Jane's Defense News

Key Points Intermarine begins build of two high-speed multipurpose vessels The vessels are being delivered as one of a number of programmes put in place under the 'Legge Navale' to provide new capabilities for the navy Italian company Intermarine has begun building two high-speed multipurpose

IOMAX demonstrated the capabilities of its Archangel Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA) to the US Marine Corps (USMC) during a series of recent training courses in southern California and Arizona. In mid-October a pair of Archangels took part in a Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course at the Marine

THIRTEEN power plant workers - including four Iranian technicians - were killed and three Iranians were wounded when three Islamic State suicide bombers assaulted the power plant in the town of Dibis in Iraq's Kirkuk province before detonating their explosives on 21 October, the New York Times

The Islamic State has "pulled out all the stops" to defend Mosul, according to Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, the commander of the US-led coalition that is supporting the Iraqi offensive. Speaking during a 26 October press briefing, Lt Gen Townsend said that the Islamic State had

EVENT On 25 October 2016, the Ukrainian hacking group 'Kiberkhunta' (CyberJunta) leaked over 2,000 emails allegedly retrieved from the inbox of Vladislav Surkov, a top aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Surkov was reported by credible Russian media to be a key mentor of Russian policy in

Key Points MBDA Italia is also developing lighter missiles launcher modules to enhance the CDS system's mobility Firing trials to test and qualify an all-up Marte ER round are expected by 2020 MBDA unveiled a new 'scalable' coastal anti-ship missile defence system (CDS) concept at the Euronaval

Cost was the deciding factor in the US Air Force's (USAF's) decision to award Northrop Grumman a development contract for the B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, a USAF acquisition official confirmed on 26 October. Both Northrop Grumman's and Boeing's bids for the work met technical requirements,

Pakistan's minister for defence production, Rana Tanveer Hussain, has called for his country to enter trilateral defence industrial collaboration programmes with Qatar and Turkey. In a meeting held in Islamabad on 27 October with his counterpart from Qatar, Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Hussain

The Philippines has received into service its second and final surplus Lockheed Martin C-130T Hercules transport aircraft from the United States, it was announced on 25 October. The former US Navy aircraft, tail number 5040, was formally received by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) during a ceremony

China's Poly Technologies has developed a complete coastal defence system that ties together a variety of command and control systems, sensors, land-based air defence and other weapon systems to engage off-shore surface targets at short-, medium- and long-ranges. The sensor elements can include

The headquarters (HQ) of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) began Exercise 'Trident Juncture 16' ('TJ16') at Royal Air Force (RAF) St Mawgan in Cornwall on 24 October. The exercise, which lasts 10 days, is a major command post exercise that will certify HQ ARRC as a NATO Land Forces HQ in

The Argentine Air Force on 24 October tested its Aucán unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at Chamical Air Base, in La Rioja province, according to the Argentine Ministry of Defence (MoD). The project is being developed by air force's Research and Development General Direction (Dirección

In a surprise move, the head of the UK single-source defence procurement watchdog resigned on 24 October for unspecified reasons. Clive Tucker had served as the interim chairman of the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) since February, but gave no reasons for his resignation. The office was

The world's largest defence company Lockheed Martin released third quarter earnings for its fiscal year 2016 on 25 October, with sales up 15% and net earnings up 177% for the quarter, year over year. The results include several seismic shifts to the company's business composition, with the

Key Points An industry team led by Thales is leading the MMCM programme Two prototype systems are due for delivery in 2019 France and the United Kingdom have formally committed to proceed with the next stages of the joint Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) programme, covering the development,

Raytheon and Leonardo-Finmeccanica have chosen Meridian, Mississippi, as their T-100 military aircraft trainer production location, the companies announced on 25 October. Raytheon in February announced it was offering the aircraft, a variation of Leonardo's M-346, for the US Air Force's (USAF's)

United Technologies Corporation (UTC), former owner of Sikorsky and current owner of Pratt & Whitney, reported its earnings for the third quarter of the company's fiscal year 2016 on 25 October. Sales for the quarter were USD14.4 billion, up 4% from the USD13.8 billion the company reported for

Vietnam has inaugurated a hydrographic commission and office, Hanoi announced via the state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on 25 October. The commission is to advise the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence and other government agencies on hydrographic matters. A decision to establish the commission was

New Delhi has furthered its plans to lease another Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) for the Indian Navy (IN) for around 10 years at a cost of around USD1.5-2 billion. Official sources told IHS Jane's that Moscow and New Delhi agreed at this year's India-Russia summit in Goa on 15

Russian defence expenditure is set to fall by RUB371 billion (USD6 billion) by 2018 under new spending plans announced by the government. Total spending will fall from RUB3.1 trillion in 2016 to RUB2.728 trillion in 2018, a reduction of 12.0% in nominal terms. The new spending plans were outlined