UK orders next-generation air defence system from MBDA
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered a new ground based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from MBDA, IHS Jane's can confirm. Known as the Future Local Area Air Defence System (FLAADS) Land,...
View ArticleLibyan militia purportedly uses Camcopter in operation against strategic air...
Images of an unmanned helicopter that crashed in western Libya suggest one of the militias obtained an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) supplied to the country's coastguard by the European Union....
View ArticleCroatia to sell surplus military aircraft
Croatia is looking to sell a wide range of its surplus Croatian Air Force aircraft, with the state-owned Alan Agency issuing a new call to tender. The country hopes to sell seven Mil Mi-24V 'Hind'...
View ArticleBoeing awarded LRIP contract for Super Hornet IRST
The US Navy (USN) has awarded Boeing a USD60.4 million contract for the procurement of six low rate initial production (LRIP) AN/ASG-34 infrared search-and-track (IRST) systems for the F/A-18E/F Super...
View ArticleUkraine restarting T-64-based IFV development
Ukraine has renewed development of heavy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) based on the T-64 main battle tank (MBT), Ukroboronprom has announced. The Kharkov Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau had...
View ArticleFrance reassesses military cuts after Charlie Hebdo attack
France is reassessing planned defence cuts in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris on 7 January, France's president has announced. Speaking on board the French aircraft carrier Charles de...
View ArticleAnalysis: Syria's alleged secret reactor site
Key Points Syria has reportedly established a nuclear facility in an underground facility on its border with Lebanon There is no evidence in the available satellite imagery to corroborate the claims...
View ArticleFirst steel cut for third Brazilian submarine
Brazilian state-owned firm Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados (NUCLEP) has officially begun building the third of four Riachuelo-class (modified Scorpèn 2000) diesel-electric attack submarines, and cut the...
View ArticleEU sets up new mission to train Malian security forces
The 28 EU nations approved on 19 January a new common and foreign security policy (CSDP) mission to assist Mali's internal security forces. The new EUCAP Sahel Mali mission will advise and train the...
View ArticleCameroon to get 'sophisticated' Russian arms
Cameroon's military will take delivery of "the most sophisticated military equipment from Russia" before the end of 2015, a statement released by President Paul Biya's office announced on 16 January....
View ArticleF-35 weapons certification on track for this year
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is expected to complete full weapons certification this year after conducting several significant milestones since September 2014, the...
View ArticleUSAF general defends new bomber, nuclear stockpile modernisation
Key Points The LRS-B is crucial to maintaining an effective US strategic deterrent, according to the USAF Due to many details of the programme being classified, the USAF says critics have missed the...
View ArticleUS Navy expects to complete MUOS operational testing by end of 2015
Key Points The MUOS constellation should be operational in early 2016 MUOS is intended to provide on-the-move tactical communications and improve capacity The third US Navy (USN) Mobile Users Objective...
View ArticleUK puts Iraq training mission on hold
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has put on hold proposals to deploy "hundreds" of UK troops to Iraq this month to train the Iraqi Army, senior defence sources have told IHS Jane's . The UK is instead...
View ArticleSurface Navy 2015: USS Fort Worth to test LCS expeditionary maintenance...
Key Points USS Fort Worth will utilise the new EMC during its maintenance availability in March in Japan The repairs will mark the first time LCS maintenance will be accomplished in a port beyond...
View ArticleSurface Navy 2015: MTMD Forum set for at-sea interoperability demonstration
Key Points ASD15 is planned for October 2015 Favourable network performance will result in a SM-3 live firing event A multinational sea-based missile defence exercise is to take place off the northwest...
View ArticleSenior Hizbullah operatives, IRGC member killed in alleged Israeli helicopter...
An Israeli helicopter is being held responsible for killing Hizbullah operatives and a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) inside Syrian territory on 18 January. The Iranian-backed...
View ArticleRussia's 2015 arms programme to be slowed by import substitution efforts
Russia's 2015 State Defence Order (GOZ) will see 20% more materiel delivered to the Russian armed forces than in 2014, according to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. However, this plan appears...
View ArticlePeru buys Dutch AB412 search and rescue helicopters
An agreement has been reached between the Dutch and Peruvian governments on the sale of three Agusta-Bell AB412 SP helicopters, the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 19 January. Signing of...
View ArticleNew HASC chairman aims for incremental acquisition reform
Key Points Thornberry expects some initial acquisition reforms beginning with the FY 2016 defence authorisation bill The new HASC chairman foresees a slow and incremental reform process, beginning with...
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