The US Army has begun the process to permanently station a company of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-1C Gray Eagle medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
"The stationing of this company, which will be
US begins deploying company of Gray Eagle UAS to South Korea
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Top US general says more troops needed in Afghanistan
US Army General Joseph L Votel, the commander of US Central Command, has said he believes additional forces will be needed in Afghanistan to break the stalemate in the war against militant groups and preserve the gains made in the country.
"I do believe it will involve additional forces to
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Pakistan Army inducts Chinese-made LY-80 SAM system
The Pakistan Army has inducted the Chinese-built LY-80 self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, according to a 12 March statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Pakistan Army's chief of staff,
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Malaysia's Deftech to acquire CTRM firms
Malaysian company DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies (Deftech) has entered an agreement with its subsidiary Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) to acquire three CTRM-affiliated firms.
Deftech's parent group DRB-HICOM Berhad said in a statement to the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange on 10 March
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Lithuania warns of 'information battlefield' facing NATO troops deploying in Baltic
A special internal report by the Lithuanian Armed Forces' Strategic Communications Department dated 12 March and seen by Jane's analyses Moscow's disinformation operations in relation to NATO troops shortly to deploy to the Baltic states.
Entitled 'Deployment - Disinformation Offensive', the
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Korkut SPAAG system enters production
Following successful qualification trials of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) Korkut twin 35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) system a production order for an undisclosed number of systems has been placed with Aselsan.
While the qualification trials were carried out with two Korkut
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Jaitley succeeds Parrikar as Indian defence minister
India's finance minister, Arun Jaitley, has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after his predecessor, Manohar Parrikar, resigned on 13 March to return as chief minister of his home state of Goa following recently held provincial elections.
Jaitley had already been defence
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India commissions 12th Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel
The Indian Navy has commissioned its 12th Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel.
The platform, which has been named INS Tillanchang with pennant number T 92, was commissioned on 9 March in a ceremony presided over by the navy's Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Girish
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China to reduce army reserve numbers, says report
As part of China's military reforms, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will cut the number of reserves in its ground forces to increase personnel in its other services, a senior official of the country's Central Military Commission (CMC) was quoted by the state-owned Global Times newspaper as
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Chilean Navy Aviation receives remainder of its P68 fleet
The Chilean Naval Aviation has received its full fleet of seven Vulcanair P68 Observer 2 aircraft to replace legacy Cessna O-2 Skymaster aircraft for search-and-rescue, surveillance, maritime policing, liaison, and transport duties, according to a Chilean Navy statement.
The fleet was assembled by
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Bolivian MoD reports SINDACTA radar installation progress
Three radar units for Bolivia's Integrated Air Defence and Traffic Control System (SINDACTA) project have been completed and are ready for delivery and installation, Bolivian minister of defence Reymi Ferreira Justiniano announced on 8 March.
Two of the completed radars are for civilian use and
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Bangladesh issues tender for eight multirole combat aircraft
Bangladesh's Directorate General of Defence Purchase (DGDP) has released a tender for eight multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) for the country's air force, with an option of purchasing four additional aircraft.
The fighters, which are to be procured in the financial year 2017/18, will be employed by
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Bangladesh commissions two Type 035 submarines from China
Bangladesh has commissioned its first ever submarines, two refurbished Type 035 (Ming)-class diesel-electric boats (SSKs) from China.
The submarines, which have been named BNS Nabajatra , and BNS Joyjatra , respectively, were commissioned on 12 March in a ceremony presided over by the country's
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Analysis: Iran unveils Karrar upgrade for T-72 tanks
ANALYSIS
Iran has unveiled what it presented as a new tank called the Karrar, but is clearly a T-72 upgraded with a new turret and other systems.
The Karrar was unveiled during a ceremony attended by Minister of Defence Hossein Dehghan on 12 March and presented as a rival to the most modern tank
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AMC chief: Army sustainment ability needs improvement
The US Army's ability to sustain deployed equipment and units has atrophied too much to effectively execute in a 'multi-domain battle' against a peer competitor, according to the head of US Army Materiel Command (AMC).
"A whole [brigade combat team's] BCT's worth of equipment could be
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Philippines outlines 'second horizon' procurement priorities
The Philippine government has outlined some of the priorities of the second-phase programme to modernise the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The government's news and information bureau said on 13 March that the so-called "second horizon" of AFP modernisation, which runs from 2018
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Mexican Navy fields new AS565MBe, UH-60M helicopters
The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) has officially unveiled its new Airbus Helicopters AS 565MBe Panther and Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
The announcement came during a 13 March ceremony at the Coatzacoalcos Naval Air Base, Veracruz, home to Naval Air Squadrons (ESCAN) 123 and
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Lithuania warns of 'information battlefield' facing NATO troops deploying in Baltic
A special internal report by the Lithuanian Armed Forces' Strategic Communications Department dated 12 March and seen by Jane's analyses Moscow's disinformation operations in relation to NATO troops shortly to deploy to the Baltic states.
Entitled 'Deployment - Disinformation Offensive', the
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Latest Denel MoU casts shadow over Chinese collaboration
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) announced by Denel on 11 March has raised questions about an earlier announcement that the state-owned South African defence group would collaborate with China's Poly Technologies in the maritime sector.
Denel announced the MoU with Poly Technologies in September
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European NATO allies' defence spending 'makes progress', but 'effort still needed'
Defence expenditure by NATO's European allies edged up a bit in 2016, but still has a long way to go before reaching the alliance's 2% of GDP defence-spending guideline, as revealed by statistics in its latest annual report.
Unveiled by NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg on 13 March, the
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