• Training

  Swedish Navy awards naval warfare training upgrade

  5th September 2019

  CAE has been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Royal Swedish Navy to upgrade and expand the …

• Digital Battlespace

  BAE receives F-35 EW upgrade contract

  22nd August 2019

  BAE Systems has received a Block 4 modernisation contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the …

• Land Warfare

  DSEI 2019: Supacat launch new HMT Extenda variant

  3rd September 2019

  Supacat is displaying the latest in its HMT Extenda special forces vehicles – the HMT Extenda Mk2 – for the first time at DSEI 2019 …

• Digital Battlespace

  Raytheon awarded NGJ-MB support work

  28th August 2019

  Raytheon has been awarded a $74 million contract modification to deliver pre-operational support for the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band pod.  This contract covers …

• Defence Notes

  MSPO 2019: Turkish F-35 production aircraft left without a home

  3rd September 2019

  The Pentagon's decision to remove Turkey from the F-35 programme has since left production made aircraft readied for Ankara without an owner. Lockheed Martin has …

• Naval Warfare

  Qinetiq to carry out vessel signature collection for Royal Navy

  30th August 2019

  Qinetiq has won a £18.7 million Operational Assessment of Signatures Informing Susceptibility (OASIS) contract to provide data collection services to help reduce the acoustic and …

• Defence Notes

  US, ASEAN kick off first joint naval drills

  2nd September 2019

  The US and ten Southeast Asian countries kicked off maritime drills on Monday, as part of a joint exercise extending into the flashpoint South China …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop to provide upgrade to Dutch jammer pods

  21st August 2019

  Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $7 million follow-on contract for AN/ALQ-131 (V) electronic countermeasure pod upgrades for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.   The work will …

• Digital Battlespace

  Raytheon awarded AN/ALE-50 order

  12th August 2019

  Raytheon has been awarded a contract for Lot 14 full-rate production of 82 F/A18 CD-108B/ALE-50(V) control, dispenser, decoy, countermeasures integrated multi-platform launch controllers. The $29.7 …

• Digital Battlespace

  Telephonics' IFF for Korean naval programmes

  9th August 2019

  Telephonics Corporation has been awarded a $22.8 million contract from Huneed Technologies for its AN/UPX-44 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system, the company announced on …

• Digital Battlespace

  Raytheon to build high-energy laser prototypes

  7th August 2019

  Raytheon is to build two prototype high-energy laser weapon system (HELWS) systems to be deployed to troops overseas under a US Air Force contract announced …

• Defence Helicopter

  Northrop Grumman awarded CIRCM contract

  5th August 2019

  Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the US Army for Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems and support services, the company announced on 1 August. …

• Digital Battlespace

  First NGJ-MB delivered for testing

  6th August 2019

  Raytheon has delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) pod to the US Navy for integration testing, the company …

• Digital Battlespace

  Netline C-Guard IED jamming system for IDF

  6th August 2019

  Netline Communications Technologies is supplying its C-Guard Reactive Jamming (RJ) manpack system to the Israel Defense Force, the company announced on 5 August. The C-Guard …

• Digital Battlespace

  More Northrop Grumman EW pods for USAF

  31st July 2019

  Northrop Grumman will provide advanced electronic warfare pods to the US Air Force under a $44 million order announced on 30 July. The order was …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• 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 ...

• Military UAS - mini

  Electronic Warfare (EW) UAV [US Army]

  Background Army evaluations In May 2026, the US Army evaluated CX2’s Wraith rotary-wing UAV during Exercise Ivy Mass at Fort Carson. The evaluation was conducted in support ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• Transponders and IFF

  Transponders and IFF | 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 ...

• Fighter - multirole

  Su-30SM Armenia

  The Su-30SM is upgraded variant of Su-30MKI. Its capabilities include Bars-R radar, RVV-SV medium-range air-to-air missile, Thales SMD55S/VEN-3022 or Russian IKSh-1M avionics replacing Elbit SU967 head-up display, LINS-1000RS inertial ...

