• Digital Battlespace

  Hensoldt details Spexer radar orders

  11th May 2017

  Hensoldt has received orders worth around $43 million for the Spexer 2000 ground surveillance radar from unnamed customers in the Middle East and North Africa …

• Digital Battlespace

  Kongsberg delivers CCTV for Canadian vessel

  12th May 2017

  Kongsberg Maritime has delivered a new large network Internet Protocol (IP) CCTV system to Chantier Davie Canada following successful factory acceptance testing, the company announced …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Harris to support BVLOS UAS flight operations

  10th May 2017

  Harris Corporation has been selected by Grand Sky Airfield Operations to provide its RangeVue system to support beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) UAS flight operations, the …

• Land Warfare

  QNA EARS up the Indian market

  5th May 2017

  QinetiQ North America (QNA) has extended its partnership with Bhukhanvala Industries to market the EARS gunshot localisation product line in the Indian market, the company …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Iris DO-278A Assurance approved

  9th May 2017

  Kongsberg Geospatial's Iris UAS airspace situational awareness application will be offered as a certifiable display to meet the requirements of the DO-278A Assurance standard for …

• Naval Warfare

  IMDEX Asia: ST Marine lifts veil on new platforms

  17th May 2017

  ST Marine is highlighting its latest Endurance 170 design, a landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship that measures 170m long, at IMDEX Asia 2017. It is …

• Digital Battlespace

  ​IDEF 2017: Aselsan soldier C2 raises the game

  11th May 2017

  Turkey's electronics specialist Aselsan has unveiled a new wearable command and control (C2) suite at this year's IDEF exhibition, which could form the basis of …

• Land Warfare

  IDEF 2017: FNSS advances turret tech with Teber

  10th May 2017

  The two-man turret variant of the Teber turret is being displayed for the first time at IDEF 2017.It shows the industrial advance of Turkey that …

• Land Warfare

  IDEF 2017: Otokar's Altay tank goes asymmetric

  9th May 2017

  A new variant of the Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank has been displayed at IDEF 2017 for the first time.It is an asymmetric version developed …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2017: Qinetiq Titan enters the arena

  2nd May 2017

  QinetiQ North America will be showcasing its latest development at this year's AUVSI, the Titan hybrid UGV.The company, partnered with Milrem, initially unveiled the technology …

• Land Warfare

  MoD tests Thermoteknix night vision kit

  26th April 2017

  Thermoteknix Systems' night vision and thermal imaging equipment has been tested by the UK defence forces during the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) 2017.Products tested included …

• Digital Battlespace

  Comtech to continue BFT-1 sustainment

  24th April 2017

  Comtech Telecommunication's subsidiary Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a contract to continue to provide sustainment support for the US Army's Project Manager Mission Command - …

• Digital Battlespace

  SES unveils new Rapid Response Vehicle

  24th April 2017

  SES has introduced a new Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), enabled with satellite communications (SATCOM) to provide high-speed connectivity and global communications services for humanitarian and …

• Land Warfare

  French Scorpion gets moving

  2nd May 2017

  The French arms procurement agency, the DGA, has awarded a contract for its first installment of vehicles under the Scorpion programme. A temporary business group …

• Digital Battlespace

  T2C2 SATCOM terminal tested in Alaska

  19th April 2017

  The US Army has successfully conducted an operational test of its inflatable Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal, in temperatures below negative …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• Military helicopters - light/training

  AW119 Koala-Portugal

  The order includes options for a further two aircraft. The helicopters will be deployed in a range of missions, including training, MEDEVAC, troop transport and ...

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

  Teal 2 (Customs and Border Protection Force) [US]

  Programme Background First Order Global News Wire reported that Red Cat had filled an order for 54 Teal 2 units from the US Customs and ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV Future Procurement [US Navy]

  Programme Background According to the FY2021 budget request, the USN funded three JLTVs in FY2018, eight in FY2019, 19 in FY2020 and 25 in FY2021. ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV Future Procurement [US Air Force]

  Programme Background According to the FY2021 USAF budget request documents, the USAF procured 103 JLTVs in FY2019, 146 in FY2020 and 142 in FY2021. The ...

• ISR/special mission

  King Air 350ER ISR - Kuwait

  Feb 2018: The US State Department has approved an estimated $259m potential foreign military sale of King Air 350ER intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft ...

• MPVs - 4x4

  JLTV Future Procurement (USMC) [US]

  Programme Background The USMC is expected to procure 10,859 JLTVs to replace all of its HMMWVs on a like-for-like basis. Since the USMC has already ...

• 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 ...

