Jane's Defense News

Boeing is eliminating about 50 executive positions as part of a restructuring of the company’s defence and space unit, the group announced on 13 June. Boeing Military Aircraft and Network & Space Systems, two of the reporting groups in the defence unit, will be broken up into smaller

Quebec-based shipyard Chantier Davie has almost completed its Project Resolve auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) conversion, company executives have told Jane’s. The Resolve-class AOR, a converted Greek container ship, is an interim solution to provide the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) with a

A UNIVERSITY faculty member was wounded when an explosive device inside a package detonated at Yonsei University in the South Korea's capital Seoul on 12 June, Reuters reported. Reports added that the package was placed in a shopping bag and left outside of his office. There was no immediate claim

Fincantieri has reached a deal to acquire all of fellow Italian firm Isslenord, taking a majority stake in the company as of 13 June but due to take complete control of the company as part of the agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but it is being completed through Fincantieri

The Finnish Defence Force (FDF) is expecting to commence training on the Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled (SP) artillery systems in 2019, director of artillery Colonel Pasi Pasivirta revealed during the latest IQPC Future Artillery conference in London. The FDF ordered 48

Germany granted export permits for defence products worth EUR6.85 billion (USD7.67 billion) in 2016, the country's annual government report on the subject finds. This is a decline of around EUR1 billion compared with 2015's EUR7.86 billion. The downward trend appears to be continuing in 2017, as in

As part of a wider role-based restructuring of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps (CICC) has been given responsibility for building up, training, and arming border security units, a senior officer has told Jane's . Previously, the corps was in charge of five

Australian shipbuilders Austal and ASC Shipbuilding announced on 8 June that they have teamed up for the build of vessels in the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) SEA 5000 Future Frigate programme. Under this arrangement, Austal and ASC Shipbuilding will act as one in support of the programme,

Burkina Faso has received two Bell UH-1H helicopters that were donated by the government of Taiwan, the Taiwanese Embassy in Ouagadougou announced on 7 June. The two aircraft officially were handed over by Taiwanese General Wang Hsin-Lung during a ceremony at Air Base 511 in Ouagadougou the day

Key Points A "MQ-1-like" UAV dropped a weapon on coalition and local forces patrolling in eastern Syria. US aircraft shot down the UAV, while also striking two armed pick-up trucks entering a nearby deconfliction zone. Pro-government forces in Syria attempted to attack US-led coalition

The EU Council on 8 June approved the creation of a military planning and conduct capability (MPCC) command headquarters for the EU's non-combat expeditionary civil security and military missions. Located within the EU Military Staff (EUMS), it will command the EU's three current military missions

The European Tactical Airlift Centre was officially opened at Zaragoza Air Force Base on 8 June, formally transferring the European Defence Agency's (EDA's) joint air transport training programmes to Spain. The ceremony was conducted by the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security

A German court has rejected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc's (GA-ASI's) challenge of Germany's decision to lease Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron TP medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) instead of procuring the MQ-9 Reaper. The German Ministry of

Orbital ATK is finalising its design concept solution for an extended-range (ER) upgrade of the AGM-88E Block 1 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). The Orbital ATK AARGM ER design concept is specifically intended to address the US Navy (USN) requirement for improved AARGM operational

Raytheon Missile Systems has been contracted by the US Navy (USN) to test an extended-range (ER) variant of the air-launched AGM-154C-1 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW). The USD8.86 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will see the company conduct a flight test demonstration of the powered JSOW C-1

In a show of support for Qatar, the Turkish government brought forward two parliamentary bills on deploying troops to the Gulf state and training its gendarmerie and used its majority to approve them on 7 June. The votes came as Qatar faced increased regional isolation after Saudi Arabia severed

FIVE soldiers and three pro-government militiamen were killed when unidentified armed people opened fire at security forces in the Aimaq Khana area in Qorghan district in Afghanistan's Faryab province on 8 June, Afghan Islamic Press reported. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack

Leonardo Helicopters is scheduled to conduct a first flight of a modernised Super Lynx AH-11B multirole helicopter for the Brazilian Navy in July, the service told Jane's . The company is upgrading eight of the Super Lynx AH-11As fielded by HA-1 Lince Squadron from São Pedro da Aldeia naval

The Chilean Navy plans to soon upgrade its eight AS 365 Dauphin 2 helicopters, but has not awarded or signed contracts yet, military sources in Santiago told Jane's . According to the sources, upgrades for the AS 365 fleet have long been studied, including talks and information exchanges with

Key Points Turkey and Iran have criticised Saudi and Emirati-led action against Qatar, and are also offering support to offset the impact of their campaign to isolate it. Saudi Arabia and the UAE's commitment to countering the Qatar-backed Muslim Brotherhood, together with President Erdogan's