Jane's Defense News

Negotiations resumed in Canberra on 8 October between the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) and French shipbuilder Naval Group with hopes of an early break in the impasse over a strategic partnering agreement (SPA) for Australia’s AUD50 billion (USD36 billion) Future Submarine programme.

Australia could only achieve its intended fleet of 12 next-generation submarines before about 2054 by compressing the proposed two-year delivery drumbeat, according to a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) think tank released on 9 October. Examining issues involved in the

The US government released a report on 5 October outlining the current state of its defence industrial base, and plans to improve the sector’s resilience. The report, named Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United

Endeavor Robotics has revealed its Centuar robot, the chosen design for the US Army’s widely anticipated Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) effort. The unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) will be larger than the company’s PackBot offering – it weighs less than

Meggitt has booked its first orders with law enforcement clients for the company’s new FATS 300 multi-screen trainer, and is marketing it as an upgrade or new system for military users, Jay Ayala, a representative for Meggitt’s virtual training systems, told Jane’s ahead of the

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the first Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) to be equipped with lithium-ion batteries. The 84 m-long boat, which has been named Oryu (with pennant number SS 511), entered

Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced on 5 October that Tokyo has decided not to participate in an international fleet review hosted by South Korea after rejecting Seoul’s request that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) official flag is not flown at the

Key Points The former Army captain will now face leftist opponent Fernando Haddad in the second round of the presidential election, with Bolsonaro enjoying a surge in support. Both candidates will now move to build alliances, the centre-right vote will prove the deciding factor with Bolsonaro

The first of two air-defence variant FREMM (frégate européenne multimissions) frigates for the French Navy is set for launch in the first half of 2019, according to shipbuilder Naval Group. The ship, to be named Alsace , is now physically complete in Naval Group’s assembly hall in

IN A STATEMENT released on 27 September, Haris Hatzimehelakis, an anarchist militant group, claimed responsibility for detonating an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a National League office, in Treviso in Italy's Treviso province on 12 August, 325 No State reported. No casualties were

The US Navy (USN) is seeking a re-design of the outer-wing panels (OWPs) for its Boeing F/A-18A-D ‘classic’ Hornet fighters to support a service-life extension programme (SLEP). The service disclosed on 5 October that the current OWPs fitted to the 617 F/A-18A-D Hornets fielded by

ONE police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced by unidentified militants on a roadside, detonated in Farah Roud district in Afghanistan's Farah province on 25 September, The New York Times reported. No group immediately claimed

Hippo Multipower displayed an autonomous variant of its amphibious HIPPO All Terrain Support Vehicle (ATSV) at Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) 2018, Millbrook, Bedfordshire, UK, fitted with a robotic applique kit. Hippo Multipower has teamed with Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) to demonstrate the

Key Points An Indonesian shipbuilder has laid down two more PC-40-class patrol vessels for the Indonesian Navy The service is further bolstering its patrol boat programmes amid the rise of non-conventional maritime threats in the region Indonesian shipbuilder PT Caputra Mitra Sejati (CMS) has

The Russian defence industry is upgrading the Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), Jane’s has learnt. The baseline Uran-9 UGV was unveiled in December 2015. “The trials of the Uran-9 combat UGV will be finished by the year-end,” an industry source said. “The vehicle has

Rwanda is to receive two new aircraft to be used for medical evacuation and light transport missions during international peacekeeping operations throughout Africa, it was disclosed on 20 September. A sources sought notification issued by the US Air Force (USAF) calls for two single-engined

Lockheed Martin has completed construction of its Space Fence radar on Kwajalein Island in the Marshall Islands and has been tracking space objects using the full-up radar as the company prepares to hand over testing to the US Air Force (USAF) later in 2018. Space Fence, designed to track space

The last of 23 AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard (RAM/RS) armoured amphibious vehicles for the Brazilian Navy Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais: CFN) arrived in the country on 17 September, the force told Jane’s the following day. The AAVP7A1 RAM/RS

The Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Swedish major Saab have formed the Damen Saab Tamandaré consortium to compete to build four Tamandaré-class multi-purpose ships for the Brazilian Navy in a proposal that includes significant transfer of technology (ToT) and

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) UK displayed the first four production standard variants of the Ajax armoured fighting vehicle at the DVD 2018 exhibition held at the UK’s Millbrook Proving Ground on 19-20 September. GDLS UK Vice-President Kevin Connell told Jane’s on 19 September,