Land Warfare

The Netherlands orders more GM200 compact tactical radars

15th April 2024

The Ground Master 200 (GM200), a medium range tactical radar, is part of the Ground Master family architecture, which shares common hardware, software building blocks and interfaces. As a multi-mission radar, it can carry out air surveillance, air defence, CRAM and surface vessel detection.

Air Warfare

First KC-390 Millennium lands in Hungary with official handover pending

15th April 2024

The first Embraer KC-390 will undergo testing before an official handover to the Hungarian Air Force could take place.

Training

Babcock to partner with companies to develop improved VR training system

12th April 2024

Ship and vehicle builder Babcock has been looking to build on its defence training division through new partnerships.

Military UAS - MALE

Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike (FVL-MS) [USA]

Programme Background Requirement The FVL-MS programme seeks to develop and acquire a family of systems, including crewed and uncrewed aircraft, to replace rotary life aircraft utilised ...

Tiltrotors

V-22 Osprey [Japan]

Programme Background Procurement Contracts The Japanese government is the first export customer of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, having ordered 17 helicopters from the US across ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Light Utility Transformative Vertical Lift (TVL) / Large ULS-A [USA]

Programme Background US Marine ULS-A programmes The US Marines are seeking a family of Unmanned Logistics Systems-Air (ULS-A), which will provide logistics and ground units with ...

Military UAS - MALE, Military UAS - rotary-wing

MQ-8C Fire Scout (USA)

Programme Background Timeline According to the Naval Air Systems Command, having first ordered the MQ-8B in 2009, the UAV has become a pillar of the ...

Military helicopters - maritime

MH-60R Seahawk (Saudi Arabia)

The sale is aimed at improving Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems, provide the capability to identify, engage ...

Military UAS - small

Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) [UK]

Programme Background Requirement & Objective The RN has identified a requirement to acquire an RPAS to transport cargo and supplies between ships and personnel. When mature, it ...

Fighter - naval

F-35C Carrier Variant

The US Navy is planning to order 130 F-35Cs between FY2026 and FY2030 under the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The purchase is estimated be ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]

Programme Background  Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...

Military helicopters - multirole

Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) [USA]

Programme Background US Army's Future Vertical Lift Programme The FLRAA is one of three strands of a broader army programme. The others are the Future ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

Heavy-lift Helicopter STH (Germany)

Programme Background The German government issued a tender in March 2019 for the procurement of heavy-lift helicopters under the Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, 60 units are ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Heavy Lift VTOL (HVTOL) (Forecast) [US Army]

Programme Background USMC In September 2021, Kaman unveiled its Kargo UAV, which had been specifically designed to meet the requirements of the Joint Tactical Autonomous ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

CH-47F Chinook

As the Army's only heavy-lift helicopter, the CH-47F Improved Cargo helicopter is an essential component of the Army's Multi-Domain Battle framework. The CH-47F and MH-47G ...

Transport

Large Transport Aircraft-II (LTA-II) [South Korea]

Programme Background Requirements The aircraft are needed for peacetime, international peacekeeping, emergency and combat operations. They are especially required to ensure a strategic lift capacity ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Heavy (Project Land 8710 Phase 2) [Australia]

Programme Background Requirements Under Project Land 8710 Phase 2, Australia is seeking to acquire an undisclosed number of Littoral Manoeuvre Vessels to replace the Balikpapan-class. The 2020 ...

Fighter - naval

Future Naval Fighter China

The PLAN started development work in 2011 for the Type 075 with the aim of increasing the "vertical" amphibious assault capability, with the mountainous East ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

HQ-60

Similarly to other platforms in the L3 Technologies Hybrid Quadrotor (HQ) and Fixed-Wing Rotator family (see separate entries) of VTOL fixed-wing UAVs, the HQ-60 has ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

V-247 Vigilant

The V-247 Vigilant is a tiltrotor UAV from Bell. Officially introduced in 2016, it features an open modular architecture and can host several payloads. These include ...

Air: Displays

F-15 Replacement Vertical Situation Display

BAE Systems Replacement Vertical Situation Display (RVSD) replaces the legacy VSD units on F-15E aircraft. The AMLCD display offers a larger display size and is compatible ...

Baby Shark 260

The Foxtech Baby Shark 260 is a fixed-wing VTOL UAV for commercial and civil operations, which has four spar-mounted rotors to provide vertical lift, a pusher ...

Air: Helmet-mounted displays

X-Sight

Elbit X-Sight is a developmental helmet-mounted display system designed for helicopters. According to the manufacturer, it will offer a high field of view and colour binocular ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

H6 Poseidon

Manufactured by Swarmly, the H6 Poseidon is a fixed-wing VTOL-capable UAV. The second largest member of the Poseidon family, the vertical lift is provided through ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing

UH-72B Unmanned Logistics Connector

The UH-72B Unmanned Logistics Connector is an uncrewed version of Airbus' AH-72A crewed helicopter, which is related to the H145. The drone, unveiled in early ...

Military helicopters - multirole

Bell 360 Invictus

The Bell 360 Invictus is the company's prototype for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme.  The helicopter features retractable weapon bays, two ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Veloce-15

The ST Engineering Veloce-15 (V-15) is a hybrid fixed-wing UAV with four rotors for vertical lift and a tail-mounted two-bladed pusher propeller for horizontal propulsion.  ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Ultra

The Ultra UAV, or HCMC, is a fixed-wing twin-engined cargo-carrying platform manufactured by Windracers. The platform is mainly aimed at the commercial market and has conducted trials ...

Military UGVs

Avenger

In January 2017, Med-Eng announced the launch of a new bomb disposal and tactical robot, called the Avenger, at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. ...

EO/IR systems

VLP-16

Velodyne's VLP-16 Puck is a small and compact lidar that is power and performance optimised for usage across a variety of applications. This ranges from ...

Nimbus 1800

Foxtech's Nimbus 1800 is a tri-copter, lightweight, fixed-wing VTOL UAV designed for civilian and commercial mapping and inspection roles. It has a 2.8kg weight without ...

Fighter - naval

J-18 Red Eagle

J-18 Red Eagle, also called Snowy Owl,  is a stealth short take-off and vertical landing naval fighter aircraft being developed by Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute, designed to ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini

Penguin B VTOL

The Penguin B VTOL is a variant of the Penguin B platform manufactured by Edge Autonomy. Announced in June 2021, the variant is a reliable, long-endurance ...