Our Journey – From Fighting Ships to Foundational Military Intelligence Leader
See how Janes has evolved from authoritative reference works into a leading digital provider of connected, decision-grade intelligence that equips defense and national security leaders to make faster, more confident decisions.
Decision-Grade Intelligence That’s Built to Travel
Janes intelligence is machine-readable to fuse with multiple sources in any system. Our partner ecosystem significantly expanded. Companies such as IBM, Seerist, and SOSi chose Janes data to power their products.
The Power of Interconnected Intelligence
Janes unique data model transformed our long-form content into millions of structured and connected data points – enabling seamless integration, faster discovery, and more confident decision making.
From Data to Decision
With the introduction of the data model, users could now move seamlessly between pieces of equipment, installations, or military units – revealing both expected and previously hidden connections.
Data Visualizations
Interactive dashboards redefined how users explored Janes data – turning complex information into data visualizations to speed data discovery.
From Search to Comparative Analysis
Analytic dashboards replaced the need for static searches through long reference documents – enabling faster comparison of capabilities, clearer market assessments, and earlier identification of trends, laying the foundations for the data model that powers Janes today.
Addressing Evolving Threats
Janes launched the Terrorism and Insurgency Center to address the rising threat from non-state armed groups. Users could now understand profiles, patterns, and trends in non-state armed group activity using validated intelligence.
Solutions for a Shifting Landscape
As groups evolved and alliances, aims, and operational methods shifted, Janes delivered continuously updated intelligence – enabling defense and national security leaders to monitor activity, assess risk, and build responses with speed and confidence.
Janes Goes Digital
Between 1995 and 1998, Janes began its transition from print to digital delivery – expanding access to its validated intelligence.
Laying the Foundations for Connected Intelligence
The launch of CD-ROM databases, file transfers, and the first online portal marked a shift toward faster access and more flexible use of Janes content – laying the groundwork for the structured, connected data delivered today.
Janes Defense Weekly
Janes Defense Weekly quickly established a reputation for impartial, authoritative reporting grounded in primary research and unique access. Over the years, it has delivered validated exclusives, from revealing Russian aircraft carrier construction to reporting on China building airstrips in the South China Sea, and Russia’s efforts to negotiate a military base in Indonesia. Today, AI-powered, named-entity linking enriches articles with connected context – linking to platforms, units, organizations, and installations – to reveal a fuller picture.
Janes All the World’s Aircraft
Following the Wright brothers’ successful flight in 1903, Fred T. Jane expanded his focus from warships to aircraft, publishing the first edition of All the World’s Airships in 1909, just a month after Britain’s first airshow. A precursor to today’s interconnected equipment intelligence, Janes All the World’s Aircraft continues in print, delivering validated intelligence on military aircraft in development, in service, and in production.
Janes Fighting Ships
Fred T. Jane began to sketch warships in his teenage years and, in 1898 published the first edition of All the World’s Fighting Ships. Identifying warships by operator country, including their armaments and key characteristics, what began as a supplement to his naval game quickly became an intelligence aid used by navies worldwide, including during the First World War when ships were crossed out as they were sunk. Today, Janes continues to deliver validated intelligence on the world’s fighting ships – from aircraft carriers to submarines – in both print and through our interconnected equipment intelligence, available through Janes portal or integrations into mission systems.