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Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Mi-28UB - Russia

    Programme BackgroundThe Russian MoD plans to acquire up to 60 Mi-28UB aircraft for the Russian Air Force by mid-2020s. Moscow signed a contract with Russian Helicopters ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Mi-28UB - Forecast [Russia]

    Programme Background The Russian MoD plans to acquire up to 60 Mi-28UB aircraft for the Russian Air Force by mid-2020s. Moscow signed a contract with Russian ...

  • Military helicopters - maritime

    Ka-52K Katran [Russia]

    Programme Background The Ka-52K Katran is a navalised version of the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter.  The history of the Ka-52K is aligned with ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    UH-60A [Portugal]

    Programme Background At the end of February 2025, the Portuguese Minister of National Defence said that as part of the Portuguese Army's Support, Protection & ...

  • Military helicopters - light/training

    AW119Kx [Bosnia and Herzegovina]

    Programme Background  In May 2025, the U.S. State Department approved an FMS to Bosnia and Herzegovina for approximately $100 million including 8 AW119Kx helicopters and a ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

    Mi-26T2 Halo [Russia]

    Programme Background The original Mi-26 was initially revealed to the West at the Paris airshow in June 1981. In terms of carrying capacity (weight and ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    UH-1Y Venom (Czechia)

    Programme Background Czech Armed Forces intended to use the UH-1Y Venom helicopters in various missions including utility, search and rescue, aerial reconnaissance, air-to-ground support and ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    CH-47D Replacement [Thailand]

    Programme Background The RTA divested its six Boeing CH-47D Chinooks after failing to sell the 25-year-old aircraft on the second-hand market. Thailand found Chinook maintenance ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    Ka-52 Alligator [Egypt]

    Methodology PGO As this programme has been contracted with deliveries completed, the PGO is 100%.  Units required A total of 46 Ka-52 Alligator were required ...

  • Military helicopters - attack

    T129 (Nigeria)

    Programme Background Requirement The Nigerian Air Force has an ongoing requirement for attack helicopters in order to assist the country's ongoing counter-insurgency operations. Nigeria already ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    Ka-226T- Air Force [India]

    Programme Background India had operated a diverse and antiquated fleet of helicopters to support its high-altitude operations along contested borders with China and Pakistan. Reducing ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

    Mi-26T2 [Jordan]

    Methodology PGO As this programme is complete, the PGO is 100%. Units required A total of four Mi-26T2 units were required through this programme.  Unit cost ...

  • Military helicopters - maritime

    Naval Utility Helicopters [India]

    Programme Background The programme would have involved the formation of a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and another local or foreign manufacturer. In June ...

  • Military helicopters - multirole

    Ka-226T - Army [India]

    Programme Background India had operated a diverse and antiquated fleet of helicopters to support its high-altitude operations along contested borders with China and Pakistan. Reducing ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

    Heavy-lift Helicopter STH [Germany]

    Background Requirement The German government issued a tender in March 2019 for the procurement of heavy-lift helicopters under the Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, 60 units are ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Light machine guns

    Negev LMG

    Developed to meet IDF requirements, the Negev 5.56x45mm LMG has been in Israeli service since 1997 and has been sold worldwide to at least 13 ...

  • Assault rifles/carbines/shotguns

    AK-12

    Kalashnikov publicly unveiled the AK-12 assault rifle in January 2012. The AK-12 uses the same gas-operated long-stroke piston system as previous Kalashnikov rifles. A 5.45x39mm ...

  • Individual assault/anti-tank weapons

    RPG-27/RShG-1

    The 105mm RPG-27 Tavolga shoulder-fired disposable rocket launcher was developed by Bazalt in the 1980s to meet a Soviet Army requirement for a weapon able ...

  • Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons, Multipurpose missiles

    9M133 Kornet

    Developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau, the Kornet ATGM was unveiled in October 1994 and entered into Russian Army service in 1998. It has ...

  • Weapon sights for night use (thermal imaging)

    Odin

    Odin is a modular, day/night, round-the-corner, all-thermal sighting system for 12.7mm machine guns and 20mm cannons. Odin capitalises on the advanced technologies in the FELIN ...

  • Medium/general-purpose machine guns

    MG-1M

    Arsenal's MG-1-series belt-fed machine guns are derived from the Russian PK and PKM designs and are fitted with a synthetic buttstock and pistol grip. Variants ...

  • Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons

    MSS 1.2

    The MAX 1.2 AC, previously known as MSS 1.2 AC, is a medium-range, beam-riding anti-tank missile developed by SIATT in collaboration with the Brazilian Army. ...

  • Individual grenade launchers

    AV-140

    The AV-140 is a handheld, gas plug-operating, semi-automatic, revolving-action, 40mm multi-shot grenade launcher. The AV-140 is qualified to fire all existing low- and medium-velocity 40mm ...

  • Weapon sights for day use

    MPS3

    The Aimpoint MPS3 is a passive electronic reflex collimator sight designed for medium or heavy weapons. Developed primarily for mounted operations, MPS3 can be used ...

  • Heavy machine guns

    M2A2

    The US Ordnance 50cal M2A2 combines the performance of the venerable M2HB with upgrades such as fixed headspace and timing. This increases the level of ...

  • Heavy machine guns

    WKM-Bm/NSW UTIOS

    The WKM-Bm HMG fires 12.7x99mm NATO-standard ammunition and the NSW-UTIOS version is adapted to fire the Russian 12.7x107mm round. Both variants can be mounted on ...

  • Medium mortars

    2B24

    The 2B24 82mm smoothbore, muzzle-loading mortar is produced by UVZ's CRI Burevestnik subsidiary. It fires all types of Russian 82mm mortar ammunition, including HE, smoke, ...

  • Crew-served grenade launchers

    AGS-30

    The 30mm AGS-30 AGL was developed as a replacement for the 1960s-vintage AGS-17 and entered Russian Army service in the mid-1990s. Although based on the ...

  • Weapon sights for day use

    1P77

    The 1P77 is a rifle sight designed for use with Russian-built machine guns in daylight, twilight conditions and at night at illuminated targets. The sight ...

  • Sniper rifles

    SVDS

    The SVDS is a compact variant of the SVD with a folding buttstock, which was designed in the early 1990s primarily for use by Russian ...