A satellite ground station has opened in Adelaide, Australia, to land Airbus Defence and Space's Skynet secure military satellite communications after the United Kingdom moved one of its Skynet satellites over the Asia-Pacific region to enable global military coverage and boost coalition
Skynet satellite ground station opens in Australia to assist UK milsatcom
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Philippines and France sign defence accord
The Philippines and France have signed a defence agreement to explore opportunities to co-operate in military equipment and related technologies.
The accord - announced by the French embassy in Manila on 13 May - was signed by Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and France's Ambassador to
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Navy League 2016: USCG to award offshore patrol cutter contract in August
The largest shipbuilding contract to be awarded by the US Coast Guard (USCG) is expected to be announced in the third quarter of 2016, the service's chief said on 16 May.
Speaking at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space symposium in National Harbor, Maryland, USCG Commandant Admiral Paul F Zukunft said
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Navy League 2016: US Navy, Marine Corps chiefs advocate industry partnerships to speed technology to the fleet
Improved government-industry partnerships are key to accelerating the defence acquisition process, the heads of the US Navy and US Marine Corps (USMC) said on 16 May.
"I think that we've just got to streamline our processes, start our conversations earlier, be open to more creative solutions,
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Navy League 2016: Navy EOD seeking more maritime robotics systems
Following years of heavy focus on land-based explosive ordinance disposal (EOD), US Navy EOD units are returning to more of a maritime role and need robotic systems for that environment.
The navy's attention to counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) missions in Iraq and Afghanistan was
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Navy League 2016: Dwindling US sealift fleet, mariner shortage increases risks for future military ops, administrator says
The head of the agency charged with ensuring the United States' capacity and capability to project and sustain armed forces overseas warned on 16 May that a dwindling sealift fleet and shortage of merchant mariners to operate US flagged vessels is placing the nation at risk.
Calling the US sealift
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Indian Air Force's Su-30MKIs suffer 34 mid-air engine failures in two years
The Indian Air Force's (IAF's) fleet of Su-30MKI multirole fighters has suffered 34 mid-air engine failures over a two-year period, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told parliament on 6 May.
These failures, which occurred between April 2014 and March 2016, had forced the fighters, which comprise
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India successfully tests ballistic missile shield
India came closer to firming up its indigenously designed, multi-tiered ballistic missile defence (BMD) system following successful trials off the country's east coast on 15 May.
Official sources said the trials involved the single-stage Ashvin Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile
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India aims to boost exports through offsets
India's defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, outlined on 14 May an ambitious target for the country to achieve defence exports worth USD2 billion in the next two years.
According to Parrikar, the value of India's international defence sales in fiscal year 2015, which ended 31 March, is USD330
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GKN Aerospace outlines value of Fokker Technologies acquisition, company strategy
Aerospace components manufacturer GKN has outlined the impact that the 2015 acquisition of Netherlands-based Fokker Technologies, with improved workshare on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter helping to drive the company's technological development and product lines.
A key
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China says Pentagon report 'unfairly' depicts China's activities
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China says a Pentagon report has 'severely damaged' its trust in the United States
The report claims China entered 'a new phase' in military modernisation in 2015
Beijing has expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to an annual Pentagon report that
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Argentina to buy more radars to fight drug trafficking in Formosa
Argentina has ordered two more L-band radars from INVAP to monitor low-flying aircraft in that country's efforts against drug trafficking.
The two radars will be installed by the end of 2016 in the northwest province of Formosa, which already has six of the systems. Additionally, Argentina's
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Argentina interested in F-5s as a stop-gap fighter
Argentina plans to negotiate with the US government the possible sale of a batch of Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs (likely between 12 to 14 planes), and a batch of Beech T-34C Turbo Mentors.
Angel Tello, the Argentine Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) secretary of strategy and military matters, will lead
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Argentina in negotiations with France for A 69 corvettes
Argentina is currently in negotiations with France to receive three A 69 corvettes from the French Navy following its disposal of nine ships of the same type.
The ships under discussion belong to the same category as the French-built Drummond-class corvettes (ARA Drummond , ARA Guerrico , and ARA
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Brazilian government cuts AMX modernisation budget
The Brazilian government announced on 12 May that it will cut BRL161 million (USD45 million) from the Brazilian Air Force budget, with most of which to be culled from the AMX aircraft modernisation programme.
Work on the modernisation effort will mostly come to a halt for this year, and the air
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Venezuelan government orders military exercises amid economic turmoil
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced that military exercises are to begin on 21 May, as the government struggles to maintain order amid a worsening economic situation.
Maduro made this announcement on 14 May during a pro-government rally in Caracas, declaring the exercises' objective
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US approves sub Harpoon sale to Egypt
The US State Department has approved the sale of Boeing UGM-84L Encapsulated Harpoon Block II submarine-launched anti-ship missiles to Egypt, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 13 May.
The missiles will be used by Egypt's new Type 209 submarines, which are being built by
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Thai government proposes small increase in defence spending
Thailand's military government has proposed a 2017 defence budget of THB214 billion (USD6 billion), a nominal increase of 3% over military spending in 2016.
The proposed budget represents around 1.5% of GDP and 8% of the total government expenditure during the year.
While the defence spending
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Taiwan's F-16A/B upgrade programme on schedule for 2017 start
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has said the upgrade programme for the Republic of China Air Force's (RoCAF's) fleet of F-16A/Bs will begin on schedule in early 2017.
The company said on 7 May it is currently building a hangar large enough to ensure that 24 aircraft per
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Sweden rules out NATO membership
Sweden will not make a formal bid to join NATO for fear of escalating further the already tense situation that exists between the West and Russia over the annexation of Crimea and the continued crisis in Ukraine, the country's defence minister said on 17 May.
Speaking to reporters in the Swedish
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