Jane's Defense News

Australia has signed an accord with Norway to formalise collaboration on the further development of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) programme for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) confirmed to IHS Jane's on 22 September. A DoD spokesperson said

Bharat Dynamics (BDL) and the Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) have signed an accord to support the production and support of weapon systems in service with the Indian armed forces. The two state-owned Indian corporations said in a statement on 21 September that the memorandum of

TWO civilians and a police officer were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in the Galdi neighbourhood at the entrance of the town of Mora in Cameroon's Extreme-Nord province on 20 September, Reuters reported. Although no group immediately claimed responsibility for the

General Dynamics is lining itself up for a British Army requirement for about 600 new armoured vehicles, the Multi Role Vehicle - Protected (MRV-P) programme, company officials told IHS Jane's at DSEI 2015. The projected requirement is for at least 500 MRV-Ps plus 78 battlefield ambulance variants

The first of 52 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft for Norway was rolled out during a ceremony at the company's Fort Worth production facility in Texas on 22 September. The roll-out of aircraft AM-1, which was built as part of the low-rate initial production

A JOURNALIST was killed when a grenade, emplaced on the door of his residence by unidentified militants, detonated in the city of Faizabad in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on 18 September, Khaama Press reported. The journalist was reportedly called by an unidentified caller to come out of his

AT LEAST 17 people were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced on an electricity pole by unidentified militants, detonated in the city of Asadabad in Afghanistan's Konar province on 20 September, Afghan Islamic Press reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the

The Indian and Chinese armed forces will hold the fifth edition of their 'Hand-in-Hand' exercises in Kunming, Yunan province, for two weeks from 11 October. Officials in Delhi said around 100 soldiers from India's Naga Regiment will participate in the bilateral counter-insurgency exercises that

Key Points India has commissioned an Aadesh-class patrol vessel and a coastal interceptor craft The vessels will further bolster the country's coastal surveillance capabilities The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned its 14th Aadesh-class fast patrol vessel and a coastal interceptor craft,

The Indian government on 22 September approved the long-pending acquisition of Boeing attack and heavy lift helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for an estimated USD2.5 billion, officials said. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sanctioned the

Key Points The United States and Iran are likely to formally adopt the nuclear agreement by the official Adoption Day, 18 October; once adopted by the US, congressional authority to obstruct the implementation of the nuclear agreement is limited. Iran and the IAEA will probably resolve outstanding

A ROCKET, fired by a group of purportedly Islamic State-affiliated Salafist militants - identified as Kataib Omar Hadidi - was shot down by the Iron Dome anti-rocket system over the city of Ashqelon in Israel's Southern district on 18 September, Al-Jazeera reported. Kataib Omar Hadidi claimed

British contractor Meggitt has reached a deal to buy the composites business of EDAC, the company announced on 22 September. The sellers led by Greenbriar Equity Group will get USD340 million. The part of EDAC's business being bought by Meggitt was previously Parkway Aerospace & Defence before

THE alleged leader of a militant group identified as Tehreek-e-Imaraat-e-Islamia Afghanistan - Omar Hayat (alias Mavia Darwesh) - was detained by police during a counter-terrorism operation in the Orangi Town area of Karachi in Pakistan's Sindh province on 17 September, The Express Tribune reported.

Indonesia's state-owned PT Pindad and BAE Systems have signed a deal to explore opportunities for industrial collaboration, the UK-headquartered company confirmed to IHS Jane's on 22 September. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed at the DSEI 2015 defence exhibition in London,

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to test a directed energy weapon at sea later this decade, the service's most senior officer has revealed. Speaking at the DSEI 2015 exhibition on 15 September, Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas also disclosed that RN exchange

As of mid-September, 52% of arms and equipment supplied to the troops comes from domestic production, Russian president Vladimir Putin said 19 September at a meeting of the Military-industrial Commission (VPK) held near Orenburg at the Donguz training range. The announcement means that the Russian

EVENT Protest leader and activist Jose Marcos Mavungo was found guilty on 14 September of an "attack on the sovereignty of the Angolan state" in the exclave of Cabinda and sentenced to six years in prison. As one of the organisers of an anti-government rally in Cabinda on 14 March, he

AT LEAST two police officers were wounded when a suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant detonated his explosives targeting a joint police and paramilitary rangers search operation in the Malir area of Karachi in Pakistan's Sindh province on 20 September, The Express Tribune reported.

A SENIOR police officer - identified as Brigadier General Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Sattar Askar - was killed when suspected Islamist militants opened fire on him near a police station in the town of El-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai governorate on 19 September, Aswat Masriya reported. No group immediately