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Land Warfare
Preparations underway for Saudi–US Red Sands exercise
10th January 2024
Last year’s Rad Sands Live Fire (RSLF) included a demonstration of C-UAS capability and the second of this year’s events in October/November will be expected to include similar activity and companies from earlier events such as MARSS.
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Land Warfare
South Korean defence industry demonstrates its tech prowess
6th November 2024
Shephard takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the South Korean defence sector as the country arms itself to deal with current and future threats.
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Digital Battlespace
New DOCK StreamCaster promises to boost tactical connectivity for SOF
4th May 2024
The latest DOCK StreamCaster system enhances situational awareness for combat forces with advanced networking capabilities, supporting secure and resilient communications across challenging environments.
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Training
How US marines and sailors trained for humanitarian assistance in Indo-Pacific region
11th July 2024
US Marine Corps and US Navy personnel enhanced their humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities during a training exercise in Papua New Guinea.
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Air Warfare
Preparing for mass deployments and improving aircraft fleet among US Air Force priorities for FY2025
5th February 2024
The branch’s main concerns for FY2025 will include integrating systems and equipment, improving software, cyber capabilities and aircraft fleet, and preparing for mass deployments.
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Air Warfare
QinetiQ to build silent hangar for UK to test GPS jamming resilience
22nd August 2024
The hangar will allow for rigorous testing of technologies on modern defence assets, without allowing jamming signals to escape into the wild.
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Land Warfare
Contracts awarded for US Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle
8th April 2024
The US Marine Corps (USMC) will procure the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) from prime contractor BAE Systems to replace the legacy Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7) platform. BAE Systems received the initial $1.1 billion contract to produce 204 ACVs in June 2018.
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Land Warfare
US Army completes truck airdrop test
4th April 2024
The US Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) consists of 17 models including cargo, tractor, van, wrecker, tanker and dump truck variants. The FMTV can also be produced unarmoured, with no ITAR restrictions, for international militaries.
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Training
General Atomics adds new capabilities to Predator trainer
22nd March 2024
The new Predator Mission Trainer upgrade was said to enhance mission realism with improved visual graphics and offer instructors streamlined control for a more efficient and student-focused learning experience.
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Defence Notes
US FY2024 funding package passes as China closes military capability gap
26th March 2024
The Pentagon has been operating under temporary funding since October 2023, which has impacted its main acquisition and development programmes, increasing the capability gap between the US and China.
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Defence Notes
Irish defence review highlights importance of Capability Development Unit and looks to new threats
26th July 2024
Ireland has a small defence force in terms of personnel, equipment and budget relative to international averages but is plotting a way to change this and a recent annual review analyses that progress.
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Air Warfare
GA-ASI to develop new ABAD pod for MQ-9A
15th May 2024
A collaboration between General Atomics and US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will seek to equip the MQ-9A Reaper with enhanced threat detection and protection against Radio Frequency and Infrared threats.
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Naval Warfare
New Spanish submarines to be fitted with Exail navigation system
29th May 2024
Spain’s S-80A or Isaac Peral-class SSKs are being built to replace the Spanish Navy’s existing Agosta 90B-class SSKs which were designed in the 1970s and built in the mid-1980s. The original S-80 programme has suffered considerable delays, with the first S-80s only entering service in late-2023.
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Land Warfare
US Army set for Beowulf CATV first-year delivery milestone as Arctic threats mount
1st August 2024
Deliveries will enable the service to progress with the replacement of the ageing fleet of SUSVs.
