Raytheon is seeking export customers for its Sentinel R1 wide-area surveillance aircraft, for which it is in talks with three potential operators. Five of the Bombardier Global Express-derived type are currently in operation with the Royal Air Force, but the company is now targeting customers in Asia, Middle East and the Far East. While the […]

Royal Saudi Air Force Hawk Mk.165. The Mk. 165 is an export variant of the AJT currently on order by the Royal Saudi Air Force. The 22 aircraft are to be built in the UK by BAE.

General Dynamics unveiled new AJAX  Armoured Fighting Vehicle at DSEI 2015. The  new armoured fighting vehicle has officially been named AJAX   (is known as the SCOUT SV program and was just recently renamed) and is the replacement for the currently deployed Alvis Scimitar recce vehicle developed some 40 years ago, which although upgraded, now […]

DSEI 2015 – Defence & Security Event is being held in London In 2015, DSEI, the world leading defence and security exhibition, look forward to welcoming over 30,000 attendees. DSEI Isle photograph The audience will include top level international military staff, major procurement officials, and the entire industry supply chain, from large prime contractors to […]

The new vehicle, called “Beowulf,” is based on the Company’s revered Viking BvS10 fighting, troop-carrying and logistics vehicle that was initially designed in Sweden for the UK Royal Marines. Beowulf has a payload capacity of eight tonnes and built-in flexibility with special role cabins in the rear car to carry a combination of personnel and […]

Britain’s top secret stealth drone will complete its third and possibly final round of test flights later this year, the Ministry of Defence has said.The £200 million Taranis programme, making the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers, will have achieved all its objectives if this year’s trials go well, officials said. No decision […]

FAUN Trackway, the leading manufacturer of expeditionary recoverable matting, will be launching its latest product, the Heavy Ground Mobility System-Independent Variant (HGMS-IV), at the Defence and Security Exhibition International (DSEI). The HGMS-IV is a specially designed hybrid of FAUN’s flagship Heavy Ground Mobility System (HGMS) that has been customised to include a stand-alone power supply. […]

Supacat is unveiling the LRV 400 `Mk2` at DSEi 2015, an all-new, all British lightweight reconnaissance vehicle.  Designed as a versatile tactical capability for special forces, the LRV 400 can be transported inside a CH-47 Chinook fully equipped and loaded so the user can “drive on, drive off” the aircraft operationally ready.  The LRV 400 […]

Latvia has taken the delivery of the first four armored vehicles (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked or CVRT) it has purchased from the United Kingdom, the Latvian Defense Ministry announced Friday. The first batch will be used for training and familiarization purposes before the full complement of 123 CVRTs, also known as the ‘Scimitar’ arrives in […]

The Royal Marines could get a new fleet of amphibious all-terrain support vehicles if the Ministry of Defence pushes ahead with a program to replace the BAE-built BV206 machines currently used by Britain’s elite commando force. The procurement plan for the new vehicle is in its formative stages but information released by the MoD’s Defence […]