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Land Warfare
Netherlands bolsters armed forces with Leopard tanks and Puma UAS fleet upgrades
14th May 2025
The procurement announcements emphasise the Dutch Ministry of Defence’s response to NATO’s call for heavier combat capabilities for land operations.
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Land Warfare
DOK-ING presents CUAS MV-8 armed with Valhalla Mangart 25 turret
30th October 2025
The partnership between Croatia’s DOK-ING and Slovenia’s Valhalla Turrets reflects an effort to combine ground robots and with improved capabilities and new roles and follows Rheinmetall presenting its Ox with Dispatch charging docks from Valinor.
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Air Warfare
NATO needs to plug its drone gap to meet modern warfare requirements
28th October 2025
Despite shared goals, NATO’s counter-uncrewed aerial system efforts remain fragmented, with parallel initiatives lacking a unified doctrine or integrated deployment strategy.
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard announces $350 million investment in robotics and autonomous systems
26th September 2025
The USCG will use part of this funding to acquire SkyDio X10D short-range uncrewed aircraft systems, VideoRay Defender remotely operated vehicles and Qinetiq Squad Packable Utility and mini-SPUR robots.
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Air Warfare
StormShroud enters service with UK RAF to suppress enemy air defences
2nd May 2025
StormShroud is designed to support UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Lockheed Martin F-35B and Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft by providing suppression of enemy air defences (SEAD). It is built around the Tekever AR3 uncrewed aerial system (UAS) and Leonardo BriteStorm electronic warfare (EW) jammer payload.
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Air Warfare
Paris Air Show 2025: Teaming success for E-7 and MQ-28 as Ghost Bat targets Europe
17th June 2025
Boeing has announced the successful flight trial of a MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system (UAS) teaming with an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft against an airborne target.
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Defence Notes
DroneShield to double its US footprint to meet growing demand for counter-UxS capabilities
23rd September 2025
DroneShield disclosed to Shephard its plans to increase its workforce and manufacturing capacities while strengthening partnerships with US suppliers.
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Land Warfare
DroneShield joins US Army’s Project FlyTrap as CUAS tests continues
30th July 2025
The company’s participation in the exercise will not only test the CUAS solutions but help inform tactics for the US Army as it looks to expand and acquire more CUAS capabilities.
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Air Warfare
Anduril expands footprint in South Korea
12th August 2025
The US firm has signed agreements with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HII) and Korean Air to develop defence products for the South Korean market as well as license existing Anduril products for use and export to the region.
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Air Warfare
Leonardo’s Proteus structural tests “nearing completion” ahead of first flight
30th June 2025
The company has tested over 15 mission sets for the drone, with the rotorcraft used to demonstrate the viability of armed forces utilising large uncrewed aerial systems’ (UAS) for autonomous missions in the future.
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Land Warfare
AUSA 2025: Lionstrike lays out plans for British Army vehicle bid as competitors get ready
15th October 2025
In September 2025, BAE Systems announced that it was joining GM Defense and NP Aerospace to form Team Lionstrike. The team will be offering a version of GM Defense’s infantry support vehicle which is based on the commercial Colorado vehicle.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Canadian Navy will start operating class 2 UAVs in 2028
10th September 2025
Acquired under Canada’s Department of National Defence ISTAR UAS project, the drones will be deployed from the Halifax-class frigates.
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Land Warfare
QinetiQ awarded contract for further work on lasers, future systems and energy weapons
6th May 2025
Notable projects under the Weapons Sector Research Framework (WSRF) contract include the British Army determining the impact of a vehicle-mounted laser weapon on drones and testing a vehicle-mounted Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW).
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Land Warfare
Roke unveils new portable EW system
9th May 2025
Roke’s EM-Vis Deceive has been designed to be modular, open-standards based and mission configurable, and can be carried by a single soldier.
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Air Warfare
British Army to explore CUAS options to combat Class 1 drones
25th March 2025
Named Project Vanaheim, the joint project will be run by the British and US armies and is the ‘first wave’ in a substantial programme of work to update both armed forces’ CUAS capabilities.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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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 ...
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Military UAS - mini
Aeromobila A Pilotaggio Remoto (Mini) [Italy]
Programme Background Requirement Released on 5 August 2021, the Italian MoD's Multi-Year Defence Programme Document for 2021-2023 announced a programme aimed at acquiring a mini-UAS capable ...
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Military UAS - micro
Aeromobila A Pilotaggio Remoto (Micro) [Italy]
Programme Background Requirement Released on 5 August 2021, the Italian MoD's Multi-Year Defence Programme Document for 2021-2023 announced a programme aimed at acquiring a micro-UAS capable ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
RQ-20 Puma [Belgium]
Programme Requirement The Belgian MoD outlined plans to procure more mini and tactical UAS in its Strategic Vision for Defence published in 2016. According to ...