• Tanks

  M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams [Morocco]

  Programme Background The Moroccan Armed Forces have received substantial investment in recent years as the country seeks to maintain parity with its regional rival, Algeria. ...

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

  Short Range, Rotary-Wing UAV [Japan]

  Programme Background Defence Building Program (DBP) Released in December 2022, this 1 trillion yen ($8 billion) Japanese policy called on the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to ...

• Next Generation JAGMS (First Batch)

  Programme Background Programme Requirements The existence of the Next Generation JAGMS programme was first disclosed at an industry event in February 2019. Officials noted a ...

• APCs/IFVs - 6x6

  Pars IV 6x6 MKKA

  Programme Background The Turkish Special Forces Command is understood to have launched its MKKA programme to meet a requirement for 6x6 mine-protected vehicles. These will provide ...

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

  FPV Drones [Czechia]

  Programme Background KVAČR Concept In February 2024, the Czech Army unveiled the Construction of the Army of the Czech Republic (KVAČR) concept, which outlined a mass ...

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

  RQ-20B Puma (USAF)

  Programme Background Requirement According to the AeroVironment Vice President and product line general manager, Trace Stevenson, the USAF Security Forces requires a small UAV to ...

• 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 ...

• OPVs

  Harry DeWolf Class (AOPS) Navy [Canada]

  Programme Background The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) project for six ships is to be used for conducting a range of diverse missions worldwide. ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Land: battle management systems

  Delta Situational Awareness System

  The Delta Situational Awareness System is a cloud-based ISTAR and battle management platform with planning, communication and fire control capabilities according to NATO standards. Developed ...

• Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

  AN/ALQ-210 ESM/RWR

  The multi-mission AN/ALQ-210 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system provides situational awareness and threat warning with electronics intelligence (ELINT) quality measurement accuracy in complex and dense ...

• Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems

  LSAS

  The LSAS (Local Situational Awareness System) is designed to enhance the situational awareness of armoured vehicle crews by allowing them to monitor their surroundings from ...

• Air: mission management systems, Land: Radio and SATCOM

  SINCGARS RBSA

  Radio-Based Situational Awareness (RBSA) is a software capability within SINCGARS RT-1523 and Spearhead radios and RBCI boxes that enable them to automatically broadcast position location ...

• Air: Radio and SATCOM, Major networking projects

  ViaSat Mobile Transceivers

  ViaSat Mobile Transceivers and network are designed to provide improvements in situational awareness compared to the US Army/USMC legacy BFT system, through faster position location ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  ISSAT

  The Infantry Soldier Situational Awareness Tool (ISSAT) consists of an Enhanced Encrypted Personal Role Radio - which is a modified version of the current in-service ...

• Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

  SPS-H/TA/FA

  This is a family of lightweight and modular self-protection systems (SPS) for helicopter (SPS-H), transport aircraft (SPS-TA) and fighter aircraft (SPS-FA) integrates TDS-family RWR, MWS-20 ...

• Land: battle management systems

  ELITE Headquarters

  Viasat's Expeditionary Lightweight Integrated Tactical Edge (ELITE) Headquarters is a networking solution which provides enhanced situational awareness and communications in FOB and mobile command post ...

• Land: Radio and SATCOM

  BATS-D AN/PRC-161

  The ViaSat Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System - Dismounted (BATS-D) AN/PRC-161 radio fuses air and ground situational awareness in the palm of your hand. The ...

• Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems

  EARL-Naval

  Thales describes EARL-Naval as a lightweight naval CESM solution for fast patrol boats, providing situational awareness or COMINT capability based on interception/DF of radio communication ...

• Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

  Gyrolab GL-4000

  The Gyrolab GL-4000 can accommodate the customer’s choice of a maximum G level of 6G with a mean onset rate of 1G/s and full +/-360° motion ...

• Sea: commercial shipping radar

  Synapsis Workstation

  Synapsis Workstations are available as a multifunctional console with access to all nautical applications or as a standalone system for a single application only. Applications ...

• EO/IR systems

  Eurofl’Eye

  The Eurofl’Eye is a piloting aid sensor system designed for helicopters, offering enhanced environmental perception and flight safety in degraded visual environments (DVE).  It features ...

• Land: NVGs

  AN/PVS-31 BNVD

  The Binocular Night Vision Device (BNVD) is a compact, lightweight, Gen III dual-tube goggle. It has a low-profile design and offers better situational awareness than ...

• Air: mission management systems

  INCT

  IAI's Integrated Network Centric Terminal (INCT) is designed to provide helicopters with the ability to integrate new applications to meet changing helicopter mission requirements. The ...