• Digital Battlespace

  Harris enhances Falcon III battlefield networking

  1st June 2011

  Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, is broadening the deployment of network-enabled missions with the latest software release for the Falcon III …

• Digital Battlespace

  Lockheed Martin demonstrates Coalition intelligence interoperability

  1st June 2011

  Using advanced, multi-level security intelligence sharing technologies, Lockheed Martin enabled members of the "Five Eyes" international consortium (United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand) …

• Land Warfare

  Canada Land Forces choose Revision for eye protection

  31st May 2011

  Revision, a leading developer and manufacturer of ballistic protective eyewear for defence agencies and armed forces worldwide has secured a contract with the Canadian Department …

• Digital Battlespace

  EW 2011: Call goes out for unified EW command

  27th May 2011

  The US has been urged to set up a unified EW command and to redefine the electromagnetic spectrum as a domain that needs to be …

• Land Warfare

  Army showcases Quantum Hybrid

  27th May 2011

  Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced that the US Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) demonstrated the Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Hydroid passes CDR for littoral battlespace AUVs

  27th May 2011

  Hydroid Inc. announces that it has passed Critical Design Review (CDR) to provide Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (AUVs) and associated technologies to …

• Digital Battlespace

  Harris Corporation wins US Navy contract for encryption device

  27th May 2011

  Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $5.9 million order from the US Navy for its KIK-11 Tactical Key Loader …

• Military Logistics

  Dewey Electronics wins $2.3m 2kW generator order

  26th May 2011

  The Dewey Electronics Corporation, announced today the recent receipt of a delivery order for its 2kW diesel operated Military Tactical Generators (MTG) in the amount …

• Military Logistics

  L-3 awarded US Navy, Air Force C-12 logistics contracts

  26th May 2011

  L-3 Communications announced today that its Systems Field Support (SFS) division has been awarded contracts with a total potential value of more than $300 million …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman begins work on USAF DWSS

  26th May 2011

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has received authorization and funding to proceed on a Department of Defense weather satellite system projected for launch in 2018. The Defense …

• Digital Battlespace

  Lockheed Martin demonstates ISR capabilities

  26th May 2011

  Lockheed Martin will demonstrate its advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and battlefield communication technologies in a nine-day exercise at Empire Challenge 11 (EC 11), …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AeroVironment receives $8.4m Raven order

  25th May 2011

  AeroVironment, Inc. today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the US Army. The order comprises …

• Military Logistics

  Oshkosh Defense to begin full-rate production of LSVR

  25th May 2011

  Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 200 Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) tractors and nearly 70 LVSR wreckers following an …

• Military Logistics

  Elbit to upgrade Romanian C-130s

  24th May 2011

  Elbit Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $18.6 million to upgrade the Romanian Air Forces' C-130 transport aircraft. …

• Digital Battlespace

  Lunarline teams with MicroTech on OPTARSS II

  23rd May 2011

  Lunarline partnered with MicroTech in a winning bid for the US Army $2.5 Billion Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services (OPTARSS II) contract, a …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• LTVs - 4x4

  Infantry Squad Vehicle (Heavy) [USA]

  Background The US Army has been operating the ISV since 2019. It currently serves alongside the JLTV and HMMWV in the Army's Mobile Brigade Combat ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Infantry Squad Vehicle [USA]

  Background The JLTV, HMMWV, and ISV constitute the US Army’s Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) fleet. The US Army has evaluated the ISV as part of ...

• Medium UGVs

  Medium Modular Equipment Transport Trailer (M-METT) [USA]

  Background Whilst there are many medium UGV programmes developing concepts for last-mile resupply problems, the US Army's M-METT programme aims to provide an uncrewed logistics ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Light Utility Vehicle (COTS) [Canada]

  Background The Canadian Army currently employs two platforms in what it terms its Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW) fleet, the Mercedes G-Wagon and the Chevrolet Silverado. There ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Anaconda replacement [Netherlands]

  Background The Netherlands procured the Anaconda to serve as a patrol vehicle for the Netherlands Marine Corps in the Dutch Caribbean. This role was previously filled ...

