Jane's Defense News

A Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter aircraft crashed on 12 April, killing the pilot. The single-seat aircraft came down in the Aegean Sea while returning to base after having reportedly been involved in a mock dogfight with Turkish fighters. The Greek Ministry of Defence has

French shipbuilder Naval Group (formerly DCNS) has signed an agreement with state-owned Indian shipbuilder Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) to expand collaboration on developing and building submarine simulators for the Indian Navy (IN). The letter of intent, signed on 12 April at the Defexpo 2018

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have unified the special operations units of its major services under one command as a result of lessons learned in the Zamboanga City attack in 2013 and the siege of Marawi in 2017, AFP Chief of Staff General Rey Leonardo Guerrero was quoted by the

Australia is spending AUD1.4 million (USD1.08 million) to acquire additional AeroVironment Wasp AE small unmanned aerial systems (SUASs) via the Canberra-based company XTEK for what has been described as “a novel concept demonstration” by the Australian Army. The order, which was

The Newport News Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently completed the 'inactivation' of aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 65), HII confirmed on 10 April. Enterprise was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – and the first to go through the

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 5 April that it had taken two Israeli firms off its restricted procurements list following the closure of a corruption case related to the INR11.25 billion (USD176 million) purchase of seven Israeli Barak-1 point defence systems in the year 2000.

Indian defence companies Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) have signed an agreement to collaborate on pursuing opportunities in Indian and international markets. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange on 11 April, L&T said the memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Key Points The Indonesian Navy is reorganising its surface assets to prepare for the establishment of a third fleet The service will undergo a significant reshuffling of surface combatants and change in commands over the next few months The Indonesian Navy’s (Tentara Nasional Indonesia

Key Points A Japanese Oosumi-class ship landing tank has conducted its first-ever operations with a US Wasp-class amphibious assault ship The operations, which included aircraft cross-deck landing exercises, are meant to boost amphibious interoperability between the two services A Japan Maritime

Nammo has reported that it achieved revenue growth for the second consecutive year in 2017, which will help it facilitate further investment in its European and US core markets. NOK367 million (USD47.2 million) in profit was achieved in 2017, representing an 8% increase year-on-year (y/y), and the

The US Navy (USN) plans to install laser weapon components on the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) during the second or third quarter of 2019, Captain Brian Metcalf, programme manager for LPD 17 and LX(R) Shipbuilding, said on 11 April during a Naval Sea Systems Command briefing

The United States and two international customers have refused to accept any new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft due to a contractual dispute with the manufacturer. The dispute, which reportedly centres around who should pay the costs of repair to an

Russia is pitching its Ilyushin Il-112V airlifter to India to fulfil that country’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) requirement. Ilyushin said on 12 April that a proposal has been drawn up by Russia for the sale of the twin-turboprop to India, as that country looks to replace its ageing Avro

India’s Tata group has confirmed plans to consolidate its various businesses across aerospace and defence under a single entity. The new firm will be named Tata Aerospace & Defence (Tata A&D). In a press release on 11 April, Tata Sons – the holding entity for the Tata group

Turkey’s state-owned Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) successfully test-fired 120 mm high-explosive tracer (HE-T) tank gun ammunition, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli tweeted on 8 April. Serial production will start in the second half of 2018 and 3,000 HE-T rounds will

Ukraine has taken delivery of an unspecified number of BMP-1AK infantry fighting vehicles from Polish company Wtorplast, Jane’s has learned. The BMP-1AK is a bespoke vehicle for the Ukrainian ground forces, with AK standing for Anti Kumulyativnaya or anti-cumulative attacks. The primary

The US Army is continuing its Airbus Helicopters UH-72A Lakota procurement spree, with the disclosure that it is to buy a further 35 rotorcraft to add to the 51 already signed for this year. A notification issued by the service on 11 April said the additional helicopters are being purchased to

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) has finalised the operational evaluation and testing (OT&E) of its AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Block 1 supersonic air-to-surface missile system with a live fire campaign at the US Naval Air Weapons Station

Tthe US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 2021 will launch the first space vehicle capable of approaching, inspecting, and grabbing a disabled satellite and either repairing or upgrading it. The NRL effort is part of a 15-year-old US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency programme called

Researchers with the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) expect to have a quadruped robot balancing on its own and taking its first steps by mid-2018. The goal of the Meso-scale Robotic Locomotion Initiative (MERLIN) is to develop a small robot that a marine could carry in a backpack and deploy to