Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera has announced that the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters to enter Japanese service will be based at Misawa Air Base (AB) in northern Japan.
Onodera said on 25 June that the first four F-35s will be deployed to the base during
Japan to station first F-35s at Misawa Air Base
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Eurosatory 2014: Thales UK awarded LMM contract for Lynx Wildcat
Thales UK has been awarded a GBP48 million (USD81 million) contract for integration work of the company's Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) onto the Royal Navy's (RN's) future fleet of AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat HMA.2 naval helicopters, it was announced on 16 June.
In RN service the LMM will
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EU moves forward on maritime strategy
The 28 nations within the European Union (EU) on 24 June gave approval for the European Commission (EC) to flesh out the details for an EU maritime security strategy.
Their decision means the EC can now draw up concrete initiatives to boost exchanges of maritime awareness and surveillance data
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DVD 2014: UK moves to protected mobility support
An overarching support contract for more than 2,000 protected mobility vehicles bought by the British Army for the war in Afghanistan is to be in place by 2017.
Senior officials in the UK's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) procurement organisation say the project, known as Protected
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DVD 2014: UK Challenger 2 LEP numbers may drop
Final numbers of BAE Systems Challenger 2 main battle tanks to go through a life extension programme (LEP) may dip from the current envisaged 227 vehicle total to keep the project within budget.
It is hoped to formally launch the project early next year when initial gate approval is scheduled to be
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DVD 2014: Indonesian SAMs break cover, promising enhanced anti-UAV capability
The new Land Rover-based surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems destined for Indonesia went on public display for the first time at the Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DV) exhibition at Millbrook Proving Ground on 25 June.
Indonesia ordered the Thales Starstreak SAMs as part of a wider ForceShield air
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DVD 2014: General Dynamics UK completes first Scout PMRS
The first pre-production member of the General Dynamics UK Scout Specialist Vehicle (Scout SV) family of tracked armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) for the British Army was shown for the first time at Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) on 25 June 2014.
This was the Protected Mobility Reconnaissance
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DVD 2014: British Army to launch future bridging contract
The United Kingdom is to launch a procurement competition in October to upgrade or replace the British Army's heavy bridging capability, IHS Jane's was told at Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) 2014.
The project, now renamed Tyro, is aimed at replacing ageing bridging vehicles and increasing weight
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DVD 2014: British Army to build new vehicle storage depot
British Army planners are moving ahead with a project to build a new humidity-controlled storage depot to hold thousands of vehicles ready for rapid-deployment missions.
The plans envisage an end to British Army units holding the majority of their own vehicles at their home garrisons, and has been
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DEFENDIA CZ changes name
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) announced on 26 June that it would be changing the name of its Czech subsidiary DEFENDIA CZ to General Dynamics European Land Systems - Czech, s.r.o (GDELS-Czech).
In announcing the rebranding, GDELS announced that the company had successfully
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Czech MoD seeks faster mobilisation law
The Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD) is drafting an amendment to the National Defence Law passed in 2004 that, if passed by parliament, would allow the MoD to conscript select civilians for service into the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) prior to the government calling an official state of
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Algeria signs for two more 'Kilo' subs
Algeria has signed a contract covering the delivery of two Project 636 Varshavyanka ('Kilo')-class diesel-electric submarines that will be built at Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg, Russia.
"The date of the start of construction of two submarines to the foreign customer has been fixed, the
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Afghan officials confident on post-2014 agreements with NATO
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Afghan officials at a NATO meeting in Brussels said they are confident that Kabul will sign agreements with the United States and the alliance to govern a post-2014 troop presence in Afghanistan
NATO officials also outlined plans to deal with continued Russian activities around Ukraine
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PAC-3 MSE to feature new radar technology
Proposed advancements to the Raytheon Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) air and missile defence system will feature new, state-of-the-art radar technology that addresses some of the traditional shortcomings of the original design configuration.
Raytheon
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Venezuela announces L-15 negotiations and K-8W shuffle
Venezuela is in negotiations to procure 24 Chinese Hongdu L-15 Falcon lead-in fighter trainers, the country's new Military Aviation (AMB) Commander, General Eutimio Criollo Villalobos, announced on June 25.
Negotiations between Venezuela and China National Aero-Technology Import and Export
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USMC to reduce Shadow budget to fund Blackjack engine upgrade
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has requested that the US Congress allow it to shift USD18.75 million from its RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to its RQ-21 Blackjack UAV programme in order to extend the latter's range.
"Force rebalancing and the Marine Corps focus on shipboard operations
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USAF combat rescue helo finally on contract
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The US Air Force (USAF) awarded Sikorsky a USD1.3 billion contract on 26 June for the first four aircraft in the USAF's Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) programme, according to a Pentagon announcement.
Sikorsky was the only bidder for the contract, which could be worth up to USD7.9
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Update: F-35 flights suspended over unexplained fire
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All F-35s have been suspended from flight while the Pentagon investigates a fire emergency in one aircraft
F-35Bs are still scheduled to make their international debut ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK on 4 July
The Pentagon on 26 June halted all flights of the
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RIMPAC 2014: China, Brunei, Singapore warships conduct group sail en route to Hawaii international exercise
Seven warships from the naval forces of China, Brunei, and Singapore have arrived in Hawaii to participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, US Navy (USN) officials announced on 25 June.
The ships had come together earlier this month near Guam, as part of a multinational task
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Poland orders new Rosomak 8x8 variant
Poland has ordered 34 WRT engineering reconnaissance variants of its Rosomak (Patria AMV) 8x8 armoured fighting vehicle.
A contract for the purchase was awarded to WZM Siemianowice Slaskie by the Polish Armament Inspectorate, worth a total of PLN233.5 million (USD77 million).
The contract is
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