Jane's Defense News

Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov , is nearing the end of a work-up period outside the port of Murmansk before heading for the eastern Mediterranean, reportedly to begin air operations against targets in Syria. The first combat deployment of Kuznetsov was announced by Russian

Key Points Singapore has secured access to military training space in Australia about ten times its own size Access grants the Singapore Armed Forces room to hone its more sophisticated warfighting capabilities The governments of Singapore and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding

Key Points King Bhumibol is likely to be replaced by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, despite rumours in recent years that the Privy Council would attempt to sideline the crown prince. The succession is unlikely to lead to political turmoil, as the military-led government appears to support

Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) has integrated products from three recent acquisitions to produce Atlas, a single system that can provide imagery-derived intelligence at the tactical level and which meets a US customer's Urgent Operational Need. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, told

L-3 Linkabit announced at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual convention in Washington in October 2016 that it had been awarded a contract for the System and Demonstration (SID) phase of the Screening Obscuration Module (SOM) programme. The SOM is described as a "modular, soldier

China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) appears to be investing in new training capability, according to images posted online. The PLAN's website has published details of a three-masted sail training ship in build; work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017. The 85 m ship will

Ukraine's leading electronic warfare (EW) design and production company, Radionix, will begin flight testing of a podded version of its Omut airborne self-protection system in November 2016. These test flights will validate and expand on earlier ground-based and simulated tests. Radionix engineers

Ultra Electronics displayed its CombatConnect dismounted soldier power and data system at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual convention in Washington in October 2016. The system is the basis for the company's proposal for the power and data elements of Project VIRTUS, the UK MoD's

Key Points Lockheed Martin is the first competitor for the GBSD contract to reveal its industry team Boeing and Northrop Grumman are also competing for the work Lockheed Martin became the first competitor on 13 October for a US Air Force (USAF) contract to design the next US intercontinental

Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) deployment of Iskander-M (SS-26 'Stone') short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) to its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, which lies between Poland and Lithuania, has prompted widespread concern in the region. The deployment of the Iskander-M, which has a range of 500

South Korea has received its first lot of Taurus KEPD 350K cruise missiles during a ceremony at the headquarters of Taurus Systems in Schrobenhausen, Germany, it was announced on 14 October. An undisclosed number of missiles were formally handed over to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF)

Italy's ALA Corporation is beginning to grow its capabilities in the component distribution and supply chain logistics sector and is targeting growth in the North American market following a recent acquisition in the United Kingdom. The company has begun to look at expanding its international

ANALYSIS It is still unclear what missiles and target acquisition systems the Yemeni rebels are using. AFP cited an unidentified senior defence official as saying they are believed to have a type of the Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship missiles. That could be interpreted as a reference to Iran's Noor

Armenian defence minister Vigen Sargsyan agreed to pursue greater defence industrial co-operation with Russia on 13 October, during a meeting with the Director of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin. The countries signed a commitment to develop joint

US-based military simulation and support provider Cubic Corporation released the preliminary results of its 2016 financial year on 13 October. The company revealed that its sales are expected to be between USD1.435 billion and USD1.455 billion, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,

The Egyptian Armed Forces displayed a new mobile electronic warfare (EW) system for the first time during a parade marking the October 1973 war with Israel. The system was labelled as the GSY2210 and the announcer for the television coverage of the parade said it was a radio communications

Key Points RFA Tidespring expected to arrive in UK in early 2017 All four tankers are expected in service before the end of 2018 Technical issues and associated acceptance delays mean the first of the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (RFA's) four new South Korean-built Tide-class Military Afloat Reach

India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is evaluating three foreign fighter aircraft for indigenous licensed manufacturing to meet the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) long-standing demand for a medium multirole combat aircraft (MMRCA). The IAF aims to induct an MMRCA to replace around 11 squadrons

EVENT On 13 October 2016, in the Talakivka-Shyrokyne area, about 20 km east from central Mariupol, Donetsk city, a Ukrainian army spokesperson reported that separatist militias of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) had placed army positions under very heavy shelling, opening fire more

Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 long-range air defence systems to Iran, the RIA Novosti news agency quoted Alexander Fomin, the head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, as saying on 13 October. "All divisions have been supplied," Fomin said. Russian