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Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    LongShot [USA]

    Programme Background Requirement According to DARPA, the objective of the LongShot programme is "to disrupt the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]

    Programme Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a "leap-ahead" in long-endurance, ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-21A Blackjack - Additional Units (Poland)

    Programme Background Known First Procurement As covered by another entry (see 'RQ-21 Blackjack (Poland)' programme), the Polish government ordered a single RQ-21A system via the ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-21A Blackjack (UAE)

    Programme Background The US State Department announced that it had approved the possible $80 million FMS of 20 RQ-21A Blackjack UAVs, 40 GPS systems, eight ground control stations ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-21A Blackjack (Poland)

    Programme Background According to Polish media, the Polish government ordered a single RQ-21A system via the US government's FMS programme in March 2018. This cost ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    CU172 Blackjack (First Batch) (Canada)

    Programme Background Requirement The Canadian Army identified a requirement for two new tactical UAV systems after recognising that the squadron and company level Aerovironment RQ-11 ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    CU172 Blackjack (Second Batch) (Canada)

    Programme Background Requirement The Canadian Army identified a requirement for two new tactical UAV systems after recognising that the squadron and company level Aerovironment RQ-11 ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-21A Blackjack (Thailand)

    Programme Background Initial Interest Interest in the Blackjack was piqued when Adm Luechai Rutdit, then commander-in-chief of the RTN, visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii on ...

  • Military UAS - small

    RQ-21A Blackjack / STUASLO - Replacement Units (USMC)

    Programme Background Joint USN and USMC Procurment The RQ-21 Blackjack, or STUALSO, was a combined United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) programme ...

  • Military UAS - small

    RQ-21A Blackjack / STUASLO - Replacement Units (USN)

    Programme Background Joint USN and USMC Procurment The RQ-21 Blackjack, or STUALSO, was a combined United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) programme ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    RQ-21 Integrator [Belgium]

    Programme Background Strategic Vision for Defence The Belgian MoD outlined plans to procure more mini and tactical UAS in its Strategic Vision for Defence published ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Project Land 129 Phase 3 (Australia)

    Programme Background Programme Announcement The Australian Army announced the Project Land 129 Phase 3 programme in 2017. This announcement led to the release of an industry ...

  • Bomber

    PAK-DA - Procurement - Russia

    Programme Background The full-scale design works on the new-generation strategic bomber developed under the PAK-DA initiative were launched by Tupolev in 2013, on order placed ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    LongShot

    The LongShot is a developmental air-launched platform intended to increase the survivability of friendly crewed aircraft. In February 2021, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical

    RQ-21A Blackjack

    Manufactured by Insitu, the RQ-21A Blackjack, or STUALSO, is a tactical UAS developed to meet the requirements of the USN and USMC.  The twin-tailed rear engine ...

  • Sea: procedural training

    2 Sigma Digital Tutor

    A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...

  • Major networking projects

    CHAIN

    The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    NRQ-21

    Insitu displayed the NRQ-21 Integrator at the Unmanned Warrior 2016 event in Wales. The aircraft has been designed to carry out tasks on land and ...

  • Bomber

    Tu-160 Blackjack

    The Tu-160 (NATO reporting name Blackjack) is a strategic bomber designed by Tupolev Design Bureau in Russia. The bomber was designed for the Russian Aerospace ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    XV-24A LightningStrike

    The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    ScanEagle 3

    Insitu unveiled the ScanEagle 3 at the Xponential exhibition in Denver in May 2018. The platform has twice the payload capacity of its ScanEagle predecessor ...

  • Data links

    QNT

    The QUINT Networking Technology (QNT) programme is intended to develop robust, affordable, miniature networked data link technologies suitable for use on weapons and by tactical ...

  • Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

    Shrike

    The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR.  Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...

  • Data links

    TTNT

    The Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) programme is intended to develop, evaluate and demonstrate reconfigurable, affordable, robust, interoperable and evolvable communications technologies to support emerging ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    X-61A Gremlin

    Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is developing the X-61A Gremlin. This low-cost swarming drone can be outfitted with different payloads, launched by a mothership, recovered during ...

  • Military UGVs

    Crusher

    The Crusher vehicle was designed by DARPA and the National Robotics Engineering Center to evaluate technologies, such as mobility and autonomy systems, applicable to the UGVs ...

  • Air: UAS radar

    EchoFlight Airborne Radar

    The Echoflight is a small electronically-scanned UAS radar.  It provides long-range all-weather detection and tracking to allow users to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) ...

  • Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance radar

    FORESTER

    The Foliage Penetration (FOPEN) Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER) is an airborne radar system that provides stand-off, persistent, wide-area surveillance for situational awareness ...