Jane's Defense News

Defence engineering firm Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret (STM) and other Turkish companies have won a tender to provide four Ada (MILGEM)-class corvettes to the Pakistan Navy (PN). “This will be largest single export [deal] in the history of the Turkish defence

Key Points Strategic Defence Policy Statement 2018 highlights emerging risks for New Zealand Defence priorities include maritime awareness, space, and cyber capabilities The New Zealand government published a Strategic Defence Policy Statement 2018 on 6 July, outlining its defence and strategic

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has invested in Israeli cyber security firm Radiflow, as part of its continuing emphasis on building capability in advanced technologies. In a press release on 5 July, ST Engineering said the investment, the value of which was not disclosed, would

The Boeing-Embraer joint venture (JV) agreement announced on 5 July, while largely focusing on the two companies’ commercial businesses, also includes work for defence products. The two companies said they will create another JV to promote and develop new markets and applications for defence

Key Points GE is looking for the US Air Force to define the reliability requirement for its B-52 re-engining How reliability is defined could lean the company towards offering its new Passport or CF34-10 engines How the US Air Force (USAF) defines and quantifies the reliability requirement in its

The Tunisian Navy commissioned its second Damen Multi Service Offshore Patrol Vessel (MSOPV) 1400 and a third Istiklal-class patrol boat at the port of La Goulette on 25 June. Syphax (P 611), the second of four MSOPV 1400s on order for the Tunisian Navy, was delivered to Tunisia the previous month

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has told parliament it is seeking to mitigate the effects of the US President Donald Trump administration’s 1 June imposition of a 25% tariff on steel imports from the European Union. Asked what the ministry was doing regarding the tariffs’ impact during

Event On 29 June 2018, European Union (EU) leaders agreed to extend the existing economic sanctions against Russian energy, defence and financial sectors for another six months, until 31 January 2019. The finalisation of the decision is expected in the next several weeks and will be a

Key Points Hamas and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have demonstrated a willingness to minimise casualties and avoid targeting assets that would be most likely to trigger a war situation. Hamas’s leadership is attempting to establish a level of impunity for attacks on Israel, and the IDF

Key Points A CMS software upgrade is among several new fits for the UK Type 45 destroyers, with HMS Defender first to receive these modifications Defender is also the first Type 45 to go through the latest full upkeep maintenance and modification process The UK Royal Navy (RN) Type 45 air-defence

Key Points This position marks a significant shift in US sanctions enforcement policy; during the 2012–15 sanctions period under former US president Barack Obama’s administration, the importers of Iranian crude oil qualified for waivers from US sanctions if they demonstrated

The Swiss Federal Council approved a measure on 27 June that will see domestic defence supplier RUAG split into two separate entities. The company, which is owned by the Swiss state, is to be divided according to its customer focus, with the portion that provides the Swiss armed forces with

Singapore and the United Kingdom have renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on co-operative defence research (CDR) that will last for the next 10 years, according to a 28 June statement by Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). Under the renewed MOU – which was signed the

Turkey’s Defence Technologies Engineering and Trade Co (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret (STM)) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Brazil’s BrasFELS shipyard to bid on the Brazilian Navy's Tamandaré-class corvette (CCT) programme, STM tweeted on

The Australian government has praised the commitment of defence company Lockheed Martin to its domestic industry following the release on 28 June of a report on the company’s economic contribution authored by accountants KPMG. The report, commissioned to assess the extent and impact of

The Azerbaijani military displayed a Roketsan SOM cruise missile for the first time during its annual parade in Baku on 26 June. This is the first known export of the SOM, which Roketsan says has a range of more than 250 km with a high explosive/blast fragmentation warhead weighing approximately

BAE Systems has won an AUD35 billion (USD25.9 billion) competition to provide Australia with nine next-generation, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates for the country’s largest peace-time warship building programme. Formally announcing the selection of the company’s 6,900-tonne Type

The Brazilian Navy commissioned the multi-purpose helicopter carrier PHM Atlantico (A140) on 29 June in the United Kingdom. The ship, formerly the UK Royal Navy's HMS Ocean (L12), was purchased by the Brazilian Navy through a BRL381.081 million (USD98.76 million) deal on 19 February. HMS Ocean was

Indian naval shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has unveiled its design concept for the Brazilian Navy’s Tamandaré-class corvette programme. The Kolkata-based shipyard has teamed with Israel’s Elbit Systems Ltd for the supply of combat systems and local firm

The US State Department has approved a possible USD860.4 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Spain of five Aegis Weapons Systems (AWS), the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 26 June. Spain has requested equipment including five AWS Mk 7s, five Mk 99 MOD 14 fire control