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Currently deployed ground-based sense and avoid systems are performing well
The DoD is seeking scalable airborne sense and avoid capability for a range of UAVs
Advances are being made in unmanned aerial system ground-based sense and avoid (SAA) capabilities and the US Army is expected
US DoD gaining ground on UAV sense and avoid systems
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South Sudan to improve air defences, says defence minister
South Sudanese defence minister Kuol Manyang Juuk has said that his country will acquire air defence systems.
"South Sudan as nation has been planning since her independence on July 2011 to have her own airspace system that would protect her territorial integrity," Juuk told the Sudan
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ASC reports operating loss as earnings fall
Australia's state-owned naval shipbuilder ASC posted an operating loss of AUD3.8 million (USD3.3 million) in fiscal year 2013-14 (FY 2013/14) due to higher than anticipated costs associated with the programme to construct three Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs) for the Royal Australian Navy
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Angola set to sign deal with Brazil for seven patrol ships
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Angola and Brazil to sign agreement for delivery of seven patrol vessels for the Angolan Navy
Brazil's naval project development company EMGEPRON will lead the programme
Angola is to sign an agreement with Brazil on 11 November for the delivery of seven 500-tonne patrol ships, to be
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Iran claims to have flown reverse-engineered US stealth UAV
Iran has flown a reverse-engineered copy of the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) it captured from the United States in 2011, state media reported on 10 November.
The announcement that an Iranian version of the classified UAV has flown was made by the commander of the
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Airshow China 2014: land systems front and centre at Zhuhai
Images posted on Chinese websites in the week leading up to Airshow China 2014, being held in Zhuhai from 11 to 16 November, show a range of new locally produced tactical and strategic land systems.
In the latter category is the Feitian Emergency Satellite Launch System, which is described by
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US Army 2 ID commander outlines rotation plans, reveals plans for joint division with South Korea
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The commanding general of the US Army's 2nd Infantry Division has provided more details on Pentagon plans to deactivate the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and move to a rotational plan
Major General Thomas Vandal also confirmed that a joint US-Republic of Korea Army Division would be
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UK Reaper UAV conducts first Iraqi strike mission
The UK has used its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a strike role over Iraq for the first time, the government announced on 10 November.
A Royal Air Force (RAF) Reaper attacked and destroyed Islamic State militants laying an improvised explosive device near Bayji,
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Iraqi F-16s to remain in the US until security situation improves
The initial batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft for the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) will remain in the United States until the security situation in Iraq improves, the US Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed on 10 November.
The first three of an initial batch of eight F-16s
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USAF outlines divestiture plans for MC-12W Liberty aircraft
The US Air Force (USAF) has set out its timetable for transferring control of its Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty special mission aircraft over to the US Army and Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
According to an article posted on the USAF's website on 10 November, the process has already begun, with
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PLAN commissions first ASW variant Type 056 corvette
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China has inducted its first Type 056 Jingdao-class platform dedicated primarily to submarine prosecution
At least four of the class could be fitted with towed array variable-depth sonar systems
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned its 18th Type 056
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Greece receives M113 vehicles from US
The Hellenic Army has received 460 M113-family armoured vehicles from former US Army stocks.
By the end of 2014 the country will also receive 320 Oshkosh Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) family of vehicles.
Between 6-8 November, 196 M113-family vehicles were delivered to Piraeus,
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Barak 8 successfully completes trial
The Barak 8 naval surface-to-air missile system passed its first fully operational trial on 10 November, according to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the system's prime contractor.
"All the weapon system's components met the test's goals successfully," Boaz Levi, IAI's executive vice
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IJT problems force Indian Air Force to modify fast jet training programme
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is being forced to alter its pilot training following technical problems with the Sitara intermediate jet trainer (IJT), which has been under development by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) since 2000.
Official sources said the IJT's tail needs re-designing to address
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EU too slow to respond to security crisis in Middle East, officials state
Europe has done too little, too late to contain the fires burning across the Middle East, and now faces a struggle to eliminate threats to its security from the Islamic State and the conflicts in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, say European Union policymakers and others.
"The situation is not getting
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Croatia stands up military reserve
The first of the new Croatian reserve force battalions was presented to the public in Osijek on 8 November.
This line-up ceremony represented the first calling of a reserve unit in Croatia since the conflicts in the 1990s. Of the 651 reservists so far called up, 590 were in attendance (584 male and
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China commissions latest CMS vessel
China has commissioned a new maritime law-enforcement vessel in Sanya on Hainan island, according to reports in Chinese media.
The ship will be tasked with patrolling the waters to the south of Hainan, focusing on enforcing maritime traffic safety regulations, maritime traffic accident
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Avibras denies merger talks with Odebrecht
Rumours of a possible merger or acquisition of AVIBRAS by infrastructure giant ODEBRECHT's defence-dedicated ODEBRECHT Defesa e Tecnologia (ODT) business unit have been denied by AVIBRAS president Sami Hassuani.
The news emerged in the Brazilian press in the first week of November and reportedly
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Argentina expands aircraft MRO facilities
Argentina's Minister of Defence signed an agreement on 11 November with La Rioja regional governor Luis Beder Herrera to expand the facilities at the Centre for Experimentation and Launch of Self-Propelled Rockets (CELPA) site near El Chamical.
Under the agreement, the rocket testing facility and
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Airshow China 2014: Russia's Kuznetsov reports first successful test of PAK-DA engine
The prototype engine for Russia's PAK-DA (Perspektivniy Aviatsionniy Kompleks Dalney Aviatsii [Perspective Aviation Complex - Long-Range Aviation]) strategic bomber has completed its first successful test stand run.
The test was announced by the press service of Open Joint Stock Company (OAO)
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