Training

UK bomb disposal teams training Ukrainian engineers to clear minefields

26th September 2023

In the ongoing struggle to address Ukraine's status as the world's most heavily mined nation, the UK has initiated an intensive programme to train Ukrainian engineers.

Training

Elbit UK’s Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer delivers nearly 5,000 training hours

21st September 2023

Elbit Systems UK’s Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer (JFST) has officially achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC).

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Fleet Solid Support (FSS) [UK]

Programme Background Requirement The 2015 Strategic Defence & Security Review (SDSR) highlighted the requirement for three Military Afloat Reach & Sustainability (MARS) Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ...

Fighter - multirole

Global Combat Air Programme (UK)

Programme Background The next-generation platform concept is part of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, which sought to deliver a Future Combat Air System ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4, Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

Multi-Role Vehicle (Protected) (MRV-P) Package 1 (UK)

Programme Background Requirement The MRV-P programme was intended to procure replacements for a diverse fleet of 4x4 and 6x6 vehicles purchased during the wars in Iraq ...

Military helicopters - multirole

New Medium Helicopter (NHM) (UK)

Programme Background NMH Market Interest Day On 11 November 2021, the MoD communicated the requirements of the £1 billion ($1.34 billion) New Medium Helicopter (NMH) ...

Fighter - multirole

Global Combat Air Programme (Japan)

Programme Background The Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency of Japan issued an RfI in August 2020 to support the F-X project. The document stipulated that applicants ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship (UK)

Programme Background Requirements The 2021 Defence Command Paper, Defence in a competitive age, outlined the plan to develop a new Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) vessel ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Protector RG1 (UK)

Programme Background Programme Goal The programme aims to replace the MQ-9As in the RAF's inventory with the new, improved MQ-9Bs. With MQ-9B delivering a UK Sovereign capability for ...

Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing

Project Tiquila (UK)

Programme Background Tender Notice On 18 September 2020, the MoD Combat Air Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Team published a tender notice for a system integrator ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CATV (UK)

Programme Background CATV The CATV programme was initiated in 2019, when the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden signed an MoU to share acquisition costs for ...

Military UAS - micro

Armed Micro Drone [UK]

Programme Background Request For Information (RfI) Documents published by the UK MoD on 19 May 2023 revealed that it was interested in exploring potential armed micro ...

Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

H-47ER Chinook (UK)

Programme Background In October 2018, the US State Department approved a possible FMS of CH-47 Chinook ER (Extended Range) helicopters to the UK. In a package ...

Fighter - naval

F-35B Follow-On UK

Programme Background  The forthcoming UK Integrated Foreign Policy and Defence Review will shed further light on whether changes to the UK F-35B programme are to ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Boxer MIV (UK)

Programme Background History The UK MoD announced in March 2018 that it would re-join the Boxer programme and pursue a sole-source acquisition of the 8x8 ...

Transport

Command Support Air Transport Recapitalisation (UK)

Programme Background The tender, originally released on 28 October 2021, requires industry bidders to put forward aircraft that can achieve a minimum unrefuelled range of ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

Supacat HMT 400 & 600 (UK - Contracted)

Programme Background Programme Requirements The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated in a Contract Notice that it required at least 240 new HMT platforms to mitigate ...

Major networking projects

Project Marshall

The Joint Military Air Traffic Services project was initiated by the UK MoD in November 2005 to identify and evaluate options for the future delivery ...

Military UGVs

T7

The T7 is a multi-mission robotic system designed for military, police and hazardous missions. At DSEI 2017, the UK MoD awarded the Harris Corporation a ...

Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

ASTOR FBFCT

The Fixed Base Flight Crew Trainer (FBFCT) is a Level 5+ FTD for the UK RAF’s Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) platform. The ASTOR FBFCT is ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Warthog

The Warthog is based on the ST Kinetics Bronco all terrain tracked carrier (ATTC) and was developed to meet a UK MoD urgent operational requirement ...

Infrastructure - generators

Standalone Field Generator

HGI is a supplier of standalone field generators to the UK MoD. It has supplied systems for communications, C2, field hospitals and workshop facilities. The ...

Major networking projects

Skynet 6 SATCOM

Skynet 6 is designed to replace Skynet 5. The PFI contract for Skynet 5,  held by Paradigm Secure Communications and Airbus DS, ends in 2022. As ...

Major networking projects

DTT

Raytheon UK is working with the UK MoD to deliver a Defence Targeting Toolset (DTT) capability. Aimed initially at land operations and eventually extending to ...

Major networking projects

Skynet 5 SATCOM

Airbus is the service provider for the UK MoD Skynet 5 private finance initiative contract, signed in October 2003 and now worth $5.6 billion. Airbus ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Taranis

Taranis is a UCAS demonstrator. The Taranis project aims to contribute to the understanding of strategic UCAS through the demonstration of relevant technologies and their ...

Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

UK MFTS

The Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme, is a private finance initiative involving the MoD and Ascent, a JV of Lockheed Martin and Babcock, which was ...

Data links

AN/URC-138

The AN/URC-138 is a Link 16 interoperable terminal originally developed for the Sea Harrier. It has the same Link 16 crypto as JTIDS/MIDS. The system ...

Wheeled Tanker

The Oshkosh Wheeled Tanker is a high-performance tactical vehicle, designed and built for the UK MoD in order to replace the existing fleet of legacy ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Fleet Solid Support (FSS)

The Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships will be capable of providing solid sustainment and logistic support to the UK Royal Navy. The 216m vessels will be ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Buster

The Buster is a small UAS that is designed for carrying out close-range surveillance in all weather conditions. It can carry several different payloads and ...

Land: vehicle surveillance/target acquisition systems

DNGS-T3

DNGS-T3 is a single or dual-axis stabilised Day/Night Gunner Sight. It entered service with the UK MoD in 2004 on tracked AFVs. There are more ...