Jane's Defense News

The United States delivered 24 AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems to Ukraine on 27 July, the US Embassy in Kiev said. The package included 72 hand-launched Raven intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and associated equipment, which was transported to

The Brazilian Navy's Marines Corps (CFN) has received the last vehicles to complete its battery of ASTROS CFN 2020 (Artillery SaTuration ROcket System) self-propelled multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), purchased from Avibras Indústria Aeroespacial. The last vehicles were placed in service

The navies of China and Russia will hold a joint exercise in the South China Sea in September, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of National Defense said on 28 July, confirming earlier media reports. Codenamed 'Joint Sea 2016', the drill will be held on both land and sea and "enhance the

Indian firm Zen Technologies has secured an export order from Egypt to supply a range of training and simulation equipment, the company said on 28 July. Zen, which is based in Hyderabad, said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange that the contract is worth around INR300 million (USD4.5 million)

Pakistan has significantly reduced military imports in recent years as the country's defence industry continues to develop, according to Rana Tanveer Hussain, the minister for defence production. In a statement reported by the government-run Associated Press of Pakistan on 28 July, Hussain said

Beleaguered Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace has revealed a new industrial plan as it attempts to find its way back to prosperity. According to the plan, released on 28 July, the company will be looking to divest its Engine and Civil maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) business as a going

Key Points BAE Systems will manufacture three MIFS systems and one trainer The Mk 45 Mod 4 guns being delivered under the MIFS programme will be reconditioned and upgraded Mk 45 Mod 2 mountings incorporating new-build ordnance elements BAE Systems has received a GBP183 million (USD240.3 million)

In a television report about China's development of anti-ballistic missile (ABM) capabilities, Chinese state media revealed for the first time details of a test the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted of what appears to be an HQ-19 anti-missile system. The release of the video footage by China

Key Points The US and Singapore navies have successfully concluded a complex anti-submarine warfare exercise Exercise has significantly bolstered interoperability between the two services The US Navy (USN) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have completed a series of exercises, including a

The US Navy (USN) plans to equip its fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) with search-and-rescue (SAR) kits that can be air-dropped from the platform's stores bay by 2018. The kit, which will include essential supplies such as a life raft, fresh water, radios and food rations, will

Americas Argentina - 28 July 2016: A 24-hour strike on the Buenos Aires Sarmiento railway line to protest the suspension of outsourced workers affected approximately 350,000 passengers. Chile - 27 July 2016: In Bío Bío and La Araucania, a business chamber said there had been 432 arson

Members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), one of the largest security forums in the Asia-Pacific region, have raised concerns over North Korea's latest nuclear, rocket and ballistic missile tests. A statement issued in the Laotian capital of Vientiane by ARF Chairman Saleumxay Kommasith to wrap up

The four contenders vying to supply 225 wheeled Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to the Australian Army as part of its largest-ever acquisition programme have been cut to two, the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 28 July. Kim Gillis, Deputy Secretary of the DoD's Capability

Key Points Canada has opened a competition to provide in-service support for the country's naval auxiliary vessels It will combine in-service support for two classes of vessels under a single contractor Canada has launched a competition to provide in-service support for the Royal Canadian Navy's

The top US commander in the Middle East expressed concern that fallout from a failed 15 July military coup in Turkey could affect relations with a key ally in fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The coup's failure was quickly followed with a massive purge of alleged collaborators,

US and Iraqi forces are proceeding deliberately with plans to re-take Mosul from the Islamic State group and are first formalising plans for the operation's aftermath. "We will go to Mosul when it's time to go to Mosul," General Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), said on

Based on the number and variety of warships that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is likely to have in commission by the year 2020, a new report says that China will have not only the largest but also the second-most capable blue-water navy in the world within the next four years. Published

THREE civilians - including two sons of a surrendered Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militant -were killed after CPI-M militants raided their residence in the Barkol forest area of Latehar district in India's Jharkhand state between 24 and 25 July, The Times of India reported. Two of the

British aerospace and industrial propulsion specialist Rolls-Royce reported losses in the first half of its financial year of GBP2.15 billion (USD2.82 billion) on 28 July, the result of a revaluation of its currency hedging derivatives following the UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU). While

Key Points The people arrested probably include not just alleged members of the clandestine Gülenist network suspected of playing a central role in the 15 July coup attempt, but those whose loyalty to the government is judged unproven. The purges initiated by the government following the coup