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Asia-Pacific Editor: James Hardy
Taranis programme
Europe Editor: Nicholas de Larrinaga
Middle East/Africa Editor: Jeremy Binnie HltW WILLIAMS Jane’s Unmanned Systems Editor
JDW Features Editor: Kate Tringham
• The BAE Systems Taranis UCAV undertook a
LONDON
JDW Assistant Features Editor: Fay Brigden number of flights to successfully conclude
Jane’s Aviation Desk Editor: Gareth Jennings its 2013 test schedule
Jane’s Land Desk Editor: Nick Brown The UK’s Taranis unmanned combat aeri
Jane’s Land Consultant: Christopher F Foss • A decision on further funding and
al vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstra
Jane’s Naval Consultant: Richard Scott additional test phases is expected in the
Jane’s Defence Industry Analyst: Charles Forrester tion programme successfully completed
Jane’s Senior Principal Analyst: Guy Anderson
coming weeks
its 2013 testing schedule, according to
Jane’s Asia-Pacific Industry Reporter: Jon Grevatt
Washington, DC, Bureau: BAE Systems representatives and UK
Americas Editor: Daniel Wasserbly government officials. class, next-generation system; and examining
Jane’s C4ISR Reporter: Geoff Fein
Jane’s industry Reporter: Marina Malenic
Speaking at a 5 February briefing, Nigel concepts of operation for this type of aircraft.
Jane’s Naval Reporter: Grace Jean Whitehead, BAE Systems’ group manag Speaking to IHS Jane’s, Chris Boardman,
Jane’s Senior Americas Aviation Reporter: Caitlin Lee
ing director, said that a number of trials managing director of BAE Systems’ military air
Chief Sub Editor: Jonathan Maynard had taken place following on from Taranis’s and information business unit, said that Taranis
Deputy Chief Sub Editors: Thomas Brown, Martin Cooper maiden flight on 10 August 2013. is a gated process and that a second - and likely
Sub Editors: Lucy Bullen, Jessica D’Alonzo, Karen Deans,
Emma Donald, Terry Gault, Niki Gouros, Alex Hadwick, Although he was unable to outline the a third - phase will take place. Boardman said
Tracy Johnson, Miriam Jones, Susie Kornell, Deborah Miller, nature of the trials - save to explain that they that discussions regarding the funding and
Dom Passantino, Sam Reynolds, Clare Welton
had expanded the aircraft’s flight profile and scope of these phases is underway and a deci
Design included a sortie that lasted for one hour sion is expected “in the coming weeks”.
Head of Design: Roberto Filistad
Senior Designer: David Playford - Whitehead said that they had achieved The BAE Systems-led programme includes
Production everything the company wished to examine. 250 different companies, Whitehead said,
Director EMEA, Production Services: David Ward He referenced an earlier briefing when he out noting that Taranis represents the most tech
Production Controller: Martyn Buchanan
lined the desire to undertake representative nologically advanced platform developed in
e-Publishing: Edward Allen, Richard Freeman
ISTAR flight profiles as part of the schedule. the UK. He added that the programme was as
General
Vice President, Aerospace & Defence: Blake Bartlett Whitehead declined disclose the location of significant for the development of UCAVs as
Group Publishing Director: Sean Howe the test sight, citing security reasons, despite - the Experimental Aircraft Program (EAP) had
Director, News and Analysis: James Green
Director, EMEA Editing and Design: Sara Morgan
Administrative Assistant: Hannah Brockwell
Correspondents
The Americas: Peter Diekmeyer, Diego Gonzalez,
as IHS Jane’s
Scott Gourley, Inigo Guevara, Jose Higuera, Joshua Kucera,
Jeremy McDermott, Pedro Paulo Rezende, Patricia Samfelt, reported in October ^
Cesar Cruz Tantalean. Asia-Pacific: Gordon Arthur, Rahul 2 013 - the Woomera -*■*
Bedi, Farhan Bokhari, J Michael Cole, Sebastien Falletti,
Robert Foster, Julian Kerr, Dzirhan Mahadzir, Mrityunjoy
Testing Range in Southern Australia being Taranis first flew on 10 August 2013. bae systems: U80784
Mazumdar, Trefor Moss, Gavin Phipps, Kosuke Takahashi. widely understood to be the base for the Taranis
Europe: Victor Barreira, Nicholas Fiorenza,
trials programme. been for the Eurofighter Typhoon.
