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Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Light attack, Trainer

    IA-63 Pampa III -(Follow-On) [Argentina]

    Programme Background After the previous procurement of six AI-63 Pampa III aircraft from 2018 and 2019 agreements, Argentina was left with a further need for 34 aircraft. ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    V-Bat [Netherlands]

    Background Contract Award On 9 July 2025, Shield AI announced that the Netherlands MoD had acquired eight V-Bat, specifically the V-Bat 400, aircraft to enhance the maritime intelligence, surveillance ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    V-Bat 128 (Brazil)

    Programme Background On 7 February 2022, Sheild AI announced on its website that it had signed a contract with VSK Tactical which included the 'purchase of [the] V-Bat ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    V-Bat [India]

    Background Make In India The ‘Make In India’ is an initiative by the Indian government to grow the domestic manufacturing industry. In the defence context, ...

  • Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Group Unmanned Isr DronE (GUIDE) [Netherlands]

    Background Competition On 14 March 2025, the Netherlands announced a competition on the EU tendering website for the future procurement of 514 UAVs for intelligence, surveillance, ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Shield AI UAVs [Saudi Arabia]

    Background Reported Talks Reporting from the World Defence Show (WDS) 2026, the Middle East Eye (MEE) noted that, according to two sources, Saudi Arabia was ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

    Ship-Bourne VTOL UAV [Singapore]

    Background Multi-Role Combat Vessel  The Republic of Singapore Navy will retire its six Victory-class corvettes and replace them with a new platform, the Multi-Role Combat ...

  • Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    Embarked VTOL UAV [South Korea]

    Background VTOL Development In January 2024, South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it would commence development of a VTOL-capable rotary-wing UAV to be ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Air Launched Effect (ALE) [South Korea]

    Programme Background KF-21 Boramae Crewed Fighter The Republic of Korea's Air Force (ROKAF) plans to acquire the KF-21 Boramae fighter, replacing F-4E Phantom II and ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Drone Dominance Program (DDP) [US]

    Background Drone Dominance Program (DDP) As part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Army Transformation Initiative (ATI), he published a July 2025 document outlining the DPP. He called ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    V-Bat [USN]

    Background Core Requirement Fundamentally, the USN requires a UAV that can be flown from its ships in austere environments without dedicated launch or recovery equipment.  ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    KF-21 Loyal Wingman [South Korea]

    Background KF-21 Boramae Crewed Fighter The Republic of Korea’s Air Force (ROKAF) plans to acquire the KF-21 Boramae fighter, replacing F-4E Phantom II and F-5E/F fighters in the ROKAF. ...

  • Medium UGVs

    Mission Master [Norway]

    Programme Background Developed by Rheinmetall Canada in 2021, the Mission Master XT is designed to tackle ice and snow, as well as sandy, rocky and ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    V-Bat [Armenia]

    Background Announcment On 9 February 2026, in a press release from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan and JD Vance, US vice-president, ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Anka-3 [Turkey]

    Background Order Announcement Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) General Manager Mehmet Demiroğlu, in a statement at SAHA Istanbul's SAHA Chat program in January 2026, stated that, ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems

    TKN-AI

    TKN-AI is a commander’s periscope intended for guiding a vehicle, and battlefield observation and target acquisition by day and night. It is compatible with T-62, ...

  • Fixed wing aircraft engines

    AI-20M

    The Ivchenko AI-20 is a Soviet turboprop engine developed in the 1950s. Although the engines were originally designed for civil cargo aircraft servicing medium- and ...

  • Uncrewed aerial systems engines

    AI-450

    The AI-450 is a Ukrainian engine developed by Ivachenko-Progress, with Motor Sich acting as the production partner to supply parts and components. The turboprop engine ...

  • Fixed wing aircraft engines

    АI-24

    The Ivchenko AI-24 turboprop aircraft engine was initially designed and manufactured in the late-1950s. Manufacturing was later moved to Motor Sich, a Ukraine based manufacturer ...

  • Fixed wing aircraft engines

    AI-222-25

    Manufactured by Ukraine’s Motor Sich, the AI-222 is a high thrust-to-weight ratio turbofan engine family developed to power Russian Air Force advanced trainers and light ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    X-Bat

    The X-Bat is an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed fighter jet designed for expeditionary and maritime operations in contested environments. Unveiled by Shield AI ...

  • UAS: flight control systems

    Hivemind

    Developed by Shield AI, Hivemind is an ecosystem of tightly integrated AI software tools and interfaces that leverages several factors to deliver  intelligent and resilient autonomy ...

  • Transport

    An-32

    The An-32 (NATO reporting name Cline) is a light military transport aircraft that can be operated in hot temperatures (up to 50°C) and from mountain ...

  • Loitering munitions, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    GA-10FPV-AI

    The GA-10FPV-AI is a Lithuanian FPV quadcopter drone manufactured by Granta Autonomy. The drone can carry a 3kg payload and operate in GNSS-denied environments. In September 2024, Granta Autonomy ...

  • Subsystems: software

    DI-Guy

    DI-Guy is an AI, scenario and SDK for real-time human visualisation, simulation and artificial intelligence. DI-Guy has thousands of realistic ready-to-use characters and motions. It ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Viper 10

    The Viper 10 is a rotary-wing first-person view (FPV) drone from Baltic Viper. The loitering munition quadcopter has a 4kg payload, a reinforced communication system, and ...

  • Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Scorpio 1000

    Described as an outdoor precision striker, the Scorpio 1000 is a rotary-wing quadcopter from XTEND.  It has advanced AI auto-targeting that enables precise flight without ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Gogol-M

    The Gogol-M is a Ukrainian fixed-wing drone carrier, or mothership, from Strategy Force Solutions. The system can deliver two first-person view (FPV)-type attack drones to hit precision ...

  • Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Sonora

    Sonora is a micro rotary-wing UAV manufactured by Harmattan AI. It is a cost-effective, training-focused UAV built to simulate ISR operations. In June 2025, France acquired 1,000 Sonora ...

  • EO/IR systems

    Rex Mini Mk II

    The Rex Mini Mk2 is a sub-900g EO/IR sensor from Atmolab. It has a day camera with a 10x optical zoom, a high-resolution thermal camera, ...

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