• Military Logistics

  Brazilian C295 fleet reaches 25,000 flight hours

  17th October 2011

  The Brazilian C295 fleet, consisting of twelve Airbus Military aircraft, has reached 25,000 flight hours after six years of successful operation in Amazonia and Mato …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  First Euro Hawk delivered to German Armed Forces

  14th October 2011

  Euro Hawk, the premier Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the German Armed Forces, was presented today to government officials and media during …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Zala Aero upgrades UAS to HD video payloads

  13th October 2011

  Zala Aero has announced today that it plans to launch an upgraded ZALA 421-E16 UAS. This new upgrade includes the platform having the latest digital …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUSA 2011: Army not planning to weaponise Shadow fleet

  12th October 2011

  The US Army UAS project office has reaffirmed that it is not planning on weaponising its Shadow fleet, despite concentrating efforts into doing just that …

• Digital Battlespace

  AUSA 2011: First contract for FELCO

  12th October 2011

  ITT and Mercury Computer Systems (MCS) have received a contract from the US Army to supply the FELCO (Federated Embedded Intel-Server for Collaborative Operations) ISR …

• Defence Helicopter

  Kiowa Warrior successfully proves manned/unmanned capability

  12th October 2011

  Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. companytoday announced that its OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several ground breaking capabilities that will enable interoperability among …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman demonstrates G/ATOR

  12th October 2011

  Northrop Grumman Corporation and the US Marine Corps Program Executive Officer for Land Systems demonstrated the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system to senior …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UGCS integrated with Orion UAS and Centaur OPA

  12th October 2011

  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the organizations have …

• Defence Helicopter

  AUSA 2011: AAS-72X development continues apace

  11th October 2011

  With the US Army looking to a competitive flight demonstration for its Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) project in 2012, EADS North America is confident its …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman demonstrates HAMMR

  11th October 2011

  Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated the Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR), which is a derivative of the Defense Department's Ground Based Fighter Radar (GBFR), a …

• Military Logistics

  RAAF C-17 working with New Zealand to deliver aid

  10th October 2011

  The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have together delivered a water purification plant from New Zealand to Tuvalu to …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AAI UAS introduces multi-mission payloads for Shadow UAV

  10th October 2011

  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, along with Phoenix Global Support, announced today the introduction of …

• Defence Helicopter

  Raytheon's CIRCM can shield UAVs

  10th October 2011

  Raytheon Company's Common Infrared Counter Measures solution for US Army helicopters is also ideal for protecting unmanned aircraft systems. At 15 pounds less than the …

• Military Logistics

  Boeing awarded contract for PBL sustainment of C-17

  10th October 2011

  Boeing has received a performance based logistics (PBL) contract from the US Department of Defense for the C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP). In …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AAI UAS introduces next-gen Shadow M2

  10th October 2011

  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the introduction of the Shadow M2 Tactical Unmanned …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military UAS - tactical

  ISTAR UAS project [Canada]

  Programme Background Objective The Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) main significant UAV project is the RCN Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System (RCN ...

• Hybrid effector systems

  M-SHORAD Increment 1 [USA]

  Background The US Army is developing a new maneuver short-range air defense system (M-SHORAD) to perform short-range air defense (SHORAD). Under this programme, there are ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  C-UAS [Portugal]

  Background Portugal's Military Programming Law 2023–2034 includes $8.8724 million (€8.2 million) to acquire counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) by 2034. It is assumed that this acquisition requires ...

• AEW&C

  AEW&C Aircraft [India]

  Programme Background India is planning to increase its AEW&C; capabilities with indigenous radar systems.  A330 Bid In 2015, the IAF has requested to procure six ...

• Hybrid effector systems

  M-SHORAD Increment 3 [USA]

  Background The US Army is upgrading its maneuver short-range air defense system (M-SHORAD). Under the overal programme, there are three increments. Increment 1 vehicles are ...

• Hybrid effector systems

  Border C-UAS Defence [Latvia]

  Background Latvia's long-term blueprint for its armed forces lists a comprehensive C-UAS element with an approximate range of three to four km. This programme is ...

• CUAS - jammers

  NEROD RF [France]

  Background France has procured an unconfirmed number of MC2's NEROD RF C-UAS rifles ("fusils brouilleurs") for short-range counter-drone use. In a 2024 Senate report, it ...

