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Training
US Navy upgrades its red air aggressor F-16 Vipers
4th August 2023
Amentum will maintain US Navy adversary F-16 aircraft and provide full system maintenance and supply chain support to ensure seamless flight operations in all naval bases.
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Air Warfare
Pakistan’s fighter dilemma: Pursuing Chinese FC-31 amid Turkish Kaan uncertainty
9th January 2024
With the Pakistan Air Force acknowledging its intention to procure Chinese J-31/FC-31 fifth-generation aircraft, questions have arisen about Pakistan’s stance on joining Turkey’s TF-X Kaan fighter programme, heightening speculation on the nation’s strategic alliances.
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Land Warfare
Reviving coastal protection: The renewed focus on shoreline defence
15th May 2024
The sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva has been among a range of incidents and geopolitical developments in recent years that has brought the issue of coastal defence back into the minds of government and defence decision-makers.
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Digital Battlespace
Solving key multidomain challenges for major alliances
12th December 2023
Undertaking complex multidomain operations within a multinational alliance comes with challenges. Here are some ways to address them.
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Training
Indian coast guard to get new training ship
25th October 2023
The Indian MoD has finalised a contract with state-owned shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for the construction of a dedicated training ship for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
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Land Warfare
AUSA 2023: US Army Sentinel A4 air defence radar enters low-rate production
9th October 2023
The development, announced at AUSA 2023, has attempted to improve the US Army's ability to track a variety of threats including fixed and rotary wings, UAVs and cruise missiles.
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Air Warfare
Philippines moves forward with C-130J Super Hercules purchase
19th October 2023
The Philippine Government has approved the purchase of three Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules military transport aircraft, marking a reduction from the originally planned acquisition of five aircraft.
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Air Warfare
F-35 Lightning II: key facts about the world's most popular fifth-generation fighter jet
18th September 2023
This growing family of F-35 operators exemplifies the power of collective effort, fostering stronger diplomatic ties and contributing to the evolution of modern aerial warfare on a global scale.
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Training
EU counter-IED exercise begins with 12 countries and 1,000 personnel
7th November 2023
Bison Counter 23 will include observers from Sweden, Latvia, Romania and the US, and has followed on from similar exercises in 2013, held in the Netherlands, 2016 (Sweden) and 2021 (Italy).
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Air Warfare
Slovenia receives first Leonardo C-27J transport aircraft
21st December 2023
Delivery of Slovenia’s first Leonardo C-27J transport aircraft has occurred 20 months after it was ordered and three months after the country ordered a second.
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Training
Preparations begin for German deployment exercise to its eastern border
9th November 2023
Blue Lightning has been described as a test for forces facing a possible Article 4 case of NATO under which ‘the territorial integrity … or security of one of the partners is threatened’.
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Air Warfare
Singapore Airshow 2024: Singapore’s air chief reflects on lessons learnt from ongoing conflicts
20th February 2024
Singapore’s air force chief shares four key learnings from ongoing conflicts ranging from countering low-cost drones to ensuring the defence of the digital domain.
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Defence Notes
US Pentagon to reduce investments in main acquisition programmes over FY2025
12th March 2024
The DoD requested nearly US$850 billion to fund operations over the next fiscal year. Despite the amount being 1% higher than the FY2024 budget request, it has not covered the 3% inflation rate, which could impact the DoD’s main programmes in the medium and long term.
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Land Warfare
Preparations underway for Saudi–US Red Sands exercise
10th January 2024
Last year’s Rad Sands Live Fire (RSLF) included a demonstration of C-UAS capability and the second of this year’s events in October/November will be expected to include similar activity and companies from earlier events such as MARSS.
