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News - green berets
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Defence Helicopter
Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight S2 E6 - The Role of Autonomy
7th September 2021
Autonomy is certain to be a defining trend in the future of aviation and fully autonomous aircraft could one day supplement or even replace traditional helicopters.
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Land Warfare
PLA upgrades its heavy 155mm SPH inventory
2nd September 2021
The PLZ-05 155mm SPH in Chinese army service has received a makeover.
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Land Warfare
Waiting game about to end for T-14 while T-90M deliveries continue
1st September 2021
After years of delays and technical problems, the Russian Ground Forces are finally set to receive the first batch of T-14 Armata MBTs.
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Land Warfare
Land Warfare: green technology in defence, future of urban warfare and more
24th August 2021
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Land Warfare
BMP-3F raises more questions than answers for the Black Berets
20th August 2021
A navalised variant of the BMP-3 IFV may become a standard platform for Russian marines — but shortcomings remain.
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Defence Notes
HII completes Alion Science and Technology acquisition
20th August 2021
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) first announced the $1.65 billion cash acquisition plans in July.
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Air Warfare
India requests Harpoon equipment
4th August 2021
Harpoon Joint Common Test Set would join ten AGM-84L Harpoon Block IIs previously requested by India under the FMS programme.
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Training
Denmark explores training potential of electric aircraft
27th July 2021
A two-year trial of Velis Electro aircraft will begin in September at the Danish Armed Forces Flying School in Karup.
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Land Warfare
UK IPA report shows some acquisition improvements
20th July 2021
Recent IPA annual reports have been a roll call of MoD failings but the latest version could see procurement turning a corner for the better — aside from the Ajax project.
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon and MDA go green with X-Band radar upgrade
30th June 2021
A new redesigned, environmentally friendly cooling system is set to improve the Sea-Based X-Band Radar's (SBX) reliability and reduce its carbon footprint.
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Naval Warfare
To Russia with love: India returns SSN
16th June 2021
The same day as India's leased nuclear-powered submarine was sailing back to Russia, the government okayed a tender process for six new conventional submarines.
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Land Warfare
Redback makes itself at home in Australia
3rd June 2021
Hanwha showed both the AS21 Redback IFV and K9 155mm SPH at Land Forces 2021.
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Naval Warfare
Rheinmetall celebrates 300 delivered MASS systems
30th April 2021
Rheinmetall is celebrating the 300th delivery of its MASS naval countermeasures system.
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Land Warfare
Indian Air Force receives protected vehicles
23rd April 2021
The Indian Air Force will be better equipped to defend air bases after delivery of its first armoured vehicles from Ashok Leyland.
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Defence Notes
Germany injects funding into land, sea and air programmes
20th April 2021
Some €600 million is being spent in Germany on a range of defence procurement initiatives.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Special operations vehicles
Neton VLOE - (Spain - Navy)
Programme Background Information regarding the Spanish Navy's procurement of the Einsa Neton remains limited, however, it is likely that decisions to procure the platform arose from ...
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Military helicopters - multirole
UH-60M Black Hawk-Saudi Arabia
At the end of June 2017, Sikorsky had received the green light from the US Army for a five year contract worth $3.8 billion for ...
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Trainer
Hurjet (Turkey)
Programme Background The Turkish Executive Committee of Defence Industry (SSIK) has officially given the green light to mass production of the Hürjet trainer and light ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Beyond Vision Drones [Portugal]
Programme Background Contract Award On 14 February 2023, Beyond Vision announced that it had been awarded a €600,375 contract for the acquisition of "6 Mulittoror ...
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Fighter - electronic warfare
Jamming and Escort Electronic Attack Aircraft (luWES) [Germany]
Programme Background According to earlier reports, Berlin had earlier decided to procure 15 EA-18G Growlers over the Eurofighter Typhoon ECR concept, which is expected to be ...
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships
Modified Ivan Green Class (Project 11711)
Programme Background The modified Ivan Gren class (Project 11711) large amphibious assault ships (LST) have been designed by Nevskoe Design Bureau for the Russian Navy. Two ships ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
RQ-20 Puma (Belgium)
Programme Background Requirement The Belgian MoD outlined plans to procure more mini and tactical UAS in its Strategic Vision for Defence published in 2016. According ...
