Jane's Defense News

Key Points The plan is for 30 battalions, 30 air squadrons, and 30 warships to be ready to deploy in 30 days The “four-thirties” plan is to be approved by the NATO summit to be held in Brussels on 11–12 July NATO defence ministers gave the nod on 7 June to a new readiness

Key Points The Organization of American States has agreed to facilitate development of electoral reforms with President Daniel Ortega, the results of which are projected for January 2019, which increases the likelihood of a prolonged government hold on power. If the government rejects reform

The Philippines is looking to acquire a further 12 Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50PH Fighting Eagle light combat and trainer aircraft to add to 12 already received, national media reported on 8 June. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was quoted as saying that the country’s President

MEDIA reports on 1 June stated that within one week of the 13 and 14 May Islamist militant suicide attacks in Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java, security forces had arrested 74 suspected militants in the capital Jakarta, Sumatra, Riau, and other unspecified locations throughout Indonesia, Republika

IN A STATEMENT released on 1 June, chief of police Tito Karnavian stated that 41 people had been arrested in Indonesia's East Java province on unspecified dates in alleged connection to the Islamist militant suicide attacks conducted in Surabaya in East Java on 13 and 14 May, BBC Monitoring

Thailand’s military government has set a defence budget of THB227.67 billion (USD7.1 billion) for fiscal year 2019. Documents published by the government’s Bureau of the Budget show that the new expenditure is an increase of THB9.16 billion – or 4.2% - over actual defence spending

AT LEAST six army personnel - including a junior commissioned officer - were killed and one other was wounded when unidentified militants from Afghanistan's Paktika province launched a cross-border attack in the Shawal Valley area in North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered

The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has handed over the Kodiak armoured engineer vehicle (AEV) to the Royal Netherlands Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 31 May. The Netherlands is co-operating with Sweden on the procurement of 10 Dutch and six Swedish Kodiaks. The AEV was

Kazakhstani public and private industry joined to create an armed robotic vehicle, the Karakurt, and unveiled it during the KADEX 2018 defence exhibition in Astana. The tracked unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) was designed by Kazakhstani companies Robotron Aspandau and New Tech Distribution, with

Russia unveiled its Katran rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the Victory Day Parade in May. “The trials of the Katran UAV are scheduled for this summer [mid-2018],” a Russian aerospace industry source told Jane's . The Katran is designed for firesupport and reconnaissance

Armatec Survivability Corp has partnered with John Deere subsidiary Nortrax on the Common Heavy Equipment Requirement (CHER) contract for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), representatives from the two companies told Jane’s on 30 May. Worth up to CAD 1.5 billion (USD 1.16 billion), CHER seeks

The Babcock-led industry group ‘Team 31’ bidding for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) Type 31e general-purpose light frigate programme launched its Arrowhead 140 design proposal on 31 May. The platform will be based on Danish ship design consultancy Odense Maritime

The Brazilian government recently cancelled BRL500 million (USD134 million) from the BRL2.5 billion allocated in the country’s 2018 budget law to fund acquisition and local building of four Tamandaré-class multipurpose corvettes for the Brazilian Navy. Amounts of BRL1 billion and BRL1.5

Kongsberg expects the first newly installed deep-water echosounders using an innovative new layout to enter service with within weeks, the company told Jane’s at CANSEC 2018. Under an August 2017 contract, Kongsberg is supplying its high-resolution EM 712 multibeam echosounders to the

Beijing and Moscow have agreed to enhance bilateral military ties, China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 31 May following the 20th round of strategic consultation held between the People’s Liberation Army and the Russian armed forces. “The two sides exchanged

A HASHD al-Shaabi militiaman was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced on a roadside by unidentified militants, detonated as the patrol passed Tuz Khurmatu-Tikrit road in Tuz Khurmatu town in Hamrin region in Iraq's Salah ad Din province on 30 May,

The Indian Navy has issued two separate requests for information (RFIs) for unmanned underwater and surface vessels. The RFI for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) indicate a requirement for 12 vehicles with replaceable mission modules and a simulator that can assist in training for a variety of

Key Points Malaysia has transferred a fourth Kedah-class corvette to its Eastern Fleet The move aims to improve security near a tri-border maritime region with Indonesia and the Philippines The Royal Malaysian Navy has deployed another Kedah (Meko 100 RMN)-class corvette, KD Kelantan (175), to

Frence’s Nexter has devised a new concept of operation aimed at extending the capabilities of autonomous systems used to support special operations mobility teams. The concept is due to be publicly disclosed for the first time at the Eurosatory conference in Paris on 11 June. Company

The US Navy (USN) will essentially be using the same version of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) on its Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) as is deployed in Norway, said Chris Daily, senior director of the NSM, the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), and the Tomahawk for Raytheon Missile Systems. There are no