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Oct 13, 2020, 14:17
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The Taliban has overtaken the Islamic State as the world’s deadliest terror group, according to the latest report from Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC).
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Oct 13, 2020, 13:54
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Congratulations to Janes principal journalist and unmanned systems editor Kelvin Wong for picking up the Aerospace Media Awards Asia award for Best Military Aviation submission.
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Oct 13, 2020, 13:41
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Matthew Henman
The killing of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in a US airstrike in Iraq on 3 January has significantly increased tensions between the two nations, with a significant probability of retaliation or possible escalation by Iran. In addition to conventional military means, Iran has an array of non-state proxy groups across the broader region that could potentially be utilised to threaten US military and government targets.
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Oct 13, 2020, 13:35
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Analysis from Janes highlights that the sixth consecutive year of global defence spending growth was bolstered by a 5% jump in Europe as the US budget fell from 2018 spike to USD726.2 billion.
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Oct 13, 2020, 10:46
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Ashley Roque
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is expected to complete Trophy active protection system (APS) deliveries for the US Army’s M1 Abrams main battle tank line this year, but...
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Oct 13, 2020, 10:45
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Jon Grevatt
Raytheon Australia has announced that the Shoalhaven region in New South Wales will become the “Asia-Pacific manufacturing and sustainment hub” for the Schiebel S-100...
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Oct 13, 2020, 10:43
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Jon Grevatt
The United States government is preparing further defence sales to Taiwan as part of its new policy of dealing with military-capability requests from Taipei on a rolling...
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Oct 13, 2020, 10:40
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Ridzwan Rahmat
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Oct 13, 2020, 10:36
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Gareth Jennings
The first Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to be upgraded to the UH-60V standard has been released into service by the US Army.
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Oct 13, 2020, 07:07
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Gabriel Dominguez
Airbus announced on 12 October that it has been selected by Australia to develop a communications and mission system upgrade for the Royal Australian Air Force’s...
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Oct 13, 2020, 06:58
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Pat Host
UAVOS recently reached a milestone in its solar-powered High-Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) ApusDuo development by flying the aircraft in unstable atmospheric...
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Oct 9, 2020, 15:32
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Nicholas Fiorenza
The Luxembourg Armed Forces’ A400M arrived at Melsbroek, the military part of Brussels airport, on 9 October to join the Belgian air force's 15 Air Transport Wing as the...
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Oct 9, 2020, 15:16
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Ashley Roque
BAE Systems is continuing to deliver Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPVs) to the US Army after a delayed start and the service said it is anticipating that the...
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Oct 9, 2020, 14:15
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Richard Scott
In early April, the UK Royal Navy (RN) lifted the veil on a bold initiative intended to ‘mainstream’ the introduction of autonomous technologies into the front-line fleet.
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Oct 9, 2020, 14:08
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Richard Scott
Award-winning analysis: The exploitation of artificial intelligence is exciting interest across a number of naval forces, but debates continue on where it is best utilised, and how human operators should interface with the technology.
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Oct 9, 2020, 12:38
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Jeremy Binnie
The attack on Saudi Arabia’s key Abqaiq oil field starkly highlighted the challenges that have been developing for the country’s air defenders since 2015. Jeremy Binnie reports
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Oct 9, 2020, 11:54
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Victor Barreira
The delivery of the first modernised Super Lynx Mk 95A helicopter to the Portuguese Navy has been pushed back to early January 2021.
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Oct 9, 2020, 11:53
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Victor Barreira
The 10 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to be acquired for the French Navy under the Patrouilleurs Océanique (PO) programme will be armed with the Thales/Nexter RAPIDFire...
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Oct 9, 2020, 11:02
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Gareth Jennings
Bangladesh is set to field the AeroVironment RQ-12B All Environment (AE) Wasp small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS), with a sources sought notification issued by the US...
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Oct 9, 2020, 09:03
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Jon Grevatt
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has clarified procedures related to existing offset banking activity following its controversial decision to remove related...
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