The United States and India breathed life into plans to co-produce and co-develop a number of weapon systems during US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's three-day visit to New Delhi that ended on 9 August.
In talks between the two sides, the United States offered India at least 10 major military
Hagel offers Javelin, Hawk, EMALS joint production to India
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Finland's draft 2015 budget shows continued spending decline
Finland's Ministry of Defence (Puolustusministeriö or PM) has published details of its draft 2015 budget, indicating that defence spending will drop by about 2% to EUR2.696 billion (USD3.62 billion) in the coming year.
The draft budget documents were made available by the MoD on 8 August and
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China accuses Japanese F-15s of provocations in ADIZ
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has accused F-15 fighters from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) of provoking Chinese aircraft within its unilaterally declared Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 6 August.
In a statement on 7 August, PLAAF spokesperson Shen Jinke
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BAE Systems to sell Land Systems South Africa to Denel
BAE Systems has agreed to sell its holding in BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa (LSSA) to South Africa's Denel for SAR855 million (USD79.85 million).
The deal, announced by BAE Systems on 11 August, will see state-owned Denel acquire BAE Systems' 75% holding and the 25% held by DGD
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US officials say airstrikes against Islamic State to remain limited
US airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group advancing on the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil have remained localised and are unlikely to be expanded, according to a Pentagon official.
The United States on 7 August began a humanitarian mission to aid Iraq's small Yazidi community that fled
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Ukraine develops mortar-armed BTR-3 APCs
Two Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers (APCs) based on the BTR-3E1 are now ready for state tests, General Director of Ukroboronprom Roman Romanov said on 11 August.
The BTR-3M2 is a modification of the BTR-3E1 APC - one of the most exported Ukrainian armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) designs -
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Suriname seeks new defence co-operation with Brazil
Brazil and Suriname have started discussions towards new defence co-operation that could involve the Brazilian Navy supporting the creation of a national maritime force in the neighbouring country.
Lamure Latour, Suriname's Minister of Defence, met with Brazilian counterpart Celso Amorim on 8
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SCO to hold largest military drills since 2004
Upcoming joint military exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will involve about 7,000 soldiers, the largest drill held by the group since 2004.
The 2014 iteration of the SCO's annual 'Peace Mission' exercise will take place at the Zhurihe training base in China's Inner Mongolia
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Saab takes aim at Indian Navy CMS requirement
Swedish defence and security group Saab and its Indian industry partner Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering (PDOE) have offered to upgrade more than 20 Indian Navy (IN) vessels with Saab's 9LV combat management system (CMS), the Swedish company has revealed to IHS Jane's .
Saab's general
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Russia cancels Syrian S-300 deal
The S-300 air defence systems that Syria ordered from Russia will probably now be scrapped after the cancellation of the deal, Konstantin Buryulin, the deputy director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told the Interfax-AVN military news agency.
"This decision [to
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Brazil to donate modified tanks to Uruguay
Brazil is waiting on government authorisation to fulfil a commitment to donate 25 armoured M41C light tanks to Uruguay, the Brazilian Ministry of Defence said on 8 August.
The donation is subject to approval of the end-user certificate's transfer from the United States.
The M41Cs, which have been
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Army chooses Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell for JMR helo demos
Key Points
The army has chosen Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell teams to build helicopter demonstrators for the JMR programme
Flight demonstrations are expected in 2017 as a precursor to FVL, which would field aircraft by the mid-2030s
The US Army has selected a Sikorsky-Boeing team and Bell Helicopter
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UK to deploy Tornados for ISR over Iraq
The UK is to deploy Panavia Tornado GR.4 combat aircraft to the skies above northern Iraq for use as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, the government announced on 11 August.
A "small number" of aircraft will be sent to the region so that their ISR capabilities
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Japanese MoD denies reports of 2015 first flight for ATD-X prototype
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD)'s Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have both dismissed news reports that the Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X (ATD-X) fighter prototype will make its maiden flight in January 2015.
The Mainichi Shimbun
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UK confirms OPV order to sustain shipbuilding skills
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed a GBP348 million (USD584 million) contract with BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships for the construction of three new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Navy (RN).
All three ships are to be built at BAE Systems' Govan yard on the Clyde, Scotland,
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Update: US, Australia codify deal to rotate marines through Darwin
Australia and the United States have finalised an agreement to codify the rotational deployment of US marines to northern Australia.
"With the signature today of the legally binding Force Posture Agreement between Australia and the United States, we reaffirmed our commitment to work towards
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ST Engineering posts fall in revenues, earnings
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has posted a fall in revenues and earnings during the second quarter of 2014 due to what its president described as a "weak and uncertain" global market.
In results announced on 13 August, ST Engineering said its revenues during the
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Russian sanctions could affect Czech helo force, officials warn
The Czech Ministry of Defence (MoD) has acknowledged concerns over the potential effects of Russian economic sanctions on the operational capability of the Czech army's helicopter fleet.
MoD officials say that approximately 50 Russian-made helicopters operated by the Army of the Czech Republic
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Draft RfP for new missile defence radar seeks cost estimate for three systems
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) released a draft Request for Proposals (RfP) on 8 August for the planned Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) that will provide persistent midcourse ballistic missile defense (BMD) against threats in all phases of flight.
The draft document seeks cost estimates
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Afghan Air Force starts breaking up unwanted C-27As
The scrapping of the Afghan Air Force's (AAF) C-27A medium transport aircraft fleet has begun barely five years after the first two C-27As were delivered.
The original deal, brokered by the US Air Force, saw the AAF order 20 30-year-old former Italian Air Force G222s that had been stored at Pisa
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