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Military UAS - small
Bug Nano UAS (UK)
Programme Background The British Army previously took delivery of 160 first-generation Black Hornet PD-100 nano UAS in 2013 to support operations in Afghanistan. After these ...
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Military UAS - small
Puma 2 AE [Germany]
Programme Background The Germany navy had an urgent requirement for three UAS required for reconnaissance and identification in maritime operations. A platform was required that ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Goal The Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) programme stems from the Military Sealift Command and Fleet Forces Command identifying, in 2018, a ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Mini UAS [Spain]
Programme Background Fuerza 35 Project This project is a Spanish Army initiative to create and maintain an effective force by forming flexible and cohesive operational ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Class 2 Tactical UAS [Ireland]
Background EU Tender On 13 March 2024, the Irish Department of Defence released a planning notice on the EU tenders website, confirming that the Irish ...
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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 ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Anafi [Sweden]
Programme Background Sweden announced on 7 February 2024 that Defence Material Works had procured drones for the Home Guard on behalf of the Armed Forces. ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
New Coastal Ranger Commando Vessels [Norway]
Programme Background Requirements According to Naval News, the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando is seeking to acquire an undisclosed number of new fast attack/interceptor craft. The ...
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Military UAS - small
Small UAS [Spain]
Programme Background Fuerza 35 Project This project is a Spanish Army initiative to create and maintain an effective force by forming flexible and cohesive operational ...
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Military UAS - small
Black Hornet 3 PRS (UK)
Programme Background The British Army operated approximately 160 first-generation Black Hornet PD-100 nano UAS between 2013 and 2017, when the decision was made to retire ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Micro UAS [Spain]
Programme Background Fuerza 35 Project This project is a Spanish Army initiative to create and maintain an effective force by forming flexible and cohesive operational ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Maveric UAS
The Maveric is a small, lightweight UAS designed to perform covert ISR missions at the tactical level. In order to camouflage the drone, its profile ...
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Air: UAV simulators
UAS Academy
IAI has established a UAS Academy for training and certification of operators and technicians. The academy was established to meet a perceived need for skilled ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
UAS 100
The UAS 100 is an autonomous, three-engined platform, modular UAS manufactured by Thales in partnership with Issoire Aviation, Hionos and with the support of the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Heavy UAS
The Heavy UAS, or Cargo Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, is, as its name suggests, a cargo-carrying UAV. Manufactured by Honeywell Aerospace, the VTOL capable UAV's horizontal flight ...
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Lynx UAS
The Lynx is an sUAS used for large-area precision agriculture and surveying and has an endurance of 3h with the standard mapping payload. Its hand-launched ...
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Hex Mini UAS
The Hex Mini is a hexacopter UAS capable of autonomous operation. Launched in under 10min, the system is constructed of sturdy materials and supports gyrostabilised ...
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Air: UAV simulators
UAS Operator Training
To help in the development of training applications for UAS pilots, Presagis offers a suite of integrated COTS software that can be used for the ...
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Air: UAV simulators
UAS Mission Trainer
The UAS Mission Trainer combines an open architecture with COTS hardware and simulation software that minimises the use of proprietary designs to provide a platform-agnostic ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Howler C-UAS
Developed by Raytheon, the Howler is a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), which includes a Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor (KuRFS), a command-and-control system, and a Coyote ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Skylock C-UAS
Skylock, an Avnon Group company, has developed a C-UAS system that is intended to bring sensors, jammers and a laser effector into a single deployable ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
Small UAS CISR
Cubic's Secure ISR Radio (SCISR) for small unmanned aerial systems is a rugged common data link (CDL) multi-band (L, S, and C) full-duplex transceiver for ...
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UAS: Integrated systems - uncrewed
AsteRx-m2 UAS
The AsteRx-m2 UAS is a GNSS receiver designed to be easily integrated into UAS applications to provide centimetre-level RTK positioning. The system’s standard connectors enable ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Cobham C-UAS
Unveiled at the AUVSI 2017 trade show in Dallas, Texas, the Cobham C-UAS primarily consists of wideband omnidirectional, directional helix (single- or dual-band), directional flat ...
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Foremost UAS Range
The Foremost UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Range is an area of restricted airspace, located near the village of Foremost, for UAS research and development or ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
UAS Concept 1
In July 2022, BAE Systems revealed two UAV concepts. The UAS Concept 1 is described as a small, versatile aircraft designed to augment existing forces ...
