India's deepening strategic and military ties with the United States were recently boosted during three days of technical discussions between their respective naval establishments on jointly developing an aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy (IN).
The US embassy in New Delhi said that the US Navy
India, US discuss joint development of carrier, further technology ties
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India announces new defence export categories as strategy takes shape
India's Department of Defence Production published a formalised list of defence equipment export categories on 17 August, with the new system aimed at aligning India's defence export regulations with international norms.
The published list creates 16 categories, ranging from armoured vehicles,
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Former MD of Boeing Defence Australia heads up DMO successor
The capability and acquisition functions within Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) that were previously undertaken by the now-defunct Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) are to be headed by Kim Gillis, currently managing director of Boeing Defence Australia.
Gillis, deputy chief executive of
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Egypt's new missile corvette heads back to Russia
The Russian Molnya-class missile corvette R-32 (832) was spotted transiting the Bosporus into the Black Sea on 19 August: four days after the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had taken delivery of the vessel.
While R-32 flew Russian and Egyptian flags during the opening of the Suez
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Canada's Irving Shipbuilding selects BAE Systems to provide naval guns for AOPS
BAE Systems has been tapped to provide modified machine gun systems for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN's) Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) programme, officials confirmed to IHS Jane's on 19 August.
Canada's Irving Shipbuilding, the prime contractor on the AOPS programme, awarded BAE Systems a
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Army, contractors to back up USAF UAV efforts
Key Points
The DoD plans to increase the number of UAV CAPs it flies over the next four years
CAPs would be increased from 60 to 90 per day by 2019 in order to support increasing demand for ISR
The US Department of Defense (DoD) plans to increase the number of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) combat
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Women's role in US combat operations advancing as two earn Ranger tabs
The US military is working to open more combat positions to women and on 1 October the services must report to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff any request for excluding females from billets, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters on 20 August.
"I'll review the services'
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US details means and systems for Iraqi materiel support
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have received billions of dollars in equipment through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, but other export channels have been used to funnel significant amounts of equipment recently too.
The US Department of State has since 2005 approved more than
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Update: US looks to sole-source Lockheed Martin for frigate CMS
Key Points
The US Navy plans to sole-source Lockheed Martin's COMBATSS-21 combat management system (CMS) to equip its new frigate class
NAVSEA plans to contract Lockheed Martin for CMS development, software and hardware integration, procurement, and delivery of an initial two COMBATSS-21 ship sets
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Update: Oman signs first two offset agreements under new rules
The Omani government announced on 17 August that it had signed two offset agreements relating to defence and police procurement in the sultanate.
The first agreement was signed between US defence and electronics systems manufacturer Raytheon and the Omani Authority of Partnership for Development
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New USAF strategy suggests A-10 replacement
Key Points
A 2015 Air Combat Command strategy said the USAF plans to "explore opportunities" for a new CAS capability
The document also mentioned the need for CAS capability across platforms and initiatives to maintain a CAS culture, so a new aircraft is only one of the options advocated
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Koreas exchange fire across DMZ
The two Koreas traded fire across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on 20 August, threatening an escalation of recent incidents on the peninsula.
According to South Korean military reports, North Korea fired a 14.5 mm anti-aircraft round across the DMZ at 15:52 h and multiple 76.2 mm shells at 16:15 h
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Indian MoD slammed for army equipment shortages
Key Points
A parliamentary defence committee has severely criticised the Indian MoD for presiding over major equipment shortfalls
Even stocks of basic equipment such as boots and bulletproof vests are in short supply
India's parliamentary defence committee has blasted the Ministry of Defence
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Indian Air Force options uncertain as replacement crisis looms
Key Points
The Indian Air Force is looking increasingly out of options with regard to replacing its older MiGs
The collapse of the MMRCA deal with Dassault has given a new sense of urgency to the issue
Beginning next year the Indian Air Force (IAF) is expected to withdraw 15 squadrons of legacy
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Analysis: Foreign sales could bolster JLTV programme
A builder for the Pentagon's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) could be announced in the coming weeks, and although the winner must first focus on producing vehicles for the US Army and US Marine Corps (USMC), there is significant potential for international sales as well.
ANALYSIS
AM General,
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Admiral Kuznetsov returns from dry dock
The Russian Navy's sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov , has completed three months in dry dock, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on 20 August. Admiral Kuznetsov was identified as being in refit at the end of May at the 82 Shipyard floating dockyard at Roslyakovo in Kola Bay,
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Turkey receives first batch of T129s
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has completed the delivery of the first batch of T129 attack helicopters to the Turkish Armed Forces.
The batch comprises nine T129A helicopters built to an Early Delivery Helicopter (EDH) standard, with the final aircraft handed over in a ceremony on 31 July, a
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Brazil, Germany seek stronger defence ties
The Brazilian government on 19 August promulgated a document, first signed in 2010 with the German government, meant to further improve bilateral defence co-operation between the two states.
The approved document outlines co-operation in areas such as political matters related to defence, training
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Update: Koreas exchange fire across DMZ
The two Koreas traded fire across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on 20 August, threatening an escalation of recent incidents on the peninsula.
According to South Korean military reports, North Korea fired a 14.5 mm anti-aircraft round across the DMZ at 15:52 h and multiple 76.2 mm shells at 16:15 h
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Spain faces potential EUR1 billion defence shortfall
Spain's centre-right Partido Popular (PP) government has warned that the next government will need to find about EUR1 billion (USD1.1 billion) beyond the defence budget next year to keep up with payments to suppliers on ongoing key re-equipment programmes.
It was the PP that introduced the system
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