The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released what appears to be an inflated fuel consumption figure for its Alpha Jet aircraft, which it uses as one of its primary ground-attack assets.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar told a logistics seminar held in Lagos that "the service
Nigerian Air Force releases jet fuel consumption figures
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Australian Tiger helicopter fleet riddled with capability deficiencies, says report
The Australian Army's 22-strong fleet of Airbus Helicopters Tiger armed reconnaissance platforms was riddled with capability deficiencies when full operational capability (FOC) was declared in April, according to an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report released on 1 September.
The report
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USMC completes F-35B operational tests
Key Points
The USMC continued operational tests of the F-35B with test-firing of the AMRAAM
The three weeks of trials were designed around operational employment scenarios
The US Marine Corps (USMC) continued operational tests of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF),
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US Navy details damage to USS Coronado, delays deployment to Singapore
The US Navy (USN) will proceed with the deployment of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Coronado (LCS 4) to Singapore upon completion of unscheduled repair works at Pearl Harbor, a service spokesperson confirmed with IHS Jane's on 2 September 2016. Coronado was scheduled to arrive in the republic in
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UPDATE: Australian Tiger helicopter fleet riddled with capability deficiencies, says report
The Australian Army's 22-strong fleet of Airbus Helicopters Tiger armed reconnaissance platforms was riddled with capability deficiencies when full operational capability (FOC) was declared in April, according to an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report released on 1 September.
The report
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Ukroboronprom 'ready to produce new unmanned systems from next year'
Ukroboronprom is ready to produce its new AN-BK-1 Horlytsia (Turtledove) multirole tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and Phantom multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the Ukrainian armed forces from next year, director general of Ukroboronprom Roman Romanov announced on the country's
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Taiwan orders additional Black Hawk helos
The Republic of China Army (RoCA) has exercised an option for a further 24 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters modified to Taiwan army and National Airborne Service Corps configurations, it was disclosed on 1 September.
The procurement, which was announced by the US Department of Defense
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Saudi Arabia downplays border war casualties
ANALYSIS
Videos recently released by Yemen's Ansar Allah group suggest the Saudi military is not reporting all the casualties it is suffering in what appear to be escalating raids on its southern border.
Since Saudi Arabia launched its military intervention against Ansar Allah and allied military
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RPS-10 radar to be integrated into Iron Curtain APS
Israeli defence electronics company Rada announced on 29 August that it will provide its RPS-10 compact hemisphere radar to Artis for integration and testing with the US company's Iron Curtain active protection system (APS).
Funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Iron
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Royal Marines push for personnel recovery capability
Senior UK Royal Marine officers are pushing for the country's two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers to be provided with their own personnel and equipment recovery capability when they enter service later this decade.
Such a force would be "trained and equipped to recover downed
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Qatar signs for MBDA coastal missile system
Qatar has signed a contract with MBDA for the supply of a coastal defence system, the company announced on 1 September.
The system will be delivered with both Exocet MM40 Block 3 and Marte ER anti-ship missiles and will be able to operate autonomously with its own radar, or be linked with a wider
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Poland to spend 2.01% of GDP on defence in 2017
The Polish Law and Justice single-party government approved the country's preliminary budget for 2017 on 25 August, raising Poland's defence budget to PLN37.35 billion (USD9.58 billion) in 2017.
The planned defence expenditure for 2017 is PLN1.45 billion higher than the previous year, raising
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North Korea expanding and upgrading Munch'on Naval Base, says report
Commercial satellite imagery suggests North Korea has been expanding and enhancing its facilities at the Munch'on Naval Base located north of the eastern port city of Wonsan, according to a report published on 1 September by the 38 North website of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins
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Lithuania orders H&K rifles and grenade launchers
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence signed a EUR12.5 million (USD14 million) contract on 29 August for the delivery of a large quantity of G36KA4M1 rifles and HK269 grenade launchers from Germany's Heckler & Koch (H&K). All weapons are scheduled to be delivered to the Lithuanian armed forces
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Iran has not deployed S-300 to Fordow as claimed
Satellite imagery obtained by IHS Jane's shows Iran has not deployed an S-300 long-range air defence system to the Fordow uranium enrichment facility as claimed.
Iranian media reported on 28 August that one of the S-300 systems that Russia began delivering earlier this year had been deployed to
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India planning to buy Russian Kalibr cruise missiles, says report
India intends to buy the export version of Russia's Kalibr land-attack cruise missile equipped with the latest high-precision guidance system, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on 1 September citing a diplomatic source.
While the paper said the system would be essentially the same as the one used
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Hyundai wins USD337 million frigate contract from Philippine Navy
Key Points
Hyundai Heavy Industries has been selected to supply the Philippine Navy with two newbuilding frigates
Programme will provide the Philippine Navy with its most modern surface combatant to date
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has formally received a notice of
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German court rules in favour of Heckler & Koch in G36 case
The German regional court in Koblenz ruled in favour of Heckler & Koch (H&K) on 2 September in an action initiated by the company to challenge the assertion by the German Ministry of Defence (MoD) that the Bundeswehr's G36 assault rifle is technically deficient and in violation of
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Afghan fighting season 'not yet over', says 'Resolute Support' spokesman
Colder weather may loom ahead, marking the close of Afghanistan's fighting season, but clashes between the Taliban and the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) are still expected in the country's northern, southern, and eastern provinces, according to Brigadier General Charles
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SpaceX loses Falcon 9 rocket to explosion during test
Key Points
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded during a 1 September engine firing
The company is scheduled to launch a USAF GPS 3 satellite with a Falcon 9 in 2018
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded during an engine firing test at Cape Canaveral, Florida on 1 September. The explosion resulted in the
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