Defence`s Feeds

The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) displayed one of its AVIC CH-4B armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the first time during the SOFEX show held in Amman from 9–10 May. Lieutenant Muath Moumani, an RJAF officer involved in operating the CH-4B fleet, told Jane’s that the CH-4B

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has posted increases in sales and profits in the first quarter of 2018, the company announced on 11 May. ST Engineering said sales in the quarter ending 31 March increased year-on-year by 9% to SGD1.64 billion (USD1.23 billion) and that pre-tax

AT LEAST five people were killed and 10 others - including soldiers - wounded when an unspecified explosive device detonated at a market for the narcotic leaf khat in the town of Wanlaweyn in Shabeellaha Hoose region on 9 May, Reuters reported. Police stated that they were investigating whether the

Lürssen Australia, the prime contractor for the project to build 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), has confirmed that Austal will not be participating in the AUD4 billion (USD3 billion) programme. In a statement on 11 May, Lürssen Australia said it has

A new headquarters and operations centre have been opened for the Australian Army’s Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) at Campbell Barracks in Perth. Minister for Defence Marise Payne said in an 11 May statement that the opening of the new facilities marked the completion of the first phase

Bell expects its anticipated UH-1Y Venom utility and assault helicopter sale to the Czech Republic to proceed now that the country’s presidential elections have been concluded. With the sale of 12 helicopters to the Eastern European nation having already been approved by the US government, a

THE boundary wall of a middle school for girls was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED), emplaced by militants identified as Ittehadul Mujahideen North Waziristan, detonated in the Hasokhel area of Mirali in North Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 9

IHI Corporation, which builds engines and related systems for the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), has posted overall increases in sales and profits but a decline in earnings from the defence sector. The Tokyo-based corporation said on 10 May that group sales for fiscal year (FY) 2017, which ended

Key Points The IDF said it hit dozens of Iranian targets and Syrian air defences on 9–10 May. It undermined Syrian claims that some missiles were shot down by releasing a video showing a Pantsyr-S1 being destroyed The confrontation between Israel and Iranian forces in Syria escalated into

In Deir al-Zour governorate, Liwa al-Baqir via a statement on social media announced they would launch 'Islamist' operations against United States-led coalition Forces, announcing they had recruited 'fearless' 'holy warriors' and commando units. They called on civilians to stay clear of US military

Key Points The new construction plan includes a domestic common-hull design to replace aging mission-specific sealift and auxiliary ships The navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan envisages funding for the first CHAMP ship in FY 2028 Plans are taking shape in the US Navy (USN) for the procurement of a

Key Points On 10 May, Malaysia concluded its 14th general election, in which the ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional: BN) was voted out of power for the first time in 61 years since independence, enabling the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad-led Hope’s Pact (Pakatan Harapan: PH) opposition

China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has once again sent several aircraft on what it referred to as a “patrol and combat exercise” over two strategic waterways near Taiwan. A PLAAF spokesperson said in a statement that the aircraft formation – which

The Portuguese Navy is planning to put in service the fifth Standard Flex 300 (StanFlex 300) coastal patrol boat it acquired from the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO). The navy is currently taking steps to obtain funding to modernise the ship with communications,

Russia has completed delivery of the first regimental set of the Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system to China, according to a 10 May report by the TASS news agency. Following the announcement in early April of the arrival in China of two vessels carrying

THREE people were killed and eight others wounded during an attack on a police station by five Taliban militants in the Shahr-e-Naw area in Police District 10 in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on 9 May, Pajhwok reported. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the station's entrance to allow four

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)“simply does not have enough money to buy all the equipment it says it needs”, a report by the parliamentary public accounts committee (PAC) has found. The 9 May report, which was released on 11 May, says the MoD’s Equipment Plan 2017–2027

THE Said Afandi Chirkeyskiy Sufi shrine in the village of Chirkey in Buynaksk district in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan was targeted in an attack using explosives on 9 May, BBC Monitoring and TASS reported. No casualties were reported. The Islamic State's Wilayat al-Qawqaz claimed

FOUR people - including two police officers - were killed and nine others wounded when two Wilayat Khorasan suicide attackers launched an attack on the in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Police District 13 in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on 9 May, Pajhwok and Tolo News reported. The Islamic State claimed

Key Points Malaysia’s newly elected prime minister may reconsider allowing the presence of Chinese vessels in the country Move could herald a wider shift in defence relations between Putrajaya and Beijing, both of whom are claimants to the South China Sea disputes Hours after securing an