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News - aegis
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Land Warfare
US Missile Defense Agency’s budget could be cut by $2.6 billion over the next three years
20th April 2024
The reduction would impact several acquisition and development programmes, creating capabilities gaps in US missile defence architecture.
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Naval Warfare
Australia’s new frigate options: No easy choices as pressure mounts on DoD
16th April 2024
A new class of General Purpose ‘Tier 2’ frigate will replace the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Anzac-class frigates, but the selected design options appear to have major issues in terms of compatibility and availability for the future fleet.
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Air Warfare
How the Israeli Defense Forces overcame Iran’s attack
15th April 2024
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel utilised numerous weapon systems, which Israel – with the cooperation of the US, UK, France and Jordan – was able to confront.
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Air Warfare
US hypersonic programmes to receive almost $7 billion in 2025
2nd April 2024
The investments in hypersonic capabilities, part of the US$9.8 billion fund the Pentagon requested for long-range fires, will cover several initiatives across all domains.
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Naval Warfare
Plans halted for joint German-Dutch frigate replacement
28th February 2024
Cooperation between the governments of Germany and the Netherlands on a replacement air defence frigate project for their respective fleets will likely be cancelled.
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Naval Warfare
NATO’s largest exercise for decades is shaping future transatlantic security
27th February 2024
Steadfast Defender 24 (STDE24), the main NATO multi-domain exercise for 2024, has seen large-scale national and multinational live exercises taking place across the whole NATO area. Among the challenges it has attempted to tackle have been the increased lethality of uncrewed systems and how to enhance amphibious landings in cold environments.
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Naval Warfare
Australia releases blueprint for expanded naval surface fleet
20th February 2024
The much-anticipated Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet review has allocated billions of dollars towards enhancing the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet.
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Naval Warfare
Indra wins Saudi Arabian ship contract from Lockheed Martin
7th February 2024
Spanish defence firm will equip ships set for Saudi Arabia with electronic defence systems.
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Air Warfare
Northrop and Mitsubishi partner to enhance Japan’s air and missile defence network
23rd January 2024
The partnership between Northrop Grumann and Japan's Mitsubishi Electric will set out to integrate advanced solutions facilitating seamless sharing of target information among the Japanese Army.
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Training
I/ITSEC 2023: Can military forces solve integration issues in the training domain?
30th November 2023
Deploying several simulation solutions with different operating systems and programming languages has been a challenge for armed forces worldwide.
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Land Warfare
Japan set to join US, UK and Australia as owner of Tomahawk missiles
21st November 2023
The Tomahawk, a tactical, land-attack cruise missile which can be fired from surface platforms, submarines or aircraft, has primarily been used by the US Navy and the UK Royal Navy. Japan requested 400 missiles last month and the US Government has approved the purchase.
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Naval Warfare
Aegis weapon system successfully intercepts two short-range ballistic missile targets
27th October 2023
The Vigilant Wyvern joint test saw USN Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carl M Levin detect, track, engage and execute missiles fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, located on Kauai, Hawaii.
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Naval Warfare
Japan accelerates procurement of Tomahawk missiles
10th October 2023
Faced by a rough neighbourhood, Japan is accelerating plans to obtain Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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Naval Warfare
First Flight III destroyer for US Navy introduces innovative radar capabilities
8th October 2023
The introduction of USS Jack H. Lucas to the US Navy's fleet has led to a series of innovative developments that will enhance US capabilities in A2AD zones.
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Naval Warfare
HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding launches latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
16th August 2023
Ingalls Shipbuilding has launched the USN's third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Ted Stevens (DDG 128), bringing it one step closer to service entry.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Destroyers
Future Destroyers - ASEV [Japan]
Programme Background Requirements Following the Maya-class destroyers, the JMSDF will not just maintain the destroyer units they operate already but will receive two new destroyer platforms. ...
