Jane's Defense News

The head of Turkey's Undersecretary of Defence Industry (Savunma Sanayii Müstesar: SSM) Ismail Demir told journalists on 8 November that the country was looking to re-open procurement of its air defence systems to foreign bidders. "We have already made clear that we will be in

Key Points President-elect Donald Trump's victory represents a win for a populist movement that converged around economic disaffection, trade protectionism, and immigration reform. At home, Trump will look to undo a number of major policies of incumbent Barack Obama's presidency including

Americas Brazil - 8 November 2016: Outside Vitoria airport, taxi drivers held a protest against what they described as unfair competition from Uber. Colombia - 9 November 2016: In Neiva, locals held a demonstration against environmental damage caused by the El Quimbo hydropower dam. Mexico - 8

EVENT Five suspected Islamists were yesterday (8 November) detained in co-ordinated counter-terrorism raids targeting several flats and a mosque in Germany's federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The detainees are accused of recruiting individuals and providing financial and

The election of Republican candidate Donald Trump as US president is likely to increase uncertainty among key US allies in the Asia-Pacific region about Washington's future level of commitment to security alliances, according to South Korean and Japanese media. The concerns are linked to statements

Key Points The GWS 35 Sea Ceptor fit for Type 26 will have separate magazines forward and aft for a total of 48 CAMM missiles GWS 35 is due to become operational in the RN in 2017 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed a GBP100 million (USD124 million) Demonstration and Manufacture

Key Points Development expected to be completed within three years The PZ-6 will be manufactured by ZM Mesko if selected by the Polish armed forces CRW Telesystem-Mesko - a leading Polish research and development company which specialises in the design of missile guidance systems - in partnership

Indian company Adani Enterprises has set up a joint venture (JV) with Israel's Elbit Systems to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in India. Adani said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange on 8 November that the JV, named Adani-Elbit Advanced Systems India Limited (AEASIL), was formerly

The German military contingent in Mali's first Heron 1 medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit performed its first operational flight on 1 November from its base of Gao. The Bundeswehr announced the flight lasted close to six hours and had shown excellent results,

The US Army has integrated PacStar's IQ-Core Software, currently deployed on the service's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) increment 1 node, with the National Security Agency's (NSA's) Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) plug-in to secure the management of army wireless

Batam-based shipbuilder PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati has launched two PC-40 patrol vessels on order for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL), a company official told IHS Jane's at the Indo Defence 2016 exhibition in Jakarta. The boats, which have been named Torani

The F-35 programme will need an additional USD530 million to complete development, the Pentagon's Joint Program Office (JPO) for the effort confirmed on 8 November. "The JPO estimates an additional USD530 million is required to complete the F-35 [system design and development] SDD

The United States has conducted military equipment sales worth USD33.6 billion in fiscal year 2016 (FY 2016), the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 8 November, marking a USD13.5 billion decline from the previous year DSCA said the FY 2016 total sales include USD25.7 billion

Key Points South Korea's coastguard has unveiled plans to boost domestic shipbuilding and to improve maritime security Patrol fleet is also being strengthened, to counter illegal fishing activity South Korea is progressing plans designed to bolster the output of its coastguard force. Hanjin

The CM-302 missile exhibited at Airshow China 2016 is being marketed for export as "the world's best anti-ship missile", according to Chinese news media. The missile's manufacturer, state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), reportedly justifies the claim on the

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has revealed its latest armed reconnaissance vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Airshow China 2016 exhibition in Zhuhai. Under development by AVIC's China Helicopter Research and Development Institute (CHRDI),

Thales is offering greater participation of local industry in the development of a TACTICOS variant should the combat management system (CMS) be selected for future Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) frigates. Speaking to IHS Jane's at the Indo Defence 2016

China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has integrated a 107 mm 36-round multiple rocket launcher (MRL) on one of its 8x8 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Chinese industry manufactured towed and self-propelled (SP) 107 mm MRLs for many years, but NORINCO has recently been concentrating its efforts

MILREM's THeMIS (Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System) unmanned ground vehicle has taken part in a NATO exercise. As part of the 'Silver Arrow' exercise in Latvia, THeMIS acted as a logistics support platform at the squad level. The exercise, which ran from 17 to 31 October, included more than

Rheinmetall reported a strong increase in sales and earnings from its defence division for the first nine months of 2016. The German group said on 3 November that defence sales had increased by EUR287 million (USD318 million) to EUR1.625 billion. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) had jumped