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Air Warfare
Typhoon remains “at heart of UK defence” despite claims production has stopped
19th November 2024
BAE Systems Air business has reaffirmed its commitment to the Typhoon programme as union representatives from the company urge the UK government to order 24 Typhoon jets.
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Air Warfare
UK Royal Navy Wildcat fires Sea Venom anti-ship missile
9th October 2024
The Wildcat is fitted with .50cal gun and carries Stingray torpedoes and Marlet lightweight missiles. Sea Venom substantially boosts the platform’s punch.
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Air Warfare
Bureaucratic syndrome holds back India’s AEW&Cs
7th November 2024
If India is to remain competitive with its neighbouring powers, it still requires a definitive answer to its critical shortage of AEW&C systems.
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Air Warfare
Air Warfare Review 2024: Budget cuts and delays fail to dampen modernisation efforts in 2024
10th December 2024
From major platform upgrades, high-value contract wins and programme delays, Shephard reported on a mixed year for air warfare in 2024, as geopolitical tensions rose across Europe and the Middle East.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Thunderstrike establishes major drone facility at Danish airport
22nd August 2024
The hangar will be used to eventually produce 200-300 drones per year.
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Air Warfare
Royal Navy Merlin Mk4 ditching kills one crew member
5th September 2024
A ditching is a deliberate emergency landing on water, not a crash.
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Land Warfare
BAE Tridon MK2 fitted with Chess Dynamics fire control system
22nd July 2024
The collaboration between the defence giant and the gunfire control specialist will help deliver a modular anti-drone solution.
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Air Warfare
European Common Radar System Mk2 begins ground-testing in UK
25th July 2024
BAE Systems hopes to work out any issues before the radar is sent for flight testing.
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Air Warfare
Eurofighter looks to fly integrated new systems in Typhoon next year
8th August 2024
The first representative Eurofighter Typhoon flew in 1994 and entered operational service in 2003. Two decades later the company is working to ensure the platform’s relevance beyond the middle of the century.
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Land Warfare
DroneShield to boost production of CUAS systems in face of rising demand
20th June 2024
Eurosatory exhibitor DroneShield has a heritage in the CUAS and is riding high with demand for its products from small UAS detectors to the large DroneSentry-X system.
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Land Warfare
BAE Systems shows Bofors 40mm naval gun as Tridon Mk2 land air defence system
13th June 2024
The Tridon Mk2 has been designed to be vehicle agnostic, building upon the mature Bofors 40mm naval gun with a focus on defeating UAS, aircraft, missiles and rockets.
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Naval Warfare
Second Gowind corvette delivered to UAE
1st July 2024
The Gowind 2500 corvettes, designed and built by France’s Naval Group, combine stealth features, resilience and high availability with anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare capabilities.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Revolutionising Warfare: The Rapid Rise and Future of UGVs (Analysis)
17th June 2024
The uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) market is advancing rapidly due to technological growth and geopolitical shifts. Increased investment and evolving defence priorities are driving interest in UGVs, although political, technological, and production challenges must be addressed for full market potential.
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Air Warfare
India could buy nearly 100 new Tejas fighters in biggest ever domestic order
23rd April 2024
This procurement would form part of the Indian Air Force’s plan to retire its fleet of MiG-21 fighters and replace them with the indigenous LCA Tejas Mk1As by 2025.
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Defence Notes
CUAS platforms, security systems and MBTs steal the spotlight as the curtain falls on Eurosatory 2024
21st June 2024
Eurosatory 2024 is done, the boxes are mostly put away, vehicles sent home to bed, stalls torn down, ripped carpet rolled up and weary business directors and their engineers have, for the last time for this edition, hung their MKU lanyards around their necks. But what, if anything, have we learned from this show in suburban Paris?
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - mini
Reconnaissance Drone (Ukraine Aid) [Belgium]
Programme Background Aid Package On Friday, 15 March 2024, Belgian Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder announced the country's latest aid package to Ukraine to help the country ...
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Military UAS - small
Penguin C MIL [Latvia]
Background Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Development Concept In 2018, the Latvian MoD signed an agreement with Latvian companies UAV Factory and Atlas Aerospace to procure UAVs ...
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Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range
Marine Air Defence Integrated System [US]
Background The Marine Air Defence Integrated System (MADIS) is a US Marine Corps (USMC) programme to counter UAVs, low-flying, high-speed fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters using a mobile ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | Tejas LCA - India Follow-On
Indian Air Force is planning to buy a total of 140 Tejas LCA to equip seven squadrons. Between 2006 and 2016, India’s Defence Acquisition Council authorised ...
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Data links
Data links | Tejas LCA - India Follow-On
Indian Air Force is planning to buy a total of 140 Tejas LCA to equip seven squadrons. Between 2006 and 2016, India’s Defence Acquisition Council authorised ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Tejas LCA - India Follow-On
Indian Air Force is planning to buy a total of 140 Tejas LCA to equip seven squadrons. Between 2006 and 2016, India’s Defence Acquisition Council authorised ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | Tejas LCA - India Follow-On
Indian Air Force is planning to buy a total of 140 Tejas LCA to equip seven squadrons. Between 2006 and 2016, India’s Defence Acquisition Council authorised ...
