Air Warfare

Nigeria confirms M-346 advanced trainer deliveries for this year

19th April 2024

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will enhance its fleet with the imminent delivery of six Leonardo-built M-346 advanced trainer and light attack aircraft by the end of 2024.

Land Warfare

Hero-120 loitering munitions to be made in US

27th March 2024

Hero-120, a loitering munition system fitted with a 4.5kg warhead, has been designed to carry out strikes against mid-range targets. In June 2021, the US Marine Corps announced the Hero-120 had been selected for its Organic Precision Fire Mounted (OPF-M) programme.

Land Warfare

First two improved Turkish M60T tanks handed over

16th February 2024

The M60Ts, upgraded versions of the M60A3s, were delivered between 2007 and 2010. The latest upgrade followed a rolling programme of upgrades which have included Aselsan SARP RWS, Yamgoz situational awareness cameras, a TLUS laser warning receiver and a Pulat APS completed in 2020.

Air Warfare

World Defense Show 2024: Kalashnikov to unveil new UAV in Riyadh

31st January 2024

The SKAT 350 M UAV will build upon the Supercam 350 UAV featuring an improved battery life and increased automation.

Land Warfare

Tess Defence signs $2.2 billion deal to provide tracked support vehicles to Spanish Army

27th December 2023

The VAC tracked support vehicles will replace the Spanish Army’s aging TOA M-113 Armoured Caterpillar Transport vehicles.

Mine-protected vehicles

K-4386 Taifun-VDV

In addition to a standard APC version, other variants of the K-4386 Taifun-VDV have been developed for the VDV including a carrier for the 9K128M-1 ...

Light attack, Trainer

M-345 Italy

On 29 Decemeber 2017, Aermacchi's M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) prototype aircraft successfully completed its first flight from Venegono Superiore airfield in Varese, Italy. On ...

Trainer

M-345 Italy Future Procurement

On 29 Decemeber 2017, Aermacchi's M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) prototype aircraft successfully completed its first flight from Venegono Superiore airfield in Varese, Italy. On ...

Light attack

M-346 Procurement (1-24) [Nigeria]

Programme Background On 9 December 2023, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said the country expects delivery of 54 new ...

Fighter - naval

Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighters (MRCBF) [India]

Programme Background RFI / Requirments In January 2017, India issued an RFI for the procurement of 57 multirole naval fighters. The RFI for the Indian Navy ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Tigr-M

The Tigr-M is a modified variant of the original Tigr design, which replaced the licence-produced Cummins diesel engine with a Russian-designed YaMZ diesel engine. This ...

Tanks

Viatura Blindada de Combate-Carro de Combate (VBC-CC) [Brazil]

Programme Background Several key technical requirements have been outlined by the Brazilian MoD. Among the most important are that the platform should weigh less than ...

Trainer

M-346 [Greece]

Programme Background In April 2021, Elbit Systems was awarded a $1.65 billion contract to set up Hellenic Air Force International Flight Training Centre. The deal includes ...

Loitering munitions

Organic Precision Fire - Mounted (OPF-M) [USMC]

Programme Background Armed Vehicles In June 2021, Shephard reported that the USMC had selected the HERO-120 for the OPF-M programme. The USMC planned to integrate ...

Frigates

Karel Dorman Class (Chile)

Programme Background  Chile currently operates two ex-Karel Doorman-class frigates which were sold in 2004. The Royal Netherlands Navy are in the process of replacing the ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Medium (Project Land 8710 Phase 1A) [Australia]

Programme Background Requirements Australia has set out requirements for a fleet of up to 18 Littoral Manoeuvre Vessels - Medium (LMV-M) with the release of ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

VBR-MSR Medium Wheeled Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle

Technical Requirements The Brazilian Army released two documents outlining the technical and operational requirements for the VBR-MR programme in early 2020. These outlined a number ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

M Solar-X [Thailand]

Programme Background Roadmap In February 2024, the RTAF unveiled its White Paper 2024. Incorporating lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Israel-Hamas War, and other events ...

Light attack, Trainer

M-346 (Qatar)

Programme Background Industry sources in Italy told Shephard that Qatar had signed a number of cooperation agreements with other countries to integrate and sustain various ...

Military UAS - small

Small UAV (Bulgaria)

Programme Background The Bulgarian Army wants to procure UAVs to enhance the organic tactical ISR capabilities of its ground forces. According to Bulgarian media, a ...

Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems

IM-SHORAD

Unveiled at AUSA 2019, Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) is a multipurpose platform, based on the Stryker IFV, which moves and maneuvers in ...

Military UGVs

Tracked Robot 10-Ton (TRX)

The TRX (Tracked Robot 10-ton) is a UGV developed by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The vehicle has been intended to be an enabling technology in critical ...

Land: air defence simulators

ADS

The Air Defense Simulator (ADS) enables training of air defence personnel in the operation of various SHORAD weapons as well as training of air defence ...

Land: battlefield and ground surveillance radar

Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar

RADA’s Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radars (MHR) are S-band, software-defined, pulse-Doppler AESA radars. The radars have beam-forming capabilities and advanced signal processing, which can provide for various ...

Land: RWS

RIwP

The Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) is a modular remote weapons station designed by Moog to counter a wide spectrum of threats ranging from enemy infantry ...

Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems

Platoon Command Post

Unveiled at the IDEX 2011, Platoon Command Post (PCP) was developed by MBDA to provide adapted solutions for the Command and Control (C2) of Ground ...

Data links

Link 1

Link 1 is a duplex digital data link primarily used by the NATO Air Defence Ground Environment (NADGE). It was designed in the late 1950s ...

Land: battle management systems

FAAD/C-RAM C2

The Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Command and Control (C2) system was developed by Northrop Grumman to provide command and control (C2) for the US Army ...

Land: air defence radar

AESA50

The AESA50 is a multi-mission radar that is the next-generation of the AN/TPQ-50 radar. Applications that the AESA50 has been designed to carry out include: ...

Land: air defence radar

AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel

The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is a mobile 3D phased-array radar used to alert SHORAD weapons about hostile airborne targets and queue up their shots. It operates ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

Stryker

In 2000, the US Army selected a variant of the GDLS-Canada 8x8 LAV III to meet its requirement for a Medium Interim Armored Vehicle to ...

Land: air defence radar

ReVISOR

RETIA’s ReVISOR lightweight X-band battlefield surveillance radar entered production in late 2012 and is currently being manufactured to satisfy a requirement of the Czech Republic's ...

Air: air combat simulators

M-346 GBTS

CAE is the preferred simulation provider for the Leonardo Aircraft M-346 advanced jet trainer and is currently developing a range of training systems for customers ...

Tanks

M-84

The M-84 MBT is a further development of the Soviet T-72 tank which was produced in Yugoslavia in 1984-1991 and by DDSV in 1991-2003. DDSV ...

Self-propelled rocket launchers

Armadillo TA-2

The Armadillo TA-2 is an automatic or manned rocket launcher system designed to be fully retracted inside a 4x4 light vehicle.The concept, which was being ...