Brazil will abandon plans to modernise its São Paulo (A 12) aircraft carrier and the ship will be demobilised over the next three years, Brazilian Navy announced on 14 February.
The decision came after navy feasibility studies indicated that it would take about 10 years to upgrade the ship,
Brazil cancels aircraft carrier modernisation plans
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Aero India 2017: Rafael to offer Derby Mk III under 'Make in India' initiative
Israel's Rafael is offering to locally build its Derby Mk III beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the company told Jane's on 14 February.
India's Tejas LCA platform has already successfully been configured with the baseline Derby missile as part
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Aero India 2017: PLAAF delegation makes China's first ever visit to show
China registered its first ever presence at the Aero India show in Bangalore by fielding a five-member People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) delegation to this year's event.
The PLAAF team was not displaying any equipment, and Indian defence officials said its presence at the show was an
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Aero India 2017: Indian MoD weighing options to balance procurements
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is looking at options for an efficient, agile, and technologically competitive military to counter present and future threats, following a modest 5.6% increase in the fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) defence budget.
The MoD is planning to optimise revenue head for
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Aero India 2017: Bazalt pushes bombs and rockets to India
Russia's Bazalt, a subsidiary of the Techmash Concern, has displayed a range of bombs and rockets for the Indian market.
Speaking at Aero India 2017 in Bangalore, a Bazalt official confirmed to Jane's that the PBK-500U SPBE-K unified glide cluster bomb development is in final stage of
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Spain set to deploy Leopard 2 MBTs to Latvia
The Spanish Army is understood to be sending a heavy armoured unit abroad for the first time as part of the NATO mission to bolster the defences of the Baltic republics.
The Leopard 2E main battle tanks (MBT) are scheduled to leave mid-May, supported by soldiers from the Extremadura XI Mechanized
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UK awards F-35B initial Release to Service
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed to Jane's that it signed the initial Release to Service (RtS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) on 14 February.
The RtS, which sets out the safe operating envelope for the F-35B, is a significant milestone in the
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Spaceshot: Kusong, North Korea - Pukkuksong-2 missile launch site 40.011775 N 125.219402 E
On 12 February North Korea launched a Pukkuksong-2 ballistic missile from a new facility 9 km north of Panghyon Airfield, which is located approximately 4.5 km northwest of Kusong in the country's central North Pyongan province.
The facility was built between June and September 2014 and appears to
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Singapore Technologies posts mixed results for 2016
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) announced on 16 February an increase in annual revenues but falls in earnings and profit.
The group said that during fiscal year 2016 revenues climbed 6% year-on-year to SGD6.68 billion (USD4.7 billion). However, earnings before interest and tax
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Rolls-Royce reports 2016 results with big losses
Rolls-Royce reported its earnings for 2016 on 14 February, with revenue up but losses before taxes topping GBP4.6 billion (USD5.8 billion).
The company said that much of the loss was tied to a "revaluation of our derivatives", which added GBP4.4 billion to losses.
Revenue for 2016 was
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RAF demos F-35B and Typhoon interoperability
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has demonstrated a new interoperability system that will allow its fourth- and fifth-generation combat aircraft to communicate with one another, it was announced on 15 February.
The Northrop Grumman Airborne Gateway, which is designed to enable the Eurofighter Typhoon
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Mattis gives Europe ultimatum on defence spending
After decades of soft-pedal pleading against Europe's low defence spending, the United States has drawn a line in the sand with its European allies: if they do not clearly lock down their 2014 Wales summit commitment to raise national defence budgets to 2% of GDP by 2024 - and soon - then they
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Israeli Air Force expanding Hermes 900 fleet
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is currently in the process of significantly expanding its fleet of Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to Major Gilad (full name withheld), deputy commander and chief instructor of the UAV training school.
"This process is occurring
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IDF adopts Green Rock C-RAM radar to support ground offensives
The ELM-2138M Green Rock mobile counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) radar is fully operational with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Ground Forces, a military source confirmed to Jane's on 14 February.
Major Yair Prayev, who heads the Weapons Department in the IDF Artillery Corps, said
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EDA seeks satcom provision for EU's expeditionary missions
The European Defence Agency (EDA) is seeking the provision of satellite communications services on behalf of the EU's expeditionary common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations, and to support the member states' crisis management activities.
Worth EUR20 million (USD21.2 million), the
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Angolan military exercise reveals new Chinese armoured vehicles
The Angolan military is now operating Chinese-made NORINCO WMA301 tank destroyers and the command-post variant of the WZ551 armoured personnel carrier (APC), footage and still images from a recent military exercise have revealed.
The WMA301 is already known to be in service in Cameroon, Chad,
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Analysis: Chinese anti-corruption drive now eliminating high-ranking PLA officers
As more senior ranks are arrested amid China's anti-corruption drive, Reuben F Johnson looks at the motivations behind the purge
On 29 December 2016, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) finally confirmed that General Wang Jianping had been arrested the previous August.
News of his
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Aero India 2017: Indian Kaveri engine to be revived with French assistance
India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO's) Kaveri jet engine programme, which was abandoned after repeated time and cost overruns, is to get a new lease of life, Jane's has learned.
Speaking at the Aero India 2017 exhibition on 15 February, India's defence minister
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Aero India 2017: Basic trainer for air force to be fast-tracked to make up delays
India's state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is fast-tracking its indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) programme for the Indian Air Force (IAF), following delays of more than seven years.
BTA project manager Prashant Singh Bhadoria told Jane's at Aero India 2017 that the second of three
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US congressman calls for Air Tractor sale to Kenya to be investigated
The recently approved sale of 12 Air Tractor-L3 Technologies AT-802L intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and light attack turboprops to Kenya is in doubt after it emerged that a US congressman is calling for an investigating into potential irregularities with the USD418 million
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