Defence`s Feeds

Kazakhstan’s defence equipment exports doubled in 2017, the country has announced ahead of the Kazakhstan Defence Exhibition (KADEX). Kazakh Minister of Defence and Aerospace Industry Beibut Atamkulov told the country’s parliament on 14 May that defence exports in 2017 reached KZT16

Key Points Suspected jihadists were allegedly planning to attack French targets in Senegal and to spread Islamist influence into neighbouring countries. Senegal remains a likely top target for Al-Qaeda-linked groups due to its strong connections with France, emphasised by a renewed threat from

Navantia has won a contract from the Spanish Navy to develop and install an upgraded version of its integrated platform control system (Sistema Integrado de Control de la Plataforma: SICP) for the Segura-class minehunters. The EUR8.1 million (USD9.6 million) contract will run until 2022 and include

Key Points A top Pentagon official backs the current policy barring commercial payloads on ICBM motor rockets Changing the policy could allow a company to undercut a developing small launch base A top Pentagon official is backing current policy that bars commercial secondary payloads from flying

Key Points Leonardo Airborne and Space Systems has been awarded contracts by the UK MoD and Boeing to modify the DAS fitted to the Apache AH1 attack helicopter for integration into the replacement AH-64E The re-architectured and updated HIDAS fit for the UK AH-64E DAS will be based on

Pyongyang has suspended high-level talks with Seoul over ongoing US-South Korean military exercises, and threatened to cancel a highly anticipated summit between North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump scheduled to take place on 12 June in Singapore. On 16 May

Israel’s Rafael has signed a collaboration agreement with Romania’s Romaero to promote its products in the Romanian market. The agreement, signed at the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace 2018 exhibition in Bucharest, will see the two companies work on targeting a variety of procurement

Rolls-Royce has entered a partnership with Australian engineering company Marand in support of BAE Systems’ proposal to supply its Type 26 Global Combat Ship to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In a press release on 16 May, Rolls-Royce said it has selected Marand as its industry partner on

Jane’s identifies countries likely to face increased threats to their security in the month ahead. Afghanistan Further deterioration in urban security The Taliban’s spring offensive will target provincial capitals, with fighters having already driven security forces out of Farah in the

Key Points The Republic of Korea Navy’s second Dokdo-class ship will feature a different set of weapons and sensors from its predecessor Improvements have been incorporated from the service’s 11-year operational experience with the first-of-class The Republic of Korea Navy’s

For the second year running Spain has set a new record high in defence exports sales in 2017 with a 7.3% rise to EUR4.34 billion (USD5.13 billion). But while allies in NATO and European Union partners remained the biggest clients, together taking a 72.6% share by value, it was Saudi Arabia that

The Sudanese Air Force has taken delivery of its new Chinese-made FTC-2000 jets, the Sudanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 16 May. The MoD said that a new squadron for the FTC-2000s had been officially inaugurated in a ceremony attended by the Major General Awad Khalafallah Marawi, the

SIX civilians and four police officers were wounded in a suicide attack outside of the police headquarters in the city of Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java province on 14 May, BBC News reported. A family of five - headed by a radicalised man identified as Anton Febrianto - riding two motorcycles

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) military announced on 14 May that it had carried out an amphibious assault in Yemen called Operation ‘Red Thunder’, the official WAM news agency reported. It identified the area where the assault took place as Al-Fazah, around 80 km south of

Afghan and US forces have conducted air strikes against insurgent positions around the capital of Afghanistan's western Farah Province to help ground troops repel an attack launched on the city by the Taliban militant group on 15 May. “The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces [ANDSF],

Key Points The USAF is planning for a F-35 fleet management office This would replace the current JPO that the Pentagon wants to disband The US Air Force (USAF) is in the early stages of planning for a fleet management office that would emerge after the Pentagon disbands the Lockheed Martin F-35

The US Army is seeking a new anti-armour round as a replacement for its 155 mm M864A1 Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM). Speaking at the IQPC Future Artillery 2018 conference, held in London from 14-16 May, Peter Burke, deputy project manager for combat ammunition systems within