Jane's Information Group, now styled Janes, is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military,

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, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.

History

Jane's Information Group was founded in 1898 by Fred T. Jane, who had begun sketching ships as an enthusiast naval artist while living in Portsmouth. This gradually developed into an encyclopedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of ''All the World's Fighting Ships'' (1898). The company then gradually branched out into other areas of military expertise. The books and trade magazines published by the company are often considered the ''de facto'' public source of information on warfare and transportation systems. Based in

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for most of its existence, the group was owned by the Thomson Corporation, The Woodbridge Company, then IHS Markit, before being acquired by Montagu Private Equity in 2019.

Description

The company name is officially Jane's Information Group, and it is located in Coulsdon,

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. The company continues to provide open-source intelligence in the defence, security, aerospace and transport sectors.

Publications

Of their publications, books (published annually) include '' Jane's All the World's Aircraft'', '' Jane's Fighting Ships'', '' Jane's Military Communications'', ''Jane's World Air Forces'',IHS Web site
/ref> ''Jane's World Navies'', and '' Jane's World Railways''. Periodicals include '' Jane's Defence Weekly'', '' Jane's Intelligence Review'', '' Jane's International Defence Review'', and '' Jane's Navy International''. '' Jane's Police Review'' (2011) and '' Jane's Airport Review'' (2015) were discontinued. Jane's '' All the World's Aircraft'' and '' Fighting Ships'' are included in the 2019 edition of the

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as references for proper notation of aircraft and military ship names. Jane's Combat Simulations was a brand of computer flight simulation games and naval warfare simulations produced between 1996 and 2000 under license to Electronic Arts. Major periodical competitors include '' Defense News'', '' Flight International'', ''

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'' and the Shephard Group.

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