Jane's Information Group (often referred to as Jane's) is a publishing company specialising in transportation and military topics, which was founded by Fred T. Jane in 1898. Jane began by sketching ships as an enthusiast, and this gradually developed into an encyclopedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of All the World's Fighting Ships. The company Jane founded gradually branched out into other arenas of military expertise. The books and trade magazines published by Jane's are often considered the de facto public source of information on warfare and transportation systems.

Jane's Information Group, based in London, is now owned by IHS Inc.^[1] (Information Handling Services) having previously been owned by The Woodbridge Company, and previously owned by the Thomson Corporation for a number of years. Woodbridge is a private equity firm holding 70% of Thomson's stock.

Major competitors include Defense News, Flight International and Aviation Week.

Jane's continues to provide open source intelligence in the defense, security, transport and law enforcement sectors.

[edit] List of publications

[edit] Online Services (updated continually)

• Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
• Jane's Defence Forecasts - Military Aircraft Programmes
• Jane's Defence Forecasts - Combat Vehicle Programmes
• Jane's Defence Forecasts - Military Vessel Programmes
• Jane’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Assessments
• Jane's Strategic Advisory Services
• Jane's Foreign Report
• Jane's Urban Transport Systems

[edit] Books (annual)

Cover of 2005 ed. of the Aircraft Recognition Guide

Cover of 2002 ed. of the Guns Recognition Guide

• Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide
• Jane's Fighting Ships
• Jane's World Railways
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft
• Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide
• Jane's Guns Recognition Guide
• Jane's Defence Industry News
• Jane's Infantry Weapons
• Jane's Urban Transport Systems

[edit] Periodicals

• Jane's Intelligence Weekly
• Jane's Defence Weekly
• Jane's International Defence Review
• Jane's Navy International
• Jane's Intelligence Review
• Jane's Intelligence Digest
• Jane's Defence Industry
• Jane's Airport Review

[edit] Games

• Jane's Combat Simulations was a series of computer games produced under license to Electronic Arts

[edit] Other media

In the first episode of the anime Full Metal Panic!, a character is seen holding several issues of Jane's with fictional Arm Slaves humanoid robots used for combat.

[edit] References

1. ^ IHS Press Release

[edit] External links

• Official website

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