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships
Ivan Gren Class (Project 11711)
Programme Background The Ivan Gren-class (Project 11711) large amphibious assault ships (LST) have been designed for the Russian Navy by Nevskoe Design Bureau to undertake landing operations ...
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OPVs
OPVs (4-7) [Colombia]
Programme Background Requirements The 2042 "Plan de Desarrollo Naval" (Naval Development Plan) outlines the intention to have seven in-service OPVs by 2042. In particular, the new ...
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Loitering munitions
Mini-Harpy [Israeli Navy]
Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel Navy Sa'ar 6 ...
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Loitering munitions
Harop [Israeli Navy]
Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel ...
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Sealift/replenishment vessels
Polar Class 4 Icebreaker [Argentina]
Programme Background Timeline The programme dates back to 2014 when the Argentine navy had sought to acquire a vessel for cargo and fuel transport, capable of sailing ...
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Patrol boats
FPB 98 (Ukraine)
Programme Background The international competition had been launched in the Spring of 2018 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior for the reinforcement of the State ...
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Transport
Large Transport Aircraft-II (LTA-II) [South Korea]
Programme Background Requirements The aircraft are needed for peacetime, international peacekeeping, emergency and combat operations. They are especially required to ensure a strategic lift capacity ...
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Tanks
VT4 Haider (Pakistan)
Programme Background Pakistan appears to have commenced its programme to acquire a new military off-the-shelf MBT in 2015, when several MBT designs were tested under ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Laser pointers
Lima Laser Sights
Lima red and green laser fore grips are low-profile rail-mounted laser sights. The laser operates in momentary-on mode, with an additional continuous mode on the ...
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Loitering munitions
Green Dragon loitering munition
The Green Dragon is a silent, tactical, low-cost loitering munition system designed to provide small ground units and SOFs with significant situational awareness and firepower ...
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Core systems: image intensifiers
3631 Series
3631-series I2 tubes feature gallium arsenide (Gen III) photocathodes, high gain and sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio of 24 with exportable figure of merit available exceeding 1,800. ...
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Laser pointers
NCFL 9 Series
The NCFL 9 series is comprised of compact, mountable illumination/aiming systems that can be used on a wide variety of weapons including handguns and assault ...
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Laser pointers
DBAL-A2
The Dual Beam Aiming Laser - Advanced (DBAL-A) 2 is equipped with an IR-laser pointer, an adjustable IR-laser illuminator and a choice of a visible ...
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Air: mission management systems
Aertimer
The Thommen Aertimer cockpit display provides up-to-date time references for the avionics system. The clock installs into a 2in air transport indicator. The system features ...
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Air: mission management systems
Stratotimer
The Thommen Stratotmer is a multi-function chronograph for aeronautical applications. It displays UTC time, flight time and elapsed time and a single push-to-set knob sets ...
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EO/IR systems
RedEdge-MX
The MicaSense RedEdge is a multi-spectral sensor designed for agricultural applications to measure the health of crops. The sensor uses five narrow spectral bands captured during ...
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Laser pointers
DBAL-A3
The Dual Beam Aiming Laser – Advanced (DBAL-A) 3 is equipped with an IR laser pointer, an adjustable IR laser illuminator and a choice of ...
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Sniper rifles
SG 751 SAPR
The 7.62mm SG 751 Swiss Arms Precision Rifle (SAPR) is based on the SIG 55X assault rifle family. The modular design allows the user to ...
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Laser pointers
LAM 3G
The LAM 3G three-channel device has a green visible-laser aimer for improved contrast, an IR-laser aimer and an IR illuminator to meet tactical requirements. The ...
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Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems
CA4034 Series
The CA4034-48-48 antenna distribution system is a solid-state antenna switch matrix from HF receiving systems. Designed with high-performance, ultra-high-linearity amplifiers and proprietary solid-state switching topology, ...
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Laser pointers
LLM Vario-Ray Compact
The Laser Light Module (LLM) Vario-Ray Compact model is lighter and more compact than the previous model, due to the integration of a fixed LED ...
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Land: NVGs
BNVD-SG UL
NVD's lightweight BNVD-SG UL is a dual-tube goggle with single gain control. The company reports that this is the lightest fully-functional dual-tube goggle in the ...
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Sniper rifles
TRG 22
In production since 1999, the .308 Win TRG 22 medium-range sniper rifle is available in six configurations: fixed stock versions with an integrated tactical rail ...