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  • Naval Warfare

    Russia keeps calm and carries on

    13th March 2020

    Russia has conducted a number of large scale live-fire exercises in recent weeks, in stark contrast to Western militaries that have downsized or cancelled their …

  • Military Logistics

    MTU Maintenance to become USAF F138 engine depot

    27th February 2020

    MTU Maintenance Canada will become the main depot for GE F138 engines and components that power USAF aircraft. The contract was awarded through the Canadian …

  • Training

    New AKM-patterned training rifle plugs a gap

    28th February 2020

    US-based Centre Firearms Co has released the first dedicated 5.56x45mm FX AKM-patterned training rifle.  The company has a primary focus on armourer and training classes …

  • Land Warfare

    Poland says goodbye to Honker, hello to Navara

    20th March 2020

    The Polish Army is to procure several hundred Nissan Navara 4x4 all-terrain, tactical vehicles in its Mustang programme, following five unsuccessful attempts to implement it. …

  • Training

    VT MAK updates VR software

    11th March 2020

    MAK Technologies (also known as VT MAK) has released two new software updates for its VR-Forces and VR-Engage products, after the company won two major contracts. VR-Forces is a …

  • Naval Warfare

    Second Pakistani multirole frigate progresses, search for patrol aircraft commences

    2nd April 2020

    The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai held a ceremony on 23 March to mark the keel laying of Pakistan’s second Type 054A/P multirole frigate. The Pakistan …

  • Land Warfare

    Arquus to supply around 300 vehicles to French Army

    3rd April 2020

    Arquus is to provide around 300 new and retrofitted vehicles to the French Army, under an agreement with the country's MoD. A media spokesperson for …

  • Training

    Spanish Army improves simulation training

    10th March 2020

    The Spanish Army is seeking ways to improve the training of its personnel in command posts, after MASA Group was awarded a contract to provide its Sword software to …

  • Training

    Varjo mixes it up

    10th March 2020

    Finnish company Varjo, a provider of industrial-grade VR/extended-reality (XR) headsets, has introduced real-time chroma keying and object tracking for its XR-1 Developer Edition headset. Chroma …

  • Training

    NATO allies and Finland participate in Exercise Cold Response 2020

    26th February 2020

    Norway is hosting Exercise Cold Response 2020 from 12-18 March, involving 14,000 personnel from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK …

  • Training

    COVID-19 causes curtailment of Cold Response 2020

    11th March 2020

    The commander of the Norwegian Armed Forces, Lt General Rune Jakobsen, has announced that Cold Response 2020 will be ending early as a result of …

  • Naval Warfare

    Russia steers towards submarine fleet growth

    31st March 2020

    The Russian Navy anticipates a major replenishment of its nuclear submarine fleet, with plans in place to receive or put into service four new boats …

  • Defence Notes

    European militaries continue to fight COVID-19

    13th March 2020

    EU Battlegroup (EUBG) 2020-2 has cancelled planned training exercises as the continent grapples with the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The European 2020 exercise was …

  • Defence Notes

    Russia expects Turkey to request additional S-400 systems

    17th March 2020

    The Turkish government is expected to request additional S-400 missile defence systems in the ‘foreseeable future’, according to the director of the Russian Federal Service …

  • Defence Notes

    US sees huge spike in Middle East arms exports

    10th March 2020

    Booming arms export trade between the US defence industry and the Middle East has risen by 79% over the course of the last five years, …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Trainer

    Phenom 100

    Phenom 100 is a very light jet originally developed for single owner-pilot operation but later gained popularity as a jet trainer aircraft. The platform first ...

  • Trainer

    T-6A/B Texan II

    The T-6 Texan II is a single-engine trainer aircraft, which was developed from the Pilatus PC-9 to meet the training requirements of USAF and USN ...

  • EW test systems

    EWITR

    The EW Instrumented Training Range (EWITR) provides threat radar simulators and master control stations for aircrew training in tactics development using modelling and simulation, and ...

  • Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

    T-38C Talon

    FlightSafety supports nearly 40 T-38 training devices as part of its contract for logistics support for the T-38. The T-38C is a converted T-38A/B that ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    HATS

    In October 2014, the Australian government approved a A$700 million (US$530 million) contract award to Boeing Defence Australia, teamed with Thales Australia, to provide the ...

  • Air: transport/tanker simulators

    USAF KC-135 ATS

    The KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) programme delivers initial qualification, requalification, continuation and upgrades training for USAF KC-135 aircrews, including pilots, co-pilots and boom operators. ...

  • Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

    USN T-44C Training Services

    In late 2013, CAE USA received a contract to provide the USN with comprehensive T-44C aircrew training services at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. CAE USA ...

  • Trainer

    Beechcraft King Air 260 (T-54A)

    The Beechcraft King Air 260 is a twin-engine turboprop which the USN has selected as part of the Multi-Engine Training System (METS) programme. Ten aircraft were ...

  • Air: transport/tanker simulators

    C-130J MATS

    Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (MATS) programme provides a range of training devices and support services including aircrew instruction, operations, contractor logistics ...

  • Air: air combat simulators

    HITS-A

    Collins Aerospace is the prime contractor designing and developing the first integrated aircrew training systems for the E-2D, leading the Hawkeye Integrated Training System for ...

  • Air: transport/tanker simulators

    KC-46A ATS

    FlightSafety supports the USAF aircrew training program for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft. The program delivers a multi-faceted training package to the USAF from design, ...

  • Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

    RCAF CC-130J Training Services

    CAE is the prime contractor for the Operational Training Systems Provider (OTSP) programme to support the 17-strong CC-130J fleet in RCAF service. The first OTSP ...

  • Military helicopters - light/training, Military helicopters - multirole

    H135M

    The H135M (formerly known as the EC635 and also designated as H135) is a light utility variant of the EC135 twin-engine, multipurpose 3t helicopter. In ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    Tiger Aircrew Training

    Thales provides Tiger aircrew training solutions for the armed forces in Australia, France and Germany. Thales is currently upgrading the systems under the Tiger aircrew training ...

  • Air: helicopter flight simulators

    US Army Flight School XXI OFT/RCTD

    L3Harris Technologies is a major subcontractor to CSC on the US Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) programme. L3Harris Technologies has built or is under contract ...