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Air Warfare
Pentagon approves $100 million Bell 412 sale to Zambia
14th January 2025
The deal highlights Zambia’s ongoing pursuit to buy more Bell 412s to round out its diverse helicopter fleet.
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Defence Notes
Broad demand for land and technology equipment boosts defence companies’ financial results
6th February 2025
Financial reporting season for the calendar year of 2024 has continued to show substantial growth for defence companies as countries across the world, particularly those in Europe, open the chequebook.
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Air Warfare
How Chinese advancements will impact the future development of the US Air Force fleet
16th January 2025
US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has said that China would continue to be a “problem” for the development of the service’s fleet over the coming decades.
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Land Warfare
What do Russia or Ukraine need to win the war?
28th February 2025
Shephard looks at both the doctrine and equipment perspective and considers what both countries would require in order to ensure victory.
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Air Warfare
Canada risks “bloodying its nose” should it forgo F-35 buy, says Canadian ex-defence chief
19th March 2025
Canada has stated its intention to reassess its acquisition of the F-35, amid the ongoing US-trade war, with Defence Minister Bill Blair saying it is “examining alternatives” with other aircraft manufacturers.
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Naval Warfare
UK opens new submarine centre to support nuclear deterrent vessels
31st January 2025
The Submarine Availability Support Hub is the latest in a string of government investments in submarine warfare.
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Air Warfare
US Air Force pushes back T-7A production to 2026
21st January 2025
The US Air Force (USAF) and Boeing have agreed to adjust parts of the T-7A Red Hawk acquisition, with four more test T-7As being acquired to help improve manufacturing readiness and boost testing capacity.
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Defence Notes
Unfolding the Golden Dome for America: Seven things you should know about the programme
3rd June 2025
Shephard talked to multiple experts about the most pressing concerns and considerations regarding the air defence system advocated by President Trump.
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Land Warfare
US services test wearable tech to improve soldier’s performance
25th November 2024
Developed by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the Lightning Platform is an app to assess warfighters’ physiology, metabolism and mental and cognitive status.
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Land Warfare
Singapore commissions Hunter engineer vehicle variant
16th January 2025
The HT-AEV, developed in partnership with DSTA and ST Engineering, will be an advanced armoured engineer vehicle designed to enhance obstacle-clearing capabilities.
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Naval Warfare
Navantia combat systems selected for Chinese-built Thai LPD
6th March 2025
The landing platform dock, believed to be the largest naval vessel that China has exported, will see the Chinese-built vessel embrace Western technology.
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Training
How terrain management capabilities can improve military training
11th December 2024
This type of tool provides more realistic training easing the incorporation of new scenarios that accurately represent the threats of the battlefield.
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Land Warfare
GDLS plans to deliver prototype armed Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle in 2025
4th February 2025
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is building the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) Command, Control, Communications, Computers/Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C4/UAS) for the US Marine Corps (USMC). Approximately 500 ARV 30mm autocannon (ARV-30) are expected to be procured by the USMC.
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Training
Saab expands footprint in the US
18th December 2024
The company will operate in two new locations in the coming years to better support US services.
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Naval Warfare
Canada commits to $15 billion River-class destroyers and infrastructure
17th March 2025
The new destroyer programme aims to build 15 new vessels over at least the next 25 years, the first of which should launch in the early 2030s.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
EVO Max 4T [Ukraine]
Programme Background Ukraine On 6 October 2023, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Miniter of Digital Transformation, announced that the Army of Drones sent nearly 2,000 EVO Max ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Hürkuş-C Advanced Armed Trainer (Turkey)
The Hurjet-C development programme funding was included in the Hurkus-B procurement contract awarded by the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries in December 2013. The Hurjet will ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
AW101-Norway
AgustaWestland is also providing initial support and training services, including spares at each of the operating bases and aircrew training. It will then provide performance ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Boxer IFV (Schakal) [Germany]
Background The Boxer is currently in service with both Germany and the Netherlands, having entered service in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In October 2025, the ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
MD 530F -Kenya
Crew transition training took place at the MD Helicopters headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, with field service support, armament, and gunnery training scheduled to occur at ...
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Trainer
T-54A Multi-Engine Training System (METS) [USA]
Programme Background Multi-Engine Training System is a USN programme to replace the ageing T-44C Pegasus fleet and modernize multi-engine aircraft training. Multi-Engine Training System provides ...
