http://www.janes.comA special collection of articles covering Defence Policy.en-gbCopyright: (C) Jane's Information Group. All rights reserved.http://www8.janes.com/public/images/janes_rss.gifhttp://www.janes.comVisit http://www.janes.comhttp://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80140.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINIndia needs to provide greater support to small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) entering the defence sector as the country embarks on a military modernisation process over the next decade, according to a report published by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Ernst & Young. AM Barbora's remark came one day after another Indian industry organisation, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), repeated its call for the government to raise the limit on ... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41514.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWUK military chiefs now aim to use a portion of this money to buy "up to 30" more Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters by the middle of the next decade, to bring the UK Chinook fleet to "around 70" airframes. Under 'Vision 2020' a major shake-up in the basing of all the UK's military helicopters will occur and the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3/3A transport helicopters would be transferred to the Royal Navy. Under 'Vision 2020' the basing of all UK helicopters ... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41485.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWDefence Minister Carme Chacón told a 17 November meeting of her counterparts in Brussels that Spain would lead any operation to support security sector reform in Somalia as a cornerstone of its obligations as holder of the rotating EU presidency from January 2010. EU security and defence policy chief Javier Solana told reporters that any EU mission in Somalia would be co-ordinated with other international actors, including the United States, and would have to complement existing African Union... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jni/history/jni2009/jni73271.htm@current&Prod_Name=JNIWith ageing single-role auxiliary vessels nearing the end of their lives, smaller navies are seeking to retain their blue water capability by replacing them with cheaper multipurpose logistic ships, combining strategic sealift and replenishment capabilities. The programme for a new support ship - the Joint Logistiek Ondersteuning Schip (JLOS - Joint Logistic Support Ship), more usually referred to as the Joint Support Ship (JSS) - started to take shape in 2003-04. - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41495.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWSaudi Arabia is looking to reclaim momentum in defence research and development as one of the world's leading arms buyers by incorporating joint ventures in support of its major procurement programmes. BAE Systems was awarded a three-year, GBP500 million service support contract in October for the Saudi Typhoon fleet, which is eventually to number 72 aircraft - 48 of which will be assembled in Saudi Arabia at the Alsalam facility. The company - a joint venture between Boeing, Saudi Arabian ... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41501.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWThe impact of India's updated defence procurement procedures (DPPs) on indigenous defence production will be limited unless the Ministry of Defence (MoD) allows local industry more time to draw up detailed manufacturing proposals, according to a senior academic at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi. In announcing the update in late October, the Indian MoD said the changes have the "potential to revolutionise the Indian defence industry" because it will enable "... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41520.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWLockheed Martin is planning to expand its business in Australia over the next few years to triple both the number of people it employs and its in-country revenues, according to Paul Johnson, chief executive officer of the company's Australian business. Speaking to Jane's on 13 November, Johnson explained that Lockheed Martin Australia's strategy for expansion was multi-tiered, encompassing partnerships with other leading firms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as possible future... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80131.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINA senior UK defence industry executive has urged politicians not to discount what they may consider to be marginal cuts to funding when it comes to the planning of UK defence budgets, as the country awaits the first Strategic Defence Review (SDR) in more than a decade. Speaking under the Chatham House rule at a top-level defence seminar held in London on 19 November, the industry figure acknowledged that defence cuts are inevitable but added: "There is the crude thought, in politicians' minds... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80134.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINJordan's King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) has signed five separate defence production and technology transfer deals with western defence companies, it was reported on 19 November. KADDB will work with Turkey's Aselsan to produce night-vision and thermal imaging technologies in Jordan, said the Jordan Times . The organisation will also design and develop unmanned aerial vehicles with Italian company Selex Galileo and maintain F-16 aircraft in collaboration with Dutch ... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jni/history/jni2009/jni73268.htm@current&Prod_Name=JNIThe keel for the first next-generation aircraft carrier for the US Navy (USN) was laid by shipbuilder Northrop Grumman at its Newport News yard in Virginia on 14 November. Construction of Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) is taking place under a USD5.1 billion detailed design and manufacturing contract awarded to Northrop Grumman in September 2008. Gerald R Ford has a new island superstructure, a dual-band radar, electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) in place of steam-powered catapults, a Joint... