The US Navy's (USN's) Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter recently deployed with a new maritime surveillance radar, the USN announced on 28 June.
The aircraft deployed aboard USS Coronado (LCS 4) with the AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar, according to the navy. Built by Telephonics Corporation,
USN Fire Scout deploys with new radar
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Pakistan's new Shaheen-III MRBM uses Chinese transporter, says source
Pakistan's new Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is carried by a Chinese-made 16-wheel transporter erector launcher (TEL), an Indian government source told IHS Jane's on condition of anonymity.
The Indian source noted that Pakistan began negotiations in 2012 with the China Precision
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US and Iceland reaffirm defence cooperation with new agreement
The United States and Iceland have signed a security agreement to facilitate future defence cooperation between the two nations, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 30 June.
US Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Icelandic Foreign Affairs Minister Lilja Alfredsdottir signed the joint
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UN Security Council approves force increase for Mali mission
The UN Security Council voted in favour of extending the UN's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mandate for another year by passing Resolution 2295 on 29 June.
The resolution increased MINUSMA's authorised military strength from 11,240 to 13,289 and its police
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UK moves to help Saudis keep Tornados in service to 2025
A UK Royal Air Force (RAF) officer is to lead efforts to help Saudi Arabia keep its Panavia Tornado strike aircraft in service until 2025.
The development was revealed by an advertisement posted on the RAF website on 9 June seeking an officer of group captain rank for the role of Tornado transition
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Uganda announces early AMISOM withdrawal
The Ugandan military has said it is planning to withdraw its forces from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by December 2017.
Along with Burundi, Uganda has been a core member of AMISOM since it was first deployed in 2007. The Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) reportedly has around
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Typhoon to display P3E weapons fit at RIAT and Farnborough
The Eurofighter Typhoon is to be displayed at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and Farnborough Airshow for the first time fitted with weapons that are set to be integrated under the Phase 3 Enhancements (P3E) package.
A BAE Systems-owned test aircraft is to fly with the P3E fit at RIAT
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Turkey's FNSS to produce 260 anti-tank vehicles
FNSS has been awarded a contract for the production of 260 anti-tank vehicles for the Turkish Army.
Of the vehicles, 184 will be tracked and the remaining 76 will be wheeled. FNSS plans to use the lightest member of the Kaplan vehicle family as the platform for the tracked vehicle, and the PARS 4x4
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Taliban attack on police convoy kills scores of cadets
Dozens of people were killed in Kabul around noon on 30 June when two bombs struck a convoy of five buses carrying Afghan police cadets. While initial reports on the exact number of casualties differ, the AFP news agency reported that at least 27 people were killed and another 40 wounded.
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South Korea on alert for possible North Korean provocations along disputed maritime border
North Korea's movement of weapons and troops along a disputed maritime border has Seoul on high alert for possible military provocations, according to South Korean officials.
"North Korea has deployed weapons, surveillance assets and troops to its islands, Gal-do and Ari-do, north of the
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Raytheon to upgrade Kuwait's Patriot air and missile defence system to latest version
Raytheon has received a USD523 million contract to modernise six Patriot fire units to configuration 3+ for Kuwait.
The work is expected to be completed in March 2022 and entails providing Kuwait with the Patriot modern man station (MMS), radar digital processor (RDP), and modern adjunct processor
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NATO exercise proves feasibility of real-time decentralised ISR data flows
NATO's recently completed exercise 'Unified Vision 2016' (UV16) has demonstrated that complex, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data can be distributed and reassembled in a fluid, decentralised way among the allies, according to NATO officials.
While more technical
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Iraq secures USD2.7 billion FMF loan
Iraq and the United States signed a declaration of intent on 29 June to provide USD2.7 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) credit facilities.
"This FMF facility will allow Iraqi security forces to defer payment for the purchase of ammunition and maintenance for its F-16s and M1A1
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India signs submarine upgrade deal with ThyssenKrupp
The Indian Navy (IN) signed an INR2.6 billion (USD38.4 million) contract on 29 June with Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to upgrade two of its four Shishumar-class (Type 209/1500) diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK).
The company said in a statement that the upgrade, which includes arming
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India issues RfI for multi-service UAVs
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has invited responses by mid-September from local manufacturers for an unspecified number of medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for all three services.
In a request for information (RfI) despatched on 15 June, the MoD outlined
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EU sets aside money for first-time defence R&D projects
The European Commission decided on 30 June to set aside EUR25 million for the first yearly budget of the EU's initiative to fund pilot projects in defence research.
Meanwhile, the European Defence Agency (EDA) simultaneously announced that it has received 21 proposals from industry and other
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Central Accord 2016 offers combined training for US, French, and Gabon forces
Key Points
The exercise focused on peacekeeping and the response to natural disasters in Africa
French, Gabonese, and US paratroopers executed multinational airborne operations
US Army paratroopers participated in the largest most complex exercise ever conducted in Africa, alongside French,
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F-35 makes long-awaited UK debut ahead of RIAT and Farnborough
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) finally made its UK-debut on 29 June, with the arrival of three short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucester.
The jets - two from the US Marine Corps (USMC) and one from the
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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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USN awards contracts for new assault ship, replenishment tankers
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been contracted for the detailed design and construction of LHA 8
General Dynamics' NASSCO has received an order for the first T-AO 205 oiler, with options for five more
The US Navy ordered its third America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA 8)
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