Pentagon budget 2015: USN shipbuilding fares well but UAV issues persist
Key Points Budget realities leave the USN few options on plans to reduce cruiser operations The navy's top brass are expected to meet with F-35C officials in March The US Navy (USN) is expected before...
View ArticleOfficials call for Russian restraint in Ukraine crisis
NATO, US, and Ukrainian officials have called on Russia to refrain from "provocative acts" that could stoke tensions in Ukraine and specifically in the Crimea, where Russian-speaking activists have...
View ArticleNew IDF division takes over security on Syrian border
In the face of turmoil and a growing Al-Qaeda-affiliated presence in neighbouring Syria, the Israel Defences Forces (IDF) have deployed a new territorial division to the Golan Heights in recent weeks....
View ArticleNATO struggles to meet capability goals
The NATO allies face an uphill economic struggle to meet the capability goals they will showcase at their September summit in Wales, say NATO officials and diplomats. "We have agreed on what NATO's...
View ArticleJohnston plans to buy Australian kit 'wherever possible'
With planning now underway for a new Defence White Paper and an accompanying Defence Capability Plan (DCP), Australian Defence Minister David Johnston has stressed the government's intention to use...
View ArticleIsrael tests SkyShield/C-MUSIC against live threats
The Israeli government has undertaken a series of live trials of the Elbit Systems SkyShield/ Commercial Multi-Spectral Infrared Countermeasures (C-MUSIC) missile protection system to protect national...
View ArticleIndian Navy says MoD as much to blame for mishaps
Senior naval officers past and present have argued that a series of accidents that led to the resignation of the Indian Navy (IN) Chief of Staff Admiral D K Joshi on 26 February are as much the fault...
View ArticleGuarani AFV to enter service with Brazil
A first regular combat unit of the Brazilian Army (Exército Brasileiro) is to soon receive the service's new 6x6 amphibious armoured fighting vehicle (AFV), produced locally by Iveco Latin America. By...
View ArticleElbit awarded contract to upgrade Israeli C-130H aircraft
Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems has been awarded a USD15 million dollar contract to carry out upgrades to the Israel Air Force's (IAF's) fleet of ageing C-130H Hercules transport aircraft. Upgrades...
View ArticleUK abandons major cyber defence project
A strategic cyber warfare project to protect "sensitive information and communications" has been cancelled by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), after it concluded that work had not progressed enough to...
View ArticleThales wins support contract for French optronic payloads
Thales has been awarded a EUR164 million (USD224 million) contract to provide through-life support for French military electro-optic systems, the firm announced on 27 February. Awarded by the French...
View ArticleTHAAD commander says Guam placement providing lessons for future deployments
Ahead of the first anniversary of the maiden operational deployment of the US Army's Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to Guam, IHS Jane's spoke with the unit's commander. The April...
View ArticleSSM head outlines Turkish procurement progress
Turkey should make a decision in April on its negotiations to buy the Chinese HQ-9 long-range air and missile defence system for its T-Loramids programme, a senior Turkish official has said. Murad...
View ArticlePentagon budget 2015: Congressmen see funding proposal as unrealistic
Key Points The top republican lawmakers on the House and Senate armed services committees think sequestration will remain in place so budgets should reflect that Politically unpopular efforts to close...
View ArticleNorway seeks more AMRAAMs
Norway has requested a purchase of 36 Raytheon AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), the United States Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) disclosed on 26 February. The...
View ArticleNATO, US officials preparing for zero option in Afghanistan
The United States and the other 27 NATO nations are now planning for the possibility that no allied troops will be deployed in Afghanistan after 2014. Kabul's refusal so far to sign a bilateral...
View ArticleEgypt, Jordan to extend the life of HAWK missiles
Egypt and Jordan have both signalled their continued commitment to the ageing Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK air-defence system by ordering new rocket motors for their missiles. The US Department of Defense...
View ArticleAlkan acquired by TCR Capital, IDI
French aerospace and defence manufacturer Alkan has been acquired by asset management firm TCR Capital and capital investment firm IDI from private equity firm Argos-Soditic. The deal, announced on 21...
View ArticleNew radars to help Honduras implement 'shootdown' law
The Honduran Air Force (FAH) is to take delivery of new radars in March and will begin to implement the country's recently approved 'shootdown' law, according to General Fredy Diaz Zelaya, who became...
View ArticleHybrid Air Vehicles expects UK MoD trials in 2015
UK company Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) expects the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to test its HAV 304 hybrid airship as a potential airborne surveillance platform from May 2015, following the completion of...
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