Jane's Information Group

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. [ [http://www.ihs.com/News/Press-Releases/2007/IHSacquiresJanesInformationGroup.htm IHS Press Release] ] (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.

List of publications

Online Services (updated continually)

* " [http://jtic.janes.com/public/jtic/index.shtml Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre] "
* " [http://jdfmap.janes.com Jane's Defence Forecasts - Military Aircraft Programmes] "
* " [http://jdfcvp.janes.com Jane's Defence Forecasts - Combat Vehicle Programmes] "
* " [http://jdfmvp.janes.com Jane's Defence Forecasts - Military Vessel Programmes] "
* " [http://jcbrn.janes.com Jane’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Assessments] "
* " [http://jsas.janes.com Jane's Strategic Advisory Services] "
* "Jane's Foreign Report"

Books (annual)

* "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"

Periodicals

* "Jane's Defence Weekly"
* "Jane's International Defence Review"
* "Jane's Navy International"
* "Jane's Intelligence Review"
* "Jane's Intelligence Digest"
* [http://jdin.janes.com Jane's Defence Industry]
* "Jane's Airport Review"

Games

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

References

External links

* [http://www.janes.com/ Official website]