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DSEI Japan 2019: IHI unveils autonomous underwater mine-detection system
The AUV prototype unveiled by Japanese company IHI at DSEI Japan 2019 is designed to detect ‘mine-like’ objects and others at various depths and transmit data in real time via a semi-submersible ASV. Source: IHS Markit/Gabriel DominguezDSEI Japan 2019: MHI unveils APC demonstrator for JGDSF’s Type 96 replacement programme
MHI unveiled an APC demonstrator at the DSEI Japan 2019 exhibition in Chiba. The demonstrator will form the basis of the Mitsubishi Armoured Vehicle that will compete with two other 8×8 armoured vehicles in a programme to replace the JGSDF's Type 96 APCs Source: IHS Markit/Gabriel DominguezDSEI Japan 2019: More details emerge about Japan’s new multi-mission frigates
MHI displayed a scale model of its future multi-mission frigate concept at DSEI Japan 2019. Source: Kosuke TakahashiFLIR Systems wins US Army’s CRS-H contract
A Kobra UGV being put through its paces at Fort Bliss, New Mexico/Texas. Up to 350 Kobras will be produced to fulfil the US Army’s CRS-H requirement. Source: FLIR Systems
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Babcock secures UK Type 31 frigate contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted Babcock for the design and build of the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new Type 31 general-purpose frigate. Signed on 15 November, the award covers the delivery of five ships at an average production cost of GBP250 million (USD320 million) each. The
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DSEI Japan 2019: ATLA displays model of future amphibious armoured vehicle
The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) displayed a model of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF’s) future amphibious armoured fighting vehicle at the 18–20 November DSEI Japan 2019 defence exhibition in Chiba. An
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DSEI Japan 2019: KHI building second 3,000-tonne submarine for JMSDF
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has begun construction of the second of at least seven planned 3,000-tonne diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs) to supplement the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) fleet of Soryu-class SSKs, a company spokesperson told
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DSEI Japan 2019: New details emerge about MHI’s CoasTitan system
Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has revealed more details about its CoasTitan coastal surveillance and security system. Officials told Jane’s at the DSEI Japan 2019 defence exhibition in Chiba on the 18–20 November that this large-area, integrated surveillance network
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Malaysia to formally launch LCA/FLIT procurement shortly
Malaysia expects to formally launch a procurement effort for a light combat aircraft/fighter lead-in trainer (LCA/FLIT) to replace a number of its current platform types in the near future. Speaking under the Chatham House Rule on 14 November, an official said that the Royal Malaysian Air
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Rohde & Schwarz delivers communications suite on Malaysia’s Lekiu class
Rohde & Schwarz has completed the installation of an internet protocol (IP)-based communication system on board the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN’s) Lekiu-class frigates. The system, known as the NAVICS IP integrated communication system (ICS), was installed as part of a contract with
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Modern Warrior: Upgrading the British Army’s infantry fighting vehicle
Sam Cranny-Evans examines how the British Army Warrior is being upgraded to meet the needs of a modern battlefield -
Replacing the F-2: Japan’s complex effort to procure a new fighter jet
Japan is moving forward with efforts to acquire a new fighter aircraft to replace the F-2: its 1990s F-16 derivative. However, undefined requirements, industrial base issues, and US-Japanese sensitivities over the F-2 development are making this procurement tricky. Pat Host reports -
No contest: The trials and tribulations of the US Army’s OMFV competition
In attempting to develop a successor to its Bradley Fighting Vehicle the US Army has already had a couple of false starts with the cancelled Future Combat Systems and Ground Combat Vehicle programmes. As Ashley Roque reports, however, the service's latest such effort is also running into problems
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DSEI Japan 2019: MHI unveils APC demonstrator for JGDSF’s Type 96 replacement programme
Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) unveiled an 8×8 armoured personnel carrier (APC) demonstrator at the 18-20 November DSEI Japan 2019 defence exhibition in Chiba. The 8 m-long and 2.8 m-wide demonstrator will be used as the basis for the Mitsubishi Armoured Vehicle that will
Weapons Weapons
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More details emerge about PLA’s new assault rifle
More details have emerged about the new assault rifle for China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that was displayed during the 1 October parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The design of the new rifle seen being carried by
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US Army leaders test out latest militarised HoloLens AR architecture
US Army soldiers are evaluating the latest iteration of Microsoft’s modified HoloLens 2 headset as part of the service’s effort to inject augmented reality (AR) into how the force trains and conducts combat missions. Under the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) programme, the
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DSEI Japan 2019: IHI unveils autonomous underwater mine-detection system
Japanese company IHI unveiled an autonomous underwater mine-detection system at the 18–20 November DSEI Japan 2019 defence exhibition in Chiba. The system, which comprises two different unmanned vehicles, is designed to acquire, process, classify, and relay information about “mine-like
Jane's Defence Weekly Jane's Defence Weekly
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DSEI Japan 2019: IHI unveils autonomous underwater mine-detection system
Japanese company IHI unveiled an autonomous underwater mine-detection system at the 18–20 November DSEI Japan 2019 defence exhibition in Chiba. The system, which comprises two different unmanned vehicles, is designed to acquire, process, classify, and relay information about “mine-like
Jane's International Defence Review Jane's International Defence Review
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US Navy eyes cost-effective F-5 upgrades
In October, the US Air Force (USAF) awarded four companies indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts worth ISD6.4 billion to provide contracted adversary air (AdAir) support over the next five years. The US Navy (USN), having pioneered the use of contractor owned/contractor operated
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India launches 11th Sankalp-class vessel
India’s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched another 105 m improved Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel was launched on 14 November at GSL’s facilities in Goa. It will be the 11th vessel in the Sankalp class, which is
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Key US lawmaker wants F-35 programme structure changes
Key Points The HASC readiness subcommittee chief wants the structure of the F-35 programme to change He believes the contractors have had too much leverage A key US lawmaker wants the Pentagon to take greater control of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme
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Russia’s Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar
Russia’s new Ka-52M combat helicopter will receive new targeting sensors instead of upgraded versions of present systems. The new V006 Rezets (Cutter) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is being developed by the St Petersburg-based Zaslon company for the modernised helicopter.
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Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
The Taliban militant group launched attacks on Puli Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, on 1 September just a day after it overran several parts of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz Province, as the militants ramp up combat operations across the Central Asian country in an
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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence looks to OSINT
Publicly available data will be the backbone of the UK military’s situational awareness in future conflicts and crises, according to the country’s Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Lieutenant-General James Hockenhull. Speaking at a briefing at the Defence & Security Equipment
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D&S 2019: Thailand unveils BTR-3CS command vehicle
Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) – a military research, development and industrial agency under the Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD) – unveiled a prototype of a new command version of the BTR-3 8×8 armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) at the opening day of the Defense
