• Naval Warfare

  RN looks to cut emissions with hybrid ships

  22nd November 2021

  It is hoped hybrid powertrain solutions could cut the emissions of RN and RFA vessels by 20-40% by 2030.

• Training

  I/ITSEC 2021: SAIC leads charge for flight training revolution

  1st December 2021

  SAIC develops new training technologies and helps the USAF to shape future pilot training.

• Defence Notes

  Dstl presents telexistence technologies to reduce personnel risk

  1st November 2021

  A DASA event showed the potential and advantages of telexistence technologies in hazardous environments.

• Training

  I/ITSEC 2021: PEO STRI hails ‘Team Orlando’

  2nd December 2021

  I/ITSEC delegates heard details of how the US Army is innovating a complex portfolio of modernisation programmes.

• Naval Warfare

  Sonardyne and Wavefront demonstrate XLUUV obstacle avoidance

  11th November 2021

  DASA is testing commercial-off-the-shelf technologies on a supersized uncrewed underwater vessel.

• Defence Notes

  NATO launches new technological initiatives

  25th October 2021

  NATO secretary general announced the launch of two NATO initiatives on 22 October, the Innovation Fund and DIANA.

• Naval Warfare

  Old dog, new tricks: HMS Argyll conducts Pac24 trials

  22nd October 2021

  The RN’s oldest frigate has trialled some of the service’s latest technologies at sea.

• Defence Notes

  US military could start new nanotech tests by 2023

  6th July 2021

  Progress in nanomaterial technologies could help militaries to counter directed-energy weapons, as the latest research finds new applications for defence.

• Defence Notes

  UK explores underwater energy harvesting technology for defence

  25th June 2021

  SME wins UK MoD contract to develop energy capture and storage device for underwater defence uses.

• Defence Notes

  UK MoD awards £2million in contracts for Map the Gap

  15th July 2021

  DASA has selected three small and medium-sized businesses to receive £2milion in contracts to help the military cross rivers, streams and bogs.

• Digital Battlespace

  UK looks beyond Crowsnest for maritime early warning

  13th May 2021

  Carrier Strike Groups and Littoral Strike Groups will need a new kind of early warning capability beyond 2029, the UK MoD believes.

• Training

  Experimentation is the key to improved RAF fast-jet training

  25th May 2021

  The RAF is making radical changes to the way it trains its fast-jet pilots at RAF Valley by re-evaluating the training pipeline and adding new technologies.

• Military Logistics

  UK looks into new approaches for military logistics

  3rd February 2021

  Competition seeks ideas for applying additive manufacturing and automation to the logistics chain.

• Defence Notes

  UK aims to bring telexistence closer to reality

  9th February 2021

  DASA competition explores potential of technologies for standoff operations.

• Naval Warfare

  DASA doles out funding for Intelligent Ship Phase 2

  12th January 2021

  Aim is to develop AI-based solutions for enhanced decision-making on RN vessels from 2030 onwards.

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• 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 ...

• Loitering munitions

  Mission Talon Strike [Australia]

  Background Request for Tender (RFT) On 19 May 2025, the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), an agency aimed at streamlining defence invocation for the Australian Defence ...

• Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  General-Purpose UAS [Australia]

  Programme Background Banned As reported by Shephard in August 2023, in the past, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) used commercial UAS from companies such as DJI for ...

• Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  DEF129 (Nano UAS) [Australia]

  Programme Background DEF129 The Australian Ground Service has combined various army procurement efforts under the DEF129 programme to increase the abundance and proliferation of UAVs ...

• Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Sovereign UAS Challenge [Australia]

  Request for Information (RFI) In July 2023, the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Sovereign Uncrewed Aerial Systems Challenge, which sought ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  Project Air 7003 [Australia]

  Programme Background Requirement The Royal Australian Air Force has been without a UAS capability since the Heron was withdrawn in mid-2017. According to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - micro

  SnapShot

  Flare Bright manufactures the SnapShot. It is a small, light, ruggedised, unpowered micro UAS designed to capture instant aerial images in wind, adverse weather and constrained ...

• Military UAS - rotary-wing

  Mozzie

  The Mozzie is a rotary-wing UAV manufactured by Grabba Technologies.  It was purchased through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA)'s Sovereign UAS Challenge.

• Loitering munitions

  OWL-X

  Unveiled at the Australia Air Show 2025, the One-Way Loitering (OWL) X, or OWL-X, is an Australian loitering munition.  Unlike the other OWLs in InnovAero's parliament, the ...

• Military - USVs

  Wave Glider

  Wave Gliders are long-duration USVs designed to collect and communicate real-time ocean data. It is manufactured by Liquid Robotics.

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  Bittium Tough SDR Handheld

  Bittium Tough SDR Handheld is a part of Bittium's Tough software-defined radio family. The transceiver supports Bittium's proprietary waveforms as well as ESSOR, and national ...

• Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

  OWL-B

  Manfuauctef by InnovAero, the One-Way Loitering (OWL) is, as its name suggests, a loitering munition. In March 2025, a family of systems was unveiled, with an ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  Bittium Tough SDR Vehicular

  The Bittium Tough SDR is the latest member of Bittium’s product range and was launched in August 2017. The Bittium SDR family includes the handheld ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  Bittium TAC WIN

  Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) is a high-data-rate system designed to create battlegroup IP networks as a backbone to support data and voice ...

• Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

  MQ-9B SkyGuardian / SeaGuardian

  Manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), the MQ-9B is an upgraded variant of the MQ-9A designed for ISR missions. The MQ-9B is split into ...