Jane's Defense News

Damen Shipyards Group has submitted a tender for the SEA 1180 Phase 1 Project to deliver 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Netherlands-based company said in a statement on 6 April. The design being offered "uses innovative technology to improve

EVENT In a letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) dated 7 April, the Basque separatist group Basque Country and Freedom (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna: ETA) confirmed its intention to unilaterally disarm tomorrow (8 April). In a letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) dated 7

Key Points USN's AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR completed its first flight test The test marks the first in a series of planned BMD flight tests for the new AMDR The Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) completed its first ballistic missile defence (BMD) test at the US Navy's (USN's)

Switzerland has agreed to participate in a pan-European defence research project under its 'Framework for Co-operation' with the European Defence Agency (EDA) for the first time, the organisation announced on 6 April. The country will join the EDA's Protection of Autonomous Systems against Enemy

The US military launched what appeared to be punitive strikes against Syrian military targets after President Bashar al Assad's government reportedly used chemical weapons. Officials said late on 6 April in Washington that US Navy Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAMs) struck Syria's Sharyat

The Islamic State militant group suffered a series of significant military setbacks in March, paving the way for an assault on Al-Raqqah city, Syria: the 'capital' of its self-declared caliphate. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia has cut the road that runs down the north or

Boeing has released details of its first quarter aircraft deliveries, showing a slight slowdown in military platform handovers. Several of the company's aircraft were delivered in smaller numbers compared with the same period in 2016, with lower new AH-64 Apache attack helicopter completions and

Key Points The completion of the bases represents an incremental increase of interstate war risks between China and regional states such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia, each of which have competing territorial claims over the islands in the South China Sea. The completed construction

Key Points The Indonesian Marine Corps is preparing a formal request to reallocate funds originally set aside for BTR-4 APCs Other platforms being considered include amphibious vehicles from Russia, Turkey, and South Korea The Indonesian Marine Corps (Korps Marinir: KORMAR) is preparing a formal

The new Mali-based jihadist front, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), on 5 April issued a list of 11 priority target countries, singling out France as the "historic enemy of Muslims". In comments carried by the Mauritanian news agency al-Akhbar, the group's leader, Iyad ag

Key Points Russia may be carefully building and protecting international co-operation and partnerships in the Arctic region Russia may be looking to rely on foreign investments and technological co-operation to protect its Arctic interests During a discussion by global leadership on security in

Australia and Indonesia are preparing to boost their defence science and technology partnership, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has confirmed to Jane's . The two countries' defence technology relationship is set to expand following meetings in November 2016 between Dr Alex Zelinsky,

China is set to introduce a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for military use to the international market in 2018, the state-owned China Daily newspaper reported on 5 April. Described as a strike-capable reconnaissance UAV, the TYW-1 is expected to make its maiden flight in September this year and

Saab Dynamics has been awarded a SEK3.2 billion (USD358.5 million) contract by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for the development and production of a new, next-generation RBS15 anti-ship missile to equip the Royal Swedish Navy's Visby-class corvettes and Swedish Air Force JAS

On 5 April Germany's defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, inaugurated the Bundeswehr's new cyber and information space command, called CIR (Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum), in Bonn, calling it a "historic day for the Bundeswehr and a milestone for Germany's security and defence

The United Kingdom has conducted no strikes against the Islamic State using its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the previous month, the latest update from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has shown. According to the update posted on

According to Naval Sea Systems Command, Huntington Ingalls Industries- (HII-) built future Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) is 90% complete with alpha/bravo trials planned for 5 June 2017. HII-built future USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) is 66%

Norway has signed for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) to be delivered between 2022 and 2023, the government announced on 29 March. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal signed between the Norwegian Defence Equipment Agency and the US authorities includes sensors,

EVENT The Catholic Church-moderated talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the opposition Rally (Rassemblement) coalition concluded on 27 March without the parties reaching an agreement. These discussions related to the implementation of the 31 December 2016

The Indian Navy (IN) successfully conducted the maiden test firing of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)-Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Barak-1 ship point defence missile from INS Vikramaditya , its sole Russian-origin aircraft carrier, on 24 March. IN officials told Jane's that the missile