The Slovak Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 29 April that it will buy nine Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk medium-lift utility helicopters worth USD261 million for the country's armed forces.
The MoD will procure the helicopters via the US Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
Slovak 'Hip' replacement settles on nine Black Hawks
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Norway rethinks defence in wake of Ukraine crisis
Norway must urgently reform its military in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, an advisory report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence (MoD) published on 28 April has urged.
Improvement priorities are cited as: intelligence and surveillance; crisis management architectures; deterrence
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Israel to upgrade more Achzarit APCs
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is set to get another 100 Achzarit heavy armoured personnel carriers (APCs) with new engines.
The US Department of Defense announced on 29 April a Foreign Military Sales contract covering the supply of 100 unidentified engine assembly kits and 100 transmission
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Indian carrier Vikramaditya in short refit, being fitted with close-in weapon systems
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India's Vikramaditya is undergoing a short refit
Work has provided the opportunity to install a CIWS capability
The Indian Navy's 46,000-tonne Russian-built aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing a short refit at the Naval Ship Repair Yard in Karwar, where it is homeported.
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House panel votes for one-year reprieve for A-10
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The HASC has voted to keep the A-10 flying for another year in the FY 2016 Pentagon policy bill
The full House will vote on the bill before the Senate prepares a separate version
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has voted to keep the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
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House panel finalises USD604.2 billion defence bill
The House Armed Services Committee on 30 April finished its work on the fiscal year 2016 (FY2016) defence authorisation bill, which will be considered by the full House of Representatives in the coming weeks.
As currently written, the legislation would authorise USD515 billion in discretionary
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France approves defence budget increase by 2019, ring-fences 2015 spending
France will increase its defence budget by EUR3.8 billion (USD4.24 billion) by 2019, while 2015 spending will be 'ring-fenced' at EUR31.4 billion, French President Francois Hollande announced on 29 April.
The announcement follows a much-awaited French defence committee meeting at the Elysées
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Finnish Navy reports detection of underwater object off Helsinki
The Finnish Navy has reported that its surveillance systems detected a possible underwater object off Helsinki on 28 April.
However, it is not known what the object was.
Commander Olavi Jantunen, from the navy's operations staff, did not comment on whether the object was a submarine and was
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US Army to cut permanent army aviation presence in Europe
The US Army is reducing the number of assets and personnel permanently assigned to its only European-based Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), adopting instead 'continuous rotational' deployments, it was announced on 29 April.
The 12th CAB in Germany, along with its subordinate units, is to lose 24
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Russia may revive Tu-160 'Blackjack' production
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has authorised a study to asses restarting production of the Tupolev Tu-160 'Blackjack' supersonic strategic bomber aircraft.
"We shall start to solve problems related not only to maintenance and modernisation of Long-range Aviation's (LRA) aircraft
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Denmark selects Piranha V, halts artillery buy
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The GDELS - MOWAG Piranha 5 has been selected for Denmark's M113 replacement competition
Denmark has also opted to halt its planned purchase of a new 155 mm self-propelled artillery system
Denmark has selected the General Dynamics European Land Systems - MOWAG Piranha 5 8x8 to be its
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Carter to offer Scorpion to India under joint development plan
US defence secretary Ashton Carter's two-day visit to India in early June is expected to raise the levels of bilateral strategic and defence co-operation between the two countries, senior Indian military officials have told IHS Jane's .
Carter will sign a 10-year India-US Defence Framework
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Portugal deploys F-16s to Romania
Four Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force will arrive at the Romanian Air Force 71st Air on 4 May, the Portuguese Armed Forces General Staff Public Affairs assistant told IHS Jane's .
The aircraft of Squadron 201 'Falcões' and Squadron 301
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Poland looks to order 200 new helicopters
Poland needs to eventually buy 200 new helicopters to replace its currently used ageing Soviet-made Mil Mi-8/17, Mi-14, and Mi-24 and US Kaman SH-2G helicopters, according to the Polish minister of defence Tomasz Siemoniak and representatives of the Polish General Staff.
On 21 April Poland decided
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Mexican Air Force EC725 forced down by cartel attack
A Mexican Air Force (FAM) Airbus Helicopter EC725 medium transport helicopter was forced to conduct an emergency landing after it was attacked over Casimiro Castro-Villa Purificacion, Jalisco, on 1 May.
Three soldiers on board were killed and 12 others on board were wounded.
The EC725 was on a
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USMC's Gen Dunford nominated for top US military post
Commandant of the US Marine Corps General Joe Dunford was nominated on 5 May by President Barack Obama to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing a retiring US Army General Martin Dempsey.
Prior to leading the US Marine Corps (USMC) for about the last year, Gen Dunford had
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Turkish T129A attack helicopters become operational
The first two T129A combat helicopters jointly produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Italy's AgustaWestland (AW) under the Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter (ATAK) programme have become operational, according to the Turkish General Staff in a statement released on 4 May.
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Senegal joins the Saudi-led coalition
Senegal looks set to become the first non-Arab state contributing military forces to the Saudi-led coalition against the Yemeni group Ansar Allah and allied military forces.
"The president … has decided to respond favourably to this request by deploying a contingent of 2,100 men in the
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Qatar signs for Rafale fighters
Qatar has signed for 24 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft to fulfil its fighter procurement requirement, the company announced.
The signing ceremony for 24 jets took place during a visit by French President François Hollande to the emirate on 4 May.
The announcement did not disclose details of
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Israel orders Namer kits from the US
The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 5 May the signing of a contract with General Dynamics for the production of a large number of new Namer heavy armoured personnel carriers.
The USD310 million contract will see Israel receive a "very significant" number of Namer kits from
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