future All-Terrain Vehicles (FATVs) were acquired under the Collaborative All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) programme in a joint effort with Sweden and Germany.
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Land Warfare
India’s infantry fighting vehicle project inches forward at glacial pace
8th February 2023
Unfortunately for the Indian Army, the country's efforts to replace the BMP-2 IFV are now well into their second decade.
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Training
Top trends in military training and simulation for 2023
17th January 2023
The training and simulation sector had a stimulating 2022, but this year may hold even more exciting technological developments for the industry. Bohemia Interactive Simulations' CPO Pete Morrison gave Shephard some hot topics to watch for 2023.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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MPVs - 4x4
JLTV [Slovenia - 2nd Batch]
Programme Background Slovenia began its procurement of Oshkosh Defence's JLTV 4x4 armoured vehicle in 2018, although a US government FMS contract was not signed until ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
BvS10 [India]
Programme Background The BvS10 is a tracked APC designed to operate in all terrain environments, especially rough and mountainous regions. A significant proportion of India's ...
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Loitering munitions
Warmate 3.0 [India]
Background Capacity Gap While awaiting domestic solutions, the Indian Army has filled a capacity gap by purchasing around 120 Warmate 3.0 units from WB Group. ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-64E Apache [Morocco]
Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the US State ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
CH-47F (Australia)
Programme Background The government of Australia has requested to buy four CH-47F cargo helicopters with unique modifications: eight T55-GA-714A aircraft turbine engines, five AN/AAR-57 common ...
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Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range
GEM-T Missiles [Sweden]
Background A coalition of European countries has signed a $5.6-billion contract to procure 1,000 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM-T) interceptors under the auspices of the NATO Support ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
AW119Kx [Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Programme Background In May 2025, the U.S. State Department approved an FMS to Bosnia and Herzegovina for approximately $100 million including 8 AW119Kx helicopters and a ...
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MPVs - 4x4
SCATA Mk1 (Batch 1) [Finland]
Background SCATA developed the SCATA Mk1 to fill the gap between the Finnish army's lighter GTP 4x4s and heavier 6x6s. Providing enhanced protection over the ...
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LTVs - 4x4
MRZR D4 [Belgium]
Background In September 2025, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded Polaris a framework agreement to supply vehicles across the alliance. This framework is intended to ...
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MPVs - 4x4
SCATA Mk1 (Batch 2) [Finland]
Background SCATA developed the SCATA Mk1 to fill the gap between the Finnish army's lighter GTP 4x4s and heavier 6x6s. Providing enhanced protection over the ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-64E Apache (Follow-On) [Morocco]
Programme Background Morocco has placed a request with the US government for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. On 20 November 2019, it was announced that the ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CATV (Batch 2) [USA]
Background The original Beowulf CATV contract between BAE and the US Army was to provide it with a total of 207 vehicles to operate in ...
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Main battle tanks
VT5 [Bangladesh]
Programme Background The Bangladesh MoD issued an RfI for a new light tank and a related ARV in September 2017. This will be easier to ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CATV [Norway]
Programme Background Seeking to replace its ageing fleet of BV206 tracked all-terrain vehicles, the Norwegian Armed Forces reported in May 2023 it was considering a ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
CATV [USA]
Background The US Army announced that the BAE Beowulf CATV had won its competition to replace the Small Unit Support Vehicles. Initially, 163 vehicles were required, but in ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Subsystems: visual
Terrain Tools for ESRI ArcGIS
MVRsimulation's Terrain Tools for Esri ArcGIS enable users to turn geospatial data into real-time geospecific 3D terrain from within their GIS software. Building on the ArcGIS ...
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Subsystems: visual
ESP
Introduced in January 2008, ESP is intended to provide a common, Windows PC-compatible platform on which to build a wide variety of virtual simulations for ...
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Subsystems: visual
Sindbad 3-EX
Sindbad 3-EX is a tool aiming at generating geographic terrain databases and 3D models for environment display systems. It is based on COTS tools and ...
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Air: parachute simulators
Parasim
Parasim is designed to simulate parachuting from the moment of leaving the aircraft to landing, including free fall before canopy deployment and controlled descent with ...
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Subsystems: software
Light Box
Light Box software provides critical, precision test tools to assess the correlation and compatibility of output formats, and automate the validation, quality control and accuracy ...
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Light UGVs
PIAP Gryf
The PIAP Gryf is a lightweight UGV designed for reconnaissance, EOD/IED detection, neutralisation and bomb disposal in places that are difficult to access. It was ...
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Subsystems: software
SE Core
The US Army’s Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core) common virtual environment management (CVEM) program provides simulations with the ability to fully integrate and interoperate within ...
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Subsystems: software
Content Creation
Content creation tools from Presagis include 3D modelling and terrain generation software that enable modellers and developers to build accurate and detailed virtual environments optimised ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Q4i
The Q4i is a mini rotary-wing UAV designed for ISR tasks. The UAV and the Ninja, the Q4i's smaller sibling, can be assembled without tools and features an autopilot ...
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Construction vehicles
10K ATFL
The Cat 10K and 13K All-Terrain Forklifts (ATFL) utilise the Cat 930K platform to lift and carry loads, and provide rough-terrain capability for work in ...
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Heavy UGVs
MV-10
The DOK-ING MV-10 is a large, dedicated mine clearance UGV designed to clear anti-personnel, antitank mines and unexploded ordnance. The platform is usually fitted with ...
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Heavy UGVs
MW330 Medium MineWolf
The Medium MineWolf (MW330) was unveiled in 2010 and is designed to combine features from the manned MW370 and the remote-controlled MW240. It can be ...
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Subsystems: software
CDB
Equipe’s Continental Databases (CDB) expand the concept of flight simulation visual training environments from current networks of local airport regions to continental-sized areas containing the ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Ninja
Designed for security and surveillance applications, the Ninja is a micro rotary-wing UAV manufactured by ideaForge. The UAV and the Q4i, the Ninja's larger sibling, ...
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Subsystems: software
OneSAF
The One Semi-Automated Force (OneSAF) is an open-source, common constructive simulation platform used by the US Army, joint and international communities as well as non-military ...
