Turkey's Hurkus-A turboprop basic trainer aircraft completed its maiden flight on 29 August at the Akincilar airbase in Kazan, close to Ankara.
The locally designed and produced Hurkus is designed to meet the basic trainer and close air support requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish
Turkey's Hurkus completes maiden flight
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Sudan receives first Su-24 attack aircraft
The Sudanese Air Force has increased its ground attack capabilities by acquiring Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer' aircraft.
The acquisition has been confirmed by DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, which shows that the first Su-24 arrived at the Wadi Sayyidna (Seidna) Air Base north of Khartoum between 8 February
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Spain freezes Egyptian C295 delivery
Spain has temporarily frozen all existing defence contracts with Egypt, including the delivery of six Airbus Military C295 transport aircraft.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the government's Inter-Ministerial Council on Defence and Dual Use Materiel (JIMDDU) exports in Madrid on 28 August.
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Rostvertol investment boosts productivity, revenue
A USD100 million investment in new technology and the boost of Russia's military budget has enabled leading Russian helicopter manufacturer, Rostvertol, to increase productivity and revenue, and to launch a new training variant of its Mi-28 'Havoc' (Night Hunter) attack helicopter, company officials
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Pilot error caused fatal F-16 crash in Afghanistan, USAF finds
The pilot of a US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon combat aircraft was killed when he flew his aircraft into a mountainside in Afghanistan, a service inquiry has found.
The 3 April crash, near Bagram Air Base (AB), was caused by "[the] pilot's failure to perceive
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Northrop Grumman acquires Qantas Defence Services
Northrop Grumman is to acquire the defence services division of the Australian airline Qantas, it was announced on 29 August.
A statement by Northrop Grumman said it had signed a "definitive agreement" to purchase Qantas Defence Services (QDS) and that the transaction is expected to close
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MAKS 2013: Rostec and Denel reaffirm partnership
Denel and Rostechnologii (Rostec) have agreed to expand upon their year-old collaboration as they reaffirmed the existing maintenance co-operation at the MAKS 2013 air show on 28 August.
The new memorandum of understanding (MoU) will see the two companies establish a joint working group to
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Indonesia to stand up more 'Raider' battalions
The outgoing chief of the Indonesian Army, General Moeldoko, announced in mid-August that three more infantry battalions will be retrained to become elite 'Raider' battalions over the next three months.
The Indonesian Army intends Raider battalions to act as a quick-reaction force. The designation
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First A400M in Turkish colours flies
Airbus Military rolled out the first A400M Atlas transport aircraft in Turkish Air Force colours on 28 August.
Turkey, one of the launch nations for the programme, will receive a total of 10 A400M transport aircraft built by Airbus Military Consortium in this long-delayed project.
Turkish
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EU opens additional regional CBRN centres
Two more European Union (EU)-sponsored chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) risk-mitigation centres of excellence (CoEs) have opened in EU partner countries, bringing the total number of the regional centres to four.
The CoEs aim to prevent the spread of materials and agents that
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EU funds African Union readiness exercise
The European Union (EU) is donating EUR5.2 million (USD6.8 million) to the Africa Union (AU) to help finance the organisation's continuing exercise cycle to test the AU's stand-by readiness for peacekeeping and peace-enforcement missions across the African continent.
"The second exercise cycle
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COTECMAR completes first of four LPR-40 river patrol boats
COTECMAR has finished construction of the first of four LPR-40 armoured river patrol boats ordered by Brazil, IHS Jane's understands from pictures released by the Colombian shipyard in late August.
The LPR-40 was developed by COTECMAR from the Tenerife-class PBR built by Bender Shipbuilding. It is
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Chile postpones medium transport aircraft procurement
The approval of plans to procure up to eight medium transport aircraft for the Chilean Army has been postponed until the end of the year, sources in Santiago have told IHS Jane's .
The acquisition has a potential cost of USD350-600 million, depending on which aircraft is selected. The main
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Cameroon to procure Russian-built 'Hip' helicopters
The Cameroon Air Force (Armée de l'Air du Cameroun ) is to procure an undisclosed number of Mil Mi-17 'Hip' medium-lift transport helicopters under a deal announced at MAKS 2013 near Moscow.
The deal, which was disclosed by Russian national media on 28 August, marks the first time that the
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Bolivia evaluates air defence requirements
Bolivia has prioritised buying mobile air surveillance radars that it sees as necessary for filling gaps along its borders with Brazil and Peru, Minister of Defence Rubén Aldo Saavedra Soto announced on 28 August.
Bolivia is evaluating several offers for an overarching air defence
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Boeing begins build of second KC-46A tanker
Boeing has begun assembly of the second KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft at its Everett manufacturing facility near Seattle, Washington, and expects all four test platforms currently under contract to be completed by July 2014, the company announced at the end of August.
The 25 m wing spar for the
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Airbus begins assembly process for first UK A400M
The wings for the UK Royal Air Force's (RAF's) first Airbus Military A400M Atlas airlifter have left the company's manufacturing plant in Filton, England, bound for the final assembly line (FAL) in Seville, Spain, it was announced on 29 August.
Transported to the FAL by ship, the wings are the
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Yemen seeks light observation aircraft from US
The United States is looking to furnish the Yemen Air and Air Defence Force (al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yemeniya ) with 12 light observation (LO) aircraft, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) disclosed on 28 August.
A request for information (RfI) issued by NAVAIR's Counter Networks Illicit
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Voyager displays new civilian livery
AirTanker has unveiled the new paint scheme for the Airbus Military A330-200 Voyager tanker and transport aircraft to be operated on the civilian register when not required by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
While the aircraft retains the low-visibility grey of its military registered
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USAF releases new white paper on space asset survivability
Key Points The USAF's Space Command has released a new white paper calling for 'disaggregation' The concept requires diversifying space assets to drive down costs and vulnerability
The US Air Force's (USAF's) Space Command has released a white paper warning that space may be the 'Achilles heel' of
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