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Naval Warfare
South American shipyards end 2024 positively as regional navies bet on local manufacturers
23rd December 2024
The year ends with several South American navies undergoing ambitious programmes to modernise their fleets. A common denominator is that regional services want domestically manufactured surface vessels and even submarines.
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Special Operations
Why artificial intelligence has secured its place in special forces’ operations
31st May 2025
The diverse use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been turning it into a critical tool for Special Operations Forces (SOF).
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Naval Warfare
Exercise Freezing Winds brings navies together to ease Finland into NATO
6th December 2024
The nine-day exercise off the Finnish coast was intended to boost interoperability in challenging weather conditions.
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Land Warfare
Hanwha contracted to develop radar for South Korean missile defence
30th April 2025
Hanwha will develop the multi-function radar of the Low Altitude Missile Defense (LAMD), work which is scheduled to be completed before the end of 2028.
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Land Warfare
AUSA 2024: Teledyne FLIR shares milestones and plans while showing SkyPad UAS box
14th October 2024
Teledyne FLIR Cerberus XL CUAS is deployed in Ukraine while its Rogue One recoverable loitering munition is racing through development.
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Naval Warfare
South Korea receives first Batch-III frigate and issues contracts for other vessels
17th January 2025
South Korea is moving ahead at speed with its frigate programme, involving both domestic heavy-hitting shipbuilders.
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Defence Notes
UK defence budget increased to 2.5% by 2027 as geopolitical landscape darkens
25th February 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raises defence spending, while both NATO and President Trump demand significant further increases.
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Naval Warfare
German Navy tests BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle
28th November 2024
The autonomous underwater vehicle was tested in the tough environment of the Baltic Sea.
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Air Warfare
Is Chinese naval air power ready for action?
30th December 2024
What role will the new jets and aircraft carriers of the People’s Liberation Army Navy play in Beijing’s wider fleet?
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard acquires icebreaker, and gets approval for Polar cutter
26th December 2024
The investment will help the US move towards its prescribed Arctic requirement.
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Naval Warfare
South Korean Destroyer fleet approved for US improvement programme
19th December 2024
The US State Department has agreed to sell South Korea technology to keep its Destroyer fleet effective as a deterrent.
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Air Warfare
Will drone motherships form part of tomorrow’s warfare?
26th August 2025
While motherships offer multiple operational advantages, the changes in the character of warfare may bring new tactics to the battlefield, reducing their role.
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Land Warfare
What does a 20% cut by Congress mean for the JLTV programme?
31st December 2024
Reductions approved by the US Congress impact the US Army's and US Marine Corps' (USMCs') acquisition programmes.
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Air Warfare
Why SCAF and GCAP should seek common ground
23rd April 2025
Can international industrial collaboration to develop common technologies applicable to different future aircraft programmes – like GCAP or SCAF – prevail in the face of politics?
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Naval Warfare
HII acquires new manufacturing capacity for AUKUS work
4th December 2024
An existing facility in South Carolina will be turned over to work on AUKUS elements, as well as other US Navy projects.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Submarines: nuclear, attack
PROSUB - SSN [Brazil]
Programme Background Following the successful delivery of the four Riachuelo-class SSK, which is due to all enter service between 2020 and 2023, the construction of ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | Future Naval Fighter China
China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...
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Data links
Data links | Future Naval Fighter China
China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...
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Air: Helmet-mounted displays
Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Future Naval Fighter China
China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | Future Naval Fighter China
China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...
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Transponders and IFF
Transponders and IFF | Future Naval Fighter China
China is planning to deploy stealth naval fighter aircraft with vertical take-off landing capabilities to operate from Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)'s future Type 075A class ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | Light Replenishment Oiler (T-AOL) [USN]
The US Navy wants to procure a new class of medium-sized supply ships aimed at refuelling, rearming, and resupplying naval assets. The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $7.7 ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
Naval: shipboard communication systems | Light Replenishment Oiler (T-AOL) [USN]
The US Navy wants to procure a new class of medium-sized supply ships aimed at refuelling, rearming, and resupplying naval assets. The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $7.7 ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Polar Support Vessel [Brazil]
Programme Background Requirements In June 2020, the Brazilian Navy released a Request for Proposal (RfP) to procure a new Antarctic vessel to be manufactured in Brazil. The ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Naval Collaborative Combat Air Vehicle (N-CCAV) [India]
Programme Background CATS Warrior The Combat Air Teaming System (CATS) is a planned, uncrewed and crewed family of aircraft in development by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ...
