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Air Warfare
Indian clearance for AMCA prototypes draws closer
21st April 2023
India's AMCA fighter programme inches forward - awaited is approval to produce prototypes.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Greece gets new Israeli Orbiter 3 drones under Spike deal
18th April 2023
Aeronautics will supply Greece with its Orbiter 3 UAV as part of a government-to-government contract for Rafael’s Spike missiles.
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Land Warfare
EOS of Australia to deliver one hundred RWS to Ukraine
3rd April 2023
Ukraine's army will add up to 100 remote-controlled weapon stations to armoured vehicles, according to a contract with EOS in Australia.
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Land Warfare
Elbit weapon systems to equip more Romanian Piranha vehicles
2nd March 2023
Elbit Systems has been awarded a follow-on contract for turrets, remote weapon stations and 120mm mortars for Romanian Armed Forces' Piranha V vehicles.
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Naval Warfare
Everything you need to know about France's FDI frigate
3rd November 2022
France's first Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI) ship, Amiral Ronarc'h, is the first of eight being built at Naval Group's Lorient shipyard for the French and Greek navies.
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Land Warfare
Australian Boxers ready to fight after IOC awarded
18th October 2022
Rheinmetall has not delivered any Australian-assembled Boxers yet, but IOC has been declared for the first 25 examples manufactured in Germany.
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Land Warfare
Philippines bulks up on combat engineering and logistics equipment
5th October 2022
Heavy logistics trucks and armoured combat engineer vehicles are the latest items on the shopping list of the Philippine Army.
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Air Warfare
India approves more capable LCA Mk2 fighter
9th September 2022
HAL will design and develop the ultimate version of the Tejas - the Mk2 - for the Indian Air Force.
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Air Warfare
India faces a crisis in its fighter squadrons
5th August 2022
India is facing a crisis with crashes of older fighters, falling squadron numbers and delays in acquisition programmes.
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Land Warfare
Nexter contracted for an additional 18 Caesar artillery pieces
29th July 2022
French defence manufacturer Nexter will deliver a further 18 Caesar 155mm artillery systems to the French Armed Forces by summer 2024.
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Digital Battlespace
UK injects £2.35 billion into Eurofighter ECRS Mk2 upgrade
17th July 2022
The Eurofighter Typhoon ECRS Mk2 upgrade has received a significant financial boost.
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Air Warfare
Safran takes the lead in engine partnerships in India
13th July 2022
India is exploring aircraft and helicopter engine developments, and Safran of France is currently in pole position.
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Land Warfare
Philippines seeks armoured excavators, activates new tank and artillery units
8th July 2022
New armoured excavators are needed for the Philippine Army, while new tank, artillery and air defence units have also been set up in the Philippines.
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Land Warfare
Eurosatory 2022: Leonardo makes HITFACT II turret available for more applications
24th June 2022
As Italy's Centauro II enters full production, Leonardo is offering the HITFACT II 120mm turret (on display at Eurosatory 2022) for installation on other new and upgraded platforms.
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Land Warfare
Eurosatory 2022: Aselsan's Korhan weapon station nears development completion
24th June 2022
Aselsan's Korhan remote weapon station is nearing development completion and has undergone firing trials of its 35mm main armament.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Reconnaissance Drone (Ukraine Aid) [Belgium]
Programme Background Aid Package On Friday, 15 March 2024, Belgian Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder announced the country's latest aid package to Ukraine to help the country ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Romania Piranha V
Programme Background The Romanian government has committed to raising defence spending to enable the country's armed forces to shed its Soviet-era equipment and to ensure ...
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Light attack, Trainer
Tejas LCA (India)
Programme Background The Indian Navy was supposed to procure 50 Tejas LCAs, also known as the LCA-N. However, in 2017 the navy decided to abandon ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Ajban Series (Algeria)
Programme Background Algeria is believed to operate at least four variants of the Ajban platform: the standard Nimr Ajban fitted with either a Norinco UW1 ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Caracal 4x4 Light Air Assault (Netherlands - Forecast)
Programme Background As part of its Defence-wide Replacement Programme of Wheeled Vehicles (DVOW), the Dutch Army initiated the 12kN AASLT Air Assault Vehicle procurement programme ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
VCR (Spain - Second Batch)
Programme Background Purpose The VCR programme is to replace several legacy wheeled and tracked vehicles currently in service with the Spanish Army including the BMR-600 6x6, ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
VCR (Spain - Third Batch)
Programme Background Purpose The VCR programme is to replace several legacy wheeled and tracked vehicles currently in service with the Spanish Army including the BMR-600 ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles
Caracal 4x4 Light Air Assault (Netherlands)
Programme Background As part of its Defence-wide Replacement Programme of Wheeled Vehicles (DVOW), the Dutch Army initiated the 12kN AASLT Air Assault Vehicle procurement programme ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles, Special operations vehicles
Caracal 4x4 Light Air Assault (Germany)
Programme Background By 2017, the German Army's airborne forces had initiated two programmes to replace legacy equipment currently in service. The first of these programmes, ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
VCR (Spain - First Batch)
Programme Background Purpose The VCR programme is to replace several legacy wheeled and tracked vehicles currently in service with the Spanish Army including the BMR-600 6x6, ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4, APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Armoured Vehicles (Ecuador)
Programme Background In November 2022, the Ecuadorian Army confirmed it had placed an order with Elbit for 137 armoured vehicles required for military combat operations against ...
