Land Warfare

Lockheed Martin wins contract for more Precision Strike Missiles

7th March 2024

In November 2023, Lockheed Martin announced it had successfully completed a production qualification flight test of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). The company has received an order for more missiles.

Digital Battlespace

Final Tranche 0 tracking satellites launched for US Missile Defense Agency

15th February 2024

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) initiated the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) programme in 2018 and in January 2021 awarded Other Transaction Agreements to L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman for the creation of prototype systems.

Land Warfare

Northrop completes Sentinel ICBM chamber tests

17th January 2024

As the land element of the US nuclear triad, Sentinel will include a fully integrated launch, flight and infrastructure system with modern C2 features. It is designed to operate into the 2070s as a replacement for the LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental nuclear ballistic missile.

Digital Battlespace

L3Harris satellite missile detector and tracker passes design reviews

21st December 2023

L3Harris was awarded a US$193.5 million deal in January 2021 to develop satellites for system to provide global indications, warning, tracking and targeting of advanced missile threats including hypersonic missile systems.

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. ...

Destroyers

Type 83 Future Air Defence System (FADS) [UK]

Programme Background Requirements The Daring-class (Type 45) consists of six ships, although the original plan was to have 12 destroyers. This was cut to eight in ...

Frigates

De Zeven Provinciën Class Replacement/LC Frigates [Netherlands]

Programme Background Replacements The De Zeven Provinciën-class air defence and command platforms, which are in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), are expected to be ...

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 ...

Data links

P1350

P1350 are airborne-qualified IP data links that can operate at hypersonic speeds. Produced by BERTEN DSP, it provides ruggedised, low-SWaP tactical communications in electronic warfare environments. 

Data links

P4700

The P4700 is an airborne-qualified IP data link produced by BERTEN. Suitable for hypersonic and high-attitude applications, it can be integrated into various platforms, including ...

Data links

P6000

BERTEN P6000 are defence-grade IP data links that provide a light, compact, robust, and affordable solution for airborne, maritime, and ground communications.

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

MD-22

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) unveiled the near-space hypersonic technology testbed MD-22 at the Zhuhai Airshow in 2022. Capable of speeds of Mach 7, the ...

Land: air defence radar

55Zh6UE NEBO-UE

The Almaz–Antey 55Zh6UE NEBO-UE  is a VHF mobile, long-range, 3D digital phased array air surveillance radar designed to detect medium targets and large targets such as ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

DART AE

The DART AE is a developmental UAV developed by Hypersonix Launch Systems and Kratos. The hypersonic UAV is being designed as a technology demonstrator for ...

Land: air defence radar

59N6-TE

The 59N6-TE is a 3D mobile radar developed and produced by the JSC Federal Research and Production Centre Nizhniy Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering ...

Naval guns

Palma CIWS

Palma CIWS (Close-In Weapon System) is a Russian-developed system that can protect vessels against anti-ship missiles, anti-radar missiles, guided aerial bombs, aircraft, helicopters and small high-speed ...

Destroyers

Zumwalt Class

The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class is formed by a series of next-generation multi-role destroyers 21st century. They were designed to host the latest in sensors and weapons ...

Frigates

Hunter Class Guided Missile Frigate

During Indo Pacific 2023, BAE Systems Australia unveiled a Guided Missile variant of the Hunter-class frigate (ASW). Compared to the baseline ASW configuration, the proposed ...

Destroyers

Udaloy I Class (Project 1155)

The Udaloy class destroyers were built in the 1980s for Russia by Zhdanov (now Severnaya Verf) and Yantar shipyards under the Project 1155 programme as specialised anti-submarine ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - HALE

RQ-4 Global Hawk

The Global Hawk is a HALE UAV manufactured by General Atomics (GA-ASI).  Primarily designed to carry ISTAR payloads, the platform has accumulated more than 200,000 ...

Corvettes

Gremyashchy Class (Project 20385)

The Gremyashchy-class (Project 20385) corvette is an advanced variant of the Streregushchy class (Project 20380) designed by Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau for the Russian Federation ...

Corvettes

Tuo Chiang Class

The Tuo Chiang class is expected to eventually consist of a total of 12 new corvettes for Taiwan's Republic of China Navy (ROCN), built under the ...

Destroyers

Renhai Class (Type 055)

The Type 055 destroyer, also known as the Renhai-class, is one of the largest class of ships in China’s PLAN. The vessel has been classed ...