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Air Warfare
Macron hints at possible future Rafale deal, following France-Indonesia defence pact
28th May 2025
The Letter of Intent (LoI)discussed deepening the partnership between the two nations and focused on military equipment that included submarines, fighter jets and frigates.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy seeks the best combinations of crewed vessels with commercial UAVs and USVs
5th February 2025
The service will conduct Operation Southern Spear to identify the most appropriate manned/unmanned formations for domain awareness and counternarcotics operations.
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Air Warfare
USAF tests Harpoon missile integration on F-16 aircraft
4th March 2025
The integration of the Harpoon missile on the Lockheed Martin fighter worked to showcase the rapid speed at which a ‘gateway system’ integration can add new capabilities to aircraft.
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Air Warfare
India and France seal Rafale-M deal as plans for local assembly advance
28th April 2025
Inter-governmental agreement signed as final assembly line plans inch closer.
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Naval Warfare
Ireland steps up European defence co-operation in the face of Russian activity
14th April 2025
Ireland is militarily neutral but has joined a European Union (EU) rapid reaction force and a European information sharing group.
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Air Warfare
Paris Air Show 2025: Airbus assembles first SIRTAP prototype, with a maiden flight planned by year's end
16th June 2025
Airbus has completed the assembly of the first SIRTAP prototype, ahead of a ground test campaign that will culminate in the system's maiden flight by the end of 2025. The MALE drone is destined for delivery to Spain in 2027 and will also be operated by Colombia.
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Naval Warfare
Singapore’s navy starts naval patrols with uncrewed vessels
5th February 2025
The unmanned patrol vessels have utilised collision-avoidance AI and expertise from Western allies in their design and construction.
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Air Warfare
Testing of Taiwan’s air-launched supersonic anti-ship missile commences
14th March 2025
Should it be introduced into service, the air-launched Hsiung Feng 3 could boost Taiwan’s anti-ship missile capacity and kill zones.
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Naval Warfare
Latest Virginia-class submarine, USS Iowa, commissioned
8th April 2025
SSN-797 was commissioned as USS Iowa, the first Virginia-class submarine of the second Trump administration. It was described as “just the beginning” of a revitalisation of US naval shipbuilding by Secretary of the Navy John Phelan.
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Land Warfare
Digital backbone: bringing new capabilities to the UK defence market
29th August 2025
In Conversation: Shephard’s Gerrard Cowan talks to Bittium’s newly appointed general manager for UK defence, Dean Aldridge, about how the company’s tactical communications technologies can empower the British armed forces, and its ambitions for the UK market.
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Naval Warfare
US Coast Guard faces the “greatest readiness challenge since World War II”, says Homeland Security Secretary
13th May 2025
The service currently has diverse problems in its procurement programmes and capability gaps in its inventory, writes Shephard’s North America editor Flavia Camargos Pereira.
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Naval Warfare
USSOUTHCOM in ‘desperate need’ for fleet assets says commander
19th February 2025
Adm Holsey also warned that were “zero Navy P-8 aircraft available due to being pulled to other theatres”.
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Land Warfare
Orders roll in for VAMTAC tactical vehicles as first is delivered to New Zealand
9th June 2025
The VAMTAC (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico or High Mobility Tactical Vehicle) 4×4 by Urovesa is in service with or has been ordered by eight countries, the most recent being Spain this month and Romania last month.
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Naval Warfare
Thin-line towed arrays on uncrewed vessels deliver more cost-effective sonar, says SEA
24th April 2025
Miniaturisation of technology opens up radical sensing technologies to smaller navies under submarine threat, according to SEA sonar expert.
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Naval Warfare
Aselsan test-fires Turkey’s first indigenous naval defence missile
18th February 2025
The test of the Goksur missile is regarded as a pivotal moment of Turkey’s journey towards developing an indigenous naval defence capability.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Frigates
Constellation Class - FFG (1-2) [USN]
Programme Background The FFG (X) programme was first announced with a Request for Information (RFI) released by the US Navy in July 2017 with a ...
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Frigates
Constellation Class - FFG(X) (3-10) [USA]
Programme Background The FFG (X) programme was first announced with a Request for Information (RFI) released by the US Navy in July 2017 with a ...
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Destroyers
Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X) [USN]
Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - small
Maritime Drones (Ukraine Aid) [UK]
Programme Background October 2024 In October 2024, the UK Government announced £120 million ($152 million) of funding for Ukraine’s Navy and maritime capabilities, which will fund uncrewed surface ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Peregrine [UK]
Background Tender notice and timeline On 25 May 2021, the MoD published a tender notice for the urgent acquisition of a UAS and ancillaries under ...
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Frigates
Frigates Procurement [Thailand]
Programme Background Requirements As of 2023, the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) operates a fleet of seven frigates. Two Naresuan-class frigates were procured from China in 1989, together ...
