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Naval Warfare
US completes MK 18 UUV programme of record
6th February 2023
Since the initial production lot, over 90 MK 18 Mod 2 UUVs have been provided to the USN.
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Land Warfare
French Army snipers improve performance with new FN Herstal technology
8th February 2023
The French Army has placed the first major order for FN Herstal's latest ballistic calculator after extensive testing by snipers and designated marksmen.
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Naval Warfare
Germany highlights AI and uncrewed systems in mistakenly released naval force structure plans
8th March 2023
On March 5, the German Armed Forces published and later deleted a 'Force Structure Goals 2035+' on its website, offering glimpses into Berlin's naval planning.
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Air Warfare
Philippines approves light transport aircraft buy
21st February 2023
Manila is inching closer to signing up for six light twin-turboprop transport aircraft from Indonesia's primary aerospace company.
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Defence Notes
Why China's surveillance balloon is more intriguing than alarming
3rd February 2023
While capturing headlines, the intelligence-collection capabilities of the Chinese balloon currently floating over the US are likely limited.
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Naval Warfare
Pakistan Navy continues renewal of submarine fleet
26th January 2023
While it awaits new Chinese-designed diesel-electric submarines, the Pakistan Navy continues its modernisation of older Agosta 90B boats.
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Land Warfare
US Army to receive first AM General JLTVs in Q3 2024
13th February 2023
An $8.66 billion follow-on contract has been awarded by the US Army for production of over 20,000 vehicles.
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Naval Warfare
Japanese aircraft carrier gets JPALS landing support system
8th February 2023
JS Izumo will be the first Japanese ship to deploy the JPALS system in 2024.
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Air Warfare
US pulls some V-22 Ospreys from service with clutch-related issues
7th February 2023
The US Marine Corps was aware of the technical issue with the V-22 tiltrotor but decided against grounding the aircraft and instructed pilots to deal with the incidents in-flight instead as injuries were not suffered.
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Air Warfare
Aerosonde UAV makes first operational flight from USS Miguel Keith
3rd February 2023
The Textron UAS is also deployed on three other USN ships.
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Air Warfare
Argentinian air power modernisation makes modest progress
8th February 2023
The Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina/FAA) is acquiring new Bell helicopters and is upgrading its combat and transport fixed-wing aircraft fleets.
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Training
The 5 most significant training stories of 2022
26th December 2022
The year 2022 brought us many interesting training and simulation stories - we collected the five most important ones.
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Land Warfare
Sener to tackle uncrewed teaming for convoys under European project
3rd February 2023
Sener Aerospace and Defense will lead a multi-national European Defence Fund project to explore swarming and interoperability of UGVs with crewed ground and air vehicles.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
IDEX 2023: Ukrainian industry highlights loitering munitions and UAVs
21st February 2023
Ukraine's defence industry highlighted a number of systems at IDEX, including UAVs and a loitering munition, as well as the Neptune missile system reportedly used in the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva.
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Air Warfare
Turkey considers ditching F-16 Block 70 request in favour of non-US alternative
16th March 2023
Turkish officials are signalling dissatisfaction and contemplating abandoning plans to purchase F-16 Block 70s from the US as the deal stalemates, and the country faces hard economic decisions.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships
San Antonio LPD 17 Flight I [USN]
The LPD 17 Flight I ships are the first flight of the San Antonio-class Landing Platform Docks (LPD). Procured between FY1996 and FY2017, the vessels ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Wing Loong I [Eygpt]
Programme Background SIPRI According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2016, Eygpt ordered around 10 Wing Loong I aircraft from China, which were ...
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Tanks
Arjun Mark-II
Programme Background While original plans envisioned the production of up to 250 Arjun Mk IIs, the programme's many delays have prompted the Indian Army to ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
PKX-B Batch II (13-22) [South Korea]
Programme Background Contracts Award On 24 November 2022, HJ Heavy Industries was awarded a contract worth KRW212 billion ($160 million) to build four PKX-B Batch-II ...
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Tanks
Al-Khalid-I
Programme Background Pakistan operates a vast fleet of Chinese and Ukrainian MBTs primarily aimed at deterring regional rivals such as India. In order to build ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
PKX-B Batch II (9-12) [South Korea]
Programme Background Contracts Award On 24 November 2022, HJ Heavy Industries was awarded a contract worth KRW212 billion ($160 million) to build four PKX-B Batch-II ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
PKX-B Batch II (1-4) [South Korea]
Programme Background Contracts Award On 24 November 2022, HJ Heavy Industries was awarded a contract worth KRW212 billion ($160 million) to build four PKX-B Batch-II fast attack ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
PKX-B Batch II (5-8) [South Korea]
Programme Background Contracts Award On 24 November 2022, HJ Heavy Industries was awarded a contract worth KRW 212 billion ($160 million) to build four PKX-B ...
