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Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

    UK supplied Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) [Ukraine]

    Background It was first reported in late September 2020 that the UK could provide eight Barzan-class fast attack craft to Ukraine. The platform has been in ...

  • Trainer

    PC-7 MKX [France]

    Development Babcock is set to supply the French Air and Space Force with 22 PC-7 MKX aircraft and 12 training stimulators for a total programme ...

  • Military helicopters - light/training

    SW4 Puszczyk Replacement [Poland]

    Background  Requirement In 2002, Poland order 47 SW4 training helicopters from Italian manufacturer Leonardo; as of Spring 2025, the Ministry of Defence is looking to ...

  • Frigates

    Inspiration Class (Type 31) (1-5) [UK]

    Background The Inspiration-class (Type 31) frigate programme for the UK Royal Navy (RN) emerged during the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) 2015 when the MoD ...

  • Self-propelled mortars

    Project Stokes [UK]

    Background The British Army does not currently operate any self-propelled mortars. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that static fire support platforms are increasingly vulnerable ...

  • Patrol boats

    Second-hand patrol boats (Ireland)

    Background The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) announced on 14 March that it was selling two decommissioned 340t Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) to Ireland. As part ...

  • Frigates

    Arrowhead 140 Frigate Acquisition (3-4) [Indonesia]

    Programme Background Timeline The design options initially shortlisted for the first two frigates were an improved variant of the SIGMA 10514 design from Damen, the 30FFM ...

  • Frigates

    Common Combat Vessels [UK]

    Background Requirements Despite replacing the Type 45, the CCV will be smaller than a destroyer, which the UK hopes will allow it to save money ...

  • Military helicopters - scout/light attack

    Project Land 2097 Phase 4 [Australia]

    Programme Background According to the RfI, under Project Land 2097 Phase 4, the selected helicopter must comprise a commercial or military off-the-shelf solution that is ...

  • Military helicopters - light/training

    Future Aircrew Training Program [Canada]

    Background The FAcT requires to graduate 120 pilots, 40 combat systems officers and 36 airborne electronic sensor operators per year with 15% fluctuation. Training services are ...

  • Frigates

    Arrowhead 140 Frigate Acquisition (1-2) [Indonesia]

    Programme Background Requirements Indonesia’s policy of Minimum Essential Force (MEF) seeks to create an armed force capable of defending the nation. The navy has thus ...

  • Aircraft carriers

    Queen Elizabeth Class

    The contract to begin the construction of the first ship was awarded in 2008, ten years after the programme was announced in the 1998 SDR. ...

  • Frigates

    Luleå Class (1-4) [Sweden]

    Background Requirements The Swedish Navy currently operates a total of five Visby-class corvettes and two older Gävle-class corvettes, which first entered service in the late 1980s. According ...

  • Submarines: conventional/attack

    Project ORKA [Poland]

    Background Requirements The Orka-class submarine programme for the Polish Navy is intended to provide three new replacements for the remaining Kobben-class and Kilo-class SSKs. Poland ...

  • Frigates

    Air Defence Frigates Procurement [Denmark]

    Background Requirements After focusing on the procurement of new highly capable patrol ships and new Arctic frigates as a replacement for the Thetis-class, Shephard had initially estimated ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Frigates

    Arrowhead 120

    The Arrowhead 120 (AH120) is a frigate design from Babcock, which was initially developed for the requirements of the Royal Navy and its Type 31 frigate ...

  • Frigates

    Inspiration Class (Type 31)

    The Inspiration-class (Type 31) is a general-purpose frigate being procured by the UK RN to replace its Type 23 Duke-class frigates. The new frigates will ...

  • LTVs - 4x4

    General Logistics Vehicle

    The General Logistics Vehicle (GLV) is a light utility vehicle manufactured by Babcock International. Unveiled at DSEI 2023, it is a militarised version of the Toyota Land Cruiser ...

  • Trainer

    TB 30 Epsilon

    The Socata TB 30 Epsilon is a light truboprop trainer aircraft. The first aircraft flew in 1979 and entered service in 1983. It is in ...

  • Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

    UK MFTS

    The Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme, is a private finance initiative involving the MoD and Ascent, a JV of Lockheed Martin and Babcock, which was ...

  • Major networking projects

    Project Marshall

    The Joint Military Air Traffic Services project was initiated by the UK MoD in November 2005 to identify and evaluate options for the future delivery ...

  • Trainer

    PC-21

    Pilatus began the development of the PC-21 single-turboprop low-wing swept monoplane advanced trainer in 1999. The PC-21 can also be operated in the light attack ...

  • 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 ...

  • Frigates

    Miecznik frigates (Arrowhead 140)

    The Miecznik frigates are based on the Babcock Arrowhead 140 design, already selected by the Royal Navy and the Indonesian Navy. Three ships have been ordered ...

  • Air: transport/tanker simulators

    A330 Voyager MRTT Training Services

    Through AirTanker Services, a JV between Thales, Airbus Group, Cobham, Rolls-Royce and Babcock, Thales provides and maintains training services for the RAF’s Future Strategic Tanker ...

  • Static/towed guns

    Centurion LPWS

    Raytheon developed the Centurion Land-based Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS) in 2004-05 to provide a C-RAM system to protect US bases in Iraq. The heart of ...

  • Land: Radio and SATCOM

    SK4110

    Rohde&Schwarz; SK4110 is a high-power HF transmitter that provides beyond-line-of-sight communications with a high data rate. Notably, it has a liquid cooling system and optional ...

  • Frigates

    Red White Class (Arrowhead 140)

    The Red White-class frigates are based on Babcock's Arrowhead 140 design. Indonesia ordered two vessels in 2021, and the lead ship is currently being built ...

  • Light UGVs

    SPUR

    The Squad Packable Utility Robot (SPUR) is QinitiQ's newest tactical land UGV. Designed to be backpackable, the drone can be deployed rapidly from its stowed state.  It ...

  • Military - USVs

    Romulus

    The Romulus is an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) designed by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).  According to HII, the Romulus USV was designed as a force ...

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