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Air Warfare
Why is there an “insatiable demand” worldwide for AMRAAM?
23rd October 2024
Recent contracts and requests to purchase this capability have been reaching multi-billion levels.
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Land Warfare
Land Warfare Preview 2025: Questions remain in a time of change
19th December 2024
The land war in Ukraine has dominated the posture, spending and actions of Russia and NATO countries for two years. With a new US Government committed to ending the conflict early in 2025, there are implications on all three of those fronts.
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Air Warfare
Analysis: UK government goes on decommissioning spree to balance defence budget
21st November 2024
UK defence secretary John Healey has announced the cancellation and decommissioning of naval and air force platforms to enable the government to “re-invest money in the armed forces” ahead of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review.
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Land Warfare
Layered Defence: How new technologies are enhancing armoured vehicle survivability and manoeuvrability (Studio)
10th October 2024
As modern threats evolve, armoured fighting vehicles face a new era of challenges, from loitering munitions to kinetic energy projectiles. Advances in active, passive, and reactive protection systems are crucial to ensuring battlefield dominance, freedom of manouver and vehicle survivability.
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Air Warfare
Israel cleared for $20 billion in arms packages
14th August 2024
Israel’s requests reflect the high demands of its military and on its local production capability as it continues with its operations in Gaza and against others in the region.
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Naval Warfare
US doubles its presence in the Middle East to de-escalate tensions in the region
28th August 2024
The Pentagon has increased its naval and aerial assets in the area due to Houthi and Hezbollah attacks.
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Air Warfare
US approves more AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles for Singapore
10th September 2024
The approval of the sale of Raytheon (RTX) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Singapore follows similar approvals of the missile to Israel, Japan, Norway, Poland and Sweden in the past 12 months.
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Naval Warfare
Naval Warfare Preview 2025: Billion-dollar programmes will advance but unpredictable forces muddy the waters
20th December 2024
Large programmes around the world are likely to be immune to flux, but the impact of geopolitics could be unprecedented in 2025.
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Air Warfare
Israeli Air Force to receive first KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft in May 2025
31st July 2024
The delivery would mark an end to long delays in the programme with additional aircraft expected through to 2027.
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Land Warfare
South Korean defence industry demonstrates its tech prowess
6th November 2024
Shephard takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the South Korean defence sector as the country arms itself to deal with current and future threats.
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Land Warfare
Sustaining firepower: The challenges of supplying frontline artillery ammunition
14th October 2024
Uncover the hidden logistical challenges of keeping Ukraine’s artillery firing, as nations ramp up ammunition production and explore advanced resupply solutions to balance capability, survivability and cost.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Belarus fighter jet shoots down Russian drone
30th August 2024
The confrontation followed a history of untroubled fly-throughs by similar drones en route to Ukraine.
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Defence Notes
US Congress prepares $4 billion package to fund Iron Dome and Arrow 3 for Israel
8th July 2024
US representatives plan to allocate resources from the FY2025 defence and foreign operations budget to support the improvement of Jerusalem’s missile-defence architecture.
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Air Warfare
Boeing gets another boost with 36 Apaches approved for South Korea amid flurry of FMS deals
20th August 2024
The approval of four Foreign Military Sale (FMS) requests this week follows the green light for the sale to Israel of 50 F-15IA multi-role fighter aircraft and mid-life update kits for the country’s existing F-15s and other equipment in deals worth $20 billion.
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Land Warfare
Elbit Systems to supply Iron Sting munition to Israeli MoD in $190 million deal
29th July 2024
Elbit Systems’ Iron Sting mortar was reported in October last year as being used for the first time in operations against Hamas in Gaza as the country reacted to Hamas attacks inside Israel.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Air: Radio and SATCOM
Air: Radio and SATCOM | F-35I Adir (51-75) [Israel]
Israel is forecasted to procure an additional 25 F-35I Adir to bring the total number of the fleet to 75 aircraft by 2030. This will ...
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Data links
Data links | F-35I Adir (51-75) [Israel]
Israel is forecasted to procure an additional 25 F-35I Adir to bring the total number of the fleet to 75 aircraft by 2030. This will ...
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Air: Head-up displays
Air: Head-up displays | F-35I Adir (51-75) [Israel]
Israel is forecasted to procure an additional 25 F-35I Adir to bring the total number of the fleet to 75 aircraft by 2030. This will ...
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Transponders and IFF
Transponders and IFF | F-35I Adir (51-75) [Israel]
Israel is forecasted to procure an additional 25 F-35I Adir to bring the total number of the fleet to 75 aircraft by 2030. This will ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Naval: Combat Management Systems | Reshef Class (1-5) [Israel]
The Israeli Navy is looking to replace the Sa'ar 4 and 4.5 fast-attack vessels with a new corvette design. In 2018, Israel Shipyards unveiled a ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
Naval: shipboard communication systems | Reshef Class (1-5) [Israel]
The Israeli Navy is looking to replace the Sa'ar 4 and 4.5 fast-attack vessels with a new corvette design. In 2018, Israel Shipyards unveiled a ...
