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Indian Navy commissions second improved variant of Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel

Thu, 20/10/2016 - 02:00
The Indian Navy has inducted the second improved variant of the Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel. The vessel, INS Tihayu , was commissioned on 19 October in a ceremony held in Visakhapatnam and will be deployed for coastal patrol and surveillance missions along India's eastern coast. Tihayu is part
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North Korea threatens to reduce South to 'sea of fire'

Thu, 20/10/2016 - 02:00
North Korean state media warned on 19 October that South Korea "will be engulfed in a sea of fire" if Pyongyang detects signs of a pre-emptive strike by the United States or South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. In addition, the North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper reiterated that
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ST Kinetics Brazilian subsidiary to upgrade Colombian AFVs

Thu, 20/10/2016 - 02:00
Brazil's privately-run Technicae Projetos e Serviços Automotivos, which is owned by Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics), has been in talks to modernise and refurbish 180 6x6 armoured fighting vehicles of the Colombian Army, but a potential contract has not been finalised, the company
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ATCA 2016: Raytheon secures JPALS follow-on contract

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a USD255 million contract to develop a production model of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) satellite-based landing system. Contract options could raise the value to USD270 million. Raytheon will complete development of the autoland
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BAE Systems outlines benefits for Belgian Typhoon

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
BAE Systems and the Eurofighter consortium companies are looking to grow their engagement with Belgian industry as part of their offering of the Eurofighter Typhoon for a current Belgian Air Force requirement. It is expected that the Belgian government will invoke Article 346 of the Treaty on the
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Boko Haram attack on Nigerian garrison underlines group's strength and competition between factions for supremacy

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
EVENT The faction of Boko Haram led by the Islamic State-imposed leader Abu-Musab al-Barnawi claimed on 17 October that it had killed 20 soldiers the day before in Ghashghar, near Nigeria's border with Niger. Using the name Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the group said it had
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Boom times continue for Thales on back of Indian Rafale contract

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
Thales released its third quarter results covering the first nine months of the year on 19 October, showing that the company is continuing to ride the bow-wave of the success of the Dassault Rafale aircraft in foreign markets. The company's overall order intake reached EUR10.22 billion (USD11.24
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Carter underlines importance of US 'rebalance to Asia'

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
The United States is deploying its best military assets to the Asia-Pacific region as part of President Barack Obama's 'rebalance to Asia' and sees its regional security alliances as helping to ensure stability in the future, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter wrote in an article published on 18
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Classified facility to be constructed in Israel

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
A new secret facility with hardened shelters is to be constructed in Israel under a USD64.6 million contract that the US Department of Defence (DoD) awarded to the New Jersey-based company Conti Federal Services Inc on 18 October. The contract announcement gave no further details other than to say
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Collaboration on weaponised C295W gathers pace

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
Spanish company Expal announced on 18 October that it had signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space that will see the company provide engineering support for munitions to be mounted on an Airbus C295W. Expal said that they would be providing support "for the integration of standard
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Euronaval 2016: French Navy's new frigate design unveiled

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
The concept design for the new Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (FTI) for the French Navy was unveiled by the French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on 18 October. The minister was joined at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris by Laurent Collet-Billon, head of France's defence
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Euronaval 2016: Indonesian Sea and Coast Guard orders Scanter 6000 radars

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
Key Points The five KPLP patrol boats receiving Scanter 6000 are KN Trisula , KN Kalimasadha , KN Kalawai , KN Chundamani , and KN Gandiwa Scanter 6000 system is being integrated with the Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine Vision Master ARPA display system Danish systems and sensors house Terma has
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Euronaval 2016: Lockheed Martin continues to develop COMBATSS-21 for USN's future frigate

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
Key Points Lockheed Martin is continuing to develop its COMBATSS-21 CMS The system's lineage to the Aegis programme allows it to draw on established Aegis capability as well as any new developments incorporated US systems and sensors house Lockheed Martin is continuing development of its
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Euronaval 2016: NATO must think differently about risks today, says alliance maritime commander

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
Key Points NATO faces new range of conceptual and geographic threats Alliance member states must think differently about how to address such threats NATO faces a new range of threats today, in both geographic and conceptual contexts, and needs to learn to think differently in terms of how to
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Hanwha Group restructures defence activities following acquisitions

Wed, 19/10/2016 - 02:00
South Korea's Hanwha group, which has made several high-profile defence acquisitions over the past year or so, has announced a restructure to optimise industrial efficiencies. The Seoul-headquartered corporation said in a filing to the Korean Exchange on 17 October that the reorganisation is
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Russian carrier works up for Syria deployment

Fri, 14/10/2016 - 17:42
Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov , is nearing the end of a work-up period outside the port of Murmansk before heading for the eastern Mediterranean, reportedly to begin air operations against targets in Syria. The first combat deployment of Kuznetsov was announced by Russian
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Singapore, Australia progress on agreement to expand defence training facilities

Fri, 14/10/2016 - 17:04
Key Points Singapore has secured access to military training space in Australia about ten times its own size Access grants the Singapore Armed Forces room to hone its more sophisticated warfighting capabilities The governments of Singapore and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding
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Likely accession of crown prince to Thai throne will have little impact on unresolved political conflict

Fri, 14/10/2016 - 15:00
Key Points King Bhumibol is likely to be replaced by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, despite rumours in recent years that the Privy Council would attempt to sideline the crown prince. The succession is unlikely to lead to political turmoil, as the military-led government appears to support
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Cubic unveils Atlas imagery exploitation system

Fri, 14/10/2016 - 14:00
Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) has integrated products from three recent acquisitions to produce Atlas, a single system that can provide imagery-derived intelligence at the tactical level and which meets a US customer's Urgent Operational Need. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, told
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L-3 set to demonstrate SOM smokescreen generator

Fri, 14/10/2016 - 14:00
L-3 Linkabit announced at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual convention in Washington in October 2016 that it had been awarded a contract for the System and Demonstration (SID) phase of the Screening Obscuration Module (SOM) programme. The SOM is described as a "modular, soldier
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