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Moog showcases new modular weapon station
An Oshkosh Defense M-ATV fitted with Moog Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform armed with 5.56 mm machine gun, 30 mm M230LF cannon, and Javelin ATGW. Source: IHS/Patrick AllenBell to investigate MQ-8C Fire Scout cracks
Bell Helicopter is to use a commercial 407 helicopter to investigate strain, fatigue, and cracking issues with the unmanned MQ-8C Fire Scout (pictured). Source: US NavyAirbus DS demonstrates C295 tanker
Airbus DS demonstrated the aerial refuelling capability of the C295 in late September, and plans to conduct helicopter-receiver trials of the system before the end of the year. Source: Airbus DSAUSA 2016: US Army's new tank programme takes shape
GDLS' Griffin technology demonstrator vehicle was unveiled on 3 October. Source: IHS/Daniel Wasserbly
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Pakistan's maritime patrol vessel programme progressing rapidly
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency's (PMSA's) Maritime Patrol Vessel (MPV) programme is progressing fast, according to Pakistani media reports. Under the programme six new patrol vessels - now confirmed to be four 600-tonne and two 1,500-tonne platforms - are being sourced from China
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North Korea threatens nuclear strike against US
Pyongyang will launch retaliatory nuclear strikes against the United States if it determines that Washington is planning a pre-emptive strike against North Korea, the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper warned on 5 October. The North's latest threat comes after South Korea and the US carried out
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Philippine leader threatens to 'break up' with US
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte launched another verbal tirade against the United States on 4 October, threatening to "break up" with the US and saying that President Barack Obama can "go to hell" over his administration's criticism of the Philippines' controversial war on
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South Korean anti-missile radar units dogged by faults
South Korea's two ballistic missile warning radar units, iterations of the Israeli-made Green Pine system, have suffered 21 malfunctions over the past three years, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported on 3 October. Citing a document submitted by the military to a politician of the Saenuri Party,
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AUSA 2016: ATEC to demonstrate variable-speed turbine engine for US Army
The US Army has selected the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) to demonstrate the Alternate Concept Engine (ACE), a variable-speed turbine engine for the US Army that builds on ATEC's HPW3000, ATEC announced on 2 October at the Association of the US Army's annual conference. "ACE gives us
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AUSA 2016: Hurdles remain before additive manufacturing reaches troops
The US Army is eyeing additive manufacturing - also known as 3-D printing - to ease supply chain management at depots and on the battlefield, but a variety of policy work must be figured out first. Additive manufacturing can be used by the army in several ways, once it sorts the business end,
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Eastern promise: Southeast Asian opportunities and challenges
Southeast Asia is becoming increasingly attractive for foreign defence companies looking for new opportunities, but continuing challenges mean gaining market share is far from guaranteed. Jon Grevatt reports -
Intelligence agencies face undecryptable code
Advances in quantum cryptography raise the prospect of genuinely undecryptable communications. In the second of an occasional series on future intelligence collection, IHS Jane's analyses how unbreakable digital security might change espionage. -
Balancing act: Serbian Armed Forces update
Serbia is one of few countries whose armed forces successfully co-operate with both Russia and the West, but while Belgrade insists on military neutrality, just how much longer this will be tolerated remains to be seen. Gerrard Cowan reports
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Bell to investigate MQ-8C Fire Scout cracks
The US Navy (USN) has awarded Bell Helicopter a USD3.3 million contract to investigate flight strain, fatigue, and tail boom cracking on the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The contract, which was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on 29 September
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Moog showcases new modular weapon station
Moog Space and Defense Group has developed and tested the Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP), designed to be installed on newbuild tracked and wheeled armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) to enhance their firepower. The RIwP has a dual-axis stabilised base platform, which in its
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Reaper-mounted NCCP demonstrates networking capability for USMC
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc has demonstrated the ability to establish a communications datalink between a Block 5 Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and US Marine Corps (USMC) ground and air forces using the company's Network Centric Communications Pod (NCCP). "NCCP enabled
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Reamda tasked with developing controller for multiple UGVs
Ireland-based robotics specialist Reamda has been contracted to modify its unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) controller to support a variety of platforms. The contract falls under an award to US company JGW International by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (DHS S&T)
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Belgians go Dutch with RNLAF to bomb Islamic State
Belgian-Dutch co-operation in air operations against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is having a larger impact than the two countries' "modest air forces" could have on their own, the chief of the Belgian air forces said on 30 September. Major General Frederik Vansina cited
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Belgians go Dutch with RNLAF to bomb Islamic State
Belgian-Dutch co-operation in air operations against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is having a larger impact than the two countries' "modest air forces" could have on their own, the chief of the Belgian air forces said on 30 September. Major General Frederik Vansina cited
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USAF flies B-1B bombers over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test
Two US Air Force (USAF) Boeing (Rockwell) B-1B Lancer strategic bombers flew over South Korea on 21 September in the latest demonstration of Washington's defence commitment to Seoul following North Korea's fifth nuclear test on 9 September, according to US Forces Korea (USFK). While one of the
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UAE's Swift hit by anti-ship missile
The Saudi-led coalition has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) high-speed logistics vessel Swift (IMO: 9283928) was hit off Yemen early on 1 October. The UAE's official WAM news agency reported later that day that the coalition had released a statement saying that a vessel leased by
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Japan promotes 'flexible' US-2 sale to India
Japan is ready to be flexible with the cost of ShinMaywa Industries' US-2i amphibious search-and-rescue (SAR) aircraft in order to push through a deal to export the platform to India. Talks between the governments of Japan and India about the sale of the aircraft have been continuing for several
