Jane's Defense News

Russia has launched its first submarine designed to launch the new Poseidon nuclear armed unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. The nearly complete Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine, Belgorod, was moved out of the Sevmash main assembly hall

The T-72B3 obr.2016, also known as the T-72B3M, is the most modern standard of main battle tank (MBT) in service with Russian Ground Forces. It is an improvement over the T-72B3 and in December 2018 at least 10 were delivered to the 49th Combined Arms Army located in the Southern Military District.

The Portuguese Army will have 126 of its future VAMTAC ST5 (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico) 4×4 light tactical multi-purpose protected vehicles equipped with Rheinmetall’s 40 mm Rapid Obscurant System-Land (ROSY-L). The systems were purchased via the NATO Support and

The Senegalese Navy has ordered two RPB 33 patrol boats from Raidco Marine, one of the French company’s executives has told Jane’s . Both vessels are being built at the UFAST Shipyard, a partner of Raidco that manufactured Senegal’s first RPB 33, which was delivered in 2013. The

A contract for the construction of five new F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy was signed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and state-owned shipbuilder Navantia on 23 April. Work is due to “start shortly” at its northwestern yard in Ferrol, Navantia said in a statement, emphasising the

Thales and Indonesian electronics specialist PT Len have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand collaboration on radars for the Indonesian military. Thales said on 24 April that the agreement, which extends the two companies’ long-standing partnership, facilitates the provision

Ukraine has completed one of the final trials of its Neptune land-based cruise missile, designed for coastal defence, and plans to soon field it to Ukraine’s naval and land forces, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced in April. According to Poroshenko’s statement, the test was

The new US Coast Guard (USCG) construction contract for a Polar Security Cutter (PSC) represents the resurrection of the US desire to be an Arctic shipbuilding force, according to Admiral Karl Schultz, the USCG commandant. “We’re about to get into the business of building some

Australia has deployed its Airbus Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) overseas for the first time, with a detachment participating in joint training exercises with Malaysia. Four Australian Army Tiger ARHs were airlifted to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) air base at Subang on a Royal

BAE Systems is looking to expand its industrial partnerships in India in line with an objective to increase outsourcing and exports from the Asian country. Paul Smith, the chief procurement officer at BAE Systems, said in comments recently emailed to Jane’s that the target is to develop an

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned two more 28 m coastal interception craft, the service announced via its official social media account on 24 April. The two vessels, which the service refers to as ICGS C-444 and ICGS C-446 respectively, were commissioned the day before in a ceremony at

Key Points The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has signed a contract for BMP-3F and BT-3F vehicles The vehicles will be in service with cavalry units across the Indonesian Marines Corps’ three divisions Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has acquired its first batch of BT-3F

A Kalibr cruise missile has been successfully test fired for the first time from a Russian submarine moored in a port. The test launch of the Novator 3M-14 Kalibr land-attack cruise missiles from the Project 885 Yasen-class submarine Severodvinsk was reported by Russian newspaper Izvestia , citing

The ILS850 million (USD237 million) acquisition of Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) manufacturer Aeronautics by state-owned Israeli defence group Rafael and businessman Avichai Stolero has been approved by Aeronautic’s board of directors. Rafael and Stolero initially bid ILS430 million

Elbit Systems of America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Harris’ night vision business for USD350 million in cash. The sale is a condition of the planned merger between Harris and L3 Technologies who announced in October 2018 that they were pursuing an all-stock merger to

The French Air Force and French Navy (Marine Nationale: MN), supported by the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), have completed initial technical and operational evaluation firings of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) on the Dassault Rafale

US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook emphasised on 2 April that the US was aiming to cut oil “purchases” from Iran, rather than exports. The US appears willing to allow Iran to barter its oil for permitted goods, but not to receive cash for its oil. Moreover, Hook stated that he

Brazil’s IACIT has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) jammer for military use called DroneBlocker that can block small to medium-sized aircraft in multiple ways, according to a company official. Henrique Nobre, IACIT general manager for sales and marketing, told Jane’s on 4

Australia has invested nearly AUD53 million (USD37 million) on a deployable computer network to improve information sharing during operations with the other four members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance, Minister for Defence Industry Linda Reynolds disclosed on 4 April.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has given further details of its proposed Voronezh strategic early warning radar station to be built in Crimea, the Izvestia news portal reported on 2 April. Plans for the radar site were first reported in 2017. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019, for