Defence`s Feeds

Turkey's Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu (MKEK) is developing a 155 mm self-propelled (SP) artillery system based on a 6x6 cross-country chassis. The vehicle mounts the 155 mm/52 calibre ordnance taken from the MKEK Panter towed artillery system at its rear. Panter is in service with the Turkish

Key Points GDEB will be installing four-tube quad pack missile tubes for the US's Columbia-class SSBNs and US-UK CMC programme The programme anticipates an August 2018 completion date General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) is making rapid progress on building the first four-tube 'quad pack' for

The Russian government has reportedly approved a joint venture (JV) with India that will produce Kamov Ka-226T 'Hoodlum' light multirole helicopters for the Indian Armed Forces. The proposed JV supports a government-to-government agreement between the two countries signed in September 2016, through

The United States will continue to bolster its military defences against North Korea, US president Donald Trump told Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe during a telephone conversation on 5 April following Pyongyang's latest ballistic missile launch. President Trump "made clear that the United

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has "strongly condemned" North Korea's ballistic missile test on 5 April. "This launch is in grave violation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's [DPRK's] international obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has given military equipment to Guyana in a bid to enhance bilateral ties and bolster the South American country's defence capabilities. The donation to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) consisted of 31 pieces of equipment, including patrol boats, bulldozers, one

Damen Shipyards Group has submitted a tender for the SEA 1180 Phase 1 Project to deliver 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Netherlands-based company said in a statement on 6 April. The design being offered "uses innovative technology to improve

EVENT In a letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) dated 7 April, the Basque separatist group Basque Country and Freedom (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna: ETA) confirmed its intention to unilaterally disarm tomorrow (8 April). In a letter to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) dated 7

Key Points USN's AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR completed its first flight test The test marks the first in a series of planned BMD flight tests for the new AMDR The Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) completed its first ballistic missile defence (BMD) test at the US Navy's (USN's)

Switzerland has agreed to participate in a pan-European defence research project under its 'Framework for Co-operation' with the European Defence Agency (EDA) for the first time, the organisation announced on 6 April. The country will join the EDA's Protection of Autonomous Systems against Enemy

The US military launched what appeared to be punitive strikes against Syrian military targets after President Bashar al Assad's government reportedly used chemical weapons. Officials said late on 6 April in Washington that US Navy Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAMs) struck Syria's Sharyat

The Islamic State militant group suffered a series of significant military setbacks in March, paving the way for an assault on Al-Raqqah city, Syria: the 'capital' of its self-declared caliphate. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia has cut the road that runs down the north or

Boeing has released details of its first quarter aircraft deliveries, showing a slight slowdown in military platform handovers. Several of the company's aircraft were delivered in smaller numbers compared with the same period in 2016, with lower new AH-64 Apache attack helicopter completions and

Key Points The completion of the bases represents an incremental increase of interstate war risks between China and regional states such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia, each of which have competing territorial claims over the islands in the South China Sea. The completed construction

Key Points The Indonesian Marine Corps is preparing a formal request to reallocate funds originally set aside for BTR-4 APCs Other platforms being considered include amphibious vehicles from Russia, Turkey, and South Korea The Indonesian Marine Corps (Korps Marinir: KORMAR) is preparing a formal

The new Mali-based jihadist front, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), on 5 April issued a list of 11 priority target countries, singling out France as the "historic enemy of Muslims". In comments carried by the Mauritanian news agency al-Akhbar, the group's leader, Iyad ag

Key Points Russia may be carefully building and protecting international co-operation and partnerships in the Arctic region Russia may be looking to rely on foreign investments and technological co-operation to protect its Arctic interests During a discussion by global leadership on security in

Australia and Indonesia are preparing to boost their defence science and technology partnership, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has confirmed to Jane's . The two countries' defence technology relationship is set to expand following meetings in November 2016 between Dr Alex Zelinsky,

China is set to introduce a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for military use to the international market in 2018, the state-owned China Daily newspaper reported on 5 April. Described as a strike-capable reconnaissance UAV, the TYW-1 is expected to make its maiden flight in September this year and

Saab Dynamics has been awarded a SEK3.2 billion (USD358.5 million) contract by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for the development and production of a new, next-generation RBS15 anti-ship missile to equip the Royal Swedish Navy's Visby-class corvettes and Swedish Air Force JAS