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The USAF is preparing to release requirements for its Northrop T-38C Talon combat aircraft trainer replacement programme
Although the service's FY 2016 budget request includes funding for the T-X as an aggressor training system, officials insist that the USAF intends the system only as
AFA 2015: USAF prepares to unveil T-X requirements
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Venezuelan President claims foreign Tucanos would be used in military coup
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced that his state security forces thwarted a plot to overthrow his government on 12 February.
According to Maduro, the plot comprised the use of one or two Embraer EMB-312 Tucano armed trainers to attack the Miraflores Presidential Palace, the Telesur
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Taiwan set to put new ship types into service
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The RoCN is expected to put a new missile corvette and fast combat support ship into service next month
Reports of the corvette, a catamaran design, having seaworthiness issues have been denied by the RoCN
The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) is reportedly set to put its newly delivered
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Pipavav posts Q3 loss as stake sale talks continue
India's Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering has posted further quarterly losses as speculation continues that the company is preparing to sell a major stake to Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M).
Pipavav said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 13 February that during the third
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European Union adds Russian ministers to sanctions list
The European Union (EU) has added Russian deputy defence minister Anatoli Antonov to the list of individuals and organisations under sanction over Russian actions in Ukraine.
The new list, which was agreed by EU Council members on 9 February, was published for implementation on 16 February under
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China's J-10 advocated as Argentine 'Typhoon beater'
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A former PLAAF pilot has published an article on China Military Online advocating that Argentina buys the J-10B combat aircraft
Argentine-Chinese talks on aerospace co-operation have previously focused on the less capable FC-1
China Military Online, the website of the semi-official PLA
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AFA 2015: Lockheed Martin unveils Legion IRST pod
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new long-range infrared search and track (IRST) pod for fourth-generation aircraft at the Air Force Association's annual Air Warfare Symposium on 12 February.
The Legion Pod combines Lockheed Martin's IRST21 infrared sensor with networking and data processing technology
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Imagery shows progress of Chinese land building across Spratlys
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Satellite imagery shows the construction by China of a new facility on Hughes Reef in the Spratly Islands
The site, which has expanded from a 380 sq m platform to an island 75,000 sq m large, is another example of Chinese land reclamation in the Union Banks
Satellite imagery analysed
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Egypt says it has bombed militants in Libya
Egypt said on 16 February that it had carried out airstrikes against Sunni Islamist militants in Libya in response to the release of a video showing Egyptian Coptic Christians being beheaded.
"The airstrikes hit their targets precisely and the falcons of our air forces returned safely to their
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South China Sea issues blunt progress at ADSOM Plus
Territorial issues with China have left defence officials at the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting Plus (ADSOM Plus), held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13-14 February, unable to agree on the agenda for the upcoming ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus).
China's delegation at ADSOM
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Israeli paras make first drop from new Hercs
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out its first parachute flight using its recently acquired C-130J Hercules aircraft earlier in February: a move that underlines the continued relevance of parachuting infantry forces behind enemy lines as a tactical option in the eyes of IDF planners.
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Israel appoints new chief of staff
Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot officially took up his role as the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF's) 21st chief of staff on 16 February following ceremonies at the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem and at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv.
He replaced Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, who
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Ghana to get five Super Tucanos, four Z-9s
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has five Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft and four Harbin Z-9 helicopters on order, the GAF website cited President John Mahama as saying during an event held on 13 February.
The new aircraft orders were revealed by Mahama in November 2014, but at that
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Carter sworn in as US defence secretary
Ashton Carter was sworn in on 17 February as US secretary of defence, taking over the job likely for the remainder of President Barack Obama's final term in office.
Carter, who had previously served as deputy defence secretary under his predecessor Chuck Hagel, spent the morning at the Pentagon
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Argentine MoD: stolen TOW missile needs launcher to be operational
A TOW 2 anti-tank missile reported stolen from an Argentine army unit in mid-January is not operational, according to Minister of Defence Agustin Rossi.
Rossi was responding to criticism from Julio Schlosser, leader of the Israeli-Argentine Associations' Delegation, who warned earlier that day that
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Aero India 2015: Foreign primes hiring top local talent to build relationships with Indian government
Overseas defence companies supplying India materiel are increasingly employing ethnic Indians to head their in-country operations, believing that they are better able to connect with their customers.
Over the past decade a large number of these defence firms, especially from the United States, have
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USAF to return mothballed B-52 bomber to active service
The US Air Force (USAF) is returning to service a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft that had been mothballed in the 'boneyard' at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) in Arizona, the service announced on 16 February.
The aircraft, serial number 61-0007, had been maintained by the
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Kabul is losing control of Afghan countryside, EU report states
Afghanistan's government is losing control of its territory outside major population centres to the country's insurgent groups, says the EU's asylum agency.
"The overall trend is one of decreasing government control outside the larger towns and cities, escalating violence and more insurgent
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Egypt officially signs for 24 Rafales, FREMM frigate, and missiles
French defence minister Jean Yves Le Drian was in Cairo on 16 February to sign the contract to supply Egypt with 24 Rafale fighters, a FREMM multimission frigate, and a large batch of MBDA missiles. He flew to Egypt with Eric Trappier, Hervé Guillou, and Antoine Bouvier: the CEOs of Dassault
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A-Darter programme nears completion
Denel Dynamics is close to completing the development of its A-Darter short-range air-to-air missile, the South African company has announced.
The missile is in the final stage of air-launched guided evaluation firing trials, which have seen two missiles being launched from a Saab JAS 39 Gripen at
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