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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
A GBU-69/B Block 1 variant Small Glide Munition equipped with a Raytheon X-Net two-way datalink strikes a static target during USSOCOM/AFSOC flight tests in February 2019. Source: DyneticsBoeing contracted to integrate LRSO cruise missile with the B-52H bomber
The LRSO is intended to replace the AGM-86 ALCM seen here on a B-52H strategic bomber. Still a developmental concept, the LRSO is expected to be fielded in the 2030 timeframe, when the ALCM reaches its end-of-service life. Source: US Air ForceIndonesia to receive ZOKA torpedo countermeasures for Nagapasa submarines
An effector from Aselsan's ZOKA range of torpedo countermeasure jammers and decoys. Source: AselsanNew Zealand’s future hydrography ship begins sea trials
The future HMNZS Manawanui, seen here in Royal New Zealand Navy livery and hull number. Source: Royal New Zealand Navy
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Airbus Helicopters offers H145M for Australian SOF role
Airbus Helicopters has confirmed it is to bid its H145M battlefield support helicopter for Australia’s special forces requirement. The announcement, made by the company on 18 March, comes eight months after Jane’s first reported that Airbus was discussing with a potential customer a
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Argentine Army receives more equipment
The Argentine Army continues to receive additional equipment with a view to controlling its northern border. On 15 March Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced the delivery of 250 new radios (including Elbit VRC 950 HDR and Harris RF 7800H sets), 27 Carl Gustav M4 rocket launchers, and 30 FN
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Egypt reportedly orders Su-35 fighters
Egypt has ordered a number of Su-35 multirole fighters, the Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported on 18 March. The newspaper cited two senior defence officials as saying the order for “over two dozen” fighters was finalised in late 2018, with deliveries expected to begin in
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Kongsberg Maritime readies HUGIN Superior AUV
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime is expecting to complete development of its HUGIN Superior multirole autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) by the end of 2019, company officials told Jane’s . The HUGIN Superior will be the newest and largest member of the company’s HUGIN family of
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Malaysia revises contract for Littoral Mission Ships
Key Points Malaysia has revised its four warship contract with a Chinese shipbuilder The revision is latest in a series of Sino-Malaysia emendations undertaken by the new government since taking power in mid-2018 A contract to build Littoral Mission Ships (LMSs) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN)
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Political risks intelligence bulletin – 18 March 2019
AMERICAS Argentina - 17 Mar 2019: The government was reportedly considering whether to avoid new increases in public service tariffs from May 2019 to combat the increasing inflation rate. Brazil - 15 Mar 2019: The government raised USD620 million in the first privatisation auction of President
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IDEX 2019: Mahindra Vehicles - product testing results
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France bolsters cyber capabilities and commitment through new doctrine
France unveiled its first offensive cyber doctrine in January 2019, joining other Western states that are avowing a readiness to strike in cyberspace. William Moray surveys the doctrine's likely effects and its differences from the Anglosphere approach -
Climbing the ladder: Brazil’s PROSUB submarine programme
The PROSUB programme is ultimately intended to realise Brazil's ambition to build an indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, as Richard Scott reports -
Rocket man: SOF teams demo wearable flight systems
SOF personnel may soon be able to turn 'jetpacks' from science fiction into reality, as wearable jet propulsion technologies appear to be advancing. A variety of jetpacks are being considered by SOF components around the world, including USSOCOM and French COS. Andrew White reports
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New Zealand’s future hydrography ship begins sea trials
Key Points A hydrographic and diving support vessel meant for the Royal New Zealand Navy has begun trials to validate its naval equipment The service is on track to operate the ship by November The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN’s) future hydrographic and diving support vessel, which
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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), in collaboration with Dynetics, have conducted a series of tests of the Block 1 variant of the Dynetics GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) – an enhanced variant of the baseline SGM equipped
C4iSR & Missions Systems C4iSR & Missions Systems
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Russia’s Pacific Fleet receives new divisional set of Bastion mobile coastal defence missile system
The Russian Pacific Fleet in the Kamchatka Peninsula has received a new set of the land-based K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defence missile system as part of a modernisation programme, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 12 March. An MoD video shows a column of at least seven