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Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
AERACCESS UAV (Nigeria)
Programme Background Manufacturing Partnership On 7 April 2022, Proforce Air Systems announced a partnership with AERACCESS for the "immediate production of drones within Nigeria". The ...
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Military UAS - small
Penguin C (Latvia)
Programme Background In 2018, the Latvian MoD signed an agreement with Latvian companies UAV Factory and Atlas Aerospace to procure UAVs for the LNAF. Under ...
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Minehunters
Tripartite Class Replacement Programme [Belgium]
Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite-class MCM, which are due to ...
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Special operations vehicles
UKSF Project Westerly HMT400 Replacement
Programme Background The new special operations forces vehicle selected under Project Westerly looks set to either replace or supplement the HMT 400 4x4 vehicle. At ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Corvettes
FCX20
The FCX20 has been revealed in 2022 Fincantieri's new FCX Naval Series. The FCX20 resembles a corvette-sized vessel with combat capabilities in all warfare domains (AAW, ...
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Naval: Combat Management Systems
Athena MK2
Produced by Leonardo, Athnena MK2 is a combat management system used by the Italian Navy. The suite has a surface variant (MK2/E) and a more advanced ...
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Anti-ship missiles
Teseo Mk2/E
The Teseo Mk2/E, which incorporates land-attack capabilities, is the latest evolution of the Otomat/Teseo anti-ship weapon family and is set to replace the legacy Mk2/A ...
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OPVs
Musherib Class (FCX07)
Fincantieri is building two OPVs for the Qatari Emiri Navy as part of a larger seven-vessel €4 billion ($4.67 billion) contract involving four corvettes and one ...
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Military UGVs
Cobra Mk2
The Cobra Mk2 is a 5kg UGV designed for EOD/IED disposal and CBRN operations. The modular architecture of the Cobra Mk2 E supports different types of ...
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Reconnaissance/patrol vehicles, Special operations vehicles
HMT Extenda Mk2
Unveiled at DSEI 2019, the High Mobility Transporter (HMT) Extenda Mk2 is an open-topped armoured vehicle designed to support SOF. Like the original Extenda, the ...
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EO/IR systems
TMEO Mk2
The TMEO Mk2 is an EO tracking system developed by Rheinmetall. According to the manufacturer, it can be integrated easily with a wide range of fire control ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Fortress Mk2
Unveiled in June 2020, Arquus' Fortress Mk2 is the second variant of its Fortress Armoured Personnel Carrier. Offering STANAG Level 3 protection whilst retaining a low ...
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Land: manned turrets
UT30 MK2/MT30
Leveraging its experience producing the UT30 turret for armoured vehicles, Elbit developed the UT30 MK2, which is available in an unmanned (UT30 MK2) and a ...
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APCs/IFVs - 4x4
Ajban Mk2
The Ajban Mk2 is an evolution of Nimr's Ajban 440A 4x4 armoured vehicle platform that builds upon technology developed for the Ajban 447A prototype. Designed ...
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Land: RWS
R400S-Mk2
The R400S-Mk2 is a stabilised RWS that can be fitted to wheeled or tracked vehicles. Developed to mount the Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems M230LF lightweight ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Hafeet Mk2
The Hafeet Mk2 is an evolution of Nimr's first-generation Hafeet family of multirole 6x6 armoured vehicles. Designed to provide greater payload, protection, mobility and modularity ...
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Air: NVGs
Hela Mk2
The Hela Mk2 is an NVG for helicopter and transport aircraft pilots, featuring a wide-aperture objective lens. Constant resolution of the image is kept even ...
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Data links
Link Y Mk2
Thales Link Y Mk2 is used to securely exchange tactical data and orders via a self-managing, adaptive radio network between multiple military platforms. Designed for ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
InstantEye Mk2 Gen4
The InstantEye Mk2 Gen4 small quadcopter UAV is designed to provide high-performance, low-cost capability that can be hand-launched/recovered by a single operator in any weather. ...