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Naval Warfare
Raytheon to supply Sidewinders to US and its allies
23rd March 2020
Raytheon has secured a $392.41 million modification to a previously awarded contract to produce and deliver Sidewinder Lot 20 AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ short-range …
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Naval Warfare
Baltic Workboats supplying two vessels to Estonian Navy
20th April 2020
The Estonian Navy has placed an order for two force protection boats from Baltic Workboats which will aim to plug smaller gaps in the Navy’s …
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Naval Warfare
US to maintain two-carrier force in CENTCOM region
13th March 2020
The US will maintain two carriers in the Middle East for an undisclosed period of time following retaliatory strikes by its forces on Kata'ib Hezbollah …
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Naval Warfare
Babcock announces Type 31 supply chain awards
17th April 2020
Babcock International’s Team 31 has awarded several new supply chain contract awards which will support the RN’s Type 31 general purpose frigate programme. The confirmation …
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Digital Battlespace
Light shines on Five Eyes SIGINT collection mechanisms
5th May 2020
Although the mechanisms by which the ‘Five Eyes’ partners share their intelligence have been shrouded in secrecy for some years, revelations in recent years have …
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon to provide ESSM services to several international customers
15th April 2020
Raytheon has been awarded a $13.72 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract. The new modification exercises an option to provide support and technical …
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Land Warfare
Kazakhstan signs agreement for SARP-Dual RCWS
20th April 2020
Aselsan announced on 20 April that it had signed a new contract with Kazakhstan to supply its SARP-DualAdvanced Remote Controlled Stabilized Weapon Station (RCWS). The …
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Naval Warfare
Hellenic Navy orders 11 SAR craft
22nd April 2020
The Hellenic Navy has placed an order for 11 METIS RIBs from Viking Life-Saving Equipment. The boats will be supplied by the company’s Greek branch, …
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Naval Warfare
Rosoboronexport delivers BK-10 assault craft to African client
17th April 2020
Rosoboronexport has started delivery of BK-10 Project 02450 fast assault boats to an undisclosed sub-Saharan African client. The BK-10 is jointly designed and manufactured with …
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Naval Warfare
Netherlands deploys HNLMS Karel Doorman to Caribbean
16th April 2020
The Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands has deployed the HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833) to the Caribbean for an initial period until July 2020. The …
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Air Warfare
Norway and US continue solid fuel ramjet tech partnership
21st April 2020
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence will continue with the Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range (THOR-ER) programme for …
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Naval Warfare
Kongsberg to supply ASW sonars to Finland
15th April 2020
Kongsberg has signed a contract with Saab to provide ASW and diver detection sonars to the Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-class corvettes (pictured) currently under development. The …
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Naval Warfare
Australia issues RfI for indigenous boats
14th April 2020
The Australian Department of Defence has issued an RfI to gain a better understanding of domestic industrial capabilities to design, manufacture and support military sea …
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Military Logistics
US assigns hospital ships to help COVID-19 relief effort
19th March 2020
The DoD has announced that two USN hospital ships are being prepared to help the US tackle the growing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. USNS Comfort and …
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Naval Warfare
NATO wraps up UK-led Joint Warrior exercise
14th April 2020
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) on 9 April concluded the UK-led Joint Warrior exercise, which also involved vessels from Denmark, Germany, Norway and the …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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UAS: communication systems
UAS: communication systems | Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]
The Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft ...
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UAS: flight control systems
UAS: flight control systems | Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]
The Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft ...
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Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing
MQ-8C Fire Scout (USA)
Programme Background Timeline According to the Naval Air Systems Command, having first ordered the MQ-8B in 2009, the UAV has become a pillar of the ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Global Fast Sealift [USN]
Background Requirements At Sea Air Space 2026, Hanwha Ocean and Gibbs and Cox displayed the Global Fast Sealift concept design. The vessel is intended as a ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-25 Stingray (13-76) [USN]
Background Initial Requirements - Unmanned Carrier Launch Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) The programme looked different when it began. In 2013, the USN awarded four ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-25 Stingray (10-12) [USN]
Background Initial Requirements - Unmanned Carrier Launch Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) The programme looked different when it began. In 2013, the USN awarded four Preliminary ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
MH-60R Seahawk (India)
Programme Background On 25 February 2020, a letter of acceptance for 24 MH-60Rs, worth approximately $2.12 billion, was signed by India and the US in Delhi. ...