CBRNE & EOD Defence CBRNE & EOD Defence
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Russian deploys new CBRN vehicle to Syria
Russia has deployed its newest chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle to Syria to operate with military police units patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone. An RKhM-6 vehicle was seen in footage shown by the Russia 24 television network on 7 November that was
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Iraq takes first steps to producing its own military vehicles
Iraq’s Samar Alkhair factory, a subsidiary of the Iraqi State Military Industries Company, unveiled an indigenously produced, lightly armoured 4×4 vehicle at the IQDEX exhibition, which was held in Baghdad from 9–12 March. Called the Hajjam 1, the vehicle is likely to be based on a
Jane's International Defence Review Jane's International Defence Review
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USSOCOM, AFSOC test Block 1 GBU-69/B SGM datalink variant
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), in collaboration with Dynetics, have conducted a series of tests of the Block 1 variant of the Dynetics GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) – an enhanced variant of the baseline SGM equipped
Jane's Navy International Jane's Navy International
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Indonesia to receive ZOKA torpedo countermeasures for Nagapasa submarines
Key Points Indonesia’s Nagapasa-class submarines will be equipped with jammers and decoys from Turkish company Aselsan The equipment will provide the vessels with protection and deception capabilities against hostile torpedoes Turkish defence electronics company Aselsan is supplying its
Country Risk Country Risk
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Singapore, Malaysia suspend overlapping maritime claims in waters off Tuas
Key Points The governments of Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to not anchor any government vessels in the disputed maritime region However, Malaysia has yet to withdraw a buoy-laying tender from the area as of 15 March, casting uncertainties over diplomatic progress made The Malaysian and
Military Capabilities Military Capabilities
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Singapore, Malaysia suspend overlapping maritime claims in waters off Tuas
Key Points The governments of Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to not anchor any government vessels in the disputed maritime region However, Malaysia has yet to withdraw a buoy-laying tender from the area as of 15 March, casting uncertainties over diplomatic progress made The Malaysian and
CBRN Assessment CBRN Assessment
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USSTRATCOM commander paints dour future for New START
With just over five months to go before Washington withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the top US general charged with nuclear weapons oversight painted a gloomy forecast for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) set to expire in 2021. Air Force General John
Terrorism & Insurgency Terrorism & Insurgency
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Latest CAR peace deal unlikely to hold due to militia rivalry, with likely popular opposition triggering protests
Key Points The collapse of seven previous peace agreements in CAR indicates that the latest deal will fail due to continued lack of homogeneity among militias refusing to cede territorial control and financial profit, and probable rivalry for official posts. Likely entry into government of
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Airbus Helicopters offers H145M for Australian SOF role
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Co-ordinated small-arms attacks on New Zealand mosques by suspected anti-Muslim perpetrators highly likely to be exceptional
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Disrupted Indonesian plot indicates improving IED capability and continued jihadist reliance on family units to plan attacks
Jane's Intelligence Review Jane's Intelligence Review
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Challenger’s refusal to concede defeat in Nigerian presidential poll likely to drive violence around upcoming state elections
Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari was declared by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 27 February as winner of the presidential election held on 23 February, but rival Atiku Abubakar has criticised the poll as a “sham election” and vowed to take legal action.
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Co-ordinated small-arms attacks on New Zealand mosques by suspected anti-Muslim perpetrators highly likely to be exceptional
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Disrupted Indonesian plot indicates improving IED capability and continued jihadist reliance on family units to plan attacks
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Gaza rocket fire towards Tel Aviv unlikely to lead to confrontation between Israel and Hamas before elections
Industry Industry
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F-16 sustainment hub to be established in Norway
Lockheed Martin announced on 12 March that it had signed an agreement with AIM Norway to establish a licensed maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) hub for the F-16 Fighting Falcon in Kjeller, Norway. The agreement will involve the establishment of a “Falcon Depot” centre, expanding
