A contingent of 180 US marines and 90 US Army personnel completed a six-day transit from Brisbane to Adelaide on 21 June aboard the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) 27,800-tonne Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Adelaide . It was the largest US force aboard an RAN ship since the Second World War.
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HMAS Adelaide transfers US marines' contingent for 'Hamel' Exercise
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HeliVert JV to be restructured
Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Russian Helicopters have reached an agreement on restructuring their HeliVert joint venture (JV), adding Rosneft to the ownership group, the companies announced on 17 June.
Leonardo and Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Rostec, had owned HeliVert in a 50/50 partnership
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Crashed Pakistani UAV was 'on experimental flight'
A Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that crashed on 18th June near the city of Mianwali was on an "experimental flight", a Pakistani defence ministry official told IHS Jane's on 21 June.
No official comment has been made on either the type of UAV involved or the crash itself.
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Chemring revenue up, more losses in first half of 2016
Chemring reported results from the first half of its fiscal year 2016, with revenue climbing 11.4% but continuing operating losses.
The company had revenue of GBP180.1 million (USD263.1 million) for the first half of 2016, up from GBP161.7 million for the first have of 2015. The company still had
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Iraqi special forces seen with new vehicles for Mosul offensive
Iraqi Special Operation Forces (ISOF) - also known as the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) - units advancing northwards for the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul have been seen with new vehicles.
Photographs released by the Iraqi Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 18 June showed a
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'Non-deployable' soldiers becoming problematic for US Army
Medical problems are keeping too many US Army soldiers from deployment and, as the overall force shrinks, the numbers are beginning to affect unit manning levels, a top service official said.
The US Army has about 187,700 soldiers deployed across the world (about 25,000 are National Guard and
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Uruguayan Armed Forces struggle to keep equipment operational
The Uruguayan Armed Forces faces a significant internal crisis because of its defence budget, according to a report presented on 20 June by the military to Congress.
The report, recapping the balance of defence expenditures in 2015, highlights the forces' low operational conditions and the rapid
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Russia's UAC reveals aircraft deliveries for 2015
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) delivered 124 combat aircraft to domestic and foreign customers last year, according to the company's 2015 annual report.
This included 96 aircraft (of 105 planned) to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) under the State Defence Order rearmament
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Raytheon counter-UAV electronic attack demonstrator garners DoD interest
Key Points
The Raytheon HPM was designed to counter UAVs for the US Army
The system could be part of an integrated air defence, but may also have other applications
A high-powered microwave (HPM) demonstrator originally developed for the US Army has also received attention and interest from a
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North Korean ballistic missile flies 400 km
North Korea launched what appeared to be two of its Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) from its east coast on 22 June.
While one ended in failure, the second appears to have been Pyongyang's most effective Musudan launch yet, with the missile flying about 400 km, South Korean and
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Brazil to begin upgrading additional M113Bs, considers more
The Brazilian Army has received the first elements of upgrade kits to modernise 236 M113B personnel carriers to the M113BR configuration (M113A2 Mk1 standard), a service spokesperson told IHS Jane's on 20 June.
The initial equipment was shipped by BAE Systems to the army's Regional Park
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Belarus test fires Polonez MRL
Belarus has conducted its first firing trials of the Polonez (Polonaise) multiple rocket launch (MRL) system, the Belarus Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
The Polonez is an eight-tube 301 mm artillery rocket system mounted on a Volat MZKT-793000-300 8x8 all-terrain chassis from the Minsk
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Airbus Helicopters to commence ground trials of first H135 for UKMFTS
Airbus Helicopters will shortly begin ground tests on the first of 29 H135 platforms for the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) programme in southern Germany, the company told reporters on 21 June.
Helicopter serial number 2001 is to be powered up at the Donauworth production facility in
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Airbus Helicopters details Prospective Sea Lion enhancements
Airbus Helicopters has disclosed details of future upgrades to the NH90 Sea Lion maritime helicopter that would enable it to replace the German Navy's (Deutsche Marine - DM) Westland Mk 88A Sea Lynx platforms should the service decide to do so.
The Prospective Sea Lion, as the improved platforms
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Airbus DS to build future growth on innovation
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) is to focus its future growth efforts around the innovation of new technologies that are chiefly geared at its four core platforms, but will also include its wider portfolio.
Speaking at the company's Ottobrun facility near Munich, officials outlined a series of
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Turkey issues RfP for Preveze-class submarine modernisation
Turkey plans to modernise its Preveze (Type 209/1400)-class diesel electric submarines, according to the country's defence procurement body.
The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) for the mid-life modernisation work, with bidders having to respond
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General Electric prepares to launch localisation programme in South Korea
Key Points
General Electric set to expand engagement with South Korean industry
Offset attached to pending sale of KFX engines features at least 50% localisation
General Electric (GE) has outlined an expansive localisation programme to support its pending contract to supply F414 turbofan engines
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IMI, DRS team win US Army Abrams assault bridging contract
Israel Military Industries (IMI) and US company DRS announced on 22 June that they had won a US Army contract to produce 273 assault bridging launching systems for M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.
The USD400 million contract includes the option to increase the number of bridging systems to 365, IMI
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Saudi-led coalition intercepts ballistic missile inside Yemen
Saudi Arabia has seemingly confirmed that the Patriot air defence systems known to be deployed to Yemen's Marib province have successfully intercepted a ballistic missile.
The official Saudi Press Agency reported on 21 June that the Saudi-led coalition had released a statement saying it destroyed a
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Runway reopened at Russian airbase in Syria
The closure markings on one of the two runways at the main Russian airbase in Syria have been removed, Airbus Defence and Space satellite imagery shows.
Large 'X' markings of the type used to warn pilots not to land appeared at either end of the western runway at Humaymim Air Base between 29 March
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