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Land Warfare
Viettel acts as dominant force in Vietnam’s military modernisation
16th January 2025
Vietnam defence manufacturer Viettel, traditionally known for radar and communications equipment, has been moving into new areas including kinetic weapons and loitering munitions.
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Air Warfare
Enhancing education: How CAE is embracing new technology to boost military training
12th June 2025
In Conversation... Shephard's Gerrard Cowan talks to CAE's Marc-Olivier Sabourin about how the training and simulation industry can help militaries achieve essential levels of readiness by leveraging new technology, innovative procurement methods and a truly collaborative approach.
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Naval Warfare
South American shipyards end 2024 positively as regional navies bet on local manufacturers
23rd December 2024
The year ends with several South American navies undergoing ambitious programmes to modernise their fleets. A common denominator is that regional services want domestically manufactured surface vessels and even submarines.
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Air Warfare
Why SCAF and GCAP should seek common ground
23rd April 2025
Can international industrial collaboration to develop common technologies applicable to different future aircraft programmes – like GCAP or SCAF – prevail in the face of politics?
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Naval Warfare
EU SEACURE programme seeks autonomous solutions to evolving underwater threats
13th March 2025
The EU and leading defence firms are collaborating on improving autonomous seabed warfare capabilities.
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Naval Warfare
UK’s Royal Navy trials autonomous mine hunting capability
13th December 2024
The trial tested the Apollo uncrewed mine counter measures vessel in challenging Scottish waters to ensure its resilience.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy contracts X-Bow to boost rocket motor manufacture
3rd December 2024
The US has been battling hard to keep up with demand for solid rocket motors (SRMs).
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Defence Notes
Ireland begins work on buying fighter jets and doubling the naval fleet
3rd March 2025
Since the release of Ireland’s Commission on the Defence Forces (CoDF) report two years ago there have been whisperings about the potential of Ireland buying fighter jets, one of the most ambitious recommendations. The prospect has now inched closer.
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Naval Warfare
India and UK to collaborate on propulsion for next-generation Landing Dock Platform
12th February 2025
The two countries signed a Statement of Intent to design an integrated full electric propulsion system for the Landing Platform Dock by 2030.
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Naval Warfare
US Navy commissions littoral ship Nantucket
19th November 2024
The vessel will be the 14th Freedom-class littoral ship in the Navy’s current fleet.
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Naval Warfare
Constellation class approaching design maturity, while initial vessel delay reaches three-year mark
16th December 2024
The US Navy is looking for a second shipyard to build frigates at speed.
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Naval Warfare
HII revenues down in 2024, but Mission Technologies arm blooms
6th February 2025
The shipbuilder has been dealing with a pre-Covid 19 backlog as well as winning new business.
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Naval Warfare
Airbus wins €480 million contract to build communications network for French air and naval forces
26th February 2025
The IP Network, named RIFAN 3, will build on the work of previous RIFAN 2 network, with development work carried out on the new system between 2026 to 2030.
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Air Warfare
Avalon 2025: Australia’s missile and ordnance plans excite companies
31st March 2025
Australia’s Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) industrial plan is ambitious and promises big spending in an effort to create a local and sovereign capability. Companies at last week’s Australian International Airshow near Melbourne were making their pitches.
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Naval Warfare
Italian Navy finally takes delivery of Trieste
10th December 2024
The largest ship built in Italy in the post-war period has been delivered, and is expected to significantly boost Italy’s Amphibious Task Group.
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 ...
