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The Pentagon is expected to soon decide whether the F-35B will be allowed to fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom
The US government is continuing its investigation into a 23 June F-35A fire
The Pentagon grounded the entire Lockheed
F-35 fleet grounded as engine investigation continues
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US Navy's SM-6 and over-the-horizon fire control score intercepts at sea
The US Navy (USN) and defence contractors have conducted the longest ever engagement with a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) during previously undisclosed testing at sea.
For the long-range SM-6 mission the navy employed its Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) system that pulls in data
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Togo gets third Defender patrol boat
The United States has handed over a third Defender inshore patrol boat and an associated maintenance facility to Togo's Navy, the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT) announced on 3 July.
There have been numerous pirate incidents off Togo in recent years, but foreign assistance is helping to build up the
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Russian Ministry of Defence to privatise equipment maintenance
Deputy Defence Minister Yury Borisov outlined the next steps to take the Russian military out of the business of maintaining arms and equipment during a 3 July press conference.
Borisov told media representatives that 105 of 131 Ministry of Defence (MoD) repair plants will be turned over to
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NATO's post-ISAF role in the world still uncertain, analysts say
Security analysts argue that NATO leaders will struggle to come up with a new narrative to explain the alliance's post-Afghanistan security role, unless the 28 allies develop a shared perception of threats, with a special focus on the range of non-military threats spreading along Europe's eastern,
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MHI distances itself from PAC-2 export reports
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has distanced itself from media reports in Japan stating that the company is close to securing an export of sensors to be integrated onto the Raytheon Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) air-defence system.
A company spokesman told IHS Jane's on 8 July that MHI
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MBDA achieves double missile test success with Sea Ceptor
MBDA has achieved a major milestone in the development of its Sea Ceptor shipborne local area air-defence system, with the completion of first guided firings for the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM).
Sea Ceptor, which is on order for the UK Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy, uses
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Maiden flight of IOMAX Archangel BPA prototype imminent
IOMAX is preparing for the imminent first flight of the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) prototype of its Archangel Block 3 Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA), a year after the concept was first unveiled at the Paris Airshow, IHS Jane's was told.
Based on the Thrush S2R-660 (also
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Jordan to arm donated IOMAX Block 1 BPAs, UAE to order Block 3 aircraft
Jordan is to arm the six IOMAX Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA) Block 1 precision strike turboprop aircraft that were gifted to the country by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013, a senior company official has confirmed to IHS Jane's .
This new capability will allow the BPA aircraft to carry six
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India, UK agree GBP250 million ASRAAM deal
The United Kingdom and India have signed a GBP250 million deal to equip the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) SEPECAT Jaguar fleet with MBDA's Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), UK government officials confirmed to IHS Jane's on 8 July.
ASRAAM, which will be known as the New Generation
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Fincantieri completes IPO
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has completed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) following the sale of 500 million shares at a price of EUR0.78 (USD1.06) each, the company announced on 3 July.
The IPO sees 29.54% of Fincantieri's stock listed and values the company at EUR1.32 billion.
Demand had
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Australia, Japan sign defence technology agreement
Australia and Japan signed an accord on 8 July to deepen defence-orientated science and technology co-operation between the two countries.
The Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology agreement - signed in Canberra by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his visiting counterpart Shinzo Abe
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Pentagon suspends F-35 contract negotiations until latest failure resolved
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F-35 purchasing negotiations will resume once implications of a 23 June fire aboard an F-35A are fully known
The Pentagon refused to make a deal for another lot of aircraft with the issue outstanding
The Pentagon's Joint Program Office (JPO) that oversees acquisition of the Lockheed
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UK posts GBP9.8 billion in 2013 defence exports
Defence exports by the United Kingdom rose by 11.4% in 2013 to GBP9.8 billion (USD16.76 billion), the UK government announced on 8 July.
This compares with GBP8.8 billion in defence export orders in 2012, and forms a total of GBP13 billion of defence and security export orders in 2013.
According
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Spain, Portugal developing a regular training programme for West African militaries
Spain and Portugal are preparing a joint initiative aimed at creating a regular advisory and training programme for sub-Saharan and in particular West African countries to help counter ongoing threats such as piracy and terrorism.
The plan is expected to be operational by 2015 and will include the
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South Sudan takes delivery of Chinese ATGWs
South Sudan has taken delivery of a large shipment of Chinese infantry weapons that includes anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), according to shipping documents obtained by Bloomberg and passed on to IHS Jane's .
The documentation said the shipment was carried by the Cosco cargo ship Feng Huang Song
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Russia accepts modernised Shturm-SM ATGM into service
The Russian government accepted the self-propelled 9K132 Shturm-SM anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system into its arms inventory on 30 June, according to a press release from the Kolomna-based Design Bureau of Machine-building (KBM).
The Shturm-SM has thermal guidance to give it day-night,
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Putin announces Russian first-half defence exports
Russia's defence industry exported arms and military equipment worth USD5.6 billion in the first six months of 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on 7 July.
The figure suggests that Russia's defence exports have been adversely affected by the international reaction to its annexation
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Poland starts 'Kruk' attack helicopter acquisition programme
The Polish Armament Inspectorate officially launched its 'Kruk' (Raven) attack helicopter acquisition programme on 8 July, which will eventually replace the country's ageing Mil Mi-24 'Hind' combat helicopters.
The purchase of 32 new attack helicopters comes under a PLN11.6 billion (USD3.8 billion)
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Pentagon should revise bulk fuel price estimate formula, GAO says
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During fiscal years 2009-13 the Pentagon's actual costs for bulk fuel differed 'considerably' from its budget estimates
Government auditors recommend revising the estimate technique
US government auditors have recommended that the Department of Defense (DoD) re-evaluate its approach
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