Jane's Defense News

Lockheed Martin announced on 17 December that it had filed a complaint with the Court of Federal Claims following the rejection of a protest it lodged with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the award of a contract for 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to rival supplier

Lockheed Martin said it filed a protest with the US Court of Federal Claims on 17 December about the award of the Pentagon's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme to Oshkosh Defense. On 8 September Lockheed Martin filed an initial protest with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO),

Mexican Naval Aviation (Fuerza AeroNaval: FAN) in the last quarter of 2015 received two new Zlin Z 143 LSi surveillance aircraft. A Mexican Navy source told IHS Jane's that both aircraft were purchased under a USD1.07 million contract for use in surveillance roles. The exact nature of the missions

Key Points Apart from their importance as key commercial centres in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne have been where authorities have discovered various Islamist groups planning attacks in Australia, making it no coincidence that terrorist attacks have occurred there recently. Strengthened

Key Points The current fuel shortage in Nigeria is the longest-lasting of three episodes this year as the consequences of long-delayed subsidy payments affect the country's ability to meet demand. The national oil company is struggling to ensure smooth distribution of fuel as it tries to plug the

Members of the House and Senate on 18 December voted largely in favour of a USD1.14 trillion 'omnibus' appropriations bill that includes USD572.7 billion in defence spending, and it is now expected to be signed into law by President Barack Obama. The bill received wide bipartisan support in both

Australia has awarded Lockheed Martin an AUD1.2 billion (USD863 million) contract to provide pilot training to the armed forces. The contract, which was awarded to the Lockheed Martin-led Team 21 on 8 December, will run for an initial seven years from 2019 under the Department of Defence's (DoD's)

EVENT The National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral: CNE) confirmed on 8 December that the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mesa de la Unidad Democrática: MUD) coalition has now secured at least 112 seats. This represents a two-thirds majority of the 167-seat National

Key Points The USAF space chief soon plans to award contracts for rocket propulsion system development Contract awards had been expected in September US Air Force (USAF) Space Command's Space and Missile Center (SMC) plans to award contracts for rocket propulsion system development soon,

Key Points France's Mirage 2000Ds are to be modernised In total 55 aircraft will go through the MLU, improving their radar, avionics, and weapons fit The French Air Force's Mirage 2000D multirole fighter aircraft have been approved to receive a mid-life update (MLU), a move long awaited by the

General Dynamics on 7 December protested the US Marine Corps' (USMC's) award of Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 contracts to teams led by BAE Systems and SAIC. "We believe the selection process was not consistent with the criteria outlined in the RfP [request for proposals]," a

The first of 15 Airbus Helicopters H145M (formerly EC145/645 T2) platforms were delivered to the German special forces at the company's Donauworth facility near Munich on 8 December. The first two twin-engine light utility helicopters were handed over to the Bundeswehr for use by the Kommando

France's GIAT Industries announced on 8 December that its board structure would change ahead of the merger between land systems subsidiary Nexter Systems and Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). GIAT Industries - the parent company of France's Nexter Group - is to hold 50% of the new joint

The Indian government has issued 81 defence industrial licences to 61 local companies since Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his 'Make in India' drive in September 2014, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on 8 December. This total represents more than a quarter of the 307 licences awarded to

Key Points JTIC recorded 1,700 attacks by non-state armed groups (NSAGs) worldwide in October 2015, an 8.5% increase in the average daily total compared with September. In Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, there was an almost four-fold increase in the average daily number of attacks by NSAGs and

A new approach is necessary to counter the unprecedented success of the Islamic State, and to contain Syria's emergence as the pre-eminent global incubator for a new generation of jihadists, Richard Barrett, the former Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations at the United Kingdom's Secret

Russian Helicopters has reached an agreement with Egypt for modernising a facility to undertake advanced maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of the Egyptian Air Force's Mil Mi-8T and Mil Mi-17-1V 'Hip' helicopters. Under the agreement, the Helwan Factory for Developed Industries - part of the

Russia launched its first-ever submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) strikes on 8 December, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced. Described as Kalibr missiles (3M-14) by the Russian MoD, the missiles were fired from the Mediterranean into Syria by the Project 636.3 improved

Key Points Second control test vehicle flight success paves way for SM-3 Block IIA intercept test in 2016 Raytheon Missile Systems has been contracted to build a further 17 SM-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Japan Ministry of Defense Acquisition, Technology

The South African Navy (SAN) has redesignated Naval Station Durban as a naval base and begun initial work on refurbishing its facilities, it was announced on 8 December. Once all the work has been completed, Durban will serve as the home base for the three Warrior-class patrol boats that remain in