Jane's Defense News

The US Army is establishing a robotics centre of excellence at Fort Benning in Georgia, Edwin Davis, deputy director of the service’s Maneuver Battle Lab (MBL), announced at the Xponential 2018 conference in Denver, Colorado. Davis said Fort Benning was chosen in part for its proximity to

The first US Navy (USN) Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to enter the Service-Life Modification (SLM) process ahead of the Block 3 enhancement programme arrived at the company’s St Louis production facility in Missouri in late April. A twin-seat F/A-18F from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106

Excalibur Army, a subsidiary of the Czechoslovak Group, has developed the Tatra T815 Patriot – also known as the Medium Armoured Tactical Multi-Mission Vehicle (MATMMV) – with the first example currently undergoing company trials

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has submitted its two-ship bid to build the CVN 80 and CVN 81 Ford-class aircraft carriers at its Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia and is now preparing to gear up its workforce for that work. “We submitted our proposal this week to the

Key Points The attack in Tripoli was the latest of a series of attacks mounted by Islamic State militants targeting election-related sites and individuals in a number of countries where the group has a presence, notably Iraq and Afghanistan. Those attacks followed a 22 April audio message issued

Key Points President Putin's fourth term in office is expected to herald changes to how Russia's defence sector is managed Military modernisation has been a key tenet of the Putin Administration Russian President Vladimir Putin’s swearing-in for an unprecedented fourth term in office on 7

US ammunition and rocket motor manufacturer Orbital ATK generated revenues of USD1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2018, a rise of almost 21% year-on-year, according to financial results published on 3 May. The company’s operating income in the three months to 1 April also rose, reaching

The US Department of Defense (DoD) says it is certain recent laser attacks near Djibouti on US military aircraft were conducted by Chinese nationals and put US military personnel at risk. “They are very serious incidents,” DoD spokesperson Dana White said during a 3 May press conference

German defence and automotive group Rheinmetall AG released financial results for the first quarter of 2018 on 4 May, with figures showing an annual decline in both sales and income. Total company revenue was EUR1.26 billion (USD1.5 billion) for the quarter, a fall of 6.6%, while earnings before

Freewave Technologies has unveiled its Zumlink 900 MHz ISM-band radio, designed for use in low-bandwidth environments, during the Xponential 2018 conference in Denver, Colorado. The Zumlink is available in different bandwidths and has a fully enclosed module with a radio on an interface card with

Datron World Communications has introduced its latest handheld radio, the multi-band Spectre M HH3100. The company has developed three variants: the HH3100V which covers the 30-88 MHz frequency range; the HH3100A covering 30-136 MHz; and the HH3100M covering 30-512 MHz. The HH3100A, in particular,

Specialist video surveillance firm Digital Barriers has developed a new body-worn system to provide live, low-latency recording and streaming of video for the dismounted soldier or covert operator, which it displayed for the first time at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 exhibition in Kuala

Hanwha Defense Systems of South Korea has teamed with the Malaysian firm AVP Engineering to offer the 6x6 Tigon armoured personnel carrier (APC) for a potential Malaysian Army requirement. The first example of the Tigon, which was completed early in 2018, is expected to undertake a limited number

A CIVILIAN was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced by unidentified militants, detonated in the village of Kebeiba, near the town of Dibis, in Iraq's Kirkuk province on 2 May, Iraqi News reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State

The Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has facilitated an agreement between national finance company PT Askrindo and private-sector defence companies to support their development in national and international markets. The MoD said on 3 May that through the agreement – signed by PT Askrindo

AT LEAST 12 people - including two security forces personnel - were killed and seven others were wounded by Islamic State militants during a small-arms and suicide attack targeting the High National Election Commission headquarters in Libya's capital Tripoli on 2 May, Reuters reported. Reports

On 2 May, the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with Prox Dynamics of Norway to procure dozens of Black Hornet rotary-wing micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Royal Netherlands Army and Marines. Buying the micro-UAVs off the shelf will avoid teething problems and therefore

High Frequency (HF) communication systems are witnessing a resurgence as forward deployed and small unit teams seek to overcome emerging challenges associated with operating in Command and Control Denied or Degraded Environments (C2D2Es), Jane’s has learned. According to senior service

The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD828.7 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for the supply of an undisclosed number of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRSs) to Finland, Romania, and South Korea. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and US Army are a step closer to achieving full interoperability between the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and the Patriot weapon systems following the successful tracking of a simulated target. Flight Test Other (FTX)-35, conducted at White Sands