Air Warfare

UK company demonstrates crewed-uncrewed teaming

26th April 2024

QinetiQ's aerial target drone, the Banshee, was modified to be controlled by a piloted aircraft.

Training

First US Navy T-54A training aircraft delivery arrives

23rd April 2024

Arrival of the first two T-54A multi-engine training system aircraft will allow the US Navy to begin the decommissioning process of its ageing T-44C Pegasus aircraft on schedule.

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

NATO orders more 155mm ammunition

17th April 2024

The contract, in the triple-digit million euro range, includes high explosive extended range projectiles, modular charges, fuzes and primers.

Air Warfare

Boeing upgrades Australian P-8A Poseidon MPAs

15th April 2024

The upgrade contract could be extended beyond 2030 to cater for the additional two new P-8A Poseidons the Royal Australian Air Force was set to receive in the coming years.

Training

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex team up on MR and VR training for IT2EC

8th April 2024

Ryan Aerospace and Vertex Solutions will present advanced mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) pilot training solutions at IT2EC 2024.

Land Warfare

Rheinmetall wins $145 million contract for subsystems to replace howitzers sent to Ukraine

2nd April 2024

The Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) was developed in the mid-1980s to meet a German Army requirement to replace its M109 SPHs and 185 were delivered. Export orders from Greece (24), Italy (70, of which 68 were produced locally) and the Netherlands (57) increased production to more than 330 systems.

APCs/IFVs - tracked

T-15 Armata (Forecast)

Programme Background The first contract for 132 Armatas was signed by the Russian MoD in 2015. This will comprise sufficient T-14, T-15 heavy IFV and ...

Tanks

T-14 Armata (Forecast)

Programme Background The first contract for 132 Armatas was signed by the Russian MoD in 2015. This will comprise sufficient T-14, T-15 heavy IFV and ...

Tanks

T-14 Armata (Contracted)

Programme Background The first contract for 132 Armatas was signed by the Russian MoD in 2015. This will comprise sufficient T-14, T-15 heavy IFV and ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

T-15 Armata (Contracted)

Programme Background The first contract for 132 Armatas was signed by the Russian MoD in 2015. This will comprise sufficient T-14, T-15 heavy IFV and ...

Tanks

T-90M Proryv (New-Build)

The first contract for the T-90M was disclosed in August 2017. Comprising 30 tanks in total, it covered the upgrade of 20 T-90As to T-90M ...

Tanks

Future Ready Combat Vehicle MBT (India)

Programme Background At least three RfIs have been published for the FRCV requirement, but the programme has struggled to get off the ground. The FRCV ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

BMPT Terminator

Despite having earlier rejected the BMPT vehicle, the Russian MoD tested BMPT prototypes in Syria, where the vehicles performed well in combat conditions. This culminated ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Kurganets-25 (Pre-Production - Contracted)

Programme Background The first prototypes of the Kurganets-25 were demonstrated during the 2015 Victory Day Parade. At least three variants of the platform have been ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

Kurganets-25 (Series Production - Forecast)

Programme Background The first prototypes of the Kurganets-25 were demonstrated during the 2015 Victory Day Parade. At least three variants of the platform have been ...

Tanks

Pakistan Modernised T-55 MBTs

The modernised T-55s that Yugoimport are delivering to Pakistan are understood to be surplus vehicles that were withdrawn from Serbian Army service during the early ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Light Replenishment Oiler (T-AOL) [USN]

Programme Background Requirements The Light Replenishment Oiler (T-AOL) programme, previously known as the Next-Generation Logistic Support Ship (NGLS) programme, stems directly from the new operational concept of ...

Trainer

T-6C [Thailand]

Programme Background The contract is for 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II advanced military training aircraft, ground-based training systems for pilots and maintenance professionals, a mission ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Navajo Class (T-ATS)

Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) are replacing the ageing three remaining T-ATF 166 class tugboats and two remaining T-ARS 50 class ships with ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

TAO Fleet Oiler [USN]

Programme Background Requirements The USN plans to replace 15 legacy T-AO 187-class navy fleet-replenishment oilers with 20 TAO-205, previously known as TAO(X)-class oilers, to provide ...

Trainer

Future Lead-In Fighter Training System (Project Air 6002 PH1) - Australia

Programme Background Requirements The RAAF is seeking a future solution that provides a ‘relevant, adaptable, affordable and safe LIFTS out to 2050’ for training pilots ...

Tanks

T-14 Armata

The 125mm-armed T-14 Armata is the latest MBT to be developed for the Russian Army.  In late 2013, UVZ began trials of early prototype/pre-production models ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

T-15 Armata

The T-15 Armata heavy IFV was first seen publicly during rehearsals for the May Day 2015 parade in Moscow. The T-15 has a diesel power ...

Tanks

T-90M/T-90MS

Manifactured by Uralvagonzavod, the T-90M and the T-90MS are improved variants of the T-90 main battle tank featuring an improved explosive reactive armour (ERA) array, a newer ...

Land: Integrated Defensive Systems

Afghanit

Afghanit is an active protection system developed for the latest generation of Russian armoured fighting vehicles. It combines soft-kill and hard-kill components with a number ...

Tanks

T-80BVM

Due to delays encountered with the T-14 Armata tank programme, the Russian Army is modernising its existing tank fleets in an effort to extend the ...

Tanks

T-72B3

Due to delays with the mass production of the T-14 Armata MBT, the Russian Army elected to fund continued upgrades for its vast inventory of ...

Land: Integrated Defensive Systems

ADS

Rheinmetall’s ADS is an Active Vehicle Self-Protection System (AVSPS) which has also been marketed internationally as Shark and AAC. Although the system is believed to ...

Military vehicle engines

V-92S2

The V-92S2 is a 1,000 hp turbocharged V12 diesel engine developed by the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in the late 1990s. It was designed to replace ...

Tanks

T-80/T-80B/T-80BV

Entering production in 1976 for the Soviet Union's Red Army, the T-80 MBT was the first mass-produced MBT to utilise a gas turbine engine. More ...

Land: RWS

Bumerang-BM

The Bumerang-BM is an unmanned turret designed for the latest generation of Russian armoured vehicles such as the B-11 Kurganets-25 IFV, the K-17 Bumerang IFV ...

Trainer

T-37 Tweet

The T-37 Tweet is a trainer aircraft developed by Cessna (now Textron) for the USAF's TX Trainer Experimental programme. Its maiden flight was recorded in ...

Land: RWS

AU-220M

The AU-220M unmanned turret, developed by TsNII Burevestnik, a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), mounts a dual-feed 57mm automatic cannon and a PKTM 7.62mm coaxial machine ...

Crew-served assault/anti-tank weapons, Multipurpose missiles

9M133 Kornet

Developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau, the Kornet ATGM was unveiled in October 1994 and entered into Russian Army service in 1998. It has ...

Sealift/replenishment vessels

Lewis and Clark-class T-AKE

The Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ships (T-AKE) are operated by USN Military Sealift Command to provide multi-product combat logistics support. They were built ...

Self-propelled missile systems

IRIS-T Surface Launched (SL) system

The IRIS-T Surface Launched (SL) system is designed to provide 360° protection against attacks from aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, cruise missiles, guided weapons and rockets.