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Philippine Navy commissions two AW159 helicopters, four KAAVs
The four KAAVs recently commissioned by the PN are expected to be deployed from the service’s two strategic sealift vessels. Source: Philippine NavyParis Air Show 2019: Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400 makes show debut
The Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400 is fitted with the Airborne Technologies SCAR pod. Source: IHS Markit/Patrick AllenCanada, Japan navies enhance interoperability in South China Sea
The JMSDF conducting interoperability exercises with the RCN in the South China Sea in June. Source: JMSDFParis Air Show 2019: Embraer, ELTA announce new business jet AEW aircraft
Artist’s illustration of the new Embraer-IAI P600 AEW aircraft announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show. Source: Embraer
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Germany plans expanded artillery capabilities
The German Army plans to expand its indirect fire capability and is emphasising its joint fires capability, according to Lieutenant Colonel Uwe Kraft, head of artillery and joint fires branch at the Germany Army’s Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre. The only conventional tube
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Netherlands renews ammunition supply contract with Rheinmetall until 2030
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) signed a partnership agreement on 3 June with Rheinmetall on the supply of ammunition through the end of 2030, the German company announced in an 18 June press release. The agreement was signed by Dutch national armaments director Arie-Jan de Waard and
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Paris Air Show 2019: Allies recognise each others’ military airworthiness authorities
Allied nations recognised each others’ military air worthiness authorities at the Paris Air Show on 18 June, allowing them to perform technical activities on each others’ aircraft, the Belgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on its website. At the Paris Air Show, France recognised the
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Paris Air Show 2019: Collins Aerospace receives C-130 propeller, propeller system upgrade contracts
Key Points Collins Aerospace was awarded a pair of contracts for C-130H propeller and propeller system upgrades One contract will upgrade the blades to new composite models while the other will upgrade the propeller system to a modern electrical apparatus The Pentagon and NATO have awarded
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Paris Air Show 2019: Elbit wins J-MUSIC contract for Luftwaffe A400Ms
Elbit Systems has been awarded a USD73 million contract from Diehl Defence to provide its J-Multi-Spectral Infrared Countermeasure (MUSIC) directed infrared (IR) countermeasure (DIRCM) systems for installation on German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Airbus A400M transport aircraft, the company announced at
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Paris Air Show 2019: Eurofighter launches long-term development plan for Typhoon
Eurofighter has agreed with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA), on behalf of the partner countries, on a long-term capability development plan for the Typhoon combat aircraft that will span the coming decades. Announced at the Paris Air Show on 19 June, which is being held
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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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Philippine Navy commissions two AW159 helicopters, four KAAVs
The Philippine Navy (PN) commissioned two Leonardo AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopters and four Korean Amphibious Assault Vehicles (KAAVs) in a ceremony held on 17 June at the Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Cavite City. The AW159s, which arrived in the Philippines on 7 May 2019 as part of a PHP5.24
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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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Philippine Navy commissions two AW159 helicopters, four KAAVs
The Philippine Navy (PN) commissioned two Leonardo AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopters and four Korean Amphibious Assault Vehicles (KAAVs) in a ceremony held on 17 June at the Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Cavite City. The AW159s, which arrived in the Philippines on 7 May 2019 as part of a PHP5.24
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Paris Air Show 2019: Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400 makes show debut
Canada’s Viking has debuted its new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, the Guardian 400, at the Paris Air Show. The aircraft is based on the Twin Otter, and has been developed in association with Austrian company Airborne Technologies. The aircraft shown at Le Bourget
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Canada, Japan navies enhance interoperability in South China Sea
Key Points The navies of Canada and Japan have completed a series of drills in the South China Sea Exercises seek to further deepen interoperability between the two services The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has completed a series of drills in the
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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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Canada, Japan navies enhance interoperability in South China Sea
Key Points The navies of Canada and Japan have completed a series of drills in the South China Sea Exercises seek to further deepen interoperability between the two services The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has completed a series of drills in the
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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
