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Paris Air Show 2019: Spain officially joins Franco-German FCAS/SCAF project
Spain has now joined France and Germany to develop the FCAS/SCAF system-of-systems. The New Generation Fighter, pictured, is an element of the system that was showcased at the Paris Air Show 2019. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth JenningsBelarus pursues armed multirotor UAS developments
The Kvadro-1600 armed multirotor UAS can carry a pair of stabilised RPG launchers. Source: Miroslav GyurösiParis Air Show 2019: full-scale mock-up of Turkish Fighter unveiled
A full-scale mock-up of the Turkish Fighter was unveiled on the first day of this year's Paris Air Show. Source: IHS Markit/Patrick AllenParis Air Show 2019: New air-combat training consortium looks for opportunities in GCC
CSIR’s Inundo EW pod (centreline station) and E-Systems Solutions’s DRFM jammer pod (right) will play significant parts in Red Sky’s adversary training service. Source: CSIR
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Paris Air Show 2019: Lockheed Martin chasing more fighter sales in Europe
Lockheed Martin is chasing strong potential business for its fighter offerings in Europe as well as opportunities in Canada and India, according to Michelle Evans, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Speaking to Jane’s at the Paris Air Show on 18 June, Evans said,
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Anzac-class frigate HMAS Arunta rejoins RAN fleet after AMCAP upgrade
The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Anzac (MEKO 200)-class frigate HMAS Arunta (II) has rejoined the fleet after having undergone a 20-month-long Anzac Mid-Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia. The RAN
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IAF to curtail An-32 operations
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to limit the use of its ageing fleet of Antonov An-32 ‘Cline’ transport aircraft after one of them crashed in India’s mountainous northeastern region on 3 June, killing all 13 service personnel on board. Senior IAF officers said the force
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Lockheed Martin to expand Arkansas Precision Fires production
Lockheed Martin announced a USD142 million investment in its Precision Fires facility in Camden, Arkansas on 17 June, in a move that is expected to lead to the creation of 326 jobs by 2024. The site is responsible for the manufacture and assembly of several of the company’s missiles and fire
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Paris Air Show 2019: IAI offering Kfir NG to Colombia, expects to return Sri Lanka and Ecuador jets to service
Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering Colombia an upgraded variant of the Kfir combat aircraft it currently flies, dubbed the Kfir Next-Generation (NG). Speaking to Jane’s at the Paris Air Show, Yossi Melamed, head of IAI’s Aviation Group, said that with the Colombian Air Force
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Russian Udaloy destroyer modernised for land-attack mission
The Russian Navy will take delivery of its first modernised Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer before the end of 2019, the Izvestia newspaper reported on 29 May. Upgrades to anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov will convert the ship into a robust land-attack and anti-surface
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CANSEC 2019: BAE Canadian Surface Combatant program update
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Progressive HARM: An evolution in capability
The suppression and/or destruction of enemy air-defence systems is essential to sustaining US and allied anti access/area denial mission superiority. Robin Hughes explores the evolution of the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile in advancing this capability -
All at sea: Indian shipbuilding under scrutiny
The pace of the Indian Navy’s shipbuilding under its LTIPP and MCPP has been slow to deliver platforms in a timely manner, according to public project delivery timelines. Mazumdar Mrityunjoy reports -
Expanding IoT poses cyber-security risks and intelligence collection opportunities
The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the online ecosystem, with effects that have yet to be fully felt. Jane’s examines the way that governments around the world are responding to the essential tensions posed by the IoT, whose vulnerabilities make it both a national security threat and a data-rich environment for intelligence collection
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Belarus pursues armed multirotor UAS developments
Belarusian companies have unveiled three new weaponised multicopter unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) being developed under a wider national effort to advance indigenous unmanned technologies. The Vitebsk-based KB Display, which specialises in development and production of displays and
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Rafael demos Spike LR from JLTV
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has demonstrated a live-fire targeted launch of the Spike weapon system from an Oshkosh-supplied 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The demonstration firing, conducted during the 16th Spike Users Club Meeting (SUCM) in Slovenia from 4–6 June, was the
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UK sets out vision for ‘Intelligent Warship’ technologies
