Jordan has moved some of its security forces away from its border with Israel to beef up security on its Iraqi and Syrian frontier in recent weeks and months, according to Israeli defence officials.
Jordan finds itself in the midst of a regional firestorm due to the conflicts in neighbouring Iraq
Jordan moves forces away from Israeli border
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Potential AH-1Z sale to Pakistan announced as Islamabad tests Chinese competitor
The US Defense Security Co-operation Agency's (DSCA's) 6 April announcement of the potential sale of 15 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to the Pakistan Army follows reports that the country is testing at least three Chinese CHAIG WZ-10 attack helicopters.
The DSCA notification described the
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Ecuador receives 709 Chinese support vehicles
The Ecuadorian Army received 709 logistics support vehicles during a 7 April ceremony at Ft Huancavilca in Guayaquil.
President Rafael Correa delivered the vehicles and announced they would be used to transport troops and equipment, as well as to respond to civilian needs such as rescue,
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US poised to sell nearly USD1 billion of attack helos, weapons to Pakistan
The US Department of State has approved a request from Pakistan for USD952 million worth of attack helicopters and weapons for use in Islamabad's ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 6 April.
Specifically,
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US Army awards special mission Dash 8 contract
The US Army is procuring six de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315 (Dash 8) special mission aircraft in the 'Saturn Arch' and 'Desert Owl' configurations, the Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed on 7 April.
Six aircraft will be delivered to the army by 17 July under a USD39.2 million contract being
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Ice damage evident as UK SSN returns home
A British nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) is undergoing repairs after striking ice apparently during an Arctic patrol.
Photographs have emerged of the damaged Trafalgar-class boat HMS Talent returning to Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport in Devon on 13 March sporting crash damage across the
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US approves Egyptian Hellfire sale
In a further sign of the normalisation of defence ties between the United States and Egypt, the State Department has approved the sale of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles for the Egyptian Armed Forces.
The announcement was made on 8 April by the Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA), which said the
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Thailand makes moves to strengthen defence trade ties with Russia and China
Thailand has moved towards stronger defence trade links with Russia and China in an effort to gain access to military technologies, and in light of continuing Western concerns over the military-run government in Bangkok.
On 8 April, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha met with Russian Premier
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Russia-NATO rhetoric rises over Romania RAP deployments
Recent draft legislation in Romania to authorise the stationing of allied troops and materiel on its territory is stoking a new round of inflamed rhetoric from Russia, which lambasts Bucharest for erecting a US-NATO "bridgehead" and "sacrificing stability" in its corner of
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Italian Army Shadow 200s begin flight operations
Following a lengthy qualification process an Italian Army Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (T-UAV) took off for the first time from Italian soil on 31 March. The T-UAV, acquired from AAI Textron, was operated from Amendola Air Force Base, home of Italy's General Atomics RQ-1 Predator
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Indian BMD system suffers test failure
India's indigenously developed ballistic missile defence (BMD) system suffered a setback on 6 April when one of its Ashvin Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missiles failed to engage its target during a test and landed in the Bay of Bengal seconds after take-off.
"It took off as planned,
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Bundesheer helos made available to counter-terror police
An inter-service agreement between the Austrian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) will make helicopters from the Bundesheer (Federal Army) available to the two special police squads of the Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra), the BMI's primary counter-terrorism/special
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Brazilian Army to boost air defence structures
The Brazilian Army is relocating its 11th Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery (11th Bia AAAe AP) from Itu in State of São Paulo to Ponta Grossa in State of Paraná ito integrate the 5th Brigada de Cavalaria Blindada (5th Bda C Bld), the service told IHS Jane's .
The recently
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Boeing extends deadline for Indian Chinooks, Apaches again
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) secured a commitment from Boeing on 1 April to extend for another three months its offer of 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a price negotiated in late 2013, say industry sources.
This is apparently the ninth
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US Navy to fix 'minor' P-8A problems
The US Navy (USN) has awarded Boeing an initial USD21 million contract to address 'open trouble reports' on the P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft, the Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed in late March.
The contract is the first of two that will be awarded to deal with low-priority
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US military views North Korean ICBM as 'operational'
Key Points
NORAD's chief said his command views North Korean ICBMs as "operational today"
The long-range KN-08 missile is not known to have been tested and likely faces significant reliability issues
The US military is operating under the assumption that North Korea is able to
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Algeria to get another 360 upgraded BMPs
Russia's KBP Instrument Design Bureau has started to fulfil the second part of a contract to upgrade Algerian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), according to Vladimir Popov, the director general of the KBP subsidiary Shcheglovsky Val.
"Previously, more than 400 upgraded BMP-1s were
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Canada conducts first airstrike in Syria
Canadian combat aircraft bombed Islamic State targets in Syria for the first time on 8 April, the Department of National Defence (DND) has stated.
An undisclosed number of Boeing F/A-18C (CF-18/CF-188) Hornet fighter aircraft attacked targets in and around the organisation's capital of Raqqa in
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Analysis: India faces crunch decision over Rafale, PAK-FA
New Delhi faces a series of decisions on fast jet procurements that will determine the future direction and capabilities of the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) combat aircraft fleet.
At the heart of the matter is the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) programme - for which France's Dassault
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Sagem enhances French Army FELIN kit
Sagem, a division of French group Safran, announced on 3 April it had won a contract from the French Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) procurement organisation to add several improvements to the French Army's FELIN V1 (Fantassin à Équipements et Liaisons Intégrés)
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