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Transponders and IFF
Transponders and IFF | Tejas LCA - India Follow-On
Indian Air Force is planning to buy a total of 140 Tejas LCA to equip seven squadrons. Between 2006 and 2016, India’s Defence Acquisition Council authorised ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Piranha V (Batch 1) [Romania]
Programme Background Requirement The Romanian government has committed to raising defence spending to enable the country's armed forces to shed its Soviet-era equipment and to ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Tejas LCA (India)
Programme Background The Indian Navy was supposed to procure 50 Tejas LCAs, also known as the LCA-N. However, in 2017 the navy decided to abandon ...
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Military UAS - small
High-Performance Systems (Ukraine Aid) [Latvia]
Background Ukrainian Defence Contact Group (UDCG) In January 2024, the Ukrainian Defence Contact Group (UDCG), a multi-nation organisation that coordinates military aid for Ukraine, established ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Ajban Series (Algeria)
Programme Background Algeria is believed to operate at least four variants of the Ajban platform: the standard Nimr Ajban fitted with either a Norinco UW1 ...
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Military UAS - small
Small Reconnaissance Drones [Lithuania]
Programme Background Planned Purchases On 14 September 2022, the Lithuanian MoD announced in a short statement on Twitter, now X, that it had begun organising ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
VCR (Batch 3) [Spain]
Background Purpose The VCR programme is to replace several legacy wheeled and tracked vehicles currently in service with the Spanish Army, including the BMR-600 6x6, ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
VCR (Batch 1) [Spain]
Background Purpose The VCR programme is to replace several legacy wheeled and tracked vehicles currently in service with the Spanish Army, including the BMR-600 6x6, VEC-M1 ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Corvettes
FCX20
The FCX20 has been revealed in 2022 Fincantieri's new FCX Naval Series. The FCX20 resembles a corvette-sized vessel with combat capabilities in all warfare domains (AAW, ...
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OPVs
Musherib Class (FCX07)
Fincantieri is building two OPVs for the Qatari Emiri Navy as part of a larger seven-vessel €4 billion ($4.67 billion) contract involving four corvettes and one ...
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Anti-ship missiles
Marte Mk 2/N
Marte Mk2/N is a direct derivative of the proven and in-service Marte Mk2/S helicopter-launched anti-ship weapon system, both variants deploying the same Marte Mk2 missile.
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Athena MK2
Produced by Leonardo, Athnena MK2 is a combat management system used by the Italian Navy. The suite has a surface variant (MK2/E) and a more advanced ...
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
120mm Smoke-WP Mk2 Mortar Bomb
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 120mm Smoke-White Phosphorous Mk2 (120mm SMK-WP Mk2) mortar bomb is designed to large volumes of white smoke.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
120mm Smoke-TTC Mk2 Mortar Bomb
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 120mm Smoke-Titanium Tetrachloride Mk2 (120mm SMK-TTC Mk2) mortar bomb is designed to large volumes of white smoke.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
120mm Smoke Red Phosphorous Mortar Bomb
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 120mm Smoke Red Phosphorous Mk2 (120mm SMK-RP Mk2) is a smoke-generating round designed to obscure vision and signal.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
60mm Illumination
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 60mm Illumination - Visible Mk2-S (60mm ILL-VIS Mk2-S) is designed to illuminate a large area with visible light for a prolonged period.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
60mm Smoke TTC
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 60mm Smoke Titanium Tetrachloride Mk2 S (60mm SMK-TTC Mk2-S) produces cold smoke for use in obscuring vision or signalling.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
60mm Illumination - IR
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 60mm Illumination - Infra-Red Mk2-S (60mm ILL-IR Mk2-S) is designed to illuminate a large area with infra-red light for a prolonged period.
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
60mm HE Mortar Round
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 60mm High Explosive TNT-filled Mk2-S (Point Detonation) (HE-TNT Mk2-S PD) is a fragmentation round designed to counter infantry and unarmoured vehicles.
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Anti-ship missiles
Teseo Mk2/E
The Teseo Mk2/E, which incorporates land-attack capabilities, is the latest evolution of the Otomat/Teseo anti-ship weapon family and is set to replace the legacy Mk2/A ...
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Military UAS - small
TSA Fantom MK2
The TSA Fantom Mk2 is a small, in-development fixed-wing drone from Thunderstrike. It has two variants: the TSA Fantom Mk2 FW and the TSA Fantom ...
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Unguided Mortar Ammunition
120mm Visible Illumination Mk2 Mortar Bomb
Austrian company Hirtenberger's 120mm Visible Illumination Mk2 (120mm ILL-VIS Mk2) mortar bomb is to illuminate large areas with visible light for a prolonged period—the round works ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
Smart-S Mk 2
The Smart-S Mk2 is a three-dimensional naval air and surface surveillance radar manufactured by Aselsan and Thales. The transmit and receive modules are produced by ...