• CUAS - jammers

  C-UAS [Taiwan]

  Background Taiwan announced a requirement for portable C-UAS systems with capabilities that include passive detection, takeover, spoofing and jamming. The systems are planned to strengthen ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  Finnish Border Guard C-UAS Capability

  Background In response to the growing UAS threat, the Finnish Border Guard was given €44 million for procurements to strengthen drone detection, identification, and countering capabilities. ...

• CUAS - jammers

  C-UAS [Australia]

  Background The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is accelerating the acquisition of state-of-the-art counter-drone technologies through Project LAND 156. The ADF signed a contract with HighCom ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  SAN C-UAS [Poland]

  Background In January 2026, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and its Polish partner Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) signed a contract with the Polish Armaments Agency for the delivery ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  US SOF CUxS (Static) [US]

  Background The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is procuring a Family of Systems (FoS) design to defeat drones. The programme includes development, integration, prototyping, and test of ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  US SOF CUxS (Mounted) [US]

  Background The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is procuring a Family of Systems (FoS) design to defeat drones. The programme includes development, integration, prototyping, and test of ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  C-UAS [Columbia]

  Background In January 2026 Columbia announced a $1.68 billion project to establish a C-UAS network that would counter the numerous non-state armed groups operating in the country.  ...

• ISR/special mission

  MC-27J [Algeria]

  Programme Background Algeria has a long standing ISR aircraft requirement to support its Beech 1900 fleet comprised of six aircraft. The new ISR fleet is ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• CUAS - jammers

  Tron C-UAS Jammer

  Designed to counter the threat of Chinese drones, Tron Future Tech's counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) is an AESA-based, AI-supported drone defense system with satellite connectivity.

• CUAS - jammers

  iHTAR C-UAS

  The Turkish company ASELSAN has produced the iHTAR (Warning) system to counter drones (C-UAS). It combines AESA radar, image processing algorithms, and programmable FPV jammer ...

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

  Falcon Air Defence System

  Unveiled at IDEX 2019, Falcon is a medium range ground-based air defence system, including C-RAM and C-UAS capabilities. The Falcon consists of Lockheed Martin's Skykeeper ...

• Land: air defence radar

  TMMR

  The Tactical Multi-Mission Radar (TMMR) is Leonardo’s C-band AESA radar designed for detecting, classifying, and tracking small, high-maneuvering targets. It’s designed for various applications, including counter-UAS, ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  ŞAHİN LITE

  ŞAHİN LITE has been developed by the Turkish company ASELSAN to counter drones; it is a trailer-mounted system with radar, and grenade armament.

• Air: AEW/fire control radar

  RBE2

  The AESA RBE2 is the first AESA radar produced in Europe for combat aircraft. The active phased array replaces the passive array in the RBE2 currently ...

• Land: RWS

  Pitbull

  General Robotics developed the lightweight Pitbull family of remote weapons station for use on aerial, land and naval crewed or uncrewed platforms. Armed with a single ...

• Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar

  AirMaster-C

  The AirMaster-C is a two-dimensional, AESA, airborne surveillance radar manufactured by Thales. It is marketed as a lightweight surveillance radar designed to be fitted to ...

• CUAS - detectors

  Airfence 5.0

  Airfence 5.0 is a C-UAS RF technology released by Sensofusion. It is designed to protect airports, personnel, prisons and private companies from rogue UAS in ...

• Land: air defence radar

  iMOTR

  The Innovative Multiple-Object Tracking Radar (iMOTR) system has been designed to provide military test ranges with more accurate time, space and position information for several ...

• Corvettes

  Vard 7 105 Continental Defence Corvette

  The Vard 7 105 Continental Defence Corvette is a concept vessel designed by Vard Marine as part of the Vigilance bid for the Royal Canadian ...

• CUAS - jammers

  SkyWiper Omni Max

  The SkyWiper Omni Max is a C-UAS jammer designed by NT Service to counter small UAS threats. It is currently in service with Finland and ...

• Land: air defence radar

  KRONOS Land

  KRONOS is a mobile multifunctional C-band radar system designed by Leonardo to support air and coastal defence tactical operations.  The system simultaneously performs surveillance, dedicated target ...

• Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar

  Seaspray 7500E V2

  The Seaspray 7500E V2 is a long-range, maritime-focused multi-mode surveillance radar produced by Leonardo and manufactured in the UK. The system can rapidly interleave radar modes ...

• OPVs

  PPA/MultiPurpose Combat Ship (MPCS) EVO

  The PPA/MultiPurpose Combat Ship (MPCS) EVO is an enhanced version of the Thaon di Revel-class PPAs unveiled at Euronaval 2024. The PPA/MPCS EVO retains the core platform ...