Defence Weekly 

*Engaging in full by the Horn
During 2011 the world was preoccupied with the Arab Spring, the continuing conflict in Afghanistan and the Eurozone crisis. Yet in the final months ...
03-Feb-2012
*Launch control
In an ideal world, NATO's missile defence plan to protect its territory against ballistic missile threats should be a technocratic exercise of linking the ...
03-Feb-2012
*Briefing: COTS conundrum
Commercial off-the-shelf technology (COTS) is made up of several subsets including government-off-the-shelf (GOTS), military-off-the-shelf (MOTS) and NATO off-the-shelf (NOTS). COTS, MOTS, GOTS and NOTS ...
20-Jan-2012
*Briefing: Asia-Pacific emerging markets: Growing and evolving
A combination of relative economic vigour, regional rivalry and modernisation plans will continue to drive strong growth in the defence markets of Asia-Pacific over ...
13-Jan-2012
*Briefing: Wave of the future
While maintenance and platform availability issues continue to dog the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), other more positive challenges await in preparing for the introduction ...
12-Jan-2012
*Briefing: Chemical reaction
The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threat varies across the world, but it is clear that a common response is called for if ...
11-Jan-2012
*Situational awareness
The advent of ground vehicle situational awareness (GVSA) systems may have begun with the transition of image-intensified driver's viewers to thermal-imaging systems, which allowed ...
29-Dec-2011
*Pushing the envelope
During the past two decades the US Navy (USN) has radically re-evaluated how it delivers defence against tactical air threats: primarily anti-ship cruise missiles ...
28-Dec-2011
*Strong trajectory
Turkish defence investment has been on a strong upward trajectory and military spending averaged nine per cent per annum growth between 2002 and 2008 ...
16-Dec-2011
*Briefing: The push for Paktika
With coalition forces in Afghanistan set to declare an end to combat operations in 2014, NATO and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are ...
16-Dec-2011
*Opinion: Receding Waters: surfing the cyber wave
For the past three years we have witnessed a cyber security 'wave', with politicians announcing facilities and spending, industry rebranding and acquiring capabilities and ...
16-Dec-2011
*Annual Defence Report 2011 - The Americas
United States At the end of 2011 the US military appears to be at an interesting inflection point. By the start of 2012 US ...
09-Dec-2011
Annual Defence Report 2011 - Introduction
In military-geopolitical terms 2011 will be remembered most for the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the advent of the Arab Spring ...
09-Dec-2011
*Annual Defence Report 2011 - Industry
Severe market conditions led to extreme measures in Europe and the US in particular during 2011. Giants of mature markets such as ITT, L-3 ...
09-Dec-2011
*Annual Defence Report 2011 - The Middle East and Africa
It was a year of tumult and tragedy across the Middle East and Africa, of triumph and transcendence. And it all began in Tunisia. ...
09-Dec-2011
*Annual Defence Report 2011 - Asia Pacific
The major story in the Asia-Pacific region in 2011 was without doubt the 1 May raid by US Navy SEALs on the city of ...
09-Dec-2011
*Annual Defence Report 2011 - Europe
Virtually every government department of every European state had one item at the top of its agenda in 2011: money, or the lack of ...
09-Dec-2011
*Road to Recovery?
In August 2010 US President Barack Obama launched a radical overhaul of defence export rules to bolster national security and stimulate foreign equipment sales. ...
05-Dec-2011
*Briefing: Wheeled warriors
Traditionally special forces (SF) have utilised modified Land Rover Defender 4x4 and Mercedes-Benz G-class 4x4 light vehicles.
02-Dec-2011
*Opinion: Finding the courage to shrink in defence
The news of United Technologies Corporation's (UTC's) bid for Goodrich has prompted many industry analysts to anticipate a wave of consolidation in the aerospace ...
01-Dec-2011
*Taking aim at Type 26
The continued relevance of naval gunfire support has been recently demonstrated by the actions of UK Royal Navy (RN) warships off Libya. Operating as...
29-Nov-2011
*Strait talking
If you wanted a snapshot of the challenges facing Taiwan's defence establishment, then the Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition held in August was ...
28-Nov-2011
*Briefing: Acquisition strategy
Developments in Malaysian defence procurement have been fairly limited despite the start of the 10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) that governs the Malaysian government's spending ...
22-Nov-2011
*Learning matrix
In early October 1,000 paratroopers from the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) dropped into the fictional state of Atropia. Their mission ...
18-Nov-2011
*Virtual warfare
In 2011 defence manufacturers and military facilities in Canada, Japan, the United States and other nations have been the target of cyber attacks. When ...
15-Nov-2011
*Hedging bets in the lateral marketplace
Strong headwinds facing Western military markets continued to shape defence and security sector mergers and acquisitions activity during the third quarter of 2011, although ...
15-Nov-2011
*Opinion: Gaining ground on the anti-corruption front
Collaboration across the defence industry is a key factor in tackling corruption. Through our close work with the defence sector since 2003, our programme ...
08-Nov-2011
*Briefing: Taking the strain
From humanitarian aid missions to military operations across the globe, heavy-lift helicopters continue to prove their worth. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook, for example, celebrates ...
04-Nov-2011
*Briefing: Worth waiting for?
The US military's plan to develop the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in partnership with eight other countries has been ...
04-Nov-2011
*Briefing: Riding out the storm
The world's largest open defence markets - the US, UK, France and Germany - saw their combined military expenditure contract by more than USD4 ...
31-Oct-2011
*Briefing: Cutting back
The speed with which economic challenges have impacted the United States in the past year has meant that cost-saving strategies have struggled to keep ...
28-Oct-2011
*Briefing: Breaking the wall
Supported by huge levels of investment from domestic banks, China's state-run aerospace and defence (A&D) industry - led by the Aviation Industry Corporation of ...
21-Oct-2011
*Briefing: Moving on, moving out
The Swedish Armed Forces are in the middle of sweeping defence reforms that will transform the military into a professional and flexible force that, ...
21-Oct-2011
*Brief: Playing by the book
The UK government's lead prosecuting authority under the new Bribery Act has said it will avoid easy targets to tackle the most challenging and ...
14-Oct-2011
*Briefing: The need for SEAD
Operations over Libya have reminded Western air forces of the importance of anti-access capabilities, specifically the suppression and destruction of enemy air defences (SEAD/DEAD). ...
14-Oct-2011