The director of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF's) Boeing EA-18G Growler Transition Office gave an update on the status of the electronic attack aircraft's acquisition at the RAAF Air Power Development Centre on 23 September.
Australia opted to purchase 12 newbuild EA-18Gs under Project 5349
RAAF Growler programme boss says deliveries on track for 2017
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Indian Army finally starts rifle trials
The Indian Army began trials in early September to select a 5.56 mm multi-calibre assault rifle.
Featuring four models, the trials began at the Bakloh cantonment in the Himalayas, 565 km north of New Delhi. Spread across locations including the northern Ladakh region, Punjab's plains, and the
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India reacts cautiously to PLAN submarine visit to Sri Lanka
India has reacted cautiously to the docking of a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) submarine in Sri Lanka from 7-14 September.
The Type 039 (Song)-class boat, on long-range deployment to escort PLAN warships conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, docked at the Colombo International
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USC working on warships for Arctic operations
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is developing a new warship concept for use by Russia's Sever (North) United Strategic Command in the Arctic and is building support and patrol ships for it, USC President Aleksey Rakhmanov said on 24 September.
Among the new developments is the Project 21180
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USAF to modernise DCGS into an open architecture system
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The US Air Force wants to turn its AF DCGS into a non-proprietary capability and add standards for new sensors
Modernising AF DCGS was delayed as the service focused instead on supporting operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
The US Air Force (USAF) is seeking to make its Distributed
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US Army chooses teams for DVE mitigation ground testing
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The army has selected nine participants for ground testing of DVE mitigation sensors
DVEs are a leading contributor to rotorcraft accidents and reduced operational effectiveness
The US Army has selected nine participants for early 2015 ground testing of sensors designed to help
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UK awards GBP3.2 billion worth of naval support contracts
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded two major Maritime Support Delivery Framework (MSDF) contracts, to maintain and repair the Royal Navy's (RN's) vessels and to support the management of its major naval bases, it was announced on 1 October.
The two contracts with Babcock Marine and BAE
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UAE requests more HIMARS, tactical ballistic missiles
The US government has approved the sale of an additional 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers and 100 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 29 September.
Mounted on a Medium
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Peru outlines offset gains from first four years of programme
Peru has released details of programmes signed under its nascent national defence offset programme, revealing that almost a third of benefits obtained from suppliers from 12 countries have related to training and development programmes.
Details of offset programmes signed under the Peruvian
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Airbus acquires Cassidian Optronics, announces rebrand
Airbus Defence and Space announced on 1 October that it had acquired the outstanding 24.9% stake of Cassidian Optronics from Carl Zeiss.
Cassidian, now Airbus Defence and Space, acquired a 75.1% stake in electro-optic systems manufacturer Carl Zeiss Optronics in July 2012 for an amount later
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Update: Spain to increase defence spending
Spain's headline defence budget in 2015 is set to rise for first time in seven years, with a 1% gain to EUR5.71 billion (USD7.2 billion).
According to figures presented to parliament on 30 September, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will receive about EUR57 million in additional funding, in contrast
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Sweden's defence export agency earmarked for closure
Sweden's Defence and Security Export Agency (Försvarsexportmyndigheten - FXM) has been earmarked for closure by the country's incoming coalition government.
A statement published by the Social Democrat Party and the Green Party on 30 September said they "agree that arms export controls
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Chilean shipyards redeliver Type 209 submarine to Ecuador
The Ecuadorian Navy took redelivery of a Type 209 submarine on 26 September at Chile's ASMAR Talcahuano shipyards.
BAE Huancavilca (SS 102) was sent for a mid-life upgrade (MLU) and refit programme that included new batteries and integration of the Thales S-CUBE submarine sonar suite, the DCNS
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Aeronautics unveils new Orbiter 3b UAV
The Israeli company Aeronautics has unveiled its new Orbiter 3b unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), describing it as a significant improvement on earlier members of the Orbiter series.
Dany Eshchar, Aeronautics' deputy chief executive officer for marketing and sales, said the Orbiter 3b is the
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First Australian F-35A completes maiden flight
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Australia's first Lockheed Martin F-35A completed its maiden flight to perform a series of functional checks
The RAAF is due to receive its first two F-35s this year
Australia's first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter completed its maiden flight on 29 September,
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US uses PGMs against area targets in Syria
The airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has seen the US military using multiple precision-guided munitions (PGMs) with unitary warheads against area targets that would have traditionally been engaged with submunition weapons.
The best example of this was seen in a video that US
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US ONR solicits for non-lethal maritime weapons
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US Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking proposals for next-generation non-lethal vessel immobilisation and counter-personnel systems
Department of Defense (DoD) seeks to reduce system size, weight, and cost while significantly enhancing performance
The US Office of Naval Research
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US approves Saudi PAC-3 sale
Saudi Arabia's long-expected upgrade to its existing Raytheon Patriot PAC-2 air-defence systems to enable them to fire Lockheed Martin's more advanced PAC-3 missiles has been approved by the US government, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 1 October.
The PAC-3 is smaller
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Saab's South African subsidiary to provide components for Gripen E
Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) in South Africa has begun the assembly of prototype antennas and microwave modules for the electronic support measures (ESM)/electronic countermeasures (ECM) system on the future Gripen E multirole fighter
The Gripen E has been ordered by Sweden and selected by Brazil,
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India, US reinforce defence ties
India and the United States reinforced their bilateral strategic and defence ties during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day Washington visit that ended on 30 September.
In a joint statement issued after the meeting between Modi and President Barack Obama, the countries agreed to renew
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