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AEW&C
E-2D [USA]
Programme Background The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) is an all-weather, twin engine, carrier-based, Airborne Command, Control and Surveillance aircraft designed to extend task force defence ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement The FVL-MS programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft utilised ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) [USN]
Background Requirement The USN wants to acquire carrier-capable loyal wingman drones. These drones will have a high level of autonomy, allowing them to work alongside crewed aircraft. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
MQ-25 Stingray (1-9) [USN]
Background Initial Requirements - Unmanned Carrier Launch Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) The programme looked different when it began. In 2013, the USN awarded four ...
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Military - USVs
MUSV [USN]
Programme Background Requirements In March 2026, the US announced it would be replacing its Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) programme with a Medium Uncrewed Surface ...
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton (28-68) [USN]
Background Requirement The MQ-4C Triton programme, developed under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme, required an uncrewed system to provide persistent, broad-area intelligence, surveillance ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
TH-73 Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) (TH-57 Replacement)
Programme Background Contenders for the competition included the Leonardo single engine TH-119 – a military variant of the AW119Kx – and Bell’s newly upgraded single ...
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OPVs
Hisar Class (1-2) [Turkey]
Background Requirements The thoughts behind the acquisition of this type of OPV, which comes in a baseline and a convertible variant, is an OPV that ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Anti-ship missiles
Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is a subsonic, sea-skimming, anti-ship and land-attack missile. The original name was the Nytt sjømålsmissil, but this was later dropped ...
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Frigates
FF(X) Frigate
The FF(X) frigate is a vessel derived from Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HHI) National Security Cutter (NSC). It was designed in response to the cancellation of ...
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Land: Integrated Defensive Systems
Low Band Transmitter
The Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group (LBT-AG), developed by Cobham, has been in production since 2005. The LBT is designed to protect strike aircraft, ships and ...
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Air-to-surface missiles, Anti-ship missiles
JSM
The Joint Strike Missile (JSM) is a multi-role version of the Naval Strike Missile. Norway funded the programme to develop and produce the JSM for the ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
MQ-8B Fire Scout
The MQ-8B Fire Scout is a rotary-wing UAV that provides situational awareness and precision targeting support for the US Armed Forces. The MQ-8B Fire Scout, ...
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Fighter - multirole
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was developed to perform naval strike missions for the USN. The primary mission for the F/A-18E/F is a strike fighter that ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
MQ-8C Fire Scout
The MQ-8C is a newer version of the Fire Scout and is based on a Bell 407 commercial helicopter. It offers a greater range, endurance and ...
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Frigates
Independence Class (LCS)
The USN’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme was originally envisaged to be 50 ships, which would provide a coastal platform that would take over from ...
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Destroyers
Zumwalt Class
The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class is formed by a series of next-generation multi-role destroyers 21st century. They were designed to host the latest in sensors and weapons ...
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Frigates
Hunter Class Guided Missile Frigate
During Indo Pacific 2023, BAE Systems Australia unveiled a Guided Missile variant of the Hunter-class frigate (ASW). Compared to the baseline ASW configuration, the proposed ...
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Frigates
Constellation Class (FFG)
The USN has selected Fincantieri Marinette Marine to build up to ten frigates under the FFG(X) next-generation future guided-missile frigate programme. The new Constellation-class will replace ...
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OPVs
Hisar Class
Turkish Military Factory and Shipyard Management company ASFAT has built two Hisar-class OPVs at Istanbul Naval Shipyard for the Turkish Navy. Four more platforms are on order, but the ...
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Air: air combat simulators
SCOTT
The Synthetic Cognition for Operational Team Training (SCOTT) system was developed for the USN to train teamwork and communication skills for E-2C flight crews interfacing ...
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Air: aerial targets
GQM-163A Coyote SSST
The GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) was developed for the USN to emulate two-stage anti-ship cruise missiles in support of air defence weapon/combat ...
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Trainer
Saab 340 trainer
The Saab 340 trainer aircraft is based on the Saab 340 regional airliner. It is used by the USN for pilot training. The aircraft replaced ...