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Corvettes
Reshef Class (1-5) [Israel]
Programme Background Requirements The Israeli Navy is seeking a replacement for its Sa'ar 4 and Sa'ar 4.5-class of fast attack vessels. Dubbed Reshef-class, the new ...
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Loitering munitions
Harop [Israeli Navy]
Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel ...
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Corvettes
Sa'ar 6 Class (Israel)
Programme Background Timeline A new class of corvettes is in the process of being constructed for the Israeli Navy to replace the Sa'ar 5 class, ...
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Main battle tanks
Merkava Mk3 [Cyprus]
Programme Background Following the announced donation of 41 T-80U/UK tanks to Ukraine, Cyprus is actively seeking a replacement MBT for its Armed Forces. Cyprus offered ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Eitan 8x8 [Israel]
Programme Background Due to the provisions of the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) system, there is a chance that the Eitan could be mass produced ...
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Transport/tanker aircraft
KC-46A Forecast (Israel)
Programme Background Boeing, according to reports, would not grant Israel Aerospace Industries permission to convert used 767s into tanker planes. Consequently, according to Channel 12 ...
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Military helicopters - attack
AH-64E Apache [Israel]
Programme Background IDF Ground Forces Command was urging the Israeli MoD to request the acquisition of up to 40 AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters from ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-35I Adir (51-75) [Israel]
Programme Background On 15 February 2015, Israel signed an FMS deal to procure 33 F-35A (F-35I Adir) fighter aircraft with an option of 17. Israel ...
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MPVs - 4x4
JLTV [Israel]
Programme Background Israel first procured the JLTV in November 2023, when it ordered 75 vehicles from Oshkosh. Before this, Israel primarily operated a fleet of ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Loitering munitions
Shehab
The Shehab is a Palestinian loitering munition that carries a 5kg explosive payload. According to Hamas' militant wing, the platform is indigenously produced. However, the ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-35I Adir
The F-35I Adir is an F-35A Lightning II variant customised to meet the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces to replace the F-16 fleet in ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
Stunner
Developed by Rafael and Raytheon for the David's Sling air-defence weapon system, Stunner is a hit-to-kill interceptor to defeat various air threats, including asymmetric, short-range, ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Shaldag MK V
The Shaldag Mk V is a multi-mission fast patrol boat designed to serve as both a naval and border police vessel. It is a variant of ...
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Corvettes
Themistocles Corvette
The Themistocles Corvette, also referred to as the Eastern Mediterranean Patrol Corvette, is a new design bringing about next-generation operational capabilities. It is a multipurpose ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
Arrow 2
Arrow 2 is designed to intercept and destroy incoming Tactic Ballistic Missiles that are detected, tracked and identified by the Arrow Weapon System sensors. The ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
EL/M-2248 MF-STAR
The EL/M-2248 Multi-Function Surveillance Track and Guidance Radar (MF-STAR) is a three-dimensional solid-state naval radar manufactured by Elta in Israel. According to the manufacturer, it ...
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OPVs
OPV 58
The Israel Shipyards OPV 58 is based on the former Sa'ar 4 fast attack craft of the Israeli Navy. The Hellenic Coast Guard ordered three ...
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Fighter - multirole
F-16I Sufa
The F-16I Sufa ('Storm' in Hebrew) is a Block 52+ D (dual-seat) variant of the Fighting Falcon, which Lockheed Martin produced for Israel. It is ...
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Surface-to-air missiles
Arrow 4
IAI’s Arrow 4 is being developed as the newest member of the Arrow family of air defence systems. Unlike the Arrow 3, which can intercept targets ...
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Air-to-surface missiles
Popeye
The Popeye is an Israeli-designed standoff cruise missile designed to provide long-range bombers and other aircraft with a conventional precision strike capability. Initiated by Rafael ...
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AEW&C
Global 550 CAEW
The G550 CAEW aircraft is a Gulfstream G550 adapted for AEW&C;, EW and ISTAR missions in Australia, Israel, Italy, Singapore and the US. The base platform is ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
OPV 45
The OPV 45 design was launched at IMDEX Asia in Singapore in May 2019. It is designed to be a low-cost multirole vessel that sits between ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Forpost (series)
The Forpost was a variant of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Searcher Mk II produced under license in Russia until 2016. Following US pressure, Israel refused to ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
Tzofit Training Centre
In June 2009, Elbit inaugurated the Beechcraft King Air B200 Tzofit Training Centre for IDF pilots. Elbit Systems serves as the project’s prime contractor, while ...