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Air Warfare
Turkey completes first AESA radar flight test on F-16 Ozgur with drone trials imminent “within days”
26th March 2024
Turkey’s homegrown MURAD radar system has promised to enhance Turkish air combat missions, offering simultaneous air-to-air and air-to-ground functionality, enhanced target detection and EW capabilities.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE (Germany)
Programme Background The Germany navy had an urgent requirement for three UAS required for reconnaissance and identification in maritime operations. A platform was required that ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing
Replicator 1 [US]
Programme Background Announcement & Requirement In late August 2023, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced the Replicator programme, an effort to galvanise an industry which ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Bayraktar TB2 (Qatar)
Programme Background In 2018 at DIMDEX, it was revealed that Qatar had bought six Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey. The deal also included three ground control stations, ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Elbit Systems UAVs [Israel]
Background Various Contracts On 3 December 2024, the Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had purchased "advanced drones and autonomous systems" from Elbit Systems in various ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Multidomian Micro Drones [USSOCOM]
Background Special Notice On 14 November 2024, a Special Notice was released that informed the industry that the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was looking for ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
General-Purpose UAS [Australia]
Programme Background Banned As reported by Shephard in August 2023, in the past, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) used commercial UAS from companies such as DJI for ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Mini 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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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
ISTAR UAS project [Canada]
Programme Background Objective The Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) main significant UAV project is the RCN Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System (RCN ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, 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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Fighter - multirole
F-15SA Saudi Arabia
The aircraft deal includes 170 APG-63(v)3 AESA radar sets, 193 F-110-GE-129 Improved Performance Engines, 100 M61 Vulcan Cannons, 338 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems amongst ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 Dutch Navy
Programme Background The Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice seeking information regarding the potential acquisition of a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 Belgian Navy
Programme Background For the joint MCM programme between Belgium and the Netherlands, the Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice calling for information regarding the ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 (ASW) [Canada]
Programme Background Contract Award At Euronaval 2022, Shephard reported that UMS Skeldar and Ultra had been awarded a Phase 2 contract on 19 October to provide ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) (Tranche 2) / Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) [USA]
Programme Background The Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) Programme The RPUAS programme will provide the battalion and below-ground manoeuvre elements within the US Army with an ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) [US Army]
Programme Background Requirement The US Army approved the Co-Level SUAS DR acquisition in June 2023 to supply Brigade Combat Teams with an "immediate, commercially available capability" to ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Freya
An easy-to-use system which requires minimal training, Freya can be operated in difficult situations and weather conditions, including strong winds and mountainous areas. A tracker ...
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Data links
CLIP
Common Link Integration Processing (CLIP) is a software product that performs data transformation and processes protocols for dissimilar communications formats. It meets requirements for common ...
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Counter-UAS systems
X-MADIS
The eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) is a portable, fully integrated C-UAS system for fixed-site, mobile and on-the-move operations. Combining four all-threat air ...
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EO/IR systems
CM202U
The CM202U is a field-proven gyro-stabilised imaging system for counter small uncrewed aerial systems (C-sUAS) operations and ground ISR applications. Manfuaucted by AVT Australia, it includes high-definition ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Dronekiller
The IXI Dronekiller is a handheld C-UAS device that employs software-defined radio technology to detect and affect Class 1 and Class 2 UAS devices without ...
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Counter-UAS systems
C-UAS Solution
The C-UAS Solution uses goniometry, radar technologies and various sensors to detect and remove UAS from the air. So far, the solution has been proven effective against ...
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Loitering munitions
Revenger
The Revenger is a loitering munition developed by SRB Aerial Systems. Not much is known about the platform; however, at IDEX 2023, two units were ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Airfence 5.0
Airfence 5.0 is a C-UAS RF technology released by Sensofusion. It is designed to protect airports, personnel, prisons and private companies from rogue UAS in ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Cobham C-UAS
Unveiled at the AUVSI 2017 trade show in Dallas, Texas, the Cobham C-UAS primarily consists of wideband omnidirectional, directional helix (single- or dual-band), directional flat ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Skylock C-UAS
Skylock, an Avnon Group company, has developed a C-UAS system that is intended to bring sensors, jammers and a laser effector into a single deployable ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Howler C-UAS
Developed by Raytheon, the Howler is a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), which includes a Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor (KuRFS), a command-and-control system, and a Coyote ...
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EO/IR systems
CM262
Manfuaucted by AVT Australia, the CM262 is a ground-based imaging system combining four sensor configurations into a compact and ruggedised system for C-UAS and ISR ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Penguin C VTOL
The Penguin C VTOL is the VTOL version of the Penguin C MIL Mk2; hence it is sometimes called the Penguin C Mk2 VTOL. Edge ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Pitbull C-UAS Jammer
In June 2018, MyDefence launched the Pitbull wearable C-UAS solution, which utilises smart jamming to defeat enemy drones. Pitbull was developed to have a minimal ...
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Counter-UAS systems
SkyTracker
SkyTracker is a technology suite that detects, identifies, tracks and mitigates UAS threats. The system provides continuous 24h automated monitoring in all weather conditions. The ...
