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Japan aims to integrate locally produced parts into F-35s from 2018
Japan is aiming to integrate locally produced parts into Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft from 2018. Source: Japanese Air Self-Defence ForceChinese company Tengoen unveils several armed UAVs
Chinese company Tengoen unveiled a series of armed reconnaissance UAVs at the 14th China–ASEAN Expo in Nanning from 12 to 15 September, including two VTOL and two fixed-wing UAVs. This image shows the company’s 10 m-long TB001 UAV. Source: Via Read01.com websiteFailed detonation in London underground attack indicates that militant IED attack intent often exceeds capability
Members of the emergency services work outside Parsons Green underground tube station in West London following a terrorist incident on 15 September 2017. Source: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesAfghans receive first Black Hawk helos
A US serviceman supervises the unloading of the first of 53 Black Hawk helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. Source: US Air Force
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Angola receives first Su-30K fighters
Angola has received the first two of 12 Sukhoi Su-30K multirole fighters and is expected to receive the rest by early 2018, Aleksandr Vorobei, the CEO of the 558th Aviation Repair Plant in Belarus, told Sputnik on 19 September. The aircraft were originally produced for India as an interim fighter
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Singapore Technologies invests in US cyber firm
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has secured a minority stake in a US cyber security firm, Janus Technologies, it was announced on 19 September. ST Engineering said the investment is worth USD5.79 million and is being made through the group’s newly-established subsidiary ST
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Violent risks intelligence bulletin – 20 September 2017
Americas Chile – 19 September 2017: In Independencia, Santiago, a masked group broke into the office of transport firm Esertval and took USD15.9 million, the highest amount stolen in recent years. Colombia – 20 September 2017: In Buenaventura, on the Pacific coast, the navy assembled a
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AFA 2017: US Air Force mulling T-X trainer award with delayed start
Key Points The US Air Force could award a T-X trainer contract with a delayed start The service sees this as a strategy to get a critical programme started by the end of 2017 The US Air Force (USAF) is mulling the possibility of awarding a contract for its highly anticipated T-X trainer programme
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AFA 2017: US budget uncertainty impedes Air Force procurement of munitions
Key Points Budget uncertainty is preventing the US Air Force from boosting munition procurement The service has expended 90,000 munitions since 2014 and needs to replenish its supply Another continuing resolution (CR) to start a new fiscal year is hampering the US Air Force’s (USAF's)
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China’s CASC plans to divest stakes in subsidiaries
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has become the latest defence industrial group in the country to pledge to divest stakes in its subsidiaries. In comments published by the state-run China Daily newspaper on 19 September, Wang Zhanyu, CASC’s deputy director of
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DSEI 2017: Dragonfire Debut
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Escalating tensions: The regional response to North Korea's growing missile threat
As North Korea continues to develop and test nuclear weapons and ballistic missile systems, neighbouring Japan and South Korea are enhancing their missile defence capabilities to counter the growing military threat from Pyongyang. Gabriel Dominguez examines the latest developments -
Chinese legislation points to new intelligence co-ordinating system
China’s new National Intelligence Law includes provisions pointing to the establishment of a new intelligence co-ordinating mechanism. Samantha Hoffman and Peter Mattis examine the significance of this development in the context of the ongoing evolution of China’s intelligence apparatus -
Breaking the kill chain: Rethinking soft kill in anti-ship missile defence
A more diverse, complex, and proliferating anti-ship missile threat set is creating more stressing challenges for ship self-defences, and asks new questions as to the contribution of soft-kill mechanisms. Richard Scott reports
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Chinese company Tengoen unveils several armed UAVs
Chinese company Tengoen unveiled a series of armed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the 14th China–ASEAN Expo in Nanning from 12 to 15 September, including two fixed-wing and two vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAVs. One of the platforms displayed in the southern Chinese
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DSEI 2017: Patria NEMO Container completes land test firings
Finland’s Patria has completed test firings of its deployable NEMO Container mortar system, the company has told Jane’s . During test firings throughout August, the 120 mm mortar system underwent firings while mounted on a Sisu ETP E13TP 8×8 tactical transporter as well as
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Hyundai selects Kelvin Hughes bridge system for New Zealand Navy’s fleet tanker
Key Points The Royal New Zealand Navy’s new fleet tanker will feature a navigation bridge system from Kelvin Hughes System also eliminates the need for helicopter transponders, and allows for better awareness against potentially hostile small targets in the air, and on the surface British
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DSEI 2017: X-2 UGV emerges from agricultural role
Digital Concepts Engineering unveiled its X-2 unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at DSEI 2017 in London. The X-2 is a medium, tracked UGV that has been developed for CBRNE applications but is also designed for EOD, search and rescue (SAR), perimeter patrol, communications relay, mine detection and
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North Korea releases images of IRBM launch
North Korea has released images of its 15 September test launch of a Hwaseong-12 (also known as KN-17) intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over northern Japan. The missile was launched in a northeasterly direction from a site near the Sunan air base, in the vicinity of Pyongyang,
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Violent risks intelligence bulletin – 20 September 2017
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Russian opposition candidate's campaign likely to increase frequency of political protests ahead of March 2018 presidential election
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Ceasefire breach likely to degrade SPLM-N in Blue Nile, reducing capability to target Sudanese government, oil assets
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Afghans receive first Black Hawk helos
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) received on 18 September its first batch of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters. The delivery, which was announced on the same day on the Facebook page of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing (EAW), saw two UH-60s arrive at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan
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North Korea releases images of IRBM launch
North Korea has released images of its 15 September test launch of a Hwaseong-12 (also known as KN-17) intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over northern Japan. The missile was launched in a northeasterly direction from a site near the Sunan air base, in the vicinity of Pyongyang,
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Failed detonation in London underground attack indicates that militant IED attack intent often exceeds capability
Key Points The United Kingdom's terror threat level being reverted to 'Severe' from 'Critical' implies that there is no further indication of an imminent further attack. The malfunctioning of the device reflects the difficulty of constructing viable, high-capacity improvised explosive devices,
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Japan aims to integrate locally produced parts into F-35s from 2018
Japan is aiming to integrate locally produced parts into Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft from 2018, the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) disclosed to Jane’s on 20 September. A spokesperson
