Defence Notes

Global defence producers to discover Saudi Arabia’s market potential at Kingdom’s first-ever industry show (Sponsored)

3rd February 2022

World Defense Show in Riyadh from 6-9 March will catalyse partnerships between international companies and the national defence ecosystem

Training

Ivorian air force buys simulator

20th January 2022

The Côte d'Ivoire Air Force has taken steps to train pilots and aircrew domestically.

Naval Warfare

How the UK’s OPVs are playing a key role for the Royal Navy (Sponsored)

23rd November 2021

An Offshore Patrol Vessel at home in the Indo-Pacific...

Light attack, Trainer

A-29 Nigeria

Earlier on 3 August 2017, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS of 12 A-29 Super Tucanos to Nigeria for ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Navio Polivalente Logistico (NAVPOL) (Portugal)

Programme Background Requirements The NAVPOL is expected to feature a flexible and modular LPD design capable of amphibious operations and HADR tasks. Timeline The plans for ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

Manoeuvrable Boats [Japan]

Programme Background Requirements According to the 2022 Defence Buildup Programme, Japan will procure new manoeuvrable boats for the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The boats ...

Maritime patrol

Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Singapore)

Programme Background Deployed from Changi West airbase, and jointly operated by the RSAF and Republic of Singapore Navy, the ageing Fokker 50 fleet is primarily ...

OPVs

Philippine Coast Guard - Additional French OPVs

Programme Background The Philippine Coast Guard has set its sights on having a fleet of five new OPVs in its quest to sustain monitoring of ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Anka-S (Nigeria)

Programme Background Domestic Production Possibility As reported by TurDef, a defence news outlet focussing on Turkey, in March 2023, İsmail Yusuf Abba, Nigeria's ambassador to Ankara, stated at ...

Frigates

Daegu Class (FFX Batch II) (South Korea)

Programme Background The Incheon and Daegu classes are part of a re-capitalisation effort to replace the older Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates with a new FFX class ...

OPVs

Viana do Castelo-class (Batch II - NPO3S) (Portugal)

Programme Background Requirements The Viana do Castelo class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) are used for maritime patrol and surveillance, fisheries protection, SAR, anti-drug and anti-arms trafficking, illegal ...

Submarines nuclear, ballistic missile

Type 096

Programme Background The Type 096 SSBNs are expected to operate alongside the PLANs Type 094 Jin-class submarines which entered service between 2007 and 2020. These ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

LAV Replacement (Japan)

Programme Background The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) received 1,937 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) from Komatsu between 2001 and ...

Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

Plataforma Naval Multifuncional (Portugal)

Programme Background Requirements In June 2022, the Portuguese Navy released the concept of a multifunctional called Plataforma Naval Multifuncional (PNM). The programme will be carried on using ...

Military helicopters - attack

Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) (USA)

Programme Background Requirement The US Army initiated the FARA project in 2018 to develop a replacement for Army attack and scout helicopters, such as the OH-58D Kiowa and AH-64 Apaches. ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Système de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM) [France]

Programme Background Requirement The requirement for the SDAM programme is a rotary-wing VTOL-capable UAV with a modular configuration capable of hosting a range of payloads. ...

Submarines: nuclear, attack

SSN(R) Astute Class Replacement Programme

Programme Background Requirements The UK MoD has begun the planning process to replace the seven Astute-class nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) under the SSN-Replacement (SSN(R)) programme ...

CESA

The CESA (Centre d’Essais et de Services sur les Systèmes Autonomes) UAV test centre is a collaboration between the Bordeaux TechnoWest technopole, DSAC (Directions de ...

OPVs

OPV 190 MKII

The OCEA OPV 190 MKII is descended from the OCEA OPVs range. To fulfil its maritime security missions, the design of the vessel OCEA-type OPV ...

Land: Radio and SATCOM

RF-300H

The Falcon III RF-300H is Harris’s next-generation Falcon radio. The manpack solution was first presented at the AFCEA West conference on 21 February 2017. The ...

OPVs

Kingston-class

The Kingston-class undertakes a minehunter and coastal patrol roles with the Royal Canadian Navy. A total of 12 were built by Halifax Shipyards and commissioned ...

Sea: procedural training

IMAT

DAS supports the development and deployment of the Interactive Multisensor Analysis Training (IMAT) system for the US Navy, used at navy schoolhouse and training centres, ...

Fighter - electronic warfare

Tornado ECR EW

The Panavia Tornado Electronic Combat Reconnaissance Aircraft (ECR), is a twin-engine multi-role combat aircraft developed and manufactured jointly by the governments and industry bases of Italy, ...

Naval guns

RPK-8/ RBU-6000

RPK-8, also known as Zapad (West), is a rocket launcher system designated to provide protection against surface ships, enemy submarines and torpedoes. At the core ...

Tanks

Leopard 1

The Leopard 1 was developed from 1956-65 to meet the requirement of the West Germany Army for a new MBT to replace the US-supplied M47s ...

Submachine guns

MP5

The MP5 is one of the most prolific 9mm SMGs in production, with more than 100 variants developed to meet the requirements of military, paramilitary ...

Air: helicopter flight simulators

UH-60 Black Hawk Training Devices

FlightSafety offers UH-60A/L pilot training on their Black Hawk Level D simulator at West Palm Beach, Florida. The UH-60A/L pilot training features the company’s exclusive ...

Patrol boats

RPB 33

The RPB 33 offshore patrol boat from France's Raidco Marine is designed for the use of naval forces to enhance maritime surveillance capabilities. This new ...

Land: fire control systems

Fieldguard

Fieldguard is an active all-weather fire control system used to improve the accuracy of field artillery and multiple rocket launchers. Originally developed by Oerlikon Contraves ...

Helicopter engines

T58

The T58 is a US turboshaft helicopter engine. Development commenced with a 1953 USN requirement for a helicopter turboshaft to weigh under 180kg while delivering ...

Submarines: conventional, attack

Santa Cruz (TR 1700) Class

The Santa Cruz-class diesel-electric submarines were built for the Argentine Navy by Thyssen Nordseewerke. Six submarines based on the TR 1700 type were planned for ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

Caihong

The Caihong (Rainbow), also known as the Cai Hong or CH, is a solar-powered HALE platform designed for near-space flight. It is suitable for military ...