Defence`s Feeds

BAE Systems has topped the list suppliers to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) over the past year, according to data published by the London-based ministry on 25th August. The ministry's spend with the UK-based defence giant was some GBP3.67 billion (USD4.85 billion) in the financial year 2015-16 or

Key Points Boeing will deliver the Underwater Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance capability package for New Zealand's P-3K2 Orion fleet New Zealand companies Safe Air, Beca, and Marops Limited will be involved in supporting the acquisition through-life Boeing has clinched a NZD36

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reached a final agreement towards ending a bloody war ongoing since the 1960s, the parties announced on 24 August. "We have reached a final accord, complete and definitive, to end an armed conflict with the

Key Points The Pentagon's director of operational testing has warned that the F-35 programme is still at risk of failing to deliver its full combat capability at the conclusion of SDD The USAF and the USMC have declared IOC with interim 3i combat software, while the USN has said that it will wait

Key Points GAO has raised concerns about lost mission capability if the A-10 is retired CSAR-Sandy and FAC(A) are two mission sets that could be weakened if the USAF divests the aircraft Congressional auditors have raised concerns about potential for lost mission capability in a 24 August report

The Australian newspaper has published a new set of leaked documents on its website that provide further details about the operational capabilities of the six Scorpene-class submarines that French shipbuilder DCNS is licence-building for the Indian Navy (IN) in Mumbai. Marked 'Restricted Scorpene

ACCORDING to the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an unspecified number of Qiwaat Suriyya al-Dimoqratiyya (QSD), or Syrian Democratic Forces, fighters and Islamic State militants were killed during armed clashes that broke out when Islamic State militants launched two suicide

Norwegian defence and marine technology company Kongsberg Gruppen published its second quarter of 2016 (Q2) financial results on 26 August, showing sales performance broadly in line with recent trends, but strong growth in earnings. In the three months to 30 June the company generated revenues of

TWO people were killed and nine others were wounded when two mortar shells, fired by unidentified militants, hit the villages of Al-Naseer and Al-Salam in Abu Ghraib district, 20km west of Iraq's capital Baghdad, on 24 August, Iraqi News reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the

New Zealand's project to upgrade the systems onboard its Lockheed Martin P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) will involve several local companies contracted through government's programme to promote local industrial engagement. The New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA) said on 25

Raytheon has developed the Cyber and Electromagnetic Battle Management (CEBM) system to support the US Army's Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT). CEBM is aimed at providing a shared situational understanding of electronic warfare (EW), electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), and

Swiss state-owned aerospace and defence company RUAG Holding released its interim results for 2016 on 25 August and reported sales growth of 8.7% year on year. The company generated sales of CHF896 million (USD927 million) in the first six months of the year, on which it earned CHF52 million in net

TWO alleged Islamic State would-be suicide bombers - identified as Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Ghunaimi and Hussain Mohammed Ali, a Syrian national - were arrested by security forces at a checkpoint in Tarout Island in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province on 24 August, Al-Arabiya reported. The suspects were

Key Points The failure of UN-brokered Yemeni peace negotiations in Kuwait which ended on 7 August is unlikely to lead to either side breaking the stalemate on the ground in north Yemen in the three-month outlook. During this period, IHS Jane's assesses that coalition air strikes, predominantly by

The Taliban have stepped up their attacks in Afghanistan's northern provinces of Kunduz and Takhar in a move that highlights the group's capability to expand its area of operations beyond the east and south of the country by executing co-ordinated offensives. The militants temporarily seized

Samutprakarn-based shipbuilder Marsun has completed a series of sea trials on the country's first M58 patrol boat Laemsing (561) in preparation for delivery to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), the company confirmed with IHS Jane's on 26 August. The trials were conducted in the Gulf of Thailand from

Turkish military forces entered Syria on 24 August to take control of the border town of Jarabulus before it could be secured by Syrian Kurdish forces that are supported by the US-led coalition. The Turkish government said it launched Operation 'Euphrates Shield' to support Free Syrian Army rebels

AT LEAST 12 people -seven students, two university security guards, and three police officers - were killed and 44 others, 35 students and university employees and nine police officers, were wounded when two unidentified militants attacked the campus of the American University of Afghanistan in

Czech electronic warfare system producer URC Systems has teamed with local firm Radiant Corporation to supply the Bangladesh Army with its STAR Light 3E jammers. The jammers - designed to counter threats such as radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIEDs) - will be installed onto the

The US Department of State has approved a possible USD60 million sale of military equipment to Afghanistan under the Department of Defense's (DoD's) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, according to a 18 August press release by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The package, which