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Air Warfare
Gulfstream awarded $991 million contract from US Air Force
25th November 2024
The contract will last for seven years and will provide comprehensive maintenance services for the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Coast Guard.
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Air Warfare
Portugal to purchase 12 NATO-configured A-29 Super Tucanos
16th December 2024
The €200 million investment also includes a flight simulator, goods and logistics support and full implementation and sustainment of the A-29N from Embraer.
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Air Warfare
Israeli MoD signs $40 million in deals for Elbit Systems drones
4th December 2024
The deal will allow the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to upgrade its operational capabilities in the field, particularly for intelligence gathering and targeted strikes.
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Air Warfare
Spain signs for two Quantum Systems UAS reconnaissance platforms
7th May 2025
The Vector and Twister systems will be utilised for medium and short-range ISR missions across the Spanish Armed Forces.
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Air Warfare
Why the F-16 fighter jet remains a force to be reckoned with (updated 2025)
10th February 2025
The Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet remains in the limelight more than 40 years after its first flight. Shephard sums up the latest developments and details everything you need to know about the aircraft in 2025.
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Land Warfare
The Lego Principle: Falcon Shield, RiwP and the growth of modularity in land defence
10th October 2024
Shephard spoke to Leonardo about its Falcon Shield system and Moog about its Reconfigurable Integrated weapons Platform (RIwP) at DVD 2024, and discovered the trend in land defence was towards modularity.
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Land Warfare
British Army and UK Royal Navy new counter-drone soft-kill systems near fielding
13th January 2025
Ongoing military operations in Europe and the Middle East have accelerated the development of a variety of systems to defeat uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
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Air Warfare
Details revealed on new UAS munition destined for Ukraine
3rd December 2024
Helsing’s HX-2 has a weight of 12kg and a range of 100km. It is planned to enter service in Ukraine in 2025.
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Air Warfare
Germany signs $15 million deal for Black Hornet 4 nano-drones
25th February 2025
Teledyne FLIR Defense has delivered more than 33,000 Black Hornet uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV)s to 45 countries and are being used Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia.
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Land Warfare
Israel’s Elbit Systems riding high and reports almost a billion dollars in orders to close 2024
23rd December 2024
Elbit Systems has signed another US$967 million in orders in the past three months after reporting its land revenues increased by 24% for 3Q2024 compared to 3Q 2023 thanks to increasing ammunition and munition sales in Israel.
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Air Warfare
US approves $4.9 billion E-7 AEW&C sale to South Korea
5th November 2024
The purchase of the four aircraft will also include 10 CFM56 engines, alongside aircraft countermeasures, GPS navigation systems, and related logistic and programme support.
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Air Warfare
Embraer promotes C-390 Millennium as it signs for closer ties with Morocco
31st October 2024
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the Marrakesh Air Show, with the C-390 Millennium positioned as the ideal future choice for the Moroccan Air Force.
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Special Operations
SOF Week 2025: Global threats and industry opportunities in focus (video)
5th May 2025
At SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida, Stu Bradin, President and CEO of the Global SOF Foundation (GSOF), underscored the increasing operational demands placed on special operations forces (SOF) as global tensions mount.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
L3Harris launches Amorphous software for control of uncrewed platforms
18th February 2025
The new Amorphous software is a universal controller that would allow a single operator to control a swarm of “thousands” of uncrewed systems, from drones to underwater platforms.
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Land Warfare
UK and US militaries advance mobile directed energy weapon systems
4th February 2025
Recent tests have demonstrated how the UK and US armed forces have been scaling DEWs for mobile field-based operations.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
ISTAR UAS project [Canada]
Programme Background Objective The Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) main significant UAV project is the RCN Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System (RCN ...
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ISR/special mission
MC-27J - Algeria
Programme Background Algeria has a long standing ISR aircraft requirement to support its Beech 1900 fleet comprised of six aircraft. The new ISR fleet is ...
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Light attack, Trainer
IAR-99 Replacement (Romania)
On 29 August 2017, Leonardo announced that the IAR-99 trainer technology demonstrator (TD) will be fitted with company's Vixen 500E AESA radar. The Vixen 500E AESA ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
General-Purpose UAS [Australia]
Programme Background Banned As reported by Shephard in August 2023, in the past, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) used commercial UAS from companies such as DJI for ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Mini Reconnaissance Drones [Lithuania]
Programme Background Planned Purchases On 14 September 2022, the Lithuanian MoD announced in a short statement on Twitter, now X, that it had begun organising ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Small Reconnaissance Drones [Lithuania]
Programme Background Planned Purchases On 14 September 2022, the Lithuanian MoD announced in a short statement on Twitter, now X, that it had begun organising ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-16V (9-16) [Bulgaria]
Programme Background In April 2022, the US State Department approved a potential FMS worth $1.673 million to procure eight F-16Vs to Bulgaria. The aircraft are ...