• Land: air defence radar

  GM 403M Air Defense Radar [Bangladesh]

  Background Bangladesh procured Ground Master 400 long-range radars for the protection of strategic points or forces deployed in external territories. The procurement is part of ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Land Mobility Programme (Light Mobility Vehicle) [UK]

  This programme briefly introduces the wider Land Mobility Programme and then focuses on the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme. Information on the LPM and HPM can ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Light Forces Enhancement [Canada]

  Background The LFE programme was first launched in 2020 with the intention of providing the Canadian army with new light mobility platforms that could rapidly ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Norway]

  Programme Background The Norwegian Army began to acquire its fleet of 3,000 G-Wagons in the 1980s. They are currently used for a variety of roles, ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Sweden]

  Programme Background Sweden currently operates an estimated 400 G-Wagons across the Army and Air Force, where they are used in a logistics and support capacity.  ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Argentina]

  Programme Background Like many militaries around the world, the Argentine Army uses the G-Wagon as a logisitics and support vehicle. In keeping with other G-Wagon ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon replacement [Germany]

  Background The G-Wagon, known as the Wolf in German service, has been operated by the Bundeswehr for decades. German forces also operate a number of ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Latvia]

  Programme Background Latvia procured 240 G-Wagons from Norway in 2004. These vehicles had been kept in storage in Norway and had very low mileage. This ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Belgium]

  Background Belgium is understood to have procured several hundred G-Wagons in the 1990s.  These were used for a range of functions, including logistics, command vehicles ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  G-Wagon Replacement [Austria]

  Background Austria is understood to have procured over 1,000 G-Wagons, known as the Puch G in Austrian service. The Puch G-Class W461, currently operated by Austria, was ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• LTVs - 4x4

  Infantry Squad Vehicle

  The General Motors (GM) Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) is a fully-integrated military platform based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 mid-sized truck chassis with Roll ...

• LTVs - 4x4

  Electric Military Concept Vehicle

  The Electric Military Concept Vehicle (e-MCV) is General Motors (GM) Defense's concept vehicle designed for the US Army's ongoing electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV) programme. Based on ...

• Land: air defence radar

  9S18M1E

  The 9S18M1E is a mobile, 3D, frequency-agile coherent pulse radar designed to detect and identify air threats and feed target data to the Buk-M1E AD ...

• Military vehicle engines

  6V53

  The 6V53 is a six cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine that stems from the GM Diesel Series 53 engine launched in 1957. The 6V53 has a ...

• Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range

  2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful)

  The 2K12 Kub, known by its NATO reporting name SA-6 Gainful, is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system designed to provide ground forces with low ...

• Hybrid effector systems

  Tunguska

  KBP Instrument Design Bureau began development of the 2K22 Tunguska tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile system in 1970 to provide the Soviet Army with ...

• Medium UGVs

  SURUS

  General Motors unveiled its Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS) – a large, multipurpose, hydrogen-electric UGV – at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, DC, in ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  CombatGuard

  IMI Systems unveiled its new CombatGuard, a 4x4 armoured combat vehicle designed to provide a high level of off-road mobility, at Eurosatory 2014. It is ...

• Air: mission management systems

  TAIKS Fire Support C3 System

  TAIKS is the tactical element of AFSAS (see separate entry) that integrates fire support units and target acquisition systems with each other and other functional ...

• Subsystems: software

  Network Defense Trainer

  The Scalable Network Defense Trainer is an LVC simulation system for delivering realistic hands-on cyber training. It enables students to experience cyber attacks launched against ...

• Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming, Air: Electronic Attack - Pod

  Talisman [Defense Initiatives]

  The Talisman is an integrated self-protection system developed by Defense Initiatives of Belarus. It is designed to equip combat aircraft and is thought to be ...

• Land: COMINT and ELINT systems

  GenCOM Defense Ground

  GenCOM Defense Ground provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...

• Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems

  GenCOM Defense Naval

  GenCOM Defense Naval offers an automatic situational awareness picture achieved through integration with single or multiple CESM-DF arrival sensors deployed on an array of naval ...

• Air: COMINT and ELINT systems

  GenCOM Defense Air

  GenCOM Defense Air provides an automatic multi-layered situational awareness picture to the decision-maker, based on external signal data (metadata) gathered in real time. Integrating with ...

• Land: battle management systems

  ADC3

  IAI's Air Defense Command, Control and Communication (ADC3) was developed to meet the air defence mission requirements of Israeli Defense Forces.