Leonardo Helicopters is confident of securing work on the UK's contract to procure AH-64E Apache Guardians from Boeing, with a senior company official telling IHS Jane's that it has "an expectation" of involvement in the deal.
Speaking at the Yeovil production facility in southern England
Leonardo confident of future UK Apache work
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India in talks with Vietnam over Akash SAM system
India is in talks with Vietnam over the possible sale to Hanoi of its indigenously developed Akash self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, an Indian military source told IHS Jane's on 10 January.
Negotiations on the Akash follow recent Indian offers to supply the BrahMos anti-ship
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Future of Leonardo's Yeovil site hinges on Lynx Wildcat
Leonardo Helicopters must secure additional sales of the AW159 Lynx Wildcat if the long-term future of the company's Yeovil production facility in the United Kingdom is to be secured, a senior official said on 9 January.
Speaking at the site on the occasion of a UK government announcement of a
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France orders 35 Spy'Ranger UAVs from Thales
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) announced on 5 January that it has ordered 35 Spy'Ranger unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Thales for the French Army's Système de Mini Drone de Reconnaissance (SMDR) requirement.
The SMDR is set to replace the Airbus Drone de Renseignement Au
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US demos 'one of the world's largest' micro-UAV swarms
The US Department of Defense (DOD) air-dropped a swarm of micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during trials conducted in late 2016 and announced on 9 January.
During the trials three Boeing F/A-18 Hornet combat aircraft dropped 103 Perdix micro-UAVs over China Lake, California, in October 2016.
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Textron pitches VTOL Shadow UAV to Australia
Textron Unmanned Systems is studying the feasibility of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) variant of its RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which it hopes could be an upgrade option for the Australian Army's ageing fleet.
In 2016, the company revealed a VTOL variant of its smaller
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Surface Navy 2017: Lockheed Martin wins contract for AOEW active payload development
Key Points
Lockheed Martin was contracted for the preliminary design phase in December 2016
The AOEW AMP pod will be carried on MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters
The US Navy (USN) has selected Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems business to develop a new helicopter-borne podded electronic
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First RAN Anzac-class frigate begins mid-life capability assurance programme
Preparatory work has begun on the first of eight Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac-class frigates to undergo a mid-life capability assurance programme (AMCAP) that will include a number of upgrades, including a new active phased-array air surveillance radar.
AMCAP forms the major work element
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Chinese nuclear-powered submarine spotted in Pakistani port of Karachi
Commercial satellite imagery taken in May 2016 shows what appear to be a Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) and a submarine support ship docked at the Pakistani port of Karachi, Indian media network NDTV reported on 6 January.
Although the submarine was berthed in the port's commercial
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Widespread corruption, lagging capabilities continue to thwart Afghan progress
Corruption and struggling security forces are continuing to hinder Afghanistan's development and jeopardise costly and hard-won security gains made there over 15 years of war, the US Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) warned in a new 'High-Risk Report'.
In 2014 SIGAR issued
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USMC begins first operational overseas deployment of F-35B
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has started relocating Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to Japan for the type's first overseas deployment, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on 10 January.
An undisclosed number of jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
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Trump suggests F/A-18 to compete with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
President-elect Donald Trump suggested there could be 'competition' for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter programme, which he criticised for its cost and delays.
"I'm very much involved with the generals and admirals on the airplane, the F-35," which is "way,
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Surface Navy 2017: Carrier, destroyer eyed for solid-state laser weapon system testing
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LWSD is scheduled to be tested on SDTS in 2018
Plans are being explored for installation on a carrier or destroyer
The US Navy (USN) is drawing up plans to a put a prototype 100-150 kW class solid-state laser weapon on an operational warship, the service's director of surface warfare
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North Korea has 50 kg of weapons-grade plutonium, says Seoul
North Korea has an estimated 50 kg of weapons-grade plutonium, or enough to manufacture 10 nuclear weapons, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in its 2016 Defense White Paper. The stockpile represents a 10 kg increase compared to the 2014 figures provided by the South Korean
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Mabus confirms submission of far larger, 'symbolic' navy budget
US secretary of the navy Ray Mabus confirmed that he has refused to submit a service budget at levels requested by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, noting that this year the budget is only "symbolic" and therefore should not be cost constrained.
Congress has not yet passed the fiscal
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Lithuania looking to single procurement agency
Lithuania is considering establishing a single defence procurement agency, according to defence minister Raimundas Karoblis.
In an interview with the Baltic News Service, published on 10 January, Karoblis said that the country was working on uniting its existing defence procurement administrations.
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Kazakhstan to receive four Mi-35M helos from Russia in 2018
Kazakhstan will receive four Mil Mi-35M ('Hind-E') combat helicopters from Russia in 2018 as part of a recently signed contract between the two countries, Russian Helicopters said in apress release on 11 January.
The Mi-35M is a modernised version of the Mi-24V assault helicopter. It was developed
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Indonesia commissions three PC-40-class patrol vessels
The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) has commissioned its first three PC-40-class patrol vessels.
The platforms, which have been named KRI Tatihu, KRI Layaran, and KRI Madidihang with pennant numbers 853, 854, and 855 respectively, were inducted on 10 January
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Honduran military deploys to Western Sahara UN Mission, Colombia
Four Honduran military officers have travelled to join the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), a Honduran military press release reported on 10 January.
According to UN statistics, Honduras has fewer than 100 troops in two UN operations: experts on mission in MINURSO and
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EU extends Mali security mission until 2019
The European Union's 28 nations agreed on 11 January to extend their security mission in Mali - EUCAP Sahel Mali - for another two years until 14 January 2019. They also set aside a budget of EUR29.7 million (USD31.1 million) to cover the mission's common overhead costs during the period.
EUCAP
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