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AEW&C
Airbus A330 AWACS (India)
Programme Background India is planning to increase its AEW&C; capabilities with indigenous radar systems. IAF has requested to procure six Airbus 330 airliner to host ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 (ASW) [Canada]
Programme Background Contract Award At Euronaval 2022, Shephard reported that UMS Skeldar and Ultra had been awarded a Phase 2 contract on 19 October to provide ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS) Directed Requirement (DR) [US Army]
Programme Background Requirement The US Army approved the Co-Level SUAS DR acquisition in June 2023 to supply Brigade Combat Teams with an "immediate, commercially available capability" to ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
AW101-Norway
AgustaWestland is also providing initial support and training services, including spares at each of the operating bases and aircrew training. It will then provide performance ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Replicator 2 [US]
Programme Background 1.0 The Replicator programme is a US effort to field thousands of attritable, autonomous systems across multiple domains before the end of 2025 ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small
Medium Range Reconnaissance (MRR) / Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) [USA]
The Rucksack Portable UAS (RPUAS) Programme The RPUAS programme will provide the battalion and below-ground manoeuvre elements within the US Army with an organic, on-demand ...
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Maritime patrol
Maritime Patrol Aircraft Procurement [Italy]
Programme Background In an appearance before the Italian parliament’s Foreign and Defence Affairs Committee on 14 July 2022, Italian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Adm ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
DEF129 (Nano UAS) [Australia]
Programme Background DEF129 The Australian Ground Service has combined various army procurement efforts under the DEF129 programme to increase the abundance and proliferation of UAVs ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Medium Range Missile Defence Systems: 20-90km range
Falcon Air Defence System
Unveiled at IDEX 2019, Falcon is a medium range ground-based air defence system, including C-RAM and C-UAS capabilities. The Falcon consists of Lockheed Martin's Skykeeper ...
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Land: air defence radar, Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar, Land: indirect fire location radar
TMMR
The Tactical Multi-Mission Radar (TMMR) is Leonardo’s C-band AESA radar designed for detecting, classifying, and tracking small, high-maneuvering targets. It’s designed for various applications, including counter-UAS, ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
RBE2
The AESA RBE2 is the first AESA radar produced in Europe for combat aircraft. The active phased array replaces the passive array in the RBE2 currently ...
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Counter-UAS systems
C-UAS Solution
The C-UAS Solution uses goniometry, radar technologies and various sensors to detect and remove UAS from the air. So far, the solution has been proven effective against ...
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Land: RWS
Pitbull
General Robotics developed the lightweight Pitbull family of remote weapons station for use on aerial, land and naval crewed or uncrewed platforms. Armed with a single ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Howler C-UAS
Developed by Raytheon, the Howler is a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), which includes a Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor (KuRFS), a command-and-control system, and a Coyote ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Cobham C-UAS
Unveiled at the AUVSI 2017 trade show in Dallas, Texas, the Cobham C-UAS primarily consists of wideband omnidirectional, directional helix (single- or dual-band), directional flat ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Skylock C-UAS
Skylock, an Avnon Group company, has developed a C-UAS system that is intended to bring sensors, jammers and a laser effector into a single deployable ...
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Counter-UAS systems
Airfence 5.0
Airfence 5.0 is a C-UAS RF technology released by Sensofusion. It is designed to protect airports, personnel, prisons and private companies from rogue UAS in ...
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Land: air defence radar
iMOTR
The Innovative Multiple-Object Tracking Radar (iMOTR) system has been designed to provide military test ranges with more accurate time, space and position information for several ...
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Land: air defence radar, Land: indirect fire location radar
KRONOS Land
KRONOS is a mobile multifunctional C-band radar system designed by Leonardo to support air and coastal defence tactical operations. The system simultaneously performs surveillance, dedicated target ...
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EO/IR systems
CM262
Manfuaucted by AVT Australia, the CM262 is a ground-based imaging system combining four sensor configurations into a compact and ruggedised system for C-UAS and ISR ...
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Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar
Seaspray 7500E V2
The Seaspray 7500E V2 is a long-range, maritime-focused multi-mode surveillance radar produced by Leonardo and manufactured in the UK. The system can rapidly interleave radar modes ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Penguin C VTOL
The Penguin C VTOL is the VTOL version of the Penguin C MIL Mk2; hence it is sometimes called the Penguin C Mk2 VTOL. Edge ...
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OPVs
PPA/MultiPurpose Combat Ship (MPCS) EVO
The PPA/MultiPurpose Combat Ship (MPCS) EVO is an enhanced version of the Thaon di Revel-class PPAs unveiled at Euronaval 2024. The PPA/MPCS EVO retains the core platform ...