Naval Warfare

US Navy solicits Raytheon and Lockheed for carrier-suitable hypersonic weapon

29th March 2023

The USN has awarded two contracts to Raytheon Missiles and Defence and Lockheed Martin for initial development of a carrier-suitable long-range, high-speed weapon known as Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (HALO).

Digital Battlespace

Thales lands second major European order for SquadNet soldier radios

28th March 2023

Austria has followed Belgium in selected Thales' SquadNet tactical radios for its armed forces.

Air Warfare

Northrop Grumman advances airborne connectivity for US Air Force

24th March 2023

Northrop Grumman's Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant (SPOC) multifunction processor will help define the USAF's approach to next-generation airborne radio.

Land Warfare

Delivering advanced C4I at the tip of the spear (Sponsored)

22nd March 2023

Digitalising your dismounted troops comes with some key capability requirements for mission success.

Training

Aeralis teams up with AI company on digital enterprise model for aircraft services

22nd March 2023

Aeralis has signed an MoU with Aerogility to develop a digital enterprise model for aircraft services, focusing on optimising whole-life costs and aircraft availability

Training

Four Steps to Demystifying MOD Security Expectations for Industry (Sponsored Whitepaper)

14th March 2023

Supply chain security is one of the MOD’s top priorities, as it should be for all its industry partners.

Training

Spanish Air Force buys more PC-21 trainer aircraft and simulators

13th March 2023

Spain will become the largest PC-21 advanced trainer aircraft operator in Europe.

Training

DiSTI upgrades US Navy F/A-18 trainers

9th March 2023

The four F/A-18 Simulated Aircraft Maintenance Trainer devices will receive both software and hardware updates.

Training

GNSS simulator software breaks high-capacity barrier

7th March 2023

Global navigation satellite system simulation Skydek can generate 500 simulated signals.

Fighter - multirole

F-16V (Slovakia)

Programme Background Earlier in April 2018, the US State Department announced that it has approved a possible FMS deal of 14 F-16V aircraft for an ...

Aircraft carriers

Queen Elizabeth Class

The contract to begin the construction of the first ship was awarded in 2008, ten years after the programme was announced in the 1998 SDR. ...

Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles

Belgium Jaguar Medium Common Armoured Vehicle Platform

Programme Background In its Strategic Vision for Defence document published in June 2016, the Belgian MoD outlined its aspirations for equipping five motorised manoeuvre battalions ...

APCs/IFVs - 6x6

6x6 APC (Philippines)

Programme Background The Philippine Army has identified an urgent need for new wheeled APCs, after the Battle of Marawi exposed shortcomings in its existing fleet ...

Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

Intercept and Escort Craft (UK)

Programme BackgroundThe UK MoD launched a programme aimed at developing a class of Intercept and Escort craft intended to replace the existing stock of Avon Sea Rider, Pacific ...

APCs/IFVs - 6x6

Belgium Griffon Light Common Armoured Vehicle Platform

Programme Background In its Strategic Vision for Defence document published in June 2016, the Belgian MoD outlined its aspirations for equipping five motorised manoeuvre battalions ...

Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

Intercept and Escort Craft (UK) (Option)

Programme Background The UK MoD launched a programme aimed at developing a class of Intercept and Escort craft intended to replace the existing stock of Avon Sea ...

Fighter - multirole

F-15SA Saudi Arabia

The aircraft deal includes 170 APG-63(v)3 AESA radar sets, 193 F-110-GE-129 Improved Performance Engines, 100 M61 Vulcan Cannons, 338 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems amongst ...

Fighter - multirole

JAS 39E/F Gripen (Brazil)

In 2016, Gripen’s Project and Development Center was opened in Sao Paulo to allow Sweedish and Brazillian engineers to work together in the Gripen development ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Bayraktar TB2 (Qatar)

Programme Background In 2018 at DIMDEX, it was revealed that Qatar had bought six Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey. The deal also included three ground control stations, ...

Frigates

Sea 5000 Future Frigate (Hunter Class)

Programme Background The Type 26 design and manufacture programme is known as the Global Combat Ship created by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The ...

Light attack, Trainer

Tejas LCA - India Follow-On

According to the HAL's chairman R Madhavan, 'apart from all the capabilities of IOC aircraft, the FOC variant additionally comes with an air-to-air refuelling capability, close-combat ...

Transport

New Transport Aircraft (India)

Programme Background The absence of a medium transport aircraft, and its continued use on ageing Ilyushin Il-76s without spares, means that the Indian Air Force ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

MQ-9 Reaper (France)

Programme Background Total Procurement In June 2013, Northrop Grumman announced that France had requested the purchase of 16 Reapers plus associated systems from the US ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Littoral Warfare UAS (LW UAS) (New Zealand)

Programme Background Requirement The RNZN began the programme as it seeks a UAV capability to "map and measure littoral environmental elements for rapid environmental assessment and ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

HF SDR

Bharat Electronics Limited's High-Frequency Software-Defined Radio (HF SDR) was unveiled at the Aero India 2023 exhibition. The transceiver operates in the HF band and features ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

Bittium Tough SDR Handheld

Bittium Tough SDR Handheld is a part of Bittium's Tough software-defined radio family. The transceiver supports Bittium's proprietary waveforms as well as ESSOR, and national ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

BNET-AR

BNET-AR Airborne SDR is a member of Rafael's BNET Family of IP Software Defined Radios. The modular, multiband system utilises an open architecture and provides ...

Sea: communication systems

SDR-Tac

The SDR-Tac is a four-channel software-defined radio for naval vessels, developed by India's Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics. It is in service with ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

AN/PRC-162

The AN/PRC-162 is a two-channel software-defined radio that has been selected for the US Army’s Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit programme. The SDR is ...

Avionics: communications systems - unmanned systems, Data links, Land: software-defined radios and modems

QNT-200

The Collins QNT-200 is a dual-channel software-defined radio (SDR) designed for size, weight and power-constrained platforms. Using IP-based mesh networks, it offers high-bandwidth mobile networking ...

Avionics: communications systems - unmanned systems

BNET NANO

The newest member of Rafael's BNET family of Software-Defined Radios, BNET NANO was unveiled in 2021. BNET Nano provides capabilities similar to larger BNET radios ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

Special Role Radio

In February 2018, Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) announced the development of a new Special Role Radio (SRR), designed for tactical and special operations. The SRR ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

SVFuA

The SVFuA (Streitkräftegemeinsame Verbundfähige Funkgeräte-Ausstattung) is a software defined radio (SDR) that provides communications up to the classification level SECRET and is contracted as the ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

SpiderNet-SDR

The SpiderNet-SDR is a family of tactical software defined radios that provides warfighters with optimised situational awareness of the battlefield. Its multiband, multirole feature enables ...

Avionics: communications systems - unmanned systems, Data links

Tove RF Datalink

The Tove RF Data Link is a lightweight Software Defined Radio (SDR) designed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Unmanned Surface ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

Talon V/UHF Radios

The Talon V/UHF is an international version of the ARC-210 family of radios. The software defined radio (SDR) allows users to upgrade their V/UHF capabilities via ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

SDR Family

Designed to provide high-speed data and voice communications to support land, maritime and air platform applications on the digital battlefield. The family of SDRs consists ...

Military UGVs

Radio Engineer

The Radio Engineer is a backpack-transportable UGV developed with an integrated software-defined radio payload module. Based on the standard variant of the Engineer UGV, it ...

Land: software-defined radios and modems

RF-7800-V51x

The RF-7800-V51x is a vehicle/base VHF radio in the Harris Falcon III family. Ready for integration into vehicle communication systems, the IC-three interface is provided ...