Platforms Platforms

  • CAE readies C-130J fuselage trainer for RAAF

    CAE has signed a deal with the Australian Department of Defence Capability and Acquisition Sustainment Group (CASG) to develop a training device for Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130J Hercules loadmaster aircrew, the company announced on 6 April. According to CAE, the company will be the

Weapons Weapons

  • Heckler & Koch to build new US Army sniper rifle

    Heckler & Koch has been awarded the US Army's Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) with a potential USD44.5 million initial contract, according to a 1 April announcement. The German company's US subsidiary bested seven other bids for the work, understood to be with its Heckler &

C4iSR & Missions Systems C4iSR & Missions Systems

CBRNE & EOD Defence CBRNE & EOD Defence

  • North Korean nuclear programme advances

    North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, based on the simultaneous development of a weaponisable nuclear device and ballistic missile delivery systems, appears to have advanced incrementally in early 2016. Following Pyongyang's claimed - although widely disputed - test of a 'H-bomb' (thermonuclear)

Country Risk Country Risk

Military Capabilities Military Capabilities

  • Eielson Air Force Base to get F-35s

    Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is to receive the US Air Force's (USAF's) first operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) in the Pacific theater, the Pentagon announced on 4 April. Base construction to prepare for the JSF is expected to begin in fiscal year 2017.

CBRN Assessment CBRN Assessment

  • North Korean nuclear programme advances

    North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, based on the simultaneous development of a weaponisable nuclear device and ballistic missile delivery systems, appears to have advanced incrementally in early 2016. Following Pyongyang's claimed - although widely disputed - test of a 'H-bomb' (thermonuclear)

Terrorism & Insurgency Terrorism & Insurgency

  • Belgium reshapes after Brussels attack

    Air traffic in Belgium has had to be reconfigured two weeks after the deadly terrorist attack at Brussels Airport. The landside departure hall at Brussels was severely damaged by Islamic suicide bombers on 22 March. Before the attack, Brussels was capable of processing 5,000 passengers per hour,

Industry Industry

  • Israel reports flat defence exports for 2015

    Israel's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed the value of the country's defence exports for 2015. In a statement on the MoD's Twitter feed on 6 April, head of the international defence co-operation department SIBAT Michel Ben-Baruch said that the country's defence companies signed export deals
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