Defence`s Feeds

Curtiss-Wright announced on 4 January that it had completed the acquisition of data acquisition and flight test equipment firm Teletronics Technology Corporation. The acquisition was first announced in early December, and was valued at USD233 million.

Raytheon will provide new mission computers for the US Air Force's fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft, which will more than double the processing capability and increase the memory of the legacy mission computers. Based on commercial technology, Raytheon's Modular Mission

Mauritania and Saudi Arabia signed a defence co-operation agreement that 'cements' relations between the two countries on 4 January. The Mauritanian Information Agency (AMI) reported that the agreement covers military training, the exchange of secure information, logistical support, visits by each

The US military will resume aerial refuelling exercises from 6 January for Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors stationed in Japan's southern Okinawa Prefecture, according to a 5 January statement issued by Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD). The MoD said the United States had taken measures to

Australian government-owned shipbuilding company ASC is reportedly planning to reduce its workforce by the end of next month due to reduced amount of work on the Hobart Class air warfare destroyer (AWD) project.

The MBDA-led UK Dragonfire consortium has secured a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to produce a laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) capability demonstrator.

Ultra Electronics’ Command and Sonar Systems sonobuoy facility has secured a contract extension for the delivery and production of sonobuoys for the UK Royal Navy’s Merlin Mk2 maritime patrol helicopter fleet.

A demilitarization program funded by the European Union.

Spain's Everis Aerospace and Defense and New Technologies Global Systems (NTGS) have been awarded their first production contract for the Alakran 120 mm light mortar carrier (LMC). Work on the platform began in 2010 as a private venture with the aim of developing a system that could provide rapid

Key Points Australia has begun investigations into training materials that may have sparked row with the Indonesian Armed Forces A suspension of military co-operation by the Indonesian Armed Forces has not been endorsed by the country's government Canberra has taken steps towards mending military

EVENT On 1 January 2017, a prison riot in Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazon, resulted in 56 deaths after a 17-hour gun battle between rival gangs, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Família do Norte (FDN). This is the bloodiest riot since 2002 and highlights the inability of

The Burkinabe military has reinforced its presence on the border with Mali in the aftermath of an attack on one of its outposts on 16 December. A Burkinabe officer told IHS Jane's that the attack involved more than 40 militants targeting a military position near the village of Nassoumbou, 20 km

Key Points The USN's plan for a 308-ship fleet requires spending about one-third more annually than the service has for several decades, according to the CBO A 350-ship navy proposed by the Trump administration could cost around USD25 billion per year The US Navy's (USN's) 2017 shipbuilding plan

The People's Republic of China has donated non-lethal military equipment, worth USD2.5 million, to Uruguay, the Uruguayan presidency announced on 4 January. The package includes 10 winter tents, 400 summer tents, 4 light trucks, 14 energy generators, and more. The Chinese government will pay for

Images posted on Chinese online forums at the end of December 2016 suggest that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be equipping ground units with a new light tank first seen in 2011. Posted on 31 December on the CJDBY and FYJS websites, the images show around 10 of the new tanks on railway

Images posted on Chinese online forums in December show three new Yuan-class (Type 039B) patrol submarines being fitted out in the water at the Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, central China: a clear indication that China has resumed production of these diesel-electric boats after a near-three-year

TWO men - identified as 26-year-old Aras Mohammed Hamid and 21-year-old Shivan Hayder Azeez Zangana - were convicted at Kingston Crown Court in the United Kingdom's capital London on 3 January on charges related to planning to travel to Iraq for terrorism purposes and were sentenced to seven and

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on 4 January a world-record breaking endurance flight for a diesel-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), with a nearly 56-hour sortie flown by a craft built by Vanilla Aircraft of Falls Church, Virginia. The flight of aircraft

EVENT An agreement mediated by the Catholic Church between the ruling Presidential Majority (Majorité Présidentielle: MP) and the opposition Rally (Rassemblement) coalition was reached on 31 December, allowing for President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to remain

Key Points There is a high risk that Mugabe will die or become incapacitated before the 2018 election. If Mugabe has not implemented a succession plan before then, it is likely that there will be a destabilising internal battle within the ruling ZANU-PF party. An opposition victory or a contested