The Indian Navy (IN) decommissioned two ships - INS Agray and INS Matanga - on 27 January at a ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. Agray was a Russian-built Project 1241 PE (Pauk II) anti-submarine corvette, which was converted into a patrol vessel and a trials platform for electronic warfare
Indian Navy decommissions two ships
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Brazil withdrawing from Haiti UN mission in April
Brazil is beginning to withdraw its military contingent from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and plans to conclude the operation by 17 April.
The Brazilian military contribution to MINUSTAH was planned to end in October 2016, but was extended for six months according to UN Security
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Airbus Helicopters expects to finalise Kuwait H225M deal 'in the coming weeks'
Airbus Helicopters expects to shortly finalise its contract with Kuwait for 30 H225M Caracal medium-lift helicopters, the company's CEO said on 27 January.
Speaking at a press briefing, Guillaume Faury said that the deal that was agreed in August 2016 has not yet come into force, but that it should
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US loses Osprey aircraft in Yemen raid
A US military aircraft was lost during a raid in Yemen that also resulted in the death of a service member and injuries to three others, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 29 January.
Images posted online showed the burnt-out remains of the a Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor after it was
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Turkey and UK agree to develop new fighter aircraft
Turkey and the United Kingdom signed a heads of agreement to collaborate on the development of Turkey's indigenous fifth-generation fighter project on 28 January.
The agreement was signed in Ankara by BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the presence of the Turkish prime minister,
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Secretary of Defense given 30 days to develop Islamic State plan
US president Donald Trump directed defence secretary Jim Mattis to develop a plan within 30 days to "defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)" in an Executive Order issued on 28 January.
The order calls for Mattis to consult with a range of other officials, but tasks him
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RAN's first air warfare destroyer begins sea acceptance trials
The first of three Hobart-class air warfare destroyers (AWDs) on order for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was put to sea on 30 January for sea acceptance trials off the coast of South Australia, the AWD Alliance, the consortium responsible for building and delivering the ships, announced in a 30
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Namibia to receive RG32M armoured vehicles
Namibia will receive the eight RG32M mine-hardened armoured patrol vehicles that it has ordered for its army from Denel Vehicle Systems by the end of March, the South African group announced on 19 January.
The Namibian vehicles are right-hand drive and have a different internal layout to previous
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Images reveal mock-up of Chinese carrier-borne AEW&C aircraft
Images posted on online forums show what appears to be a full-scale model of a Chinese navalised airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft on China's land-based carrier mock-up: an indication that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is seeking to equip a future carrier with such
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Trump orders Pentagon to draft new budget wish list
In one of his first moves as president, Donald Trump on 27 January ordered Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to conduct military readiness reviews as well as separate force structure and missile defence reviews.
Mattis is then to draft a supplemental budget request to help boost readiness.
The
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North Korea's plutonium-producing reactor likely reactivated, says report
Analysis of commercial satellite imagery from 22 January indicates that operations at the 5 MWe plutonium-producing reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear research facility is likely to have resumed.
The images show a water plume - most probably warm - originating from the cooling water outlet
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Trump administration looks to expand defence ties with Indonesia
The new US administration led by President Donald Trump has outlined a commitment to expand defence collaboration with Indonesia, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Jakarta said on 30 January.
Following meetings between Indonesian defence minister Ryamizard Ryacudu and the newly appointed US
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Philippines bids to double defence budget
Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said he will push the country's House of Representatives to sanction a significant increase in the country's defence budget.
In comments published by the Philippine government's news and information bureau on 27 January, Lorenzana said the existing
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JHC faces up to challenges in shift to contingency operations
The UK Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is facing significant challenges as it looks to pivot its capabilities away from the counterinsurgency (COIN) of the last decade-or-so to contingency operations, a senior official noted on 31 January.
Speaking in London under the Chatham House Rule, the
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India's Reliance secures coast guard contract
India's Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL), formerly Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering, has secured a contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply fast patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
The Mumbai-headquartered company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock
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GM, Honda team to 'mass produce' hydrogen fuel cell systems
General Motors (GM) and Honda on 30 January announced a Fuel Cell System Manufacturing (FCSM) joint venture to mass produce advanced hydrogen fuel cell systems for each company's future offerings.
FCSM is to operate within GM's existing battery pack manufacturing facility near Detroit. "Mass
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Germany airlifts NH90s and Tigers to Mali
The first of eight German army helicopters was airlifted to Bamako, Mali, on 27 January following the approval of the deployment the previous day by the Bundestag, the German parliament.
An NH90 medical evacuation helicopter was flown by a leased Antonov An-124-100 from Leipzig/Halle, eastern
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Belarus to donate MiG-29s, Buk SAMs to Serbia
Belarus has agreed to donate eight surplus MiG-29 'Fulcrum' fighter aircraft plus two Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile (SAM) air defence systems to Serbia.
The two countries signed a military-technical agreement on the donation on 26 January in Minsk.
In a statement given to the Serbian newspaper
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New EU-funded research programme close to its formal launch
The European Commission is close to launching the first-ever use of the European Union's (EU's) budget to formally finance defence research. Known as the "preparatory action in defence research" (PADR), the three-year programme will have a budget of EUR90 million (USD96 million) and is
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India's Grigorovich class purchase price yet to be agreed with Russia
India is locked in contentious price negotiations with Russia over the procurement of four additional Project 1135.6 Grigorovich-class stealth frigates for the Indian Navy (IN), official sources said.
The two sides had signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) in October 2016 for the four
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