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Military helicopters - maritime
Maritime Operations Helicopters Block 2 (South Korea)
Programme Background The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) was seeking additional naval helicopters under its Maritime Operations Helicopter Batch 2 (MOH2) project. It represented a ...
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Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift
Heavy Lift Helicopter [Philippines]
Programme Background Procurement from Russia In November 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that a contract had been signed to acquire 16 Mi-171 heavy ...
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Destroyers
Future Guided Missile Destroyer (ROCN)
Four new destroyers are part of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) force modernisation which includes 12 indigenous shipbuilding programmes and upgrade projects. This is ...
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Frigates
F124 Frigate Replacement Programme (F127) [Germany]
Programme Background Requirements The German Navy gave Shephard an update on the programme in October 2021. Germany expects to introduce the next-generation F127 frigate into ...
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Destroyers
Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III) Batch 2 [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The Sejong the Great class (KDX-III) Batch 2 will consist of three improved Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III) batch 1 guided-missile destroyers, which ...
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Frigates
Sea 5000 Future Frigate (Hunter Class) [Australia]
Programme Background The Type 26 design and manufacture programme is known as the Global Combat Ship, created by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The ...
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Destroyers
KDDX Next Generation Destroyer [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The new destroyers are set to replace the older KDX I and KDX II. The program calls for the construction of six ...
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Destroyers
Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X)
Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...
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Frigates
Hellenic Frigate Procurement Programme (1-3) [Greece]
Programme Background Timeline The programme took a significant step when the Greek Defence Minister Niko Panagiotopoulos and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a Letter ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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AEgis Elements Real-time 3D Modeling
The AEgis Elements site is loaded with high-fidelity, real-time, military 3D models that have been custom-built and compiled over the last two decades by 3D ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: fire control systems
Aegis Weapon System
Aegis Weapon System is an integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to perform anti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array ...
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Deployable/static missile systems
Aegis Ashore
Aegis Ashore is the first operational land-based version of the Aegis Combat System originally developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy's Ballistic Missile Defence ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is an ESM/ECM system for maritime applications, used on Spanish Navy F-100 Aegis frigates.
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Sea: naval fire control radar
AN/SPY-1 air search radar
Aegis isan integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to performanti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array AN/SPY-1D(V) radar acquires ...
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Sea: naval surveillance radar
AN/SPY-7(V)1
The AN/SPY-7(V)1 is a Solid State Radar (LM SSR) developed and produced by Lockheed Martin. The system will be fully integrated onboard the Royal Canadian Navy's future Surface ...
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EO/IR systems
Vampir MB
Vampir MB is a long-range bispectral IR search and track system that can operate alone or as a low-altitude gap filler to complement air search ...
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Naval: shipboard communication systems
IVCS
The Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS) is a shipboard communications system that combines naval telephones and intercom equipment into one system. It consists of terminals, ...
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Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems
Vampir
The Vampir is a long-range, bispectral IR search and track system that can operate alone or as a low-altitude gap filler to complement air search ...
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Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems
MK99
The MK99 is a fire control system developed and produced by Raytheon. It is commonly deployed as part of the wider AEGIS combat system with ...
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Destroyers
Kongō Class
The Kongō class destroyers were built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation. Commissioned throughout the 1990s, the class is ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Integrated Combat System
The Integrated Combat System (ICS) is a combat management system being developed for the US Navy. The project, currently led by Lockheed Martin, aims to ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
COMBATSS-21
Produced by Lockheed Martin, the Littoral Combat Ship Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century (COMBATSS-21) is a modular, scalable open combat management system that can be ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
SCOMBA
SCOMBA is a combat management system developed by Navantia for the Spanish Navy. It has been in service with the Spanish Navy since 2010 across ...
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Land: air defence simulators
IMTS
The Improved Moving Target Simulator (IMTS) for air defence training consists of a 38ft-diameter hemispherical dome screen with multiple computer-generated images (including geometry correction and ...