IHS Jane's 360
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 08:05
According to the MoD, the rifles were bought under a EUR1.3 million (USD1.4 million) contract with Accuracy International (AI). By the end of the year the AXMC rifles are to be distributed among the Land Forces' battalions and training facilities.
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:11
Allied defence ministers have firmed up NATO's 2016 Warsaw summit declaration in July to send four combat-ready battalions to its north eastern flank. Numerous national commitments to cluster troops and capabilities around the four nations leading the battalions were made during a two day meeting in Brussels on 26-27 October.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 07:03
Lithuania has agreed to buy the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from Norway, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced on 21 October.
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 07:34
US defence secretary Ashton Carter signed a defence industrial agreement with his Chilean counterpart José Antonio Gómez on 13 October. The deal aims to increase their level of co-operation on defence research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E).
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 07:49
China is positioning its Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (SAC) Y-9 medium-lift aircraft to meet a requirement in the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) to replace its ageing fleets of Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules transports, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on 16 September.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) announced at the Farnborough International Airshow on 11 July that it has been awarded a contract by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd to supply cockpit avionics systems for eight PC-21 turboprop trainer aircraft on order for the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF).
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
The United States delivered 24 AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems to Ukraine on 27 July, the US Embassy in Kiev said.
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 06:30
Israel Military Industries (IMI) and U.S. company DRS announced on 22 June that they had won a US Army contract to produce 273 assault bridging launching systems for M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 06:58
Nigeria is waiting on the green light from U.S. officials to complete the sale of Super Tucano jets to replace some of the aging jets currently employed by the Nigerian Air Force
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 06:34
Turkey has initiated its long-awaited USD3.5 billion multirole helicopter project with U.S. company Sikorsky, according to a Turkish Defence Industries Undersecretariat (SSM) press release issued on 7 June.