Tim Glogan, David Ing, Bruce Jones, Jiri Kominek,
Georg Mader, Tim Ripley, Lale Sariibrahimoglu, Sebastian The technological focus of the programme, Expenditure on the Taranis programme
Schulte, Menno Steketee, Radu Tudor, Theodore Valmas, Whitehead said, is on a next-generation system stands at GBP185 million (USD300 mil
Paolo Valpolini. Middle East/Africa: Segun Adeyemi,
Nicholas Blanford, Helmoed-Romer Heitman, Yaakov Katz, that incorporates low observable characteris lion) at present (up from an original figure of
Ellen Knickmeyer, Mohammed Najib. tics that would enable the aircraft to operate in GBP 140 million) with funding coming from
NATO and EU Affairs: Brooks Tigner.
contested airspace. Whitehead was not willing industry and the government. The reasons
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BEIJING
China, Pakistan set for submarine boats dating from the late 19 70s.
In 2009 the PN sought to pur
chase three German-built Type
deal by end of year, say officials 214 submarines, but the plan
was put on hold due to costs that
at the time were reported to be in
FARHAN BOKHARI JDW Correspondent second Pakistani government offi excess ofUSD2 billion.
ISLAMABAD cial confirmed that “the contract is Recent Sino-Pakistani con
in an advanced stage and discus tracts tied to Islamabad’s strategic
Pakistan could sign a deal to in Islamabad suggest that China’s sions will not linger on for too interests include China’s agree
buy up to six submarines from subsequent international market long. Realistically, we should have ment to provide two large civil
China before the end of 2014, ing of the ‘S20’ or Yuan-class a deal by the end of 2 014”. nuclear reactors to be based close
senior Pakistani government diesel-electric submarine (SSK) The submarine contract would to Karachi. According to Pakistani
officials have told IHS Jane’s. suggests it could be a potential further cement China’s rapidly officials China’s Eximbank agreed
A Pakistani government minis option for Pakistan. growing role as the main sup to extend a USD6.5 billion loan for
ter revealed in March 2011 that A senior Pakistani government plier of military hardware to the two reactors.
China had offered to sell up to six official told IHS Jane’s that “the Pakistan’s armed forces and fill Additionally, the Sino-Paki-
submarines to Pakistan although technical details are almost done. an important gap in Pakistan stani-built JF-17 Thunder fighter
he did not specify details of the The present discussions are mainly Navy (PN) capabilities. The PN aircraft is reportedly the subject
boats on offer. Western officials about the financing details”. A is known to operate five French of talks between Pakistan and
submarines: three Agosta 9 OB Saudi Arabia: a potential deal that
(Khalid-class) submarines pur Western officials said would not
chased in the 1990s and two age be discussed without Beijing’s
ing Agosta 70 (Hashmat-class) explicit consent. ■
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Previously hijacked
vessel implicated in
new hijacking
JEREMY BINN1E JDW Middle East/Africa Editor
LONDON
Alleged Kerala hijacking timeline
coast of Lagos six days later without its cargo. © Some of the tanker's cargo is tranferred to another
ship off the Congolese coast
The NN statement said it detained Itri in Q More of the cargo is unloaded in two more
the Lagos area and then used its “remote sur ship-to-ship transfers
veillance system” to locate Kerala off the port 0 The Nigerian Navy detains tanker Itri off Lagos on
suspicion of involvement in the cargo transfers
of Tema in Ghana on 28 January: two days
0 Dynacom announces on 26 Jan that the ship has
after the tanker’s operator, Dynacom Tankers been released by the hijackers
Management, had reported that it had been © Nigerian Navy locates Kerala in the vicinity of Tema,
released by its hijackers. The NN informed Ghana, on 28 Jan; the tanker is taken into custody
by the Ghana Navy © 2014 IHS: 1518667
the Ghana Navy, which took the tanker into
custody pending an investigation by Interpol.
The Angolan Navy had already disputed cargo had been offloaded in three ship-to-ship
Dynacom’s claim that the ship had been operations that took place off the Congo
hijacked. “It was all faked; there have been no lese coast (it did not state whether this was
acts of piracy in Angolan waters,” spokesman Congo-Brazzaville or Congo-Kinshasa) and
Captain Augusto Alfredo told Reuters on 26 around 90 n miles south-south-west of Lagos.
January. “What happened on 18 January, when However, it then refused to help the NN
we lost contact with the ship, was that the crew locate the ship. “The unco-operative attitude
disabled the communications on purpose.” of the ship’s crew and owners after the
He added that the tug Gare had contacted pirates released the ship, as claimed, leaves
Kerala in Angolan waters and then led it to much to be desired,” the statement said
Nigeria. The Angola News Agency cited him before calling on the crew to “provide useful
as saying that Gare was “a replica of another information on possible collaborators in the
[tug] with the same name that participated in purported hijack”.
actions of piracy in Gabon last year”. Brila Energy did not respond to a request to
The NN noted that Dynacom had initially comment on Itri’s alleged involvement in the
been co-operative, informing it that Kerala’s latest incident. ■
goes into
receivership exports in 2013 France is the world’s fourth
largest arms exporter: a position
bolstered by strong governmen
Greek state-owned armoured
vehicle maker Hellenic Vehicles
Industry S.A. (ELVO) has gone
hit EUR6.3 billion tal support for overseas sales.