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Air Warfare
US approves South Korean US$52.1 million Sidewinder missiles deal
16th November 2023
Raytheon Missiles and Defense will provide dozens of AIM-9X Sidewinder Tactical and Training Missiles for the South Korean military.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Announced)
Programme Background The F-15EX will be based on the 2-seat F-15QA (Qatar) configuration upgraded with USAF-only capabilities, including the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15EX - USAF (Contracted)
Programme Background USAF is looking to procure 144 F-15EX fighter aircraft, including two RDTE configurations and six low-rate initial production aircraft. F-15EX will replace ageing ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-Y Tanker Aircraft (USA)
Programme Background The USAF is replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59 KC-10 Extenders, which entered service ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (USA - Forecast)
Programme Background Speaking on 21 September 2021 during the annual Air Force Association (AFA) Meeting in Washington DC, USAF Chief of Staff Gen Charles Brown ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Loyal Wingman (Forecast) [Sweden]
Programme Background Konceptet Framtidens Stridsflyg (KFS) In May 2024, Saab revealed the initial details of Sweden's Konceptet Framtidens Stridsflyg (KFS), translating to a future fighter aircraft ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) (Increment 2) [USAF]
Background Requirements The baseline requirements for Increment 2 of the CCA effort are similar to Increment 1, which is covered in a separate entry on Defence ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Teal 2 [USAF]
Programme Background On 8 August 2023, Teal Drones announced it had received a $2.6 million deal for 172 Teal 2 UAVs, spare parts and training from ...
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ISR/special mission
P-1 EW [Japan]
Programme Background Requirement Japan has operated the EP-3, a COMINT/SIGINT/ELINT configuration of the P-3 Orion, since 1993. As of 2024, the Japanese MoD maintains that these aircraft ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) (Increment 1) [USAF]
Background Requirements The programme's requirements are based on the USAF's belief that it requires mass to compete effectively with an adversary in symmetrical warfare. However, ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
MH-139 (UH-1N Huey Replacement)
Other bidders included Sikorsky with HH-60U offer and Sierra Nevada with upgrading offer of UH-60As to UH-60L configuration.In February 2018, Leonardo filed a protest to ...
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AEW&C
E-7A Wedgetail (1-2) [USA]
Programme Background Shephard notes that this entry covers the two rapid-prototype E-7 aircraft, whose contract was signed in August 2024. A second programme entry covers the ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-15QA Qatar
Programme BackgroundOn 17 November 2016, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 72 F-15QA aircraft to Qatar for an ...
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Data links
Data links | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | P-1 EW [Japan]
Japan is advancing its electronic warfare (EW) capabilities through the development of an EW version of the domestically produced Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft. The ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Air: maintenance simulators
F-22 Training Devices
TRU Simulation + Training F-22 MTD programme includes three training devices that provide USAF students at Sheppard AFB, Texas, with maintenance training on landing gear, ...
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EW Training Support System (Battlelab)
EW Training Support System is a Training & Simulation Center a leading-edge training facility dedicated to teaching and training personnel in the Electronic Warfare field. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
EX-3 Revenant
The EX-3 Revenant is a developmental fixed-wing aircraft being developed by Exosonic. It is a Mach 1.2 supersonic UAV designed to be a 5th-generation representative, modular, autonomous ...
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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. ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
T-1 Jayhawk
FlightSafety operates and maintains T-1 training devices as part of its CLS contract. Air Education and Training Command uses these high-fidelity simulators and part-task trainers ...
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Training Services
GFD (Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung) is an Airbus subsidiary providing target demonstration, live EW training, forward air controller training, test and evaluation flights. GFD trains German ...
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Air: air combat simulators
Air Combat Training
Boeing has experience in delivering training for fixed-wing air combat platforms including F-15C/E, F-16, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, F-22 and MV/CV-22.
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ISR/special mission
EA-37B Compass Call
The EA-37B (also known as EC-37B) is a Compass Call EW aircraft based on the commercial G550 platform. The USAF is now transitioning the EW capabilities previously ...
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EW test systems
JTE
The Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) is a multi-threat, high-fidelity simulator with realistic ERP levels, which simulates single- and double-digit surface-to-air and anti-aircraft artillery radar systems. ...
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ISR/special mission
EC-130H Compass Call
The EC-130H is an EW aircraft based on the modified C-130H transport aircraft. It is used by the USAF to disrupt enemy command and control communications ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
EW Center
The Electronic Warfare Center is an operational support system for pre-and post-mission activities. The system handles various types of EW functions (ESM, ECM etc), for ...
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Trainer
T-38 Talon
Developed by Northrop Grumman, the T-38 Talon is an advanced trainer aircraft introduced into service in 1961. The T-38 has the same basic airframe as ...
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Air: air combat simulators
JPRWRS
The Joint Portable Radar Warning Receiver Stimulator (JPRWRS) has been developed as a method of providing fixed- and rotary-wing aircrews with a low-cost, open-air threat ...
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EW test systems
ELT A62
ELT A62 product family deals with multiple sensors of EW equipment suites. ELT A62 is a training system for EW personnel that can be sea-, ...
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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 ...