• Uncrewed Vehicles

  DIMDEX: Global Yabhon nears maiden flight

  25th March 2014

  Adcom’s Global Yabhon UAV will make its maiden flight after the end of Ramadan in July, defence sources have informed Shephard. The enormous 10-ton platform, …

• Digital Battlespace

  DIMDEX: Middle-East shows appetite for smaller C4ISR functionality

  25th March 2014

  Middle-East navies are seeking to equip smaller and smaller platforms with maritime C4ISR capabilities, Danish company Terma has identified. Speaking to Shephard at DIMDEX, VP …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  DIMDEX: 5G reveals Herculean task for USVs

  25th March 2014

  5G International will unveil an autonomous refuelling-at-sea USV technology demonstrator (TD) next year, Shephard has been informed. According to company director, Keith Henderson, the 38-ft …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military - USVs

  ULAQ 11 [Qatar]

  Background Timeline In October 2025, ULAQ Global announced an order for the ULAQ-11 PSV from Qatar. Qatar signed a contract valued at QAR 21.3 million ...

• Sealift/replenishment vessels

  Logistic Support Vessel [Qatar]

  Background Requirements With a growing blue water fleet that will count one LPD, four corvettes and two OPVs, Shephard believes Qatar will soon seek to procure a ...

• OPVs

  OPVs Procurement (1-10) [UAE]

  Background Requirements At DIMDEX 2024, Shephard learnt that the UAE Coast Guard is in the process of acquiring up to ten Offshore Patrol Vessels. No ...

• Military UAS - small

  Aerosonde Mk 4.7 [Qatar]

  Background Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) At DIMDEX 2016, a QAR 54.7 million ($14.97 million) MoU between the Qatar Armed Forces and the US company Textron Systems for ...

• OPVs

  Ares 150 Hercules (Batch 2)

  Background The Ares 150 Hercules is a vessel designed by Turkish company Ares. Qatar have ordered a total of five 150 Hercules to be built ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Bayraktar TB2 [Qatar]

  Background Subsystems Qatar will use Roketsan MAM-L and MAM-C munitions as well as PiriReis navigation software in its Bayraktar T2B operations. Methodology PGO and programme ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Fast Attack Craft (FAC) 50 (1-2) [Qatar]

  Background Timeline At DIMDEX 2024, Qatar's Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the procurement of two FAC 50 ships with Turkish shipyard Dearsan. Dearsan stated that ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Domestic MALE UAV [Qatar]

  Background Desire for domestic manufacturing In March 2022, during DIMDEX 2022, Vice-President and Chief Strategic Procurement Officer of Barzan Holdings, Abdullah Hassan Al Khater, explained that ...

• Submarines: conventional/attack

  Mini Submarines [Qatar]

  Background Timeline In 2020, Qatar signed a MoU with Fincantieri aimed at supplying "cutting-edge naval vessels and submarines” to the Middle Eastern country. On 17 ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Fast Attack Craft (FAC) [Oman]

  Background Requirements At DIMDEX 2024, Shephard learnt that the Royal Navy of Oman is in the process of acquiring up to six Fast Attack Crafts (FAC). ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  New Exploration and Escort Helicopter (NEES) (Phase I) [Italy]

  Background In 2017, the Italian government signed a contract with Leonardo to replace its fleet of AW129 Mangusta attack helicopters with the in-development AW249, sometimes ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) [Qatar]

  Background Saudi Arabia Speaking to Breaking Defense at the Dubai Airshow 2025, GA-ASI President David Alexander stated that Saudi Arabia was working to sign a procurement ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Gambit [UAE]

  Background Saudi Arabia Speaking to Breaking Defense at the Dubai Airshow 2025, GA-ASI President David Alexander stated that Saudi Arabia was working to sign a procurement ...

• Military helicopters - attack

  New Exploration and Escort Helicopter (NEES) (Phase II) [Italy]

  Background Phase I In 2017, the Italian government signed a contract with Leonardo to replace its fleet of AW129 Mangusta attack helicopters with the in-development ...

• Frigates

  Joint Future Surface Combatant - FSC (3-4) [Netherlands]

  Background Timeline In June 2018, both Belgium and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint procurement of at least four frigates ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Fast Attack Craft (FAC) 50

  The FAC 50 is a Fast Attack Craft designed by the Turkish shipbuilder Dearsan. At DIMDEX 2024, Qatar ordered two units, which are planned to be ...

• Frigates

  F-142

  The F-142 is a 140m frigate developed by Dearsan Shipyard. Unveiled during DIMDEX 2022, the vessel features a stealth design combined with high firepower, a ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Multi Role Tactical Platform (MRTP) 24

  The Multi Role Tactical Platform (MRTP) 24 is an interceptor craft designed by Yonca Onuk JV. Available in Special Operations and Fast Attack versions, a ...

• Corvettes

  Ares 76 Corvette

  At DIMDEX 2024, Ares shipyard unveiled a new corvette design dubbed Ares 76 Corvette. The vessel was developed in response to an inquiry received from ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Ares 80 SAT

  The Ares 80 SAT is a Special Operations Support and Fast Attack Craft designed for Special Forces insertion and extraction, as well as fast attack, ...

• Loitering munitions

  ASN-301

  The ASN-301 is a Chinese anti-radiation loitering munition. Likely based on Israel's Harpy drone, the ASN-301 features a delta-wing configuration and a pusher propeller, and ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Fast Attack Craft FAC 46

  The Fast Attack Craft (FAC) 46 was introduced by Dearsan Shipyard at DIMDEX 2022. The FAC 46 is designed to perform a wide range of ...

• Military UAS - MALE

  Q01 / Q02

  The Q01 is an optional piloted MALE prototype aircraft developed by Reiner Stemme Utility Air-Systems GmbH in collaboration with the Emirate of Qatar. The Q02 has ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  Cockerill i-X

  The Cockerill i-X is a wheeled armoured vehicle designed as a light armoured platform with a modular turret for intercepting enemy forces. John Cockerill Defense unveiled the new ...

• Minehunters

  New Generation Minehunters/Coastal (NGM/C)

  At DIMDEX 2024, Intermarine unveiled a model of the next-generation coastal minehunters currently being developed for the Italian Navy. Eight such units are expected to be ordered ...

• Frigates

  Crossover 139 Fast Combatant

  Damen revealed its Crossover 139 vessel, suiting the requirement for the Republic of Singapore Navy's future Multi-Role Combat Vessel, at IMEDEX Asia 2019. The requirement ...

• Military - USVs

  ULAQ 11 PSV

  The ULAQ is an Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle manufactured by Ares Shipyard. The platform was developed to address a gap in the market Ares identified, ...

• Guided munitions

  Desert Sting (DS-16)

  The Desert Sting (DS-16) is a guided-glide weapon for precision ground strikes manufactured by Halcon, a subsidiary of EDGE Group. Desert Sting utilises inertial guidance augmented by ...

• Military UAS - mini

  MRM1-5

  The MRM1-5 is a Croatian first-person view (FPV) drone from ORQA. The company describes it as a dual-use platform, suitable for both training and kinetic operations. The ...

• Military UAS - mini

  MRM2-10

  The MRM2-10 is a Croatian first-person view (FPV) drone from ORQA. It is branded as an electronic warfare (EW) resilience system with a high level of ...