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Corvettes
Surface Combatants Procurement [Sweden]
Programme Background Timeline In April 2024, the Swedish Parliamentary Defence Committee published its proposals aimed at strengthening Sweden's military capabilities. The document is expected to ...
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Hybrid effector systems
Lightweight Marine Air Defence Integrated System [US]
Background The US Marine Corps' (USMC) Lightweight Marine Air Defence Integrated System (L-MADIS) supports deployed Marine Expeditionary Units with non-kinetic C-UAS capabilities and a shoulder-fired surface-to-air weapon for ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
AD(X) Destroyer Tenders [USN]
Programme Background At Surface Navy 2026, General Dynamics NASSCO unveiled an internally developed concept, pitching a AD(X) Destroyer Tender to the USN. The destroyer tender ...
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AEW&C
E-2D [USA]
Programme Background The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) is an all-weather, twin engine, carrier-based, Airborne Command, Control and Surveillance aircraft designed to extend task force defence ...
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Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range
Medium Range Intercept Capability [US]
Background The US Marine Corps' Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) is a new medium-range air defence capability developed from the Israeli Tamir surface-to-air missile and Iron ...
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Frigates
Project SEA 5000 Phase 1 (4-6) [Australia]
Programme Background Timeline Under Australia's Sea 5000 Future Phase I Programme, the Royal Australian Navy was planned to receive nine new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates ...
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Military - USVs
Suppressor 7 Procurement [Brazil]
Programme Background Requirements The Suppressor 7 is an uncrewed surface vessel designed by Tidewise and is intended for maritime mine warfare and surveillance operations. Contracts Awarded ...
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Frigates
Karel Dorman Class (Chile)
Programme Background Chile currently operates two ex-Karel Doorman-class frigates which were sold in 2004. The Royal Netherlands Navy are in the process of replacing the ...
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Loitering munitions
Attack & Surveillance Drones (Ukraine Aid) [UK]
Programme Background 1000th Day On 19 November 2024, the UK Government announced a new military support package for Ukraine, which would supply £7.5 million ($9.4 ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air-launched ASW torpedoes, Ship-launched torpedoes
UMGT-1 torpedo
The UMGT-1 is a Soviet-designed universal small-sized homing torpedo with a 400 mm caliber, developed for engaging both surface ships and submarines. Its compact size ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - mini
Loki
Loki is a Ukrainian mini fixed-wing drone designed by the National Association of Ukrainian Defence Industries (NAUDI). The drone is launched from a pneumatic launcher ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - small
Thor
Thor is a Ukrainian fixed-wing small drone manufactured by the National Association of Ukrainian Defence Industries (NAUDI). Powered by a lithium polymer or lithium-ion battery, ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - tactical
Ghost
Developed to be versatile, Ghost is a manoeuvrable, rotary-wing mini-UAV designed for performing ISR missions in urban warfare, observation stakeout missions and covert special operations ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
SM-2 Block IIIC/Block IIICU
The SM-2 Block IIIC and Block IIICU are medium-range, surface-to-air missiles with active radio frequency seekers. Both missiles are modifications to legacy SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB ...
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Air-to-surface missiles
AGM-179 JAGM
The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), designated as AGM-179, is a precision-guided, air-to-surface weapon developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW, and ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
SCOMBA
SCOMBA is a combat management system developed by Navantia for the Spanish Navy. It has been in service with the Spanish Navy since 2010 across ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
Surface Scout
The Surface Scout is a two-dimensional, medium-range naval surveillance radar manufactured by Thales Netherlands. The radar is designed to automatically detect and track small surface objects in heavy ...
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Sea: procedural training
IMAT
DAS supports the development and deployment of the Interactive Multisensor Analysis Training (IMAT) system for the US Navy, used at navy schoolhouse and training centres, ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
Sea Giraffe 4A
The Sea Giraffe 4A is a medium-to-long-range surveillance radar produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab. The radar is designed to provide automatic and simultaneous air and ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
JTRS Later Increment Waveforms
A number of waveforms are scheduled for implementation in later JTRS increments: WNW with low probability of intercept/detection and bandwidth-efficient advanced modulation; SRW with LPI/LPD; ...
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Military - USVs
Marlin
Marlin is a Turkish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) equipped with electronic warfare and other equipment that has been used on exercises with the Turkish Navy.
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EO/IR systems, Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems
SeaFLIR 380-HD
The SeaFLIR 380-HD is a long-range, multispectral surveillance system for surface vessels. Manufactured by Teledyne FLIR, the system combines HD IR, colour or SWIR spectral information. According to ...
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Military - USVs
Sentinel - Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT)
Sentinel is an autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) built from the decommissioned HMAS Maitland , a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Armidale-class Patrol Boat.
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Sea: procedural training
SEWTT
The Surface Electronic Warfare Team Trainer (SEWTT) is a software application developed by EWA GSI as a next-generation tactical training application for US Navy surface ...