Peruvian Defence Minister Pedro Cateriano took delivery of the Peruvian Air Force's (FAP) first Alenia C-27J Spartan medium transport aircraft on 27 March.
Accompanied by Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti at a ceremony in Las Palmas Air Base, Cateriano announced the delivery was the first of
Peruvian Air Force accepts delivery of first C-27J
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Peru receives first Spartan tactical transport aircraft
The Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú - FAP) received the first of four Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters during a ceremony near Lima, the Italian company announced on 27 March.
The delivery to Las Palmas Air Base on the capital's outskirts marks a major milestone
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Parrikar discusses US-2, defence co-operation in Tokyo
Indian defence minister Manohar Parrikar on 30 March pledged to deepen bilateral defence and strategic ties with Japan with a focus on the "interconnected Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions".
Parrikar, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo, met prime minister Shinzo Abe and defence
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Jordanian air force to get more Sniper pods
The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) is set to get 10 more Lockheed Martin AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods under a USD8.9 million contract announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 27 March.
The Sniper pods were the ones fitted to UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Harrier GR.9
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European Commission takes first step toward defining EU-funded defence projects
The European Commission has stood up a new high-level "group of personalities" from industry and government as the first step toward defining the kinds of defence research projects the EU will fund on a trial basis from 2017.
The projects will be chosen both for their potential to support
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Denel gets A-Darter production contract
Denel Dynamics was awarded a five-year production contract on 19 March by Armscor for the A-Darter air-to-air missile.
Developed under Project Kamas, the missile will initially arm the South African Air Force's (SAAF's) Saab Gripen C/D fighters, complementing the small batch of IRIS-T missiles
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Canada receives fifth and final C-17 airlifter
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has received into service its fifth and final Boeing C-17 (CC-177) Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft, it announced on 30 March.
Aircraft serial number 705 touched down at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, Ontario, where it will join the other four
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AUSA Global 2015: Unmanned combat vehicles still elusive
The US Army is interested in robotic combat vehicles, but the technology does not yet factor into force planning, according to Brigadier General David Bassett, the army's programme executive officer for ground combat systems.
Most ground robotics projects have been moved under the programme office
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UK begins phasing in civilianised search and rescue cover
Bristow Helicopters Limited (BHL) has begun providing the UK's rotary-winged search-and-rescue (SAR) service, with its first two bases receiving taskings from 1 April.
BHL was awarded a GBP1.6 billion (USD2.4 billion) contract by the Department for Transport (DfT) in March 2013 to take over the
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Raytheon, South Korea sign Patriot upgrade deal
South Korea has awarded Raytheon a USD769.4 million contract to upgrade its Patriot PAC-2 missile defence system to the most advanced configuration available.
Raytheon announced the contract, conducted as a direct commercial sale, on 30 March after the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program
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Quad-A: UAVs are interim solution for armed scout mission, US Army says
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The US Army would like to buy a new recon helo before it fields FVL
It is temporarily using AH-64 Apaches teamed with RQ-7 Shadow UAVs
The US Army would like to buy a new armed reconnaissance helicopter even before fielding a family of next-generation Future Vertical Lift (FVL)
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Oman accepts first Al-Ofouq patrol vessel, names second
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The Royal Navy of Oman has accepted its first Al-Ofouq patrol vessel
The ship will replace the first of four Seeb-class patrol craft commissioned in the early 1980s
The Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) has taken interim acceptance of its first Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel from Singapore
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Head of Australia's procurement body slams AWD programme, reveals more delays
Further delays are anticipated in Australia's troubled Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) programme, according to a senior Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) executive.
Colin Thorne, DMO's general manager of Land and Maritime, told a surface fleet conference in Canberra on 1 April that an additional
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China pursues global satellite navigation capabilities with expanded Beidou-2/Compass constellation
China has expanded the coverage of its indigenous Beidou global navigation and positioning network with the successful launch and insertion of a new satellite into medium earth orbit (MEO) on 31 March.
According to a statement by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), the launch was
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Australia announces major DoD shakeup
Australia's defence organisation faces its biggest shake-up in decades following the government's acceptance of virtually all the recommendations made by an independent review that described the Department of Defence (DoD) and its agencies as wasteful and inefficient.
Recommendations made by the
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AUSA Global 2015: S&T funding remains strong but few prototypes resulting
The US Army's science and technology (S&T) community is pleased with its overall budget, but is concerned that lagging overall acquisition funds will result in fewer systems fielded.
"We are maintaining our [S&T budget] request to the hill and they generally plus up many of our
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AUSA Global 2015: Odierno supports expanded acquisition role for chiefs, streamlined testing
Acquisition reform efforts appear promising given Congress' high level of interest, and the army's top officer would like to have an expanded role in acquisitions, with less bureaucracy and simplified testing.
Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno told reporters on 1 April at the Association of
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Analysis: Initial Saudi air strikes lacked intensity
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Saudi Arabia and its allies failed to effectively neutralise Yemen's Al-Dulaimi Air Base on the first day of Operation 'Determined Storm'
The nearby 'Scud' base was not targeted in the opening strikes and Tochka base on the southwest side of Sanaa was not hit until 30 March
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US Army to modify MC-12W into EMARSS-M multirole platform
The US Army is to modify a government-owned Quick Reaction Capability Liberty Project aircraft into an Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System - Multi-Intelligence (EMARSS-M) platform under a USD31.8 million contract it was announced on 31 March.
The contract, which was
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Raytheon wins Stinger contract for South Korea's Apaches
Raytheon has been awarded a USD35 million contract to supply the air-to-air variant of its FIM-92 Stinger missile to South Korea for its new fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, the company announced on 31 March.
Processed through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, deliveries
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