Defence`s Feeds

The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Centre (AFLCMC) has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to design and develop a new stand-off hypersonic air-to-surface missile. Part of a drive by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to field a near-term hypersonic

Two senior UK House of Commons committee chairs have written an unprecedented joint letter to Prime Minister Theresa May pushing for more defence spending. Meg Hillier, the Labour chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and Julian Lewis, the Conservative chair of the Defence Committee, expressed

Airbus Helicopters is set to conduct the first fully unmanned flight demonstration of its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) by the end of June, Jane’s has learned. The OPV is a modified Hélicoptères Guimbal Cabri G light helicopter being used to develop the control laws for the

FIVE General Service Unit officers were killed when their patrol vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced on the roadside by Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants, in the town of Liboi in Kenya's Garissa county on 6 June, the Daily Nation reported. Al-Shabaab, via its

IN A STATEMENT released on 6 June, a group of anarchists identifying themselves only as insurgents, claimed responsibility for an incendiary device attack on a police riot van transferring officers that were guarding the Turkish Consulate in the city of Thessaloniki in Greece's Central Macedonia

THREE Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants - including a provincial chief identified as Salman Badeni - and an officer - identified as Colonel Sohail Abid - were killed and four soldiers were wounded in armed clashes during a security forces counter-terrorism operation in the Killi Almas area of Quetta

Key Points Yemeni ground forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition have continued their advance towards Hodeidah since mid-May, and by 8 June, have taken position approximately 10 miles from Hodeidah’s airport, which is on the southern outskirts of the city. Despite warnings by the US and the

On the first day of the 7-8 June NATO defence ministers meetings in Brussels, the Belgian, Danish, and Dutch ministers signed a memorandum of understanding to create a composite special operations component command (C-SOCC), NATO announced on 7 June. Scheduled to reach its initial operational

Embraer is looking to secure its first European customer for the EMB-314/A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop, a company official said on 7 June. Speaking at the SMi Close Air Support (CAS) conference in London, Embraer’s vice president for sales in Europe and North Africa, Simon Johns,

AT LEAST two people - including the head of a voter registration centre - were killed and two others wounded during when an unspecified explosive device detonated on the outskirts of Pul-e Khumri city in Afghanistan's Baghlan province on 6 June, Khaama Press reported. No group immediately claimed

TWO civilians were wounded during an attack involving an unspecified explosive device conducted by unidentified militants near Pincho Mandi Chatabal area in Srinagar district in India's Jammu and Kashmir state on 16 May, Daily Excelsior reported. The militants also threw a grenade at the team of

The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported a decrease in the value of realised defence exports for 2017. According to the MoD, which has oversight of defence exports and licensing, Finland exported EUR106.4 million (USD125.6 million) worth of equipment in 2017: a decline from EUR133.3

FLIR Systems is offering a new version of its Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS) that enables the Nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (NUAV) the ability to navigate in GPS-denied environments. The Black Hornet 3 is a new UAV, completely designed from scratch compared with earlier Black

ANARCHIST assailants threw an incendiary device - described in reports as a firebomb - at a police riot van transferring officers that were guarding the Turkish Consulate in the city of Thessaloniki in Greece's Central Macedonia region on 2 June, Ekathimerini reported. No casualties were reported.

A new unmanned influence sweep prototype is intended to clear the way for the restoration of the Royal Navy’s minesweeping capability. Richard Scott reports Minesweeping is a term historically used to describe the clearing of moored contact mines through the use of towed mechanical (wire)

Jordan has received back into service the first of 12 Bell AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters that are being put through an extensive upgrade process. Northrop Grumman, which as a subcontractor to Science and Engineering Services (SES) is updating the avionics of the 1980s-vintage helicopters,

Key Points The plan is for 30 battalions, 30 air squadrons, and 30 warships to be ready to deploy in 30 days The “four-thirties” plan is to be approved by the NATO summit to be held in Brussels on 11–12 July NATO defence ministers gave the nod on 7 June to a new readiness

Key Points The Organization of American States has agreed to facilitate development of electoral reforms with President Daniel Ortega, the results of which are projected for January 2019, which increases the likelihood of a prolonged government hold on power. If the government rejects reform

The Philippines is looking to acquire a further 12 Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50PH Fighting Eagle light combat and trainer aircraft to add to 12 already received, national media reported on 8 June. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was quoted as saying that the country’s President

MEDIA reports on 1 June stated that within one week of the 13 and 14 May Islamist militant suicide attacks in Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java, security forces had arrested 74 suspected militants in the capital Jakarta, Sumatra, Riau, and other unspecified locations throughout Indonesia, Republika