The Indian government has outlined the scope of its continuing modernisation of state-owned naval shipbuilders as it seeks to increase productivity and accelerate the construction of vessels for the Indian Navy (IN).
India's Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said in a parliamentary
India outlines scope of state-owned naval shipbuilders modernisation
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Esterline appoints new India head to lead expansion in the market
Esterline Corporation has appointed a new head of operations in India with a view to expanding operations and boosting efforts to gain market share in the country's aerospace and defence sector.
The company said in a statement that Rama Prasad has been appointed as vice-president and managing
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Brazilian Army establishes new procurement organisation
The Brazilian Army is establishing a new specialised organisation dedicated to procuring technologically complex military systems and equipment in support of the Strategic Projects (PEE) run by the army's Projects Management Office (EPEx).
Specifically, the new organisation will be focused only on
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BAE Systems gets USAF HH-60W countermeasures deal
The US Air Force (USAF) has chosen BAE Systems to provide aircraft survivability for its Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter, BAE Systems announced on 9 March.
The company will supply its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) and its AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST) for Identification
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Iran shows underground ballistic missile launch base
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Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has provided additional insight into how its underground ballistic missile launch bases work by allowing a TV news crew to film inside one such facility.
The news crew also filmed a ballistic missile being launched from the underground
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China assists North Korea with new 300 mm rocket artillery system
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On 3 March North Korea fired six rounds from its new 300 mm MRL in a show of defiance against new UN Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang
The system seems to owe much to Chinese technology
China has apparently contributed significant technology to North Korea's new 300 mm
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Argentina revisits plans to build OPVs
Officials of the Argentine Production Ministry announced on 8 March that local shipyard Astillero Río Santiago would start construction of the delayed Oceanic Multipurpose Patrol (Patrullero Oceánico Multipropósito: POM) project for the Argentine Navy.
The news followed a meeting
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Annual US/South Korean drills include targeting of North Korean leadership
The United States and South Korea are staging a mock pre-emptive strike against the top North Korean leadership during the biggest war games they have ever conducted, fuelling the risk of military escalation on the Korean peninsula.
The joint exercises 'Foal Eagle' and 'Key Resolve', launched on 7
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3-D printing holds promise, but policy decisions needed first
Additive manufacturing - also known as 3-D printing - holds significant promise for the defence world, but a variety of policy work must be completed before the technology can be more widely leveraged.
Companies already use 3-D printing to create parts, and the US military services each have
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US Army seeks more independence, less oversight for acquisitions
The US Army would like to conduct its acquisition efforts with lower levels oversight now that Congress has provided the army chief of staff with a larger role in the process.
The service believes not every programme requires oversight from Pentagon testing and assessment agencies such as the
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US Army acquisition officials seek new approach
The US Army needs a new approach to development and acquisition in order to outpace conventional and asymmetric threats, Lieutenant General Michael Williamson, the army's top uniformed acquisition official, said during a 10 March event in Washington, DC.
The army has struggled to field major combat
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UK signs Bowman radio BCIP 5.6 upgrade contract
The United Kingdom's military Bowman radio and battlefield management system is to be upgraded under a GBP175 million (USD249 million) contract announced on 10 March.
The contract, principally with General Dynamics UK (GDUK), covers the production of 12,000 new hard-wearing Bowman data terminals
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Turkey approves USD6 billion in new defence buys
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Turkey is to spend USD5.9 billion on new defence programmes
Off-the-shelf purchases will be made for urgent needs against the PKK
Turkey has approved new defence procurement programmes worth USD5.9 billion, Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced after a long-awaited meeting
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SOUTHCOM commander: Criminal networks, traffickers remain 'biggest threat'
Criminal networks and traffickers pose the "biggest threat we face in the region", Admiral Kurt Tidd, the new head of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), told the Senate Armed Services Committee on 10 March.
Such threats have for the past several years been the biggest concern in Latin
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Saudi air force orders transportable ATC systems
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has placed an order for six air traffic control (ATC) systems from Finmeccanica, the company announced on 9 March.
All six will be delivered by the end of 2017.
Although it did not state the contract's value or identify the ATC systems, Finmeccanica said three of
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Pentagon budget 2017: Aviation procurements reduced, but multi-year contracts saved
The US Army cut aviation procurement as much as it could without breaching multi-year contracts, but sought to continue investments in future aviation technologies in its fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) budget request, according to Lieutenant General Michael Williamson, the army's top uniformed
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Pakistan looks to buy another 10 F-16s
Pakistan will seek to purchase another 10 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 52 multirole fighters from the United States after recently concluding a deal to buy eight of the aircraft.
A "decision in principle has been made to buy 10 more F-16s", a senior Pakistani government official told IHS
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Lithuania approved to join OCCAR
Lithuania has been approved to participate in the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), the country has announced.
The move follows Lithuania's selection of the Artec Boxer 8x8 as its army's new wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, and was necessary as OCCAR manages the Boxer programme
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Indian Army faces further financial issues in creating new mountain strike corps
The Indian Army is facing further financial issues in creating its new 17 Mountain Strike Corps (MSC), after the service's fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 budget plans allocated few resources for the project.
In total the creation of the 90,270-strong 17 MSC is set to cost INR646.78 billion (USD214.33
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Indian Air Force to begin inducting female fighter pilots
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct its first three female fighter pilots in June, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha declared in New Delhi on 8 March.
Selected from among 120 trainee pilots at the Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dindigul, southern India, the three potential combat pilots are currently
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