Defence`s Feeds

US company Cubic reported its 2016 year-end earnings on 21 November, with sales increasing 2% but net income dropping 92% compared with 2015. The company reported net sales of USD1.5 billion for 2016, up from USD1.4 billion the year before. Along with that sales growth, however, was a USD99 million

ECA Group has bought 60% of naval architecture firm BE Mauric, the company announced on 22 November. The stake was bought from Ciranoë, who will retain some ownership of BE Mauric. Financial terms were not disclosed. Both groups are based in France. ECA said in a press release that it would be

The new Academic Spotlight blog series features recent research findings on security sector reform and security governance published in international relations academic journals. It provides a venue to promote discussion within the academic-policy nexus and develop opportunities to share and exchange on key SSR issues and themes. The blog posts published in this series summarize

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Italian Beretta BM-59 Automatic Rifle

The Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) has received its first batch of Ceska Zbrojovka (CZ) Bren 2 assault rifles. The rifles are the first of 2,600 ordered in May for CZK417 million (USD16.6 million). The first batch was delivered in early November, will the entire order due to be delivered by the

Key Points DNI James Clapper delivered his resignation on 16 November, although he will serve through the end of the Obama administration. Several reports using anonymous sources indicated that President-elect Trump was considering eliminating Clapper's position, and that President Obama had been

Key Points India has assigned its latest destroyer to the country's Western Naval Command The ship's arrival comes amid rising tensions with Pakistan The Indian Navy will assign the newly inducted Project 15A Kolkata-class guided-missile destroyer, INS Chennai, to the service's Western Naval

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) published on 21 November long-delayed guidelines on how to deal with suppliers who have been charged with misconduct in defence procurement. The "guidelines for penalties in business dealings with entities" remove the previous blanket 10-year ban on

India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed that about 25% of the components used in the indigenously designed and built Tejas Mk 1 Light Combat Aircraft have been sourced from outside India. Junior defence minister Subhash Bhamre told parliament on 18 November that 344 of the so-called line

The Japanese government is planning to buy the uninhabited island of Mageshima in Kagoshima Prefecture to use it as an aviation training facility for both the US military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo told IHS Jane's on 22

In a calculated rebuff to an already flailing government-sponsored peace process, an alliance of four insurgent factions in the north of Myanmar's Shan State has launched a co-ordinated offensive aimed at trade centres and key logistics arteries along the country's border with China. The wave of

EVENT On 17 November 2016, Russia's internet and telecom sector's regulator, Roskomnadzor, ordered internet providers to block LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, within Russian territory. This move followed a ruling on 10 November by a Moscow court which upheld an August 2016 ruling to

South Korea is looking to secure additional technologies from the United States to support its programme to develop the Korean Fighter Experimental (KFX) aircraft, it has been disclosed. The Minister of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Myoung-jin Chang, said on 21

EVENT Five soldiers and a civilian died in suspected jihadist attacks in north and central Mali on 20 November as the country conducted municipal elections. The delayed polls, the first since President Ibrahim Keita was elected in 2013, were originally scheduled for 2014 but repeatedly postponed

Belarus' Minotor-Service has used internal research and development funding to develop a new 4x4 multi-purpose amphibious armoured vehicle to the prototype stage. Designated Vitim, the vehicle has a monocoque all-welded steel hull that is claimed to provide protection from 7.62 mm ammunition fired