Defence`s Feeds

The successful intercept of a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the first such intercept ever, is indicative of more realistic testing slated for the US homeland defence system over the coming years, according to the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) top officer. The system,

The US Navy (USN) plans to develop "the 'Top Gun' of information warfare" through its new Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC), the head of the centre has told Jane's , aiming to build subject matter expertise in a range of areas within the field. The NIWDC reached

Militaries need to be proactive in the cyber warfare domain if they are to be able to generate effective responses to attacks, according to James Lewis, senior vice-president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Speaking at the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of

The difficulty in attributing cyber attacks poses significant challenges to governments and militaries in how they should respond to incidents. Speaking at the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence's (CCD COE's) International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) in Tallinn, Estonia,

BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman have signed new deals with the Australian government extending commitments to support the integration of local companies into their respective international supply chains. The new Global Supply Chain (GSC) agreements were announced on 2 June by Australia’s

Canadian aircraft simulation and training provider CAE Inc has reported full year results for 2017, revealing a large rise in revenue for the period. Annual sales rose by 7.6% year-on-year (y/y), reaching CAD2.7 billion (USD2.0 billion), while operating profit was also up to CAD365 million, a rise

Canada's fixed-wing search-and-rescue (FWSAR) programme is moving forward and an initial design review is expected to conclude in June, despite a legal protest against the project. The FWSAR programme awarded Airbus Defence and Space in December 2016 a contract that covers 16 C295W aircraft under a

Tensions between the Canadian government and Boeing appeared to have reached a new high on 1 June, when representatives of Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote revealed that discussions with the company over a potential Super Hornet acquisition had been suspended. Steven MacKinnon,

The Egyptian military announced on 26 May that it had carried out airstrikes against targets in Libya in the wake of an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt's Minya province earlier that day. The attack killed 29 and was claimed by the Islamic State. The Egyptian Ministry of Defence

Key Points Embraer is finishing its final Super Tucano for Lebanon Company feels confident it can find further international success with the aircraft Embraer is finishing up the last Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop as part of a six-aircraft deal

General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) unveiled two new Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) variants at the annual CANSEC conference in Ottawa from 31 May to 1 June. The LAV 6.0 Combat Support Vehicle- Ambulance (CSV-A) and the LAV 6.0 Combat Support Vehicle- Maintenance and Recovery (CSV-MR) are

SEVEN police officers and a civilian were killed when a police armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) placed on a roadside by Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants in the Mangai area of Kenya's Lamu County on 31 May, Associated Press reported. Army personnel responding to

The Indian Navy (IN) will imminently commission into service the first of six licence-built French Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric submarines, according to the navy’s chief of staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba. “INS Kalvari is going through the final phase of trials and we are

Indra is hoping to build on the success of its MRBR-800 system in the submarine electronic support measures (ESM) domain to win upgrade contracts, the company told Jane’s at Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2017. The company’s MRBR-800 system combines radar ESM (RESM) and electronic

Harris Corporation has secured new contracts to deliver sonobuoy launching technology for the US Navy's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC has won a one-year contract modification in support of the US Navy's TH-57 Sea Ranger trainer helicopter fleet.

The US Navy has accepted the delivery of its first $12.9bn Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), in Newport News, Virginia, following the successful completion of sea acceptance trials.

German manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz has introduced its advanced naval navigation and bridge system, Synapsis Naval, which features a user-centred design.

3W-International's new customer services for new and existing customers is known as 3W Engineering Services.

Americas

• The US DoD has announced the successful test of its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor against a ICBM-class target. During the test, the US Missile Defense Agency launched an unarmed ICBM from Kwajalein Atoll, while the exoatmospheric hit-to-kill interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Various defense firms announced their involvement in the test, which saw Raytheon provide the interceptor as well as its sea-based X-band radar and AN/TPY-2 radar, Boeing with its Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, while Orbital ATK provided its ICBM target rocket for the national security system test.

• ATK Orbital has announced that it has received a $90 million contract from Northrop Grumman for composite materials meant for maintenance of the B-2 Spirit heavy stealth bomber. The deal will also include the production and delivery of 17 Hot Trailing Edge (HTE) parts for the bomber as well as Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) work. Work will be conducted over a five-year term and contains options for follow-on orders.

• Triumph Group will continue to manufacture parts for the V-22 aircraft if Boeing Bell successfully negotiates its next V-22 Osprey Multi-year 3 contract with the US Navy. In a renewed statement of work, Triumph added that it will also manufacture cargo ramps and doors for the aircraft, in addition to components including the empennage, elevator, ramp extensions, ramp mounted weapons system floor boards, main landing gear doors. Deliveries of the components in support of the Multi-year 3 contract would begin in 2019.

Middle East & North Africa

• Turkish defense electronics firm Aselsan is looking to secure s contract to supply very high frequency (VHF) radios to the Ukrainian armed forces. As many as 600 VHF units are being sought by Kiev, who are assessing proposals in accordance with the following: cost effectiveness; scalability and application potential; compatibility with the systems used by the Ukrainian Army, Navy and Air Force; NATO compliance; transfer-of-technology, offsets (e.g. co-production) and credit. Aselsan’s software defined radios (SDR) have already been exported to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Europe

• PGZ, a Polish defense firm, has moved to purchase Naval Shipyard (SMW) from the Polish Treasury in a deal expected to reach $60.1 million. Announcing the deal, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki added that after the shipyard’s finances are overhauled, it will take part in a multi-billion dollar program to build three submarines. Three companies have applied to take part in the procurement procedure: France’s DCNS, Sweden’s Saab and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, but ministry officials have emphasized they expect the selected supplier to closely cooperate with Poland’s defense industry on the contract.

Asia Pacific

• South Korea’s Defence Ministry intentionally omitted details about the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system battery (THAAD) in a report last week, according to a probe issued by President Moon Jae-in. The report failed to include details stating that four additional launchers have been added to the THAAD site as the new government was preparing for Moon’s summit with US President Donald Trump next month. An earlier version of the defense ministry report specified the total number of launchers being prepared for deployment and the name of the US military base where the four were being kept, but the reference was removed in the final version delivered to the government, according to presidential Blue House spokesman Yoon Young-chan.

• The Indian government has decided to cancel its Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) contest and will instead buy more of the indigenous Akash air defense missile system. A $2.7 billion contract released by New Delhi calls for two regiments of the system which will be delivered and inducted into the Indian Army in 2018, bringing to four the total number of Akash systems deployed with the service. The return to the Akash to the Indian Army comes after officials complained that the system experienced deficiencies in forward deployed locations which resulted in an upgrade of the system and which added systems required by the Army.

• Pakistan has received seven surplus Sea King helicopters from the British Royal Navy. Officials in Islamabad said that the helicopters will first undergo maintenance services undertaken by M/s Vector Aerospace before being shipped to Pakistan for deployment later this year. Built under license by Westland Helicopters, the deal for them was signed by Pakistan and Britain’s Ministry of Defense last year.

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