Brazilian Navy Niterói-class frigate União (F 45) will integrate with the UN Interim Force In Lebanon-Maritime Task Force (UNIFIL-MTF) on 15 March, a Brazilian military source told Jane's on 8 February.
The ship departed Rio de Janeiro on 29 January and is scheduled to arrive in Beirut on
Brazilian frigate União to join the UNIFIL-MTF
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Brazil to seek initial Cascavel 6x6 upgrades
The Brazilian Army's War Arsenal of São Paulo (Arsenal de Guerra de São Paulo: AGSP) plans this year to launch a tender to modernise a pilot batch of 10 EE-9 Cascavel 6x6 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, the service told Jane's on 8 February.
The tender could potentially lead to the
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Army, DoD deliberately growing cyber personnel ranks
The US Army and Pentagon are in the early stages of implementing a pilot programme for civilian direct commissioning for cyber professionals as the military's overall cyber workforce is growing steadily.
Changes, proposed by former secretary of defense Ashton Carter in June 2016, would require
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Fiji buys 10 Australian Bushmasters for UN peacekeeping missions
Fiji has bought 10 refurbished Thales Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles from Australia to support it's United Nations peacekeeping missions at the Golan Heights and in Syria, Australian defence minister Marise Payne announced on 9 February.
"Fiji will use the vehicles to form part of
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US continues to strike Islamists in Middle East
The United States has continued its intensified campaign aimed at Islamist forces in the Middle East with a series of airstrikes against Al-Qaeda leadership and facilities, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 8 February.
According to the Pentagon, a strike on a building being used as an
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Ukraine's Donbas conflict escalating into 'second Debaltseve'
An escalation in fighting in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region is being referred to in Kiev as becoming a 'second Debaltseve' after the battle of January 2015 that was the scene of hundreds of casualties on the Ukrainian side, many due to saturation bombardments by Russian-backed rebels using Grad
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UK re-roles Apache attack helicopter units
The British Army's attack helicopter regiments have been re-aligned to better support the British Army's reaction force and high readiness brigades.
The UK Attack Helicopter Force has spent the past 13 years either supporting light air assault and amphibious units, or on counter-insurgency
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Turkey reveals 'Bora' ballistic missile
Turkey has made public it has been developing a long-range surface-to-surface missile system called 'Bora' (Storm).
The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) stated that the Project 'B' missile system had been developed by Roketsan in order to "meet the long range surface-to-surface
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Norwegian Army to receive air-defence capability
The Norwegian Army is to be equipped with a new ground-based air-defence system, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 6 February.
The move ends a policy that has been in place since the early 2000s, whereby ground-based air defence has been the responsibility of the Royal Norwegian
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Iran unveils guided 333 mm artillery rocket
The Iranian Ministry of Defence unveiled a range of new weapons on 6 February, the most potentially significant being a guided version of the 333 mm Fajr-5 artillery rocket.
The unguided Fajr-5 is already in service with Iranian-backed militant groups Hizbullah and Hamas, which could use a guided
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USMC improves the ability to monitor and track force structure data
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TFSMS is making the USMC be more efficient and effective in tracking force structure billets and equipment
TFSMS combines the TMR and the LMIS
The Total Force Structure Management System (TFSMS), the US Marine Corps' (USMC's) data source to assess manpower and equipment requirements,
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US commander wants more trainers for 'stalemate' in Afghanistan
The top US commander in Afghanistan told Congress he needs "a few thousand" more trainers to help Afghan defence and security forces, which have struggled to maintain security against insurgents.
"I believe we're in a stalemate," General John Nicholson, commander of Resolute
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US Army and MDA to conduct Patriot-Aegis BMD test in 2017
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The US Army and MDA have been looking for opportunities to conduct a joint test
The army and MDA routinely test in support of the IMTP ground testing programme
The US Army and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) are planning to conduct a joint Patriot missile defense-Aegis Ballistic
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North Korea capable of producing up to 60 nuclear warheads, says report
North Korea is believed to have enough highly enriched uranium and plutonium to produce up to 60 nuclear warheads, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported on 9 February, citing a 'secret report by intelligence and military authorities'.
Based on 2016 figures, Pyongyang has 758 kg of highly enriched
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Indonesia mulls Turkish, South Korean, Russian options for marines APC requirement
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Indonesia is currently considering options in the acquisition of 50 APCs for its Marines Corps
Contract to include an in-country licensed production component for latter units
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence is currently evaluating proposals from Russia, Turkey, and South Korea in a
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IAI pitches MTCR-compliant Heron TP to India
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced a new export-version of its long-range Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on 9 February, saying it will be displayed at the Aero India 2017 show taking place from 14-18 February in Bengaluru.
The Heron TP XP is identical to the Heron TP except that it
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China, Myanmar hold talks on maintaining peace in border area
China and Myanmar have agreed to 'maintain peace and stability' in the border areas between the two countries after fighting between Myanmar government forces and an alliance of four insurgent factions escalated in the country's north in late 2016.
During the China-Myanmar 2+2 High-level
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Nigeria to get Brazilian Super Tucanos
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) announced on 9 February that it will receive three Embraer EMB-314/A-29 Super Tucano turboprops from the Brazilian Air Force.
It said in a statement that Embraer had confirmed that the Brazilian government had authorised its air force to transfer the three aircraft to
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Lockheed Martin rolls out first civil LM-100J airlifter
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first LM-100J Hercules airlifter from its Marietta production facility in Georgia on 9 February.
This milestone for the civil variant of the military C-130J came approximately two years after the concept was launched by the company as it sought to broaden its market
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IDF confirms Skylark 3 UAVs will be rolled out at brigade level
The Israel Defense Forces' (IDF's) Skylark tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit is preparing to deploy Elbit's Skylark 3 platform in the near future, a development that will significantly expand its operational capabilities, a senior military source has told Jane's.
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