Jane's Defense News

The South African Army is expanding its training effort in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under the designation Mission Thebe, the deputy commander of the army told IHS Jane's on 9 December. The army has been training the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) since 2006, initially providing basic and

Key Points The Royal Swedish Navy is set to receive 42 Tactical Mission Trainers in 2016, as part of the Naval Warfare Training System being delivered by CAE The system will enable instructors to train sailors on a range of mission scenarios The Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) is set to receive 42

Key Points Tata Motors to draw on group capabilities in bidding for India's Future Infantry Combat Vehicle programme Company aims to position its 8x8 Kestrel as front-runner for the multibillion dollar deal India's Tata Group is planning a cross-corporation strategy to support its bid to meet the

Turkey received the last of four Boeing 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft at the type's main operating station of Konya Air Base on 9 December. The handover of the aircraft, dubbed Peace Eagle in Turkish service, concludes a delivery process which began last year. The

The United Nations (UN) has ruled that a shipment of 16 armoured vehicles destined for Libya that were seized by Greece were being legally transferred. Greece announced in July that it had seized the vehicles (eight Streit Group Typhoon 4x4 mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles, five

Key Points US Army helicopter pilots will conduct more maritime training Growth in Apache force expected to boost US Army partnerships with As-Pac nations Plans are in place to continue training US Army helicopter pilots to operate with US Navy (USN) ships at sea, the commanding general of US

Singapore will routinely host rotational US Navy (USN) maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft detachments, the service confirmed to IHS Jane's on 8 December. The first of such rotational detachments is currently being conducted from 7-14 December with the service's latest P-8A maritime patrol

The lead ship of the US Navy's (USN's) new destroyer class has begun initial sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean, navy officials confirmed on 8 December. Built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed the Bath, Maine, shipyard for the first time on 7 December. The vessel headed

Americas 08 December 2015 - Chile: In the Araucania region, 144 lorries suffered arson attacks so far this year, prompting a lorry drivers' union to threaten a national strike. 06 December 2015 - Mexico: In Cuetzalan, Puebla, representatives of indigenous groups from 20 villages aired their

There has been a fatal explosion aboard an Algerian warship being refitted at St Petersburg's Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard) on 7 December. A spokesperson for the shipyard told the AFP that one person had died and six were injured in the incident. A source from the General Directorate of

AM General selected Andy Hove to take over for retiring chief executive Charlie Hall, the company announced on 8 December. Hall had run the company since 2011. Hove previously had served as president of Oshkosh Defense, and most recently was the chief executive of HDT Global. He also previously

Key Points Full development and qualification of the RADIUS scalable warhead technology are anticipated between 2017 and 2020 'Dynamic bomb drops' with RADIUS-equipped systems are expected within the 2019-20 timeframe. MBDA Germany's warhead design house subsidiary, TDW GmbH, has progressed the

Argentine minister of defence Agustín Rossi had reached technical agreements with Israel to buy 14 IAI Kfir C.10 multirole fighters for the Argentine Air Force, but at the last minute the deal was put off for the next presidential administration. According to various reports, the contract was

EVENT On 8 November, about 300 people organised by the Young Moldova movement rallied in Chiinau demanding Moldova's unification with Romania under a single technocratic government, after both the countries had their governments dissolved. Similar rallies of a few thousand people occurred in

Americas 11 November 2015 - Argentina: Truck workers began a strike in Cordoba, San Luis, Mendoza, Jujuy, and Campana against cement firm Holcim over delayed payments to contractors. 11 November 2015 - Brazil: In Cubatao, Sao Paulo, unions protested against the planned closure of the Usiminas

South Korea's Doosan DST is marketing its latest Hybrid Bi Ho (Flying Tiger) self-propelled (SP) air defence system to the Asia-Pacific region and is one of two mobile air defence systems recently shortlisted by the Indian government. The original full-tracked Bi Ho SP air defence system, also

Key Points Singapore has introduced a submarine to a longstanding naval exercise with Thailand The exercise is aimed at improving both interoperability and the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of both navies A biennial naval exercise between Singapore and Thailand is featuring the inaugural

The US Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office has flown two Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) for the weapon's 156th and 157th test firings since 1989. The launches occurred separately on 7 and 9 November and were meant "to obtain valid reliability, accuracy,

EVENT Senegal has arrested several individuals suspected of ties with Islamist militants, three of whom were imams charged on 6 November with alleged relations to Nigeria-based group Boko Haram, financing of terrorism, and money laundering. A senior justice ministry official said the arrests took

The Indian government has declared that foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals in defence, which outline bids to secure an equity stake of up to 49% of a company or joint venture, no longer need to be approved by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). The change, announced by the