Jane's Defense News

The Chilean Navy is set to put some of its Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainers through a service life extension program (SLEP) with upgrades aimed at keeping those aircraft operational well into the 2030s, senior military sources told Jane’s . After studying replacement options that included the

Key Points Hamas’s leadership is domestically weak and seeking to exploit protests to achieve public support and delegitimise the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority. The Israeli response will avoid direct military escalation but elevates the likelihood of a prolonged period of IDF

South Korea’s Hanwha Group have established a new subsidiary, Hanwha Aerospace, to expand its market share in aero-engine and aero-structure manufacturing domains. The new company’s capabilities will be sourced from Hanwha Techwin, which will now be solely focused on security video and

Spanish infrastructure and defence electronics company Indra announced on 6 April that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Chilean aircraft company Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile (ENAER). The deal, which was signed at the FIDAE trade show in Santiago, will see the two

MEDIA reports on 2 April stated that 10 civilians had been killed when a landmine, emplaced by unidentified militants, detonated targeting civilians travelling in a donkey-cart in Bulo Burde town in Somalia's Hiiraan region on an earlier unspecified date, Radio Risala reported. No group immediately

AT LEAST four civilians were killed and seven others wounded when a landmine, emplaced by unidentified militants, detonated targeting their vehicle near Godey School on Sanaa Junction in Karaan district in the Banaadir area of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on 4 April, Radio Kulmiye reported. Reports

Pan-European missile manufacturer MBDA revealed on 5 April a goal of expanding its presence in Spain, with comments made to local press by its CEO Antoine Bouvier and the director general of its Spanish subsidiary Daniel García Guelbenzu indicating a goal of establishing production facilities

The Portuguese Army expects to receive its first vehicle-mounted short-range air defence (SHORAD) systems in 2019, it has told Jane’s . The request for proposals (RFP) is expected to be launched through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in 2018, as is the contract signing. The

Two Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) pilots are presumed dead after their F-15K fighter aircraft crashed on 5 April in the South Korean county of Chilgok in North Gyeongsang Province. The incident took place at 14:38 h (local time), about an hour after the aircraft had taken off on a mission

The US State Department has approved the sale of 180 M109A5/A6 self-propelled howitzer (SPH) structures to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 5 April. These structures will be converted into 177 M109A6 Paladin SPHs and three static training devices. Estimated

Spanish defence manufacturing company Escribano Mechanical and Engineering began construction of an expanded facility on 6 April, in a ceremony attended by the country’s defence minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal. Ms De Cospedal used the occasion, which came the day after a state budget

A MEMBER of the provincial council and a religious scholar were killed and a security guard was wounded when an unidentified suicide bomber detonated their explosives in Watapor district in Afghanistan's Konar province on 30 March, Tolo News TV reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility

BAE Systems Australia has been selected as the prime contractor to upgrade Australia’s over-the-horizon Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) as part of Project Air 2025 Phase 6. In a joint statement on 5 March, Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Industry

China intends to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, a report published on 28 February in the Global Times newspaper suggests. The state-owned paper quoted an article posted on the website of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) referring to the country’s need to

Antonov, Taqnia Aeronautics, and Wahaj have signed an agreement to jointly manufacture the An-132D multi-purpose transport aircraft. The modernised version of the An-132 is being co-developed by Ukrainian company Antonov and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) has pulled back troops from a potential flashpoint on the country’s border with Bangladesh following a sharp spike in tensions and protests from Dhaka. The move by Myanmar’s army-backed, paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) took place on 3-4 March

Negotiations behind the planned acquisition of Sparton Corporation by Ultra Electronics have been terminated, Ultra Electronics announced on 5 March. The announcement followed the results of an antitrust review by the US government that has concluded that the sale cannot go ahead. In November

IN A STATEMENT released on March 1, a group identified only as 'Anarchists' claimed responsibility for a number of attacks across Greece - including one on a police station - and threatened further attacks in the capital Athens, The Times reported. The statement referred to the detention of

THREE civilians were killed and two others wounded during a mortar attack by Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants near a stadium in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on 1 March, Reuters reported. Al-Shabaab later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Following setbacks to plans to buy two multifunctional modular patrol boats to modernise the Bulgarian Navy, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is now studying options for restarting the project. The shipbuilding project has been in limbo since December 2017, when local shipbuilder MTG