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
Fast Interceptor Craft - Indigenous (FIC-I) (1-120) [India]
Programme Background Requirements The craft are required to have a length of 13-17m, a sustained speed of 45kt, a range of at least 200nm at 15kt, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk (Japan)
Programme Background Selection & Contract AwardIn 2015, Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan to ...
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Submarines: conventional, attack
KSS-III (Boats 1-3) [South Korea]
Programme Background Timeline The new KSS-III Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho-class submarines for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) are a significant advance on the earlier KSS-II ...
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Military helicopters - attack
New Exploration and Escort Helicopter (NEES) (Phase II) [Italy]
Programme Background Phase I In 2017, the Italian government signed a contract with Leonardo to replace its fleet of AW129 Mangusta attack helicopters with the ...
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Tanks
Al-Khalid-II
Programme Background Pakistan operates a vast fleet of Chinese and Ukrainian MBTs primarily aimed at deterring regional rivals such as India. In order to build ...
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Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) (Phase II) [USA]
Programme Background Requirement The Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) provides short-range day and night ISR to US Army units at the squad, platoon and other small ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Orlan-10 [Uzbekistan]
Programme Background On 16 November 2023, Uzbekistan announced that the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, had ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Subsystems: software
SWORD
The SWORD is a high-level, automated war-game solution for training, analysis and planning. Developed in close relation with armies worldwide, the SWORD immerses brigade and ...
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Air: air combat simulators
TAOS
In Tactical Aircraft Online Services (TAOS), live Aero L-29 jets are flown by experienced combat pilots alongside a wingman flying a ground-based flight simulator, controlled ...
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Land: fire support simulators
FIDex
Fidelity has merged the technology of its JTAC and IDF product lines. It released FIDex (Fidelity Extreme) at I/ITSEC 2011 with its first demo of ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators, Land: tactical engagement simulators
VBS Blue IG
At I/ITSEC 2017, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) unveiled a new simulation technology to help international militaries train for operations. VBS Blue IG, an upgrade from the ...
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Subsystems: visual
EP-8100
At I/ITSEC 2015, Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) unveiled its EP-8100 image generation system, which is driven by real-time, simulation-specific graphics cards and software. It ...
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Subsystems: visual
WholeEarth Synthetic Environment
Rockwell Collins unveiled its enhanced synthetic training environment, WholeEarth, at I/ITSEC 2015 and the official release occurred in May 2016. The high-resolution complete Earth database ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
ULV MicroVSAT
Ultra I&C;'s ULV MicroVSAT is a tri-band, lightweight SATCOM terminal that emphasises portability. First introduced in 2022, the modem-agnostic system supports WGS, Intelsat Flex, Inmarsat GX ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: UAS radar
ELM-2022
The ELM-2022, developed by IAI ELTA, is a maritime patrol radar family operating in the X-band designed for manned and unmanned, fixed- or rotary-wing airborne platforms. It is engineered for ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Cockerill i-X
The Cockerill i-X is a wheeled armoured vehicle designed as a light armoured platform with a modular turret for intercepting enemy forces. John Cockerill Defense unveiled the new ...
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Loitering munitions, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
ALTIUS-600 / ALTIUS-600M
Part of the ALTIUS family, the ALTIUS-600 is an air-launched, tube-integrated UAV that Area-I has designed to conduct ISR, SIGINT collection and electronic warfare missions. At AUSA 2022, Anduril ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Wing Loong I
Designed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the Wing Loong I is the first member of the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Skylark I-LEX
The Skylark I-LEX is a mini-UAV manufactured by Elbit Systems. Unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2015, the UAV is designed for ISR operations. It enables ...
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Self-propelled rocket launchers
Pinaka
The Pinaka 214mm MRL was developed indigenously by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from 1986 to meet the Indian Army's requirement for an ...
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Land: air defence radar
MSSR-2000-I
The MSSR 2000 I is a monopulse secondary surveillance radar system manufactured by Hensoldt. It is designed for military air surveillance applications and is capable ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Anka-I
Anka-I is a SIGINT/COMINT variant of Turkey’s Anka-S and is operated by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization. The COMINT capability allows operators to track, geolocate and ...