COTECMAR, Colombia's State-owned shipyard, is designing an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) larger than its current 1,800-ton 20 de Julio-class vessels to meet a Colombian Navy requirement for patrol ships with greater range.
The larger patrol vessels would be intended for longer patrol deployments in
Colombia plans to build larger OPVs for Pacific Coast
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China's Liaoning carrier group enters Taiwanese ADIZ
The Chinese navy's Liaoning carrier group entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on 11 January while returning from exercises in the South China Sea, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in a statement.
The carrier group entered the area covered by the ADIZ around 0700
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Chile considers building corvettes at ASMAR shipyard
The Chilean Navy and ASMAR, Chile's state-owned shipyard, are studying the possibility of building corvettes to replace three Israeli-built Saar 4 fast missile craft that will reach the end of their service lives within the next decade, a military source in Santiago told IHS Jane's .
The option of
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Beretta Defense Technologies acquires Victrix
Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT) announced that it has acquired the brand and know-how of rifle manufacturer Victrix from Italian firm Officine Meccaniche Rottigni (OM Rottigni).
The acquisition was formally announced in late December 2016.
BDT representatives underlined that the Victrix product
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PLAN commissions another intelligence-gathering ship
China's latest intelligence-gathering ship was commissioned into the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) at a ceremony in Qingdao on 10 January, according to Chinese news media reports.
Named Kaiyangxing (pennant number 856), the vessel was built at the Hudong-Zhonghua
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Poland may buy 100 extra fighter aircraft
The Polish Ministry of Defence is analysing a possible purchase of 50-100 aircraft to replace the Polish Air Force's aging Sukhoi Su-22 strike aircraft and Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft.
"We consider various possibilities that would be beneficial, [including purchase of] F-16 aircraft; used
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PLA possibly equipping marine corps with ZTL-11 amphibious assault vehicle
Images posted on Chinese online forums in early January suggest that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be equipping its marine corps with the Norinco ZTL-11 8x8 amphibious assault vehicle.
Published on the social media platform Weibo on 11 January, the images show the armoured vehicle,
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North Korea strengthens its emergency airfield capabilities
Commercial satellite imagery shows that North Korea has been progressively modernising its emergency airfield capabilities since late 2015 by adapting highways for use as airstrips, building aircraft shelters, and developing contingency airfields.
The measures seem to be part of a nationwide
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Germany to send more troops to Mali
The German government announced on 11 January that it had approved increasing its contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) from 650 soldiers to 1,000.
It said the Bundeswehr will also deploy transport and combat helicopters to replace the Dutch
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Germany seeks new special forces assault rifle
Germany's special forces are seeking new assault rifles, with the German defence procurement office issuing a tender for their purchase.
According to the tender issued by the BAAINBw, Germany is interesting in purchasing 1,750 rifles in total.
The new rifle is expected to replace the G36 rifles
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China emphasises opposition to THAAD deployment
China has called for "discretion" from Washington and Seoul regarding the planned deployment of the US Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea.
THAAD is "detrimental to strategic stability, mutual trust, and the strategic security interests of China
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Uganda reshuffles top commanders
President Yoweri Museveni made major changes in the Uganda People's Defence Forces' (UPDF's) senior command in a reshuffle announced on 10 January.
After less than four years at the helm, General Katumba Wamala was sacked as chief of defence Forces and re-appointed Minister of State for Works. He
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Turkish Army receives first 500 MPT-76 rifles
Turkey's state-owned Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) delivered on 11 January the first 500 serially-produced MPT-76 battle rifles to the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC).
The rifles delivered on 11 January are the first batch from a 2015 deal which will see the production of around
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Surface Navy 2017: USN envisions supporting fleet of networked unmanned surface, underwater systems
Key Points
The USN is considering a future capability of networked autonomous surface and undersea vehicles
Programme transitions may begin as early as 2017
The US Navy (USN) is envisioning a future surface combatant force that incorporates a network of autonomous surface and undersea vehicles
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Spain to build new cyber HQ
The Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has earmarked EUR10.6 million (USD11.2 million) to construct a new purpose-built headquarters for its joint cyber-defence command at the Retamares base in Pozuelo de Alarcon, just west of Madrid.
Bidding for the contract will be open until 21 February and the
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Sierra Leonean soldiers exercise with British
British soldiers have trained alongside Sierra Leonean counterparts for the first time as part of a wider increase in British support for Africa, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 7 January.
It said that 90 soldiers from the 1st Queen's Dragoons Guards deployed alongside 25 Sierra
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Poland to undertake new Strategic Defence Review
The Polish Ministry of National Defence (MND) is planning a new Strategic Defence Review (SDR) to be completed by the end of March, insider sources told IHS Jane's.
Polish MND officials have stated the SDR is needed as previous studies of the country's long-term situation were either too
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M28 'Bryza' to be showcased to Caribbean and Latin America
Lockheed Martin is to demonstrate the PZL Mielec M28 'Bryza' across the Caribbean and Latin American regions in the coming weeks as it looks to sign up new military, government, and commercial customers for the short take-off and landing (STOL) twin-turboprop transport aircraft.
The tour, which was
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Japanese aircraft entered South Korea's ADIZ over 400 times in 2016, says report
Japanese military aircraft entered South Korea's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) hundreds of times in 2016, mainly in the airspace south of Jeju Island off the country's southern coast, South Korean military officials were quoted by the Yonhap news agency as saying on 12 January.
The
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US-led coalition helps blunt Islamic State tactics
The US-led coalition has helped to reduce the effectiveness of the suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs) that the Islamic State fighters defending Mosul are using against Iraqi forces, Colonel Brett Sylvia, the commander of the Task Force Strike advise-and-assist mission, told
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