Defence`s Feeds

A helicopter of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force's aviation wing crashed in southeast China's Fujian Province on 19 January, killing both pilots, the China Military Online website reported on 23 January. Three other people suffered minor injuries and four houses were damaged as a result of

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 20 January that more than 100 Al-Qaeda fighters had been killed during an air strike on a Syrian training camp conducted the day before. The disclosure on the final day of the Obama administration said the Shaykh Sulayman camp in Idlib Province, which

The Commander UK Carrier Strike Group (COMUKCSG) has been conducting transatlantic exercises in a bid to learn how to work as part of a combat force with the country’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

Nammo Energetics Indian Head (NEIH) has signed a public-private partnership (P3) agreement with the US Naval Surface Warfare Centre Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD).

US-based shipbuilder Austal USA has conducted keel authentication of the US Navy’s ninth expeditionary fast transport (EPF), the future USNS City of Bismarck, as well as fabrication for its 11th EPF, USNS Puerto Rico.

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TWO people - kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants off the coast of the town of Pangutaran in the Philippines' Sulu province on 25 October - were released by the group in the town of Indanan on 19 January, GMA Network reported. Reports did not specify whether a ransom was paid for their

An undisclosed number of Anti-UAV Defence Systems (AUDS) have been supplied to US forces and are now in operational service. The AUDS has been developed in a collaborative effort by a UK defence consortium comprised of Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics, and Enterprise Control Systems

EVENT Cameroon's government on 18 January banned the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium (CACSC) and the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) from operating in the country. The CACSC has called for a return to a two-state federation, while the SCNC has long advocated for both

As the US military transitions to a more open and modular version of the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), the services continue to encounter hurdles as they seek ways to get more intelligence data into the hands of analysts. The US Air Force (USAF) is moving off the legacy baseline DCGS

China on 22 January launched an agency to head the country's programme to boost capability through civil-military integration (CMI). The Central Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development will be chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping and will "decide and co-ordinate"

Croatia unveiled its defence procurement plan on 20 January, with spending increasing USD57 million, the country's Ministry of Defence announced. The procurement plan calls for USD243 million in procurement and sustainment spending, which is about 40% of the country's overall defence budget. Of

Forces from at least three of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are preparing to launch a military intervention to oust The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh after he rejected a 19 January ultimatum to stand aside for his democratically elected successor. ECOWAS troops are

France's defence exports reached a record high of more than EUR20 billion (USD21.3 billion) in 2016, according to a speech made by the country's defence minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on 19 January. Le Drian, speaking during an event at the National Navy Museum in Paris, said that although official

EVENT On 21 January, insurgents from the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) released an unnamed foreign citizen who had been kidnapped by the group in a remote part of Colombia's Chocó department. The move followed a joint announcement by the government and the guerrilla group on

EVENT Thailand's military-led government is setting up a national reconciliation panel to resolve a decade-long political conflict between supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the predominantly middle-class royalists who oppose him. The panel will be chaired by General

Key Points The anti-immigration mood is rising among far-right supporters, as demonstrated in a recent series of racially motivated hate crimes in several Polish towns. The lack of an effective government reaction is likely to aggravate the situation in the coming weeks and months. Further

IN A STATEMENT released by Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) on 18 January, the group claimed responsibility for an improvised explosive device (IED) that was discovered and defused by army personnel on 14 January in Brians Well Road area of Poleglass in Northern Ireland's Belfast, the Irish News reported.

Key Points The announced African Union-Burundian deal on troop payments risks rejection by the European Union. A United Nations peacekeeping mission is likely to be authorised during 2018-19 to meet a funding gap left by the EU's withdrawal of financing. Negotiations over AMISOM's future are

US Avionics and communications supplier Rockwell Collins published results from the first quarter of its 2017 financial year (FY) on 20 January, showing a 2% growth in revenue year on year. In the three months to December 31 the company generated sales of USD1.2 billion, while net income rose 7.4%