Jane's Defense News

UK vehicle manufacturer Supacat has announced that the fleet of Special Operations Vehicles – Mobility Heavy (SOV-MH) ordered by New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) in September 2016 has been accepted. The company said in a statement on 16 January that the fleet would enter service

Russia has begun delivering the Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system to China under the terms of a contract signed in 2014, TASS news agency cited an unnamed source close to the Russian military-industrial complex as saying on 18 January. “The

Serbia will begin modernising its M-84A main battle tank (MBT) and M-80A tracked light armoured amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), the chief of the general staff of the Serbian Armed Forces has revealed. “We will begin the modernisation of the M-84 tank and the infantry fighting

UK defence countermeasures and energetic materials manufacturer Chemring confirmed on 18 January that it is being investigated by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The investigation into Chemring and its subsidiary Chemring Technology Solutions is a result of a voluntary report made by the group

After years of hesitation, the European Union is preparing to clamp down on exports of dual-use surveillance software, or spyware, and related products to prevent their use by repressive countries or their re-export to parties involved in armed conflicts. A new report with amendments approved by the

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) are close to formalising an agreement to collaborate on developing an armed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan

Event On 11 January 2018, authorities in Tacuatí, San Pedro, found the remains of Abraham Fehr, a Mennonite farmer who had been kidnapped by Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP) rebels in August 2015; reportedly his family had already paid ransom for his release in 2016. This is the first

Event Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta threatened on 16 January to cut the budget allocation of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé for criticising the government. Since the formation of Mali’s new government on 31 December 2017, the security forces have reportedly been

On 16 January 2018, the Estonian Parliament’s National Defence Committee approved Defence Minister Jüri Luik’s choice of Brigadier General Martin Herem as the next commander of the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF), state-owned media have reported. “Martin Herem is a modern

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has entered into an agreement with Patria of Finland to co-operate on the development of missile systems, the companies announced on 16 January. The agreement includes the establishment of a ‘Missile Competence Centre’ in Finland with an

Event On 15 January 2018, police officers from Papua New Guinea’s Special Services Directorate mobile squad fired shots at the dog-unit barracks in the police training college at Bomana on the periphery of Port Moresby, reportedly in retaliation for a previous incident. Acting Police

TWO unidentified militants were killed by police officers in retaliatory fire after ambushing a police convoy in Karachi in Pakistan's Sindh province on 16 January, the Express Tribune reported. Reports added that a suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into a police armoured personnel carrier (APC)

Saudi Arabia is to receive 17 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters valued at USD193.85 million. The deal, which was announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 11 January, covers eight helicopters for the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) and nine for the Royal Saudi Land Forces

On 2 January, UkrOboronProm (UOP) released an article detailing its defence developments over the past year, including tests of several armoured vehicle upgrades, an air defence radar and a precision guided missile system. Along with other developments of advanced weapon systems, the report shows

Weeks after scrapping a USD1 billion tender, India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking to revive plans to acquire the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Spike anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) for the Indian Army (IA). Official sources told Jane’s on condition of anonymity that the

Oboronprom, the Russian holding company which holds the stock of the nation’s engine-building and helicopter industry, is to be wound up in the near future, according to local media. Having completed its mission of consolidating the shareholdings within Rostec, Russian Helicopters and United

Plans to upgrade the Australian Army’s fleet of M1A1 AIM (D) Abrams main battle tanks and acquire an under-armour bridging and breaching capability will be discussed with industry on 22 February, the Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra has disclosed. The two programmes will be jointly

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Jiangkai II-class frigate and an unidentified foreign submarine were spotted sailing near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on 10–11 January, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD). The Japan Maritime

Suppliers of body armour and other protective equipment Armor Express and KDH Defense Systems announced the completion of a merger of the two companies on 11 January. The companies, both based in the United States, are now owned by holding company Praesidium. Praesidium’s Chief Executive

A senior leader in Yemen’s Ansar Allah (Houthis) group threatened on 8 January to attack commercial shipping in the Red Sea, while the Saudi-led coalition announced it had thwarted an attempt to attack a tanker with an unmanned boat bomb. Saleh al-Samad, the head of the rebel government, told