In 2013 a Ministerial Commit
tee on Defence Exports (COMED)
into receivership, after years of was installed under the authority of
losses, following a ruling by the GUILLAUME BELAN JDW Correspondent ________________________________ the Minister of Defence. Le Drian
Thessaloniki Court of Appeals on PARIS has also been active in developing
30 January. relationships with decision-makers
The decision follows a petition by French defence exports in the countries targeted for sales,
• French defence exports are
the Greek state to apply article 14A reached EUR6.3 billion (USD8.5 travelling nearly 108,000 km to sup
expected to have increased
of Law 3249/2005 and place the billion) in 2013, according to port French export industries.
31% over 2012
company in special receivership. figures released by the Ministry
• Eight major contracts worth
ELVO recorded aggregate losses of Defence (MoD).
more than EUR200 million
of EUR100 million (USD135.5 million) Consolidated data for the year surveillance satellites and Thales
were signed in FY2013
in 2006-13 and owes EUR48 million will be calculated in coming air defence radars. Singapore and
to suppliers and banks. Although weeks, said Minister of Defence Morocco were other top export
the company is state owned, a cash Jean-Yves Le Drian, but initial However, France also boosted destinations, said the MoD.
injection by the Greek state is not results show a 31% increase exports to the Asia Pacific, which France saw its greatest success
seen as feasible, given EU laws on over 2012, when orders totalled provided 16% of the total, and with missiles and space systems.
state aid and subsidies. EUR4.8 billion. Latin America, which made up 9%. MBDA exported its VL Mica and
Ernst & Young are to be appointed Eight major contracts - those Saudi Arabia led among cus Mistral missiles to Saudi Arabia
as receivers. Options under consid worth more than EUR200 mil tomer countries, accounting for and its Aster 30 missile to Singa
eration are dissolving the company lion - were signed in FY2013: up EUR 1.8 billion, or 28%, of the pore. Airbus Space Systems and
or splitting it in two to retain one on three in FY2012. order intake. Major contracts Thales Alenia Space sold space
part as a “bad” company with debts The leading regional destina included the LEX (Life Exten and satellite systems to Brazil,
and obligations and create a “good” tion for France’s defence exports sion) for the Royal Saudi Navy, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
company with activities deemed was the Middle East, with 40% covering four DCNS A1 Riyadh Le Drian has forecast even
profitable and therefore attractive to of the value of registered orders. F3000S frigates, as well as better figures for 2014, with
an external partner. the MoD expecting India to
Theodore L Valmas French defence exports (orders USD billions) finally commit about USD2 bil
JDW Correspondent, Athens, & 2010 2011 2012 2013
lion for initial deliveries of the
Matthew Smith Dassault Rafale, selected in 2012
4.5 6.5 4.8 6.3
Jane's Industry Analyst, London for the 126-aircraft MMRCA
Source: IHS Jane's World Defence Industry/French government programme. ■
Turkey to auction
bankrupted military
vehicle firm BMC
LALE SARIIBRAHIMOGLU JDW Correspondent______________________
ANKARA
production in Vietnam
The programme to build the
Israeli rifles in Vietnam follows
intensifying efforts by the two
countries in recent years to
JON GREVATT Jane’s Asia-Pacific Industry Analyst duction unit and to build and sup expand military and related
BANGKOK ply the rifles is reportedly worth industrial ties.
about USD 100 million and was In September 2011, for instance,
Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) secured by IWI following a com Vietnam’s deputy defence minister,
• Israel Weapon Industries
has established a production petitive tender process in which Lieutenant General Truong Quang
has set up a production unit
facility in Vietnam to support Chinese and Russian companies Khanh, led a delegation to Israel to
in Vietnam to supply Galil
its supply of Galil 31/32 ACE also participated, said reports. visit defence companies and discuss
31/32 ACE assault rifles to the
assault rifles to the Vietnam Vietnam becomes the second potential partnership programmes.
