Land Warfare

Bahrain to buy 50 Abrams tanks under $2.2 billion deal

20th March 2024

Should the deal proceed, Bahrain would join the ranks of the US, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in operating the M1A2 Abram tank.

Air Warfare

Indian Army sets up first Apache attack helicopter squadron

20th March 2024

An additional six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters have been expected to join the Indian Armed Forces in May, bringing the total numbers to 28.

Training

Maxar advances US Army’s global terrain simulation

19th March 2024

The One World Terrain prototype will become a key part of the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment to provide soldiers realistic training with geospatial dataset.

Air Warfare

Bell Textron opens new laboratory to support bid for US Army’s FLRAA

14th March 2024

In December 2022, the US Army awarded an initial $1.3 billion contract to Bell Textron for US Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), choosing to proceed with its V-280 Valor bid, and the new site will support this programme.

Land Warfare

Spain orders 155mm artillery shells in $228 million contract

13th March 2024

Rheinmetall has become a major source of artillery ammunition across Europe, especially for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion, and the German manufacturer has received orders for billions-of-dollars worth ammunition in recent years.

Air Warfare

AN/APR-39E(V)2 radar warning receivers contracted for initial production

13th March 2024

Northrop Grumman’s AN/APR-39(V) series of Radar Warning Receivers (RWRs) have been designed to equip a wide array of aircraft. Specifications regarding the waveband have not been revealed but the equipment will likely be able to detect emissions from radars transmitting in wavebands of two gigahertz/GHz to 18GHz.

Air Warfare

Diehl and Northrop collaborate on layered air defence system

12th March 2024

Diehl Defence and Northrop Grumman have joined forces to explore the potential synergy between their technologies, aiming to bolster European air defence capabilities.

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Eagle V 4x4

According to documents released by the Danish Ministry of Defence, a total of 233.6 million Danish Krone (US$34.669 million) were allocated to this programme. 62.1 ...

OPVs

Patrol Ships Procurement [Denmark]

Programme Background Timeline On 18 August 2022, the Danish MoD announced a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion to replace a large number of ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - small

Small VTOL UAV (Denmark)

Programme Background 2020 Tender In January 2018, Denmark's three main political parties signed the Danish Defence Agreement, a cross-party defence white paper covering the period ...

Fighter - multirole

F-35A Denmark

Denmark joined the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program in 2002 during the System Development and Demonstration phase and has influenced technical elements of the ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Piranha V

264 of the Piranha Vs will be assigned to the Danish Army's 1st Brigade, following its reorganisation in January 2019. Each of its three armoured ...

Frigates

Arctic Frigates Procurement/Thetis Class Replacement [Denmark]

Programme Background Requirements After awarding a design contract for the procurement of a new generation of patrol vessels, Denmark is expected to focus on the ...

Frigates

Absalon Class Replacement [Denmark]

Programme Background Requirements After focusing on the procurement of new highly capable patrol ships and new Arctic frigates as a replacement for the Thetis-class, Denmark could ...

Special operations vehicles

VLFS

Programme Background The VLFS platform is derived from the Arquus Dagger PVP platform, but has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of French Special ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Arctic Drone [Denmark]

Programme Background Arctic Capability Package In February 2021, Denmark published the Arctic Capability package, a commitment to invest in new technologies, particularly uncrewed systems, to improve ...

OPVs

OPVs Procurement (Ukraine)

Programme Background OMT presented the MPV80 design in September 2021 at the DSEI event in London. The 80m vessel was showcased in three configurations: Offshore ...

Frigates

Arrowhead 140 Frigate Acquisition [Indonesia]

Programme Background Requirements Indonesia’s policy of Minimum Essential Force (MEF) seeks to create an armed force capable of defending the nation. The navy has thus ...

OPVs

Ivan Papanin Class (Project 23550) (Russian Navy)

Russia is in the process of constructing two Arctic-capable combat icebreakers which are to be deployed in the Arctic to bolster its military presence in ...

Frigates

FREMM Frigate Acquisition [Indonesia]

Programme Background Indonesia was due to order a total of six SIGMA 10514 guided missile frigates, but only two have ever materialised. It was expected ...

Frigates

MKS 180 Programme (1-4) [Germany]

Programme Background Timeline The MKS 180 frigate programme for the Federal German Navy reflects the desire for the German government to become more engaged on ...

Frigates

Light Multipurpose Frigates (1) [Peru]

Programme Background Requirements The Peruvian navy wants new light multipurpose frigates to replace its existing ageing pair of Lupo-class frigates that will displace about 4,000t. ...

EO/IR systems

Helios/HeliTOW

A stabilised direct view optical system for surveillance and targeting, HeliTOW includes TOW missile tracking and guidance systems. The sight unit provides the gunner with ...

Sniper rifles

AX50

The 50cal AX50 long-range anti-materiel rifle is based on the company's AW50. It has an external stock design with the aim of facilitating a secure, ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

Eagle V 4x4

GDELS unveiled the fifth generation of its Eagle light tactical vehicle at Eurosatory 2012. The platform has replaced earlier-generation vehicles in production. More than 1,250 ...

Self-propelled guns

Caesar 8x8

Caesar is a 155mm self propelled artillery system. Launched at Eurosatory 2016, it is primarily intended to offer more payload than the 6x6 variant. Denmark ...

Land: soldier modernisation systems - national programmes

DANES

Initial efforts to field a complete soldier system through the Danish Army Network-Enabled Soldier (DANES) concept were abandoned, following an evaluation of the US Land ...

OPVs

MPV80

At DSEI 2021, OMT presented the Modular Patrol Vessel 80 (MPV80), an OPV design characterised by strong modularity and flexibility. The MPV80 comes in three ...

Medium/general-purpose machine guns

M60E6

The M60E6 GPMG is the latest improved version of the M60. USORD's M60E4/Mk 43 is in service in at least 15 countries and with US ...

Land: RWS

Lemur

Originally comprising a series of roof-mounted stabilised EO sights, the BAE Systems Bofors Lemur family has since expanded to incorporate armed RWS variants. Available in ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

CV90 Armadillo

The Armadillo APC, unveiled at Eurosatory 2010, is based on BAE Systems’ CV90 IFV design. It has been modified to provide a higher degree of ...

Assault rifles/carbines/shotguns

C7A2

Colt Canada developed the 5.56mm C7 family of assault weapons based on the M16A2 to meet the requirements of the Canadian Army. The family includes ...

Tanks

Leopard 2A7/A8

Featuring a layout similar to the Leopard 2A5/A6, the Leopard 2A7 mainly offers subsystem upgrades compared to earlier versions. Adopted as the widely upgraded to ...

Patrol boats

Diana

Six Diana-class large patrol boats are in service with the Royal Danish Navy. The first of class entered service in 2007 and the last in ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Piranha V

The Piranha V, the latest member of the Piranha family of wheeled armoured fighting vehicles, introduced a vehicle in the upper weight class. Unveiled in ...

Maritime patrol

Challenger 604

Bombardier Challenger CL-604 MPAs are in service with the Royal Danish Air Force and the Korea Coast Guard. The first of three Danish aircraft entered ...

Patrol boats

Flyvefisken

Fourteen Flyvefisken-class (Standard Flex 300) patrol vessels were built by Aalborg Shipyard, which has since shut down and entered service with the Danish Navy. The ...