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41482.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWThales Air Systems is to deliver 19 Ground Smarter 100 radar systems to the Indian Air Force (IAF), the company announced at the Dubai Air Show. The IAF will use the mobile radar system to perform low-altitude target tracking. The company won the contract following a prolonged bidding process in which Elta Systems and Selex Galileo also submitted systems. - 2009/11/18 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41461.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWThe Australian Defence Force (ADF) has released an update of its Network Centric Warfare (NCW) roadmap, showing progress but also some delays in a range of programmes aimed at ensuring the ADF is a fully networked force by 2030. The initial networked air combat force achieved IOC in 2008 as planned, but IOC for a networked combat support force has moved from 2011 to 2016 with FOC in 2018. In the joint force area, the IOC of a networked deployable joint task force headquarters has moved from ... - 2009/11/18 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80125.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINAgustaWestland's announcement on 17 November came after Russian Helicopters - the state-owned holding company behind Russia's principal rotary wing firms and a division of OPK Oboronprom - said on 16 November that it had established International Rotorcraft Services with UAE-based Air Freight Aviation Ltd. "The newly found company will service Russian-made civil helicopters in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan," Russian Helicopters said in a statement. Air Freight Aviation - which is ... - 2009/11/18 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80118.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINThe impact of India's updated defence procurement procedures (DPPs) on indigenous defence production will be limited unless the Ministry of Defence (MoD) allows local industries more time to draw up detailed manufacturing proposals, according to a senior academic at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi. In announcing the update in late October, the Indian MoD said the changes have the "potential to revolutionise the Indian defence industry" because it will enable... - 2009/11/18 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/idr/history/idr2009/idr12610.htm@current&Prod_Name=IDRThis called for a full overhaul of the hull and machinery, together with the insertion of the AIP system hull plug (using the same Siemens PEM fuel cell technology already adopted for the Type 214 submarine) and a comprehensive combat system modernisation. As conceived, SUBTICS brought together DCNS and Thales' shared experience of French Navy submarine sonar, command and weapon-control systems - specifically the TSM 2233 sonar suite, TITAC tactical data system and LAT-NG weapon-control ... - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdin80102.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWFrench aerospace and defence systems group Safran and United Arab Emirates (UAE) technology house Bayunda Aviation Technology (BAT) have signed accords creating two joint venture (JV) companies with an eye on the Middle East market. Snecbat Engine Technologies (a JV of Safran's propulsion subsidiary Snecma and BAT) and Sagembat Defence (a JV between Safran's defence and security unit Sagem and BAT) were signed into existence on 15 November by Snecma chief executive Philippe Petitcolin, Sagem ... - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80108.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINSaab has signed an SEK1.5 billion (USD220 million) contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply two Saab 340 airborne early warning systems, it was announced on 17 November. The accord covers the provision of Saab 340 aircraft equipped with the Erieye radar system. "We've been conducting discussions with the UAE for several years concerning an airborne surveillance system," Saab President and Chief Executive Officer Ake Svensson added. - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80103.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINLockheed Martin is planning to expand its business in Australia over the next few years to triple both the number of people it employs and its in-country revenues, according to Paul Johnson, chief executive officer of the company's Australian business. A fourth element why Australia is such an attractive market for Lockheed Martin is its business environment, said Johnson. As Lockheed Martin Australia continues its expansion the company has adopted a philosophy that Johnson said supports the ... - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80102.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINFrench aerospace and defence systems group Safran and United Arab Emirates (UAE) technology house Bayunda Aviation Technology (BAT) have signed accords creating two joint venture (JV) companies with an eye on the Middle East market. Snecbat Engine Technologies (a JV of Safran's propulsion subsidiary Snecma and BAT) and Sagembat Defence (a JV between Safran's defence and security unit Sagem and BAT) were signed into existence on 15 November by Snecma chief executive Philippe Petitcolin, Sagem ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80094.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINIndia and Australia signed an agreement on 12 November that strengthens co-operation in a wide range of fields, including defence policy, and increases the possibility of defence trade between the two countries. Although defence trade and defence research and development are not specified in the agreement, Jane's notes that the pact will strengthen the ability of Australian industries to enter the growing Indian defence market. Earlier in 2009, Terry Whelan, the head of Australia's Defence ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00