Jane's Defense News

Indian company Tata Motors (Hall D, Stand 228) is displaying two of its latest production cross-country military trucks, the LPTA715 and the LPTA 2036.

The Indonesia Light Strike Vehicle (ILSV) will enter production is 2017 with an undisclosed customer placing an initial contract for 20 units.

Terma (Hall D, Stand 004) has successfully demonstrated the integration of an anti-torpedo countermeasure into its C-Guard shipborne soft-kill weapon system.

Aselsan, a Turkish Armed Forces Foundation company, is continuing to develop its capability in submarine electronic warfare (EW) on the back of recent contracts for the Turkish Naval Forces Command and export.

China Aerospace Long-March International (Hall B, Stand 038) is expanding its product range of surface to air missiles (SAM) with the introduction of the FB-10, which is described as a “mobile light air defence missile system”.

In downtown Caracas, six to eight hooded gunmen, allegedly members of armed 'colectivos' group, attempted to break into the offices of the controller commission at the National Assembly, threatening the employees. Parliament's security personnel temporarily detained the men before freed them.

Strong political support underpins Saab Kockum's efforts to re-establish itself in the premier league of submarine builders. Richard Scott provides the second part of IHS Jane's assessment of the A26 programme. Recent years have seen submarines rise up the political agenda in Sweden. There are two

EVENT Three people were killed and four wounded on 24 October by a group of assailants who opened fire on a toll station at Sanankoroba, 30 kilometres from Mali's capital, Bamako, and made off with millions of CFA francs. The attackers' identities are unknown and the authorities are unclear

Australian naval shipbuilder ASC posted mixed results for fiscal year 2015-16 as it prepares to be split up by the government into three separate companies. The state-owned corporation said in its annual report - published 28 October - that total company revenues declined year-on-year by 22% to

Key Points The Canadian government began a significant shipbuilding programme for new surface combatants No details on cost or number of vessels have been provided The Canadian government on 27 October announced it had released a request for proposal (RfP) for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)

The Chilean Army is planning to buy a first batch of four to six medium transport aircraft to replace a number of CASA C212 Aviocar aircraft that the service has recently paid off, military sources in Santiago told IHS Jane's . The army expects to place the order, for which the Airbus C295M and

The Philippine government said on 28 October that China Coast Guard vessels appear to have left the area around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea (SCS). "Regarding fishing on Scarborough Shoal, for the past three days, it has been observed that there are no longer any

Cobham has been awarded a contract by Bell Boeing to develop a palletised aerial refuelling system to give the US Marine Corps' (USMC's) Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in-flight aerial refuelling capability, the company announced on 25 October. The V-22 Aerial Refueling System (VARS)

Commencing in January 2017 DARPA will begin collecting data on how its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) conducts fully autonomous operations in preparation for international certification. Additionally, ASW track and trail testing of ACTUV could be delayed

Ethiopian Communications Minister Getachew Reda confirmed during a 26 October press conference that his country is withdrawing troops from Somalia, although attributed it to the financial burden of the deployment rather than the state of emergency at home. "We have been making a very conscious

On 28 October the EU added 10 more names to its list of individuals subject to restrictive measures for their violent repression of Syria's civilian population. It brings the total number of persons targeted with an EU travel ban and freeze on their assets to 217. The names include four Syrian

Key Points Saab Light Weight Torpedo to enter water at Saab's training facility in 2017 The company says it is on track to deliver the system on time to the Royal Swedish Navy Saab's new lightweight torpedo is due to enter the water for the first time in 2017, the company has confirmed. Thomas

European and US defence companies began publishing reports covering the third quarter of their 2016 financial year on 24 October, with results revealed ranging from a 21.5% rise in operating income at Saab to a 29.3% fall in Airbus's profits on a similar measure. Airbus and Safran The same day as

Key Points USNS Lewis B Puller (T-ESB 3) completed IOT&E in August 2016 General Dynamics NASSCO in Norfolk is to perform a post-shakedown availability, including modification for special operations forces The US Navy (USN) has released details of the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation

Three French military personnel and two contract aircrew were killed when a surveillance aircraft crashed at Luqa airport in Malta on 24 October. A camera on the dashboard of a local vehicle filmed the moment the aircraft hit the ground and was engulfed in a fireball. Air crash investigators are