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Lunch+Learn: Getting to know Janes Defence Equipment & Technology Online
During this session you will be introduced to Janes Defence Equipment & Technology, a key resource for aerospace and defence equipment specifications, followed by Q&A with our guest speaker, Dan Morgan.
- Date:
- Wednesday, 27th March 2024
- Time:
- 13:05 - 13:55
- Time Zone:
- UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Register now:
- Reserve a place online via DATES
- Audience:
- Cranfield staff Research students Taught students
- Categories:
- Lunch+Learn workshop
Session overview
Janes Defence Equipment & Technology covers a comprehensive global view of defence equipment, providing development histories, technical descriptions and specifications, imagery and a structured ontological database to allow swift interrogation of this content.
This session will cover:
- An introduction to
- Janes Defence Equipment & Technology website - Information and analysis on the air, land, naval and joint defence platforms, weapons and systems in service and under development around the world. Includes Data Analytics and specifications analysis.
- Air & Space Module – a complete reference portfolio of air and space platforms and systems, including Aero-engines and All the World’s Aircraft to find equipment, and civil and military aircraft specifications.
- Janes Defence News provides access to a portfolio of Janes defence articles covering defence and security, as well as further contextual information on developments globally.
- Janes Military Capabilities systematically tracks armed forces from 110+ countries with qualitative assessment documents and quantitative reporting on ORBATs, Inventories, Bases and force deployments between all three across both a geo-spatial and database view. The Inventories data is interconnected with Equipment information from Janes, allowing for seamless progression from capability to deployment analysis.
Janes is available to all Cranfield University students via the Databases A-Z list.
Please note: this demonstration does not offer hands-on practice. If you have any questions about Janes before or after the session, please email the Library.
This session will be delivered via Teams, the link will be sent out nearer the day.
Who should participate
Anyone who has an interest in finding information on aircraft and defence equipment specifications, and defence and security information.
Intended learning outcomes (ILOs)
By the end of this demonstration, participants should be able to:
- Locate the different products and services that Janes can offer
- Use the Janes database to find the equipment and defence information you need
Session format
Demonstration and Q&A by external speaker.
Booking information
You can request a place online. Please do cancel your place if you are unable to attend.
