Platforms Platforms

  • Canada to receive new TAPVs by end of 2016

    The Canadian Army expects to receive its new Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) by the end of 2016, following two years of delays. The 500-vehicle fleet is to be distributed across seven bases and 24 units. The 2nd Canadian Division is scheduled to be the first formation to operate the

Weapons Weapons

  • IDF expected to buy Rotem L loitering munitions

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has expressed strong interest in acquiring one of the new loitering munitions (LM) developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a senior source from the state-owned company said on 10 April. The source was referring to the Rotem L, a small quadcopter designed to

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

  • B-52Hs arrive in Qatar to bomb Islamic State

    United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in Qatar on 9 April to join the air campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. The US military released photographs and video footage of two B-52Hs arriving at Al-Udeid Airbase after flying

Military Capabilities Military Capabilities

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

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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