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Landing craft and hovercraft
Command Insertion Craft (CIC) [UK]
Programme Background Requirements The Royal Navy is seeking a replacement for its fleet of LVPs Mk5 amphibious landing craft. The vessels entered service in the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Project Mosquito [UK]
Programme Background Inception and Capabilities In 2019, in collaboration with the RAF, the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) released details of its new UAS ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) [Thailand]
Programme Background Roadmap In February 2024, the RTAF unveiled its White Paper 2024. Incorporating lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Israel-Hamas War, and other events ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing
Air Launched Effects (ALE) [UK]
Programme Background Acquisition Pipeline First published on 13 June 2022, the Acquisition Pipeline is a forward look at potential procurement activity undertaken by the UK MoD. ...
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Aircraft carriers
CVX (South Korea)
Programme Background Requirements HHI was awarded a contract for the conceptual design of the LPX-II in October 2019. The project now aims to build a ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Hybrid Tiger
Manufactured by the Naval Research Laboratory, the Hybrid Tiger is an electric UAV. As its name suggests, the platform features a hybrid power generation unit. ...
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Air: UAS radar
RASAR
The real-time, autonomous, synthetic aperture radar (RASAR) is a self-contained radar designed for installation under the wing of UAS for counter-IED and FOPEN (Foliage Penetration) missions. It is ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
SA-400 Jackal
The SA-400 Jackal is a heavy-payload-capability, long-endurance VTOL UAS that had its first flight in 2013. It is an optionally piloted vehicle, so it can ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Outlaw SeaHunter
Outlaw UAVs are used by military and research agencies for training, testing, data collection and system development. In the 114-137kg maximum take-off weight class, SeaHunter ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
ShadowHawk
The ShadowHawk is a VTOL UAV that can be transported and launched/recovered within a small area. The ShadowHawk is able to maintain aerial surveillance at ...
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Air: EO/IR – Jamming Systems
AN/AAQ-45
Leonardo’s AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures is designed to equip rotorcraft. The system is being installed on Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk medium-lift utility helicopters used ...
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Air-launched ASW torpedoes, Ship-launched torpedoes
Shyena/TAL
Shyena, also known as TAL (The Advanced Light Torpedo), is an Indian lightweight anti-submarine torpedo developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (affiliated to ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Havoc
Havoc is a MALE modular payload UAS designed for customers with varying missions and payload requirements. Features include tool-less assembly, rolling take-off and landing and ...
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Military - USVs
MAST
The Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST) was developed by ASV Global and Roke Manor Research under funding from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. It ...
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Subsystems: software
SWARM
CHI Systems worked with Lockheed Martin on a programme for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to build software models that imitate human behaviour, and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Bat
Northrop Grumman is developing the Bat family of medium-altitude, multi-mission UAS. The company announced two variants of the UAS (3.7m and 4.3m) and a rotary-wing ...
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Light UGVs
Dragon Runner
The Dragon Runner UGV, manufactured by QinitiQ, has two versions: the Dragon Runner 10 (DR10) and the slightly larger Dragon Runner 20 (DR20). All Dragon ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
CLS-200
The CLS-200 is part of the Yates Electrospace Corporation Silent Arrow family. It is a powered cargo-carrying one-use UAV, based on the company's GD-2000 glider. In ...
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Light UGVs
Jackal
Launched in September 2014, Clearpath Robotics' Jackal is a small, portable, integrated and weatherproof UGV. It has been built on a metal chassis and has four wheels ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Skate
The Skate is a small, man-packable VTOL UAV designed for performing short-range ISR at the tactical level. A thrust-vectoring system provides a near-VTOL capability, enabling ...