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships
Multi-Role Support Ship (MRSS) (3) [Malaysia]
Programme Background Requirements The Royal Malaysian Navy are in the process of a fleet transformation plan known as the 15 to 5 Transformation Plan, which ...
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Submarines: conventional/attack
Submarines Procurement [Malaysia]
Programme Background Requirements In 2015, the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) issued the so-called 15 to 5 Transformation Plan, which envisioned the service to be standardised ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawks [Greece]
Programme Background In October 2023, Greece submitted a formal request to acquire 49 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as replacements for the Army's Bell UH-1s after launching ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Gray Eagle 25M (13-28) [US National Guard]
Background Requirement In FY2021, the National Guard Association of the United States (NGUAS) announced that it was “critical” that it fielded the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER). The ...
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Military UAS - mini
Beyond Vision UAVs [Portugal]
Background Contract award On 14 February 2023, Beyond Vision announced that it had been awarded a €600,375 contract for the acquisition of “6 Multirotor and ...
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ISR/special mission
Shadow R1 [UK]
Background The RAF is moving forward with an ambitious plan to transform its intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) force to enable greater interoperability ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Boxer IFV (Schakal) [Netherlands]
Background The Boxer is currently in service with both Germany and the Netherlands, having entered service in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In October 2025, the ...
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Military helicopters - attack
Mi-35M
Serbia became the 10th export customer of the Mi-35M helicopter, a new-generation Hind derivative, launched in production since 2007, featuring an improved armour protection, more ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | Submarines Procurement [Malaysia]
According to the Royal Malaysian Navy 15 to 5 Transformation Plan, the Navy wants to acquire two more submarines between 2031 and 2035. Shephard estimates ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Major networking projects
ACT
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is leading at strategic command level the transformation of NATO’s military structure, forces, capabilities and doctrine. It is working to enhance ...
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Loitering munitions
Trypillian SSG
Manufactured by Trypillian, a British-Ukrainian start-up, the Trypillian SSG is an autonomous, deep-strike loitering munition, designed to operate in GNSS-denied environments. Trypillian states that it is an asymmetric ...
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Light UGVs
D-21-11
Unveiled in January 2024, the D-21-11 is a 4x4 wheeled UGV from Brave1. The Ukrainian vehicle features a flatbed that can host various equipment, such ...
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Loitering munitions
Backfire
The Backfire is a Ukrainian fire-and-forget loitering munition. The catapult-launched system is GPS-guided, meaning it is resistant to radio-electronic interference. Reportedly, its lack of real-time ...
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Medium UGVs
Ironclad
The Ironclad is a Ukrainian 4x4 UGV developed by Roboneers, a technology incubator that solicits ideas and pairs them with potential investors. Fitted with a ShaBlya ...
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Ultra-light UGVs
Ratel S
The Ratel S, sometimes also called the Medoed or Honey Badger, is a Ukrainian kamikaze UGV that can be armed with a TM-62 anti-tank mine or two 82mm ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Vampire
The Vampire is a hexacopter drone developed by the Ukrainian company Skyfall. It can carry and drop various types of ammunition on the enemy. In ...
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Land: range systems and targets
DRTS
The Digital Range Training System (DRTS) was developed under a 2011 contract to provide an immersive training environment for US Army vehicle crews. Training includes ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
EVO Max 4T
The EVO Max 4T is an in-development rotary-wing ISR drone from Autel Robotics. According to Autel, the drone has advanced autonomous technology, giving it a strong ...
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Land: tactical engagement simulators
Live Training Systems-Range Instrumentation
End-to-end, networked, live training communications systems providing live training range products, communications infrastructure and instrumented participant voice, video and data communications. These include range voice, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Nomad (Group 4/5)
In October 2025, Sikorsky unveiled the Nomad family of drones. The family can be scaled from a small Group 3 UAV to a Group 4/5 system with ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
USN T-44C Training Services
In late 2013, CAE USA received a contract to provide the USN with comprehensive T-44C aircrew training services at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. CAE USA ...
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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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Loitering munitions
Mighty Hornet IV
Unveiled in September 2025, the Mighty Hornet IV is a development of the MQM-178 target drone designed for attack missions. Kratos and the National Chung-Shan Institute ...
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Land: battle management systems
Digital Battle Management System
The Digital Battle Management System (BMS) is a single complete solution designed for sharing battalion-level land and air-land combat information. Digital BMS optimises real-time information ...
