Land Warfare

Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 3 programme receives first high-capacity batteries

2nd September 2024

Hanwha Defence Australia will supply the Redback IFV to the Australian Army as part of one of the force’s largest and most expensive project in its history.

Uncrewed Vehicles

British Army looks to ‘kamikaze drones’ for future operations

2nd September 2024

Inspired by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the British Army has one eye on the future as it develops its ability to operate FPV UAS.

Land Warfare

Croatia to gain new HIMARS equipment in $390 million deal

2nd September 2024

Croatia has become the latest NATO ally to request the purchase of HIMARS guided missile launchers.

Naval Warfare

UK warship HMS Cardiff begins float-off process

30th August 2024

The new Type 26 City-class frigate has been introduced to the water prior to further fitting.

Air Warfare

Serbia signs deal with France for 12 Rafale fighters

30th August 2024

Deal to purchase 12 Rafale fighters from Dassault Aviation will see Serbia replace Soviet-era MiG-21s and MiG-29s.

Land Warfare

US Army awards $1.3 billion Javelin contract to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin JV

30th August 2024

The deal has marked the largest single year production contract of Javelin missiles to date and follows on to an initial contract awarded in 2023.

Naval Warfare

Austal USA starts work on first of 11 Heritage-class OPCs

30th August 2024

The company was awarded a US$3.3 billion contract to construct 11 OPCs for the US Coast Guard in June 2022.

Land Warfare

Sweden orders SEK700 million Giraffe 1X surface radar

30th August 2024

Saab will provide integration on the radar which will be installed on a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Training

Southern Fenix rises in the Atacama Desert as militaries train together

30th August 2024

The exercise aimed to foster hemispheric collaboration and was the first deployment of the M142 HIMARS system in such training.

Land Warfare

MilDef wins multimillion-dollar deal to supply CV90 computers to Norway

29th August 2024

Swedish rugged IT contractor wins Norwegian deal to provide the country’s CV90 combat vehicles with new computers.

Uncrewed Vehicles

Exail Robotics secures €60 million NATO contract for underwater mine disposal vehicles

28th August 2024

The contract covers disposal and training vehicles for the Belgian and Dutch navies.

Transport/tanker aircraft

A330 MRTT (1-9) [NATO]

Following operations in Libya and extensive analyses by the European Defence Agency (EDA), it was agreed at the NATO Summit in 2012 that the EDA ...

Transport/tanker aircraft

A330 MRTT Follow-On (NATO)

Following operations in Libya and extensive analyses by the European Defence Agency (EDA), it was agreed at the NATO Summit in 2012 that the EDA ...

Military helicopters - maritime

MH-60R Seahawks [Norway]

Programme Background NH90 NFH cancellation  The Norwegian government announced the termination of the NH90 NFH helicopter contract for 14 NH90s with NHIndustries in June 2022. Seahawk Acquisition ...

Tanks

M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 (Romania)

Programme Background Requirement The Romanian Army's MBT fleet is composed of T-55 variants that are due to be retired in the mid-2020s. Although Romania's TR-85 ...

Military helicopters - multirole

EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Greece)

Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

UAV Tactical Level [Norway]

Programme Background Request for Information (RfI) In September 2022, the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) launched a request for information in preparation for a possible ...

Military helicopters - multirole

EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) - (Italy)

Programme Background EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) EU Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies Project (ENGRT) was announced in early 2022 and the project contract was awarded ...

Military UAS - MALE

Anka-B - Turkey

Programme Background The Anka is a MALE UAV used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The system is able to perform day and night in all ...

Military UAS - HALE

MQ-4C Triton - Germany (Cancelled)

Programme Background Germany requested to buy four MQ-4C Triton HALE UAVs from Northrop Grumman. On 5 April 2018, the US State Department announced that it ...

Tanks

New MBT [Romania]

Programme Background Requirement The Romanian Army's MBT fleet is composed of T-55 variants that are due to be retired in the mid-2020s. Although Romania's TR-85 ...

AEW&C

Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (1-6) [NATO]

Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...

Maritime patrol

MAWS/PATMAR [France]

Programme Background In 2017, Germany and France announced that they would be working towards developing an MPA to replace their current fleets in service. The ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [France]

Programme Background Requirements The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is one of the new PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security) projects. PESCO was established ...

Corvettes

European Patrol Corvette (EPC) [Italy]

Programme Background Requirements The 2021-2023 Documento Programmatico Pluriennale (DPP) - a multi-year defence planning document from the Italian MoD - includes a plan to acquire eight "Patrol Ships", ...

Military UAS - tactical

Skeldar V-200 Dutch Navy

Programme Background The Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice seeking information regarding the potential acquisition of a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle ...

Uncrewed aerial systems engines

AE50R

The AE50R is an aviation gasoline single rotary engine with an output of 40.4kW. The engine is certified according to European Aviation Safety Agency Part ...

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 missile ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

LOTUS

The LOTUS, Low Observable Tactical Unnamed System, is a tactical UAV especially designed for border patrol ISR operations.  The development of the project is funded by ...

Helicopter engines

Arriel 2H

Safran Helicopter Engines received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) engine type certification for its Arriel 2H engine, installed in the Avicopter AC312E, in April 2018. ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

AR5

First announced in October 2012, the AR5 is a MALE UAS designed for SAR, surveillance and maritime patrol missions. The AR5 can be flown manually or commanded ...

Land: air defence radar

APIS

Indra successfully led the Array Passive ISAR Adaptive Processing (APIS) programme sponsored by the European Defensive Agency. At the core of the initiative is the ...

Air: NVGs

PNL-3M Orlik

PNL-3M are high-performance, lightweight, passive stereoscopic NVGs for helicopter crew members. Certification by European Aviation Safety Agency also enables civilian use. The device can be ...

Trainer

Gabriel-TP

Gabriel-TP is a low-wing, two-seat tandem trainer aircraft aimed at both military and civilian customers. It is certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in ...

Air: Integrated cockpit systems

Standard 3

Jointly developed by ATR and Thales, The Standard 3 avionics suite has been specifically designed for ATR-600 aircraft. It offers the pilot user-friendly interface, along ...

Counter-UAS systems

DroneGun

DroneGun enables controlled management of an adversarial UAS, causing no damage to the UAV or surrounding area. It either forces the drone to perform a ...

Uncrewed aerial systems engines

Trident 100TD2

The Trident 100TD2 is a compression-ignition engine that is capable of operating on various types of heavy fuel. It is claimed to offer up to ...

Space: radar systems

ESA Sentinel-1

Sentinel-1 is a planned constellation of four satellites with two already in orbit and two on order. They carry a payload of a C-band SAR ...

Helicopter engines

Aneto-1K

Developed by Safran for the Leonardo AW189K helicopter, the Aneto-1K is part of a high-power engine family aimed at the super-medium and heavy end of ...

Helicopter engines

LTS101

The LTS101 was first certified in 1975. Since then, over 2,100 engines have been delivered to customers worldwide, logging over 11 million service hours. The ...

Major networking projects

Ballistic Missile Defence

In early 2010, NATO acquired the first phase of an initial theatre ballistic missile defence capability to protect alliance forces.