The Mexican Air Force (FAM) will procure two Boeing 737-800 aircraft as part of a MXN3.9 billion (USD254 million) programme that so far is the sole authorised procurement project in 2015.
The aircraft will be assigned to the 502nd Air Squadron based at the No 1 Military Air Base (BAM-1) Santa
Mexican Air Force selects Boeing 737-800 transports
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First KC-46A test aircraft resumes airworthiness flights
Key Points
Boeing's first KC-46A test aircraft has resumed airworthiness flights
The company is expected to deliver four test aircraft this year and 18 operational aircraft in 2017
The first US Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker test aircraft on 28 May resumed flights
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USAF looks beyond legacy aircraft for EW
Key Points
The USAF is looking to new EW platforms instead of legacy aircraft used by the USN
The USAF and the USMC appear to be diverging from the USN's plan for tactical airborne electronic attack
The US Air Force (USAF) is looking ahead to new electronic warfare (EW) platforms instead of to
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US approves E-2D sale to Japan
Key Points
The state department has approved sale to Japan of four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft
The E-2D would enter service by 2019, augmenting Japan's 13-aircraft E-2C fleet
The US Department of State has approved sale to Japan of four Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne
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Update: Taliban launch sustained attacks in Uruzgan province
Taliban attacks in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan that started in mid-May have intensified in the past few days, according to both sides.
Afghan channel TOLOnews reported on 29 May that according to Muhammad Hanif Hanafi, a senator from the province, 54 police outposts throughout Uruzgan
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Sudan implicating in airdropping ammo to South Sudanese rebels
The Conflict Armament Research (CAR) organisation released a report on 2 June in which it strongly suggested that Sudan was airdropping military materiel to rebels in neighbouring South Sudan.
The report was based on evidence gathered by a team of CAR investigators that visited the South Sudanese
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Shangri-La Dialogue: South China Sea dispute dominates 14th Asia Security Summit
The South China Sea dispute again dominated this year's Shangri-la Dialogue, the 14th annual Asia Security Summit, with the United States explicitly accusing China of militarising its presence in the Spratly Islands to assert its territorial claims.
US defence secretary Ashton Carter took direct
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Scrapping of public-sector tax, excise breaks a 'major game changer' for Indian defence firms
The Indian government has announced the scrapping of all preferential tax concessions to state-owned defence manufacturing entities: a move that aims to boost private sector participation in India's military sector.
In its notification on 1 June, the Commerce and Industry Ministry declared the
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Saudi, Qatar and UAE defence budgets not shrinking despite oil price drop
The outlook for defence spending in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – unlike that of their neighbours – remains positive, according to IHS analysis.
“Despite Saudi Arabia’s heavy exposure to oil price fluctuations, there have been very few signs of any
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First KC-46A test aircraft resumes airworthiness flights
Key Points
Boeing's first KC-46A test aircraft has resumed airworthiness flights
The company is expected to have four test flying aircraft this year and will deliver 18 operational aircraft in 2017
The first US Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker test aircraft on 28
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USAF releases RfP for new heavy rocket prototypes
The US Air Force (USAF) on 2 June released a request for proposal (RfP) for development of a domestically produced heavy rocket for military satellite launches.
"Proposals must be submitted … no later than 23 June," said the RfP. Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, the USAF's Space
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US Army once again seeks new IFV designs
The US Army has awarded about USD57 million between BAE Systems Land and Armaments and General Dynamics Land Systems for conceptual design work on a future fighting vehicle (FFV) that could potentially replace the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle.
Work on this effort is to run through November
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Shangri-La Dialogue: China dismisses international pressure on South China Sea reclamation efforts
It came as little surprise that China's top envoy to the 14 th Shangri-La Dialogue, Admiral Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of the People Liberation Army's (PLA's) General Staff Department, asserted that his country's ongoing island building in the South China Sea was well within its sovereign rights and
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Russian naval production has 'idled', admits Rogozin
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's deputy prime minister, has acknowledged that the construction of surface ships for the Russian Navy has "idled" due to the non-delivery of gas turbine engines from Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported 3 June.
The situation has affected, among others, the Project
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Pentagon reviewing anthrax handling after mistakenly shipping live samples
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is reviewing its processes for handling anthrax after mistakenly shipping live samples to at least 51 laboratories.
The Pentagon realised in late May that it had accidentally shipped live anthrax samples - among inactivated samples - to at least 51 laboratories in
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Iran's defence posture 'tested' by regional
Iran's defensive defence doctrine has been "tested" by the ongoing wars in Iraq and Syria, according to the recently declassified executive summary of the US intelligence community's latest report to Congress on Iran's military power.
ANALYSIS
The document was almost a carbon copy of the
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Indian Hawk crashes on training sortie
An Indian Air Force (IAF) BAE Systems Hawk Mk 132 advanced jet trainer crashed in eastern India on 3 June during a routine flight, an IAF spokesman in New Delhi said.
Both pilots ejected safely from the aircraft, which took off from Kalaikunda air base before crashing at Baharagora some 50 km to
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China starts live-fire drills near Myanmar border
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has begun a series of live-fire exercises close to the Myanmar border: a move that underscores the increasingly fractious relations between the two countries.
Beginning with little prior notice on 2 June, the exercises have been reported in the Chinese media
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IDF, Hamas prepare for next conflict
ANALYSIS
A little under a year since the outbreak of the 50-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Egyptian-mediated truce still holds, but both sides are preparing for renewed hostilities.
Hamas fighters are training intensively in the Gaza Strip and detonating
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Airbus confirms 'power freeze' on three of MSN23's four engines led to crash
Airbus Defence and Space issued an Accident Information Transmission (AIT) on 2 June effectively confirming that a software issue within the electronic control units (ECUs) of the A400M transport's EuroProp International TP400-D6 powerplants led to the loss of aircraft MSN23.
The aircraft crashed
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