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is soliciting proposals for novel concepts aimed at integrating ‘intelligent systems’ into future warships. Being competed through the MoD’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) programme, the Intelligent Ship programme is seeking to mature
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Thales targets April 2020 delivery for MMCM demonstrators
Thales is working to complete integration, testing, and qualification of Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) demonstrator systems planned to be delivered to France and the UK in April 2020. Being jointly funded by the two nations, the MMCM programme covers the design, development, integration, and
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Paris Air Show 2019: Spain officially joins Franco-German FCAS/SCAF project
Spain has officially joined the Franco-German project to develop a new fighter combat aircraft as part of a wider system-of-systems after it signed an agreement at the Paris Air Show on 17 June. Spanish defence minister Margarita Robles signed the agreement along with her French and German
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Belarus pursues armed multirotor UAS developments
Belarusian companies have unveiled three new weaponised multicopter unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) being developed under a wider national effort to advance indigenous unmanned technologies. The Vitebsk-based KB Display, which specialises in development and production of displays and
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UK sets out vision for ‘Intelligent Warship’ technologies
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is soliciting proposals for novel concepts aimed at integrating ‘intelligent systems’ into future warships. Being competed through the MoD’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) programme, the Intelligent Ship programme is seeking to mature
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Yemeni rebels claim second cruise missile attack
The Iranian-backed Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) claimed on 12 June that it had carried out its second cruise missile attack, this time against Abha International Airport in southwest Saudi Arabia. “This is the second time that the missile force has fired a cruise-type missile; the
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Paris Air Show 2019: New air-combat training consortium looks for opportunities in GCC
Red Sky, a new consortium led by French business people based in the United Arab Emirates, is set to field a new global adversary training service aimed at the militaries of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, one of the companies involved has told Jane’s. After recently acquiring a
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Israel says Iran continues ballistic missile launches
Iran launched a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) in December 2018, the Israeli representative to the UN told the Security Council in a letter released on 5 June. Danny Danon said there had been seven Iranian ballistic missile launches between December 2018 and February 2019,
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Southern Mali attack highlights likelihood of jihadist conflict reaching coastal West Africa, targeting foreigners, churches, mining companies
On 19 May, seven people were killed in a jihadist attack on a border post at Koury in Mali’s southern Sikasso region, near the Burkina Faso border. The attack comes amid warnings and assaults in coastal Ghana, Togo, and Benin, previously unaffected by terrorism, as well as Cote d’Ivoire,
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Islamist attacks on Burkinabe churches indicate a broadening strategy from stoking inter-ethnic violence to prioritising sectarian divisions
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Gwadar attack indicates growing threat to Chinese nationals in Balochistan but risks to Chinese projects relatively lower
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Implementation of ceasefire conditions reduces immediate likelihood of resumed escalation between Israel and Gazan militant groups
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Moldova’s constitutional crisis establishing two parallel governments likely to result in conflicting governance and policy inconsistency
Moldova’s Constitutional Court on 8 June ruled to invalidate the formation of the cabinet that was approved by the parliament earlier on the same day, dismiss the parliament, suspend President Igor Dodon, and appoint the acting prime minister, Pavel Filip, as interim president. Filip announced
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Initial passage of Knesset dissolution bill increases likelihood of new Israeli election, elevating potential for policy deadlock
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Ukraine’s accelerated parliamentary election in July likely to benefit newer parties, complicating government formation
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Southern Mali attack highlights likelihood of jihadist conflict reaching coastal West Africa, targeting foreigners, churches, mining companies
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Paris Air Show 2019: Spain officially joins Franco-German FCAS/SCAF project
Spain has officially joined the Franco-German project to develop a new fighter combat aircraft as part of a wider system-of-systems after it signed an agreement at the Paris Air Show on 17 June. Spanish defence minister Margarita Robles signed the agreement along with her French and German
