The US State Department has approved the sale of 14,640 guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 19 July.
It said the bombs are estimated to be worth USD740 million and noted that the proposed sale includes another USD45 million in
UAE requests guided bombs worth USD785 million
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Turkey finalising deal for Pakistan's Super Mushshak
Pakistan is in the final stages of securing a deal to export its MFI-17 Super Mushshak military training aircraft to Turkey, the Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) has announced.
In a statement issued on 22 July, the MoDP said the pending contract to export the aircraft, which is
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Saudi Arabia says Apache crashed in Yemen
Saudi Arabia has confirmed for the first time since it launched its military intervention in Yemen in March 2015 that it has lost an aircraft inside that country.
The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on 25 July that a Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) AH-64 Apache attack helicopter had
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OSI wins contract to integrate radar system for New Zealand's frigate upgrade
Canadian naval systems developer OSI Maritime Systems announced on 25 July that it has received a contract to integrate the FAR-3000 radar from Japanese company Furuno with an integrated bridge system on board the Royal New Zealand Navy's ANZAC-class frigates.
The contract has been awarded as part
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North Korea building new, larger submarine pens
North Korea is constructing a fortified structure near the port city of Sinpo that will have what appears to be two covered docks (pens) that could shelter ballistic missile submarines (SSBs).
Located 2.25 km south of the Sinpo shipyard, close to the Mayang-do Naval Base on the country's east
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Indonesia commissions fourth PC-43 class patrol vessel into Western Fleet
The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) has commissioned a PC-43 class patrol vessel into its Western Fleet (KOARMABAR), the service's office of public affairs confirmed with IHS Jane's on 26 July.
The vessel, KRI Cakalang (852), was commissioned on 20 July in
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Indian defence ministry scraps MRTT tender for second time
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has said India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) terminated in late June the six-year-old USD2 billion tender for six multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF), for which the company's A330 MRTT had been shortlisted.
"We have been
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India deploys over 100 T-72 tanks along disputed border with China
The Indian Army (IA) has deployed 120 T-72M1 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the northern Himalayan region of Ladakh along a portion of the 4,057 km Line of Actual Control (LoAC): the country's disputed Himalayan border with China.
China and India went to war in 1962 over this un-demarcated mountainous
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Effort to return Greek P-3s to service commences
Lockheed Martin has begun work on the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of Greece's P-3B Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) fleet, the manufacturer announced on 25 July.
The launch of the effort to modernise and refurbish four of the five P-3B aircraft that are owned jointly by the Hellenic Air Force and
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Australian government body criticises domestic submarine build plan
Australia's Productivity Commission - the government's independent research and advisory body - has questioned the industrial efficiency of building the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) next-generation submarines in Australia.
In its annual Trade and Assistance Review , published on 25 July, the
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Argentina evaluates medium transports
The Argentine Ministry of Defence (MoD) is evaluating the purchase of a new medium transport aircraft to replace the Fokker F27 Friendships of the Argentine Air Force, the last operational example of which is to be retired this year.
According to Walter Ceballos, the MoD's logistics and emergencies
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Presidential helicopter passes CDR milestone
The VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program recently passed its Critical Design Review (CDR), Lockheed Martin announced on 25 July.
The milestone means that the programme to replace the presidential fleet of ageing Sikorsky VH-3D (Sea King) and VH-60N (Black hawk) helicopters with the
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China rolls-out indigenous flying boat
China rolled out a new amphibious aircraft from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) production line in Zhuhai on 23 July, state media announced.
With a wing span of 38.8 m and a length of 37 m, the four-turboprop AG600 is the largest 'flying boat' to have been built by China.
The
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Jordan receives final Cheetah SPAAGs
A final instalment of 25 Cheetah self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAGs) has now arrived in Jordan.
Decommissioned by the Armed Forces of the Netherlands in 2006, the Cheetah (Gepard in German service) consists of a modified Leopard 1 tank hull armed with twin 35 mm Rheinmetall Air Defence
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US mulling deterrence strategy to address 'grey zone'
The Pentagon is working to more effectively integrate conventional and nuclear strategies to better prepare for contemporary conflicts in which adversaries may seek to exploit low-end conflict below the threshold of nuclear or conventional war.
"We face a deterrence challenge in the 'grey
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Thales announces withdrawal from Korean joint venture
Thales announced on 27 July that it would be exercising a put option on the company's joint venture with South Korea's Hanwha, thereby dissolving the operation.
Thales owns a 50% stake in the Hanwha Thales joint venture, which was first created in 2000 between Samsung and Thales. Following
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Singapore preps Paramount Marauder for 2017 rollout
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will soon gain a new protected logistics capability with the planned introduction of the 20-tonne 4x4 Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV) by 2017.
Based on the South African Paramount Marauder mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) platform, the PCSV has been
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Poland changes its procurement priorities
Poland's Law and Justice government is set to revise the procurement priorities of its armed forces, as set out by the country's Technological Modernization Programme (PMT).
The current PMT outlines 14 key programmes, although several programmes are now set to be dropped and others prioritised. The
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Peruvian satellite to be launched in September
Peru's new satellite, PeruSat-1, will be launched from French Guyana using a Vega rocket in mid-September. The satellite was constructed by Airbus Defense and Space, based on the AstroBus-S platform, in Toulouse, France.
Peru's space agency, the Comisión Nacional de Investigación y
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NATO agency prepares to spend big on cyber-capabilities
NATO's Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is preparing tenders for cyber and command and control (C2) software products and upgrades worth EUR3 billion (USD3.3 billion) during the next three years, with fully half of this going to satellite communications (satcom) capability.
The balance
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