• Air: Radio and SATCOM

  Air: Radio and SATCOM | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Data links

  Data links | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Air: Helmet-mounted displays

  Air: Helmet-mounted displays | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Air: Head-up displays

  Air: Head-up displays | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Transponders and IFF

  Transponders and IFF | Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]

  Under the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) programme, Germany is committed to NATO to provide 15 electronic warfare escort aircraft to support its aerial jamming capability, ...

• Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

  H225M Hungary

  The helicopters will be equipped with advanced communication capabilities and will be used for transport, combat SAR and special operations missions. The H225M has advanced ...

• Long Range Missile Defence Systems: > 90km range

  Long Range Air Defence [Belgium]

  Background In its Strategic Vision Defence 2025 Capability Investment Portfolio (CIP) document, Belgium announced that it has budgeted €1,981,590,000 ($2,287,101,638) for three long-range air defence systems. A decision is ...

• Corvettes

  PN MILGEM Corvettes (1-4) [Pakistan]

  Programme Background Timeline The Ada-class is Turkey's first indigenous developed and built ship project under the MILGEM project. The project aimed at designing and building ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Air: Integrated Defensive Systems

  EW-MST

  The Terma Electronic Warfare Mission Support Tool (EW-MST) is an application designed to run on Windows-equipped personal computers. The purpose of the EW-MST is to ...

• Air-to-surface missiles

  SPEAR-EW

  The SPEAR-EW missile, developed by MBDA in collaboration with Leonardo, is an air-to-surface weapon designed to perform Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) missions. This ...

• 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-, ...

• Sea: procedural training

  Proteus Naval EW Trainer

  The Proteus Naval EW Trainer utilises the EW functionality from the Proteus Action Speed Tactical Trainer to provide a dedicated trainer for naval EW personnel. ...

• Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems

  EWCC System

  Safran's EW Command and Control (EWCC) System coordinates engagement plans and performs appropriate soft-kill reactions against threats (anti-ship missiles, targeting radars etc). It controls EW ...

• Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming

  Krasukha-2/4

  The Krasukha-2 is a truck-mounted EW system in service with the Russian Army. According to open source information, the Krasukha-2 is designed to provide EW ...

• ISR/special mission

  P-1 EW

  The Kawasaki P-1 EW (Electronic Warfare) is a Japanese-built maritime patrol aircraft designed for electronic surveillance, jamming, and signal intelligence missions. Developed by Kawasaki Heavy ...

• EW test systems

  RSS-1000/-2000/-2000S/-2500

  The Radar Signal Simulator (RSS) series is a family of light, compact, man-portable radar signal simulators and EW test units designed for flightline operation. A ...

• Air: COMINT and ELINT systems

  ADRP EW System

  The Advanced Digital Receiver Processor (ADRP) EW System is a passive digital receiver-based ESM package that provides situational awareness by detecting, identifying and locating combat ...

• Land: COMINT and ELINT systems, Land: Defensive Systems - DF systems

  Resolve EW Suite

  Resolve is a manpack electronic surveillance system designed for the interception, geolocation and exploitation of tactical communications. It has a true 40MHz instantaneous wideband capability, ...

• Fighter - electronic warfare

  Tornado ECR EW

  The Panavia Tornado Electronic Combat Reconnaissance Aircraft (ECR) is a twin-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed and manufactured jointly by the governments and industry bases of Italy, ...

• ISR/special mission

  Falcon 20 EW

  The Dassault Aviation Falcon 20 is a twin-engine aircraft with a low wing. It is powered by a pair of rear-mounted General Electric CF700 turbojet ...

• Air: helicopter flight simulators

  IFEWS

  The In Flight Electronic Warfare Simulator (IFEWS) is an autonomous onboard threat environment training and safety suite, capable of simulating the EW suite and a ...

• Fighter - electronic warfare

  Eurofighter EK (Electronic Combat)

  The Eurofighter EK is the  jamming and escort electronic attack version of the Eurofighter fighter jet. Developed by Airbus and incorporating Saab's Arexis EW suite ...

• CUAS - hybrid effector systems

  Pulsar

  Pulsar is a family of software-defined electromagnetic warfare (EW)​ systems from Anduril. The systems leverage AI through the Lattice software to rapidly adapt to emerging threats. Pulsar’s modular form ...