The Philippine government said on 28 October that China Coast Guard vessels appear to have left the area around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea (SCS).
"Regarding fishing on Scarborough Shoal, for the past three days, it has been observed that there are no longer any
China Coast Guard ships 'no longer' at disputed Scarborough Shoal, says Manila
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Chile seeks to expand, modernise air transport fleets
The Chilean Army is planning to buy a first batch of four to six medium transport aircraft to replace a number of CASA C212 Aviocar aircraft that the service has recently paid off, military sources in Santiago told IHS Jane's .
The army expects to place the order, for which the Airbus C295M and
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Canada launches major surface combatant competition
Key Points
The Canadian government began a significant shipbuilding programme for new surface combatants
No details on cost or number of vessels have been provided
The Canadian government on 27 October announced it had released a request for proposal (RfP) for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)
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Australia's ASC posts mixed results before planned corporate split
Australian naval shipbuilder ASC posted mixed results for fiscal year 2015-16 as it prepares to be split up by the government into three separate companies.
The state-owned corporation said in its annual report - published 28 October - that total company revenues declined year-on-year by 22% to
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US Navy ballistic missile submarine arrives in Guam
USS Pennsylvania , a US Navy Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, arrived on 31 October at Apra Harbor in Guam for a scheduled port visit, according to a statement by the US Joint Region Marianas military command.
"The specific visit to Guam reflects the United States'
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US Army kicks off new effort to buy logistics boats
The US Army on 28 October released a request for proposals (RfP) for a new Manoeuvre Support Vessel - Light (MSV(L)) platform to replace its ageing Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) 8 MOD I and MOD II 'Mike Boats'.
Between low-rate initial production (LRIP) and full-rate production, the army expects
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Myanmar ultimatum to ethnic army triggers volatile stand-off
Less than two years after Myanmar's military fought a costly war with rebels in the northeastern region of Kokang, a volatile stand-off with a far larger armed ethnic faction, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), has raised the threat of a further round of hostilities on the country's border with China.
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L-3 Oceania to supply night fighting equipment to Australia
L-3 Oceania has been awarded contracts worth USD233 million for the supply of night vision goggles, helmet mounts, head harnesses, and laser aiming devices to the Australian Defence Force.
Australia's Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, and Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, said in a
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First EU-funded defence research projects to start their work in November
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has approved grants for three new defence research projects that, for the first time in the European Union's 59-year history, have been directly financed from the union's budget.
Although the total amount for the three is modest - just EUR1.4 million (USD1.5
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Evidence of guided artillery usage seen in Libya
The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (SCBR), an Islamist group in eastern Libya, released photographs on 30 October showing the remnants of a Krasnopol guided artillery projectile.
The group said on its Twitter account that the photographs showed the remains of US-made rockets that had
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Colombian Navy establishes new UAV operating base
The Colombian Navy (ARC) has established a new unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) at the Marine Training Base (BEIM) near the Caribbean operating base for counter-narcotics and offshore security roles.
An ARC officer told IHS Jane's the new operations centre was activated in late August 2016 to provide
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Canadian Resolve-class oiler refit proceeding on course
Shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada's progress on a Resolve-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessel is proceeding ahead of schedule, Spencer Fraser, the CEO of Federal Fleet Services, told IHS Jane's on 26 October.
Davie is converting a former commercial vessel, owned by Federal Fleet
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Airbus Defence & Space, PAL Aerospace sign GCC C295 agreement
Airbus Defence & Space has signed an agreement with Canadian firm PAL Aerospace that will see PAL's United Arab Emirates (UAE) joint venture perform in-service support for Airbus C295 aircraft.
The agreement, signed on 28 October, will see Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country operators of
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US Army outlines strategy for countering tactical UAS
The US Army is refining its ability to counter unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and is focusing on rapidly proliferating tactical UAS.
An 'Army Counter - Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Strategy Extract', dated 5 October but publicly released on 1 November, explains how the service is approaching
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UK Typhoons to deploy to Romania
The United Kingdom is to deploy Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Romania as part of a wider package geared at bolstering Europe's eastern flank in the face of continued Russian assertiveness in the region.
The deployment, announced by UK defence secretary Michael Fallon on 26 October, will
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Turkey moves F-35 deliveries forward, green lights local projects
Key Points
Turkey is to receive its first two F-35s in 2018 instead of 2021
Ankara has also earmarked USD4.1 billion for new local projects
Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim stated on 1 November that he had given the go-ahead for 26 different local defence projects worth a total of USD4.1
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Raytheon gets DARPA funds for hypersonic weapon project
Raytheon has been awarded a USD174 million contract for work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) programme, according to a 28 October Pentagon announcement.
USD3.4 million of the cost-plus-fixed-fee deal was awarded, according
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Pentagon wants USD140 million to build military 'brand'
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on 1 November unveiled further plans under his Force of the Future initiative, this time looking to increase the range of applicants interested in a military career.
Although Carter previously explored removing certain restrictions on service for blocked potential
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Oman buys stake in Spain's Mecanizados Escribano
Oman's sovereign wealth fund, the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) announced on 31 October that it had acquired a 32.2% stake in Spanish engineering company Mecanizados Escribano.
The total amount of the transaction was not disclosed. However, the SGRF noted that the acquisition is a combination
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Military parade reveals Turkmenistan's new Chinese-built UAVs
Turkmenistan paraded newly-acquired Chinese-made weapon systems, including several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), during its Independence Day parade on 27 October.
The Central Asian country revealed that it has become one of the first foreign buyers of the China Aerospace Science and Industry
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