Vietnam People’s Army
People’s Army (VPA), state-run known export customer of the The programme also reflects the
• The ACE rifles will gradually
news agencies in Hanoi have ACE assault rifle. In 2010 the rising emphasis Vietnam is placing
replace the army’s AK-47s
reported. Colombian armed forces ordered on offset-like strategies in defence
The production unit will sup 19,000 units, with the rifles procurement.
ply an unspecified number of the is based in the northern Thanh being manufactured at the state- Collaborative programmes under
ACE assault rifles to “gradually Hoa province and owned by the run Industria Militar. way in Vietnam feature Russian Kh-35
replace” the AK-47s currently Ministry of Defence, suggesting IWI had not responded to IHS Uran anti-ship missiles, Russia’s Ikrut-
used by the VPA, said reports the production of the rifles is a Jane’s questions at the time of 200 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
published last month. collaboration between IWI and writing and a spokesman at the and Swedish company Unmanned
The rifles are being manufac the VPA. Israeli Embassy in Hanoi could Systems Group’s Magic Eye 1 UAV.
tured at Factory Z111, which The contract to set up the pro not be contacted. ■
Taliban sitrep
While attempts to negotiate a peace deal between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders
continued throughout 2013, rising civilian casualties, ongoing internal power struggles
and fractured lines of control on the ground call into question how much any peace
talks can deliver. Joanna Wright reports
rom the opening in June of a Taliban anti-government elements are increasing, and control some of the activities carried out
Pakistan in November, 2013 was dotted with peace talks can deliver. A November 2013 Structure and strategy
attempts to initiate peace talks between the report on the Taliban and other associated “Questions remain about how much direct
two sides fighting to control Afghanistan. individuals by the United Nations Security control the Taliban leadership can exercise,”
The situation on the ground, however, does Council (UNSC) Analytical Support and the UNSC report said. “The Taliban combine
not suggest an insurgency moving towards Sanctions Monitoring Team indicated that centralised authority with significant scope
reconciliation. In the southern provinces - independent fronts are emerging and that
the traditional Taliban heartland - residents the Taliban leadership may be unable to
remain fearful, civilian casualties caused by
for route clearance and radio frequency with high concentrations of civilians”. Pakistani border to Kandahar.
jammers. ANSF protection through the use Extremely basic arming devices have been These mines, which had moulded plastic
of ECM will depend on how widely units built for some IED initiators in Afghanistan, cases and lacked a safety arming mechanism
have been equipped with such equipment including the use of non-conductive (meaning they were transported live),
and the extent to which it is used and main material such as plastic to block the initia contained around 0.5 kg of potassium
tained effectively. tion circuit, which is then pulled out to arm chlorate-based explosive. The pressure
RC-IEDs should theoretically enable the device. This allows a bomb-setter to bury required to activate these devices was only
attackers to discriminate between targets a device in a road so that traffic can pass over around 1.8 kg, according to an ISAF weap
and so have the potential to reduce civil it, allowing the operator to arm it when a ons safety officer, meaning they could be
ian casualties. The figures in Afghanistan, target, such as a military convoy, approaches easily triggered.
however, show that civilian casualties from and thus allowing the IED to function in a Home-made initiators that can be pro
RC-IEDs have increased by 130%. UNAMA manner similar to one activated by a duced in Afghanistan also feature on the
recorded 160 RCIED attacks resulting in 136 pressure plate. battlefield. A device recovered by the ANA in
civilian deaths and 426 injuries during the Taliban use of actual pressure plates has the summer of 2 012 used a wooden frame
first half of 2013. evolved from the use of crude devices with containing carbon rods from a battery as the
One reason for this increase is the target a high metal content, which were thus contact points.
ing of government officials operating in susceptible to discovery by ISAF and ANSF Kandahar residents interviewed by IHS
urban areas, such as Afghan National Police metal detectors, to initiators designed with Jane’s in late 2013 claimed pressure plates
“performing civilian law enforcement minimal metal content. In 2010 IHS Jane’s continued to be the main type of initiator
functions such as traffic policing”, UNAMA documented PMN-type anti-personnel used, noting that the devices detonate as
reported, or “against ANP checkposts in areas mines being smuggled in bulk across the vehicles pass over them.
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While a return to growth in military budgets in 2014 will offer some respite to defence
manufacturers following half a decade of decline, a sustained and robust recovery is still
some years off. The IHS Jane’s Defence Budgets team reports
ollowing five years of decline in military from its 2009 level of USD 1,651 billion. In billion and USD9.2 billion in FY 2014 and FY
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to decrease further in the short term as GDP
growth recovers, even with military pensions 200
funding included. France’s six-year defence
funding programme, the Projet de Loi de Pro-
2009 2014 2020
grammemation Militaire (LPM) 2014-2019,
Year
released in August 2013, will see core defence
spending remain static in nominal terms from US Rest of World
2013-16 at EUR31.38 billion (USD43 billion)
a year, rising slightly to EUR 31.5 6 billion in Source: IHS Jane's Defence Budgets 5 2014 IHS 1518659
2017, EUR31.78 billion in 2018, and finally
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