Jane's Defense News

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

Jordan’s Jadara Equipment and Defence Systems unveiled its new Terminator anti-tank missile system during the SOFEX show held in Amman from 8-10 May. The missile has a calibre of 107 mm and a range of 100-2,500 m. It is available in two variants, one with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank

Key Points The trilateral statement of intent between Sweden, Finland, and the United States will serve to further deepen defence co-operation between these countries. Russia is unlikely to retaliate unless the agreement opens the road to NATO membership or to the deployment of US forces on

The US Marine Corps is to receive a number of FirstLook throwable robots from Endeavor Robotics via a USD10 million contract that was awarded in May. The FirstLook is a small, tracked platform that has a flipper system that enables it to right itself and to climb steps – the platform can

Rafael Advanced Defence Systems is preparing to test a ‘downscaled’ variant of the Trophy hostile fire detection (HFD)/hard kill active protection system (APS) the last quarter of this year. As part of its final qualification, the downscaled variant will be integrated with

The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) displayed one of its AVIC CH-4B armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the first time during the SOFEX show held in Amman from 9–10 May. Lieutenant Muath Moumani, an RJAF officer involved in operating the CH-4B fleet, told Jane’s that the CH-4B

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has posted increases in sales and profits in the first quarter of 2018, the company announced on 11 May. ST Engineering said sales in the quarter ending 31 March increased year-on-year by 9% to SGD1.64 billion (USD1.23 billion) and that pre-tax

AT LEAST five people were killed and 10 others - including soldiers - wounded when an unspecified explosive device detonated at a market for the narcotic leaf khat in the town of Wanlaweyn in Shabeellaha Hoose region on 9 May, Reuters reported. Police stated that they were investigating whether the

Lürssen Australia, the prime contractor for the project to build 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), has confirmed that Austal will not be participating in the AUD4 billion (USD3 billion) programme. In a statement on 11 May, Lürssen Australia said it has

A new headquarters and operations centre have been opened for the Australian Army’s Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) at Campbell Barracks in Perth. Minister for Defence Marise Payne said in an 11 May statement that the opening of the new facilities marked the completion of the first phase

Bell expects its anticipated UH-1Y Venom utility and assault helicopter sale to the Czech Republic to proceed now that the country’s presidential elections have been concluded. With the sale of 12 helicopters to the Eastern European nation having already been approved by the US government, a

THE boundary wall of a middle school for girls was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced by militants identified as Ittehadul Mujahideen North Waziristan, detonated in the Hasokhel area of Mirali in North Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 9

IHI Corporation, which builds engines and related systems for the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), has posted overall increases in sales and profits but a decline in earnings from the defence sector. The Tokyo-based corporation said on 10 May that group sales for fiscal year (FY) 2017, which ended

Key Points The IDF said it hit dozens of Iranian targets and Syrian air defences on 9–10 May. It undermined Syrian claims that some missiles were shot down by releasing a video showing a Pantsyr-S1 being destroyed The confrontation between Israel and Iranian forces in Syria escalated into