IHS Defense & Security Most Viewed News http://www.ihs.com/Defense & Security-News.xml Most viewed Defense & Security news articles on IHS.com Philippine air chief says Italy will provide attack helicopters http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065969743 Italy is in pole position to provide Manila with 10 attack helicopters, Philippine Air Force (PAF) chief Lieutenant General Lauro Catalino Dela Cruz has said. Gen Dela Cruz visited Italy on his way Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Germany axes Euro Hawk http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979335 The German government has cancelled plans to procure up to five Northrop Grumman/EADS RQ-4E Euro Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 The Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future US Navy: Enabling the distributed force http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979285 Through the experience of practice, such as exercises designed to test developing concepts of operations, and through practical experience of recent real-world events, such as the 2011 Libya Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 USN's X-47B headed for first trap landing on board carrier at sea http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979284 After an historic catapult launch from the US Navy (USN)'s newest aircraft carrier, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is headed for more key tests in the next 60 days, Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 Rheinmetall debuts Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk 2 http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979338 Rheinmetall Defence publicly unveiled its latest air-defence weapon, the Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk 2, at the company's Ochsenboden test range in Switzerland on 15 May. The Mk 2 is a 35 mm Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 US Army trains with SpotterRF's man-portable radar http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979334 The US Army has been conducting mobile force protection training at the Utah Training Center Camp Williams using SpotterRF's man-portable radar system. The company announced its participation in Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 Boeing poised to begin flight-testing Advanced Super Hornet features http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979431 Boeing is to begin flight-testing its Advanced Super Hornet combat aircraft towards the end of the third quarter of this year, a company official said on 20 May. Speaking at Boeing's St Louis Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 Northrop Grumman tests B-2 anti-jamming satcomms system without USAF's preferred radio http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979337 Northrop Grumman says it has successfully completed a laboratory demonstration of a new satellite communication (satcomm) system for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber that is resistant to enemy jamming. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 India fails to make progress with AW101 inquiry http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979376 India's federal government has yet to implement its 27 February undertaking to parliament to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate corruption allegations related to the Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800 Russia, US SSBN patrol figures revealed http://www.ihs.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979144 Information obtained by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has highlighted the different trends in the operations of the US and Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0800