Two Indian Navy (IN) officers died after a Dornier Do-228 maritime patrol aircraft crashed during a routine training sortie on the night of 24 March.
The twin-turboprop light surveillance aircraft was lost at sea about 25 n miles southwest of Goa with three officers on board.
Commander Nikhil
Update: Indian Navy loses Do-228 during training flight off Goa
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Slovakia announces USD37 million pistol tender
Slovakia has announced a EUR34.1 million (USD36.9 million) tender for 46,600 new 9 mm semi-automatic pistols for its armed forces, police, customs officers, prison and court guards, and financial crime investigation services.
"Around 25,000 pistols are planned to be delivered to the police,
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Indian MoD approves A330 AEW&C purchase
The INR51.13 billion (USD815 million) programme to indigenously design an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system and mount it on two Airbus A330 military transport aircraft was among programmes worth a total of INR83.41 billion approved by India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 28
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India issues equipment RfI ahead of new MCMV tender
Key Points
The Indian Navy has issued a request for information (RfI) on MCM systems
The RfI shows that India may be considering autonomous systems for MCM operations
The Indian Navy (IN) has issued a request for information (RfI) relating to the purchase of "approximately" 12 shipsets
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France, UK swim ahead with MMCM demonstrator programme
Key Points
Contract signed on 27 March for MMCM demonstrator first phase
Thales to lead industry team on joint France/UK unmanned offboard mine countermeasures demonstrator
An industry team headed up by Thales has been selected to lead an unmanned offboard mine countermeasures (MCM) demonstrator
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Former JMSDF head says 'ball in Australia's court' over Soryu buy
A former head of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) who now advises the country's National Security Council has said "the ball is in Australia's court" regarding the possible acquisition by Canberra of Soryu-class submarines.
Vice Admiral Yoji Koda (retd), a former commander in
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Ex-RAN heavy landing craft to arrive in Philippines by mid-May
The Philippine Navy (PN) announced on 29 March that decommissioned Royal Australian Navy (RAN) heavy landing craft HMAS Tarakan and Brunei are expected to be delivered on 17 May.
A PN crew is heading to Australia to train on the vessels and prepare for the transit of the 323 tonne, 44m-long
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China sends warships to evacuate nationals from Yemen
Chinese warships conducting counter-piracy patrols off the Horn of Africa have been diverted to evacuate Chinese nationals from Yemen, state media reported on 30 March.
Type 054A/Jiangkai II frigate Weifang is reported to have embarked 449 Chinese nationals in the port of Al-Hodayda, together with
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Calls for EU counter-piracy mission in West Africa go unanswered
A European military presence is needed beyond the territorial waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea coast to protect commercial shipping against the area's increasingly aggressive pirates, according to Europe's shipowners.
While European military officials admit that efforts by local African
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Bangladesh and Belarus to get Yak-130 combat trainers in 2015
Russia will supply 14 Yakovlev Yak-130 'Mitten' advanced jet trainer aircraft to Bangladesh in 2015, with two more to follow next year, Irkut corporation president Oleg Demchenko has told IHS Jane's.
Bangladesh is buying the aircraft under a USD1 billion credit agreement signed with Moscow. It had
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Australia replaces Super Hornets with legacy Hornets in Iraq mission
The six Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet multirole fighters equipping the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air task group (ATG) supporting coalition operations in Iraq have been replaced by what is understood to be the same number of older F/A-18A 'classic' Hornet multirole aircraft, the Department of
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Angola to receive Su-30K fighters from Russia in 2015
Russia is to supply Angola with Sukhoi Su-30K 'Flanker-D' fighter aircraft later in the year, a military-diplomatic source told IHS Jane's .
The 558th Aviation Repairing Plant located at Baranovichi in Belarus is upgrading 12 Su-30Ks that are to be supplied to Angola in accordance with a contract
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US Army prepares for AH-6i deliveries to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is shortly to begin receiving the first of 24 Boeing AH-6i Little Bird light attack and reconnaissance helicopters, it was disclosed on 30 March.
The US Army's Non-Standard Rotary-Wing Aircraft project office (NSRWA PO) has issued a sources sought notice for the transportation of an
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Turkey signs co-operation deal with Qatar
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a law on 27 March that stipulates defence co-operation between Qatar and Turkey on military training and defence-industrial projects, but also covers the deployment of Turkish troops in Qatar if necessary. Qatar will also be deploying troops to Turkey.
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Stoltenberg calls for closer NATO/EU co-operation, increased defence spending
NATO and the European Union (EU) must work closer together in certain areas to confront the new security challenges facing Europe from its eastern and southern borders, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during a 30 March meeting of the EP's
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Singapore declares full operational capability for Hermes 450 UAV
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has declared full operational capability (FOC) for its fleet of Elbit Hermes 450 long-endurance tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on 30 March, nearly eight years after they were delivered in May 2007.
The RSAF's Hermes 450 UAVs are operated by 116
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Russia looks to maintain 2014's USD15 billion in arms exports
Russia exported arms to the tune of USD15.6 billion in 2014, according to Alexander Fomin, director of the country's Federal Service for Military-Technical Co-operation (FSMTC).
On 27 March, at a session of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's Federal Assembly), Fomin said that the
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Quad-A 2015: US Army wants to hurry rotorcraft DVE tech
Key Points
The army wants DVE mitigation long before it fields a new family of helicopters in the 2030s
DVEs are a leading contributor to rotorcraft accidents and reduced operational effectiveness
The US Army wants to accelerate development of technology designed to enhance safety for helicopters
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Quad-A 2015: US Army calls Apache, Black Hawk re-engining top acquisition priority, readies RfP
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The army is poised to open a competition to re-engine its Apache and Black Hawk fleets
The effort will give legacy fleets extra power to meet the army's needs before it begins replacing them in the 2030s
The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), an effort to re-engine the Pentagon's
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PLAN launches frigate, corvette in further potential expansion of ASW capabilities
Key Points
Chinese shipyards have launched another frigate and corvette
Apparent variable depth sonars and towed arrays will add to the PLAN's growing anti-submarine warfare capabilities
Chinese shipyards launched two more ships for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in late March.
The
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