Defense, Risk & Security Media

London (February 14, 2012) – China’s defence budget will hit $238.2 billion in 2015, more than the combined spend of all other key defence markets in Asia Pacific which is expected to reach $232.5 billion in 2015, according to information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).

China’s defence budget will double by 2015, growing at a rate of 18.75% (CAGR) between 2011 and 2015, reaching around four times Japan’s defence budget, the region’s next biggest spender.

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Equipment: Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (left) and Justine Heeley, managing director of category sponsor Chemring Marine (right), present the Safety at Sea International 2011 Equipment Award to Jan van der Tempel, CEO of Ampelmann

Security: Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (left) and Philip Wake, Chief Executive of category sponsor the Nautical Institute (right), present the Safety at Sea International 2011 Security Award to Vice President Maurits Westerbeek van Eerten (centre left) and Managing Director Lodewijk Westerbeek van Eerten (centre right) of Westmark.

Management/Operations: Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (left) and Peter Blackhurst, Head of Safety at category sponsor Inmarsat (right), present the Safety at Sea International 2011 Management/Operations Award to David Turner, Human Element Policy Manager of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency

AMVER Award for Seamanship: Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (left) and Benjamin Strong, Director of Marketing for AMVER, (right) present a green pennant to Katie Hoeger (centre), who accepted the AMVER Award for Seamanship on behalf of Komrowski Befrachtungskontor and the crew of Adrian

LONDON (May 20, 2011) – Developments in Afghanistan are at a critical juncture and could make the 2011 fighting season the crucial test for the future of the allied mission in Afghanistan, according to a new analysis in IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly by Editor, Peter Felstead, who recently returned from the warfront.

Jane’s Defence Weekly, through the use of satellite imagery analysis, has discovered that Iran has been expanding its capabilities at the Semnan space centre and is likely to have a missile and satellite launch site capable of accommodating larger missiles and satellite launch vehicles ready for operation by mid-2013. 

Jane’s Defence Weekly has identified that a number of complex facilities are nearing external completion after only months of construction.  Rapid construction that more...

Syrian Troop Deployment in Lebanon