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 the
Fiji buys 10 Australian Bushmasters for UN peacekeeping missions
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Somaliland parliament approves UAE military base
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) request to establish a military base in the northern Somali city of Berbera was approved by an overwhelming majority in the parliament of the Somaliland separatist region on 12 February, local media reported.
Few details about the UAE's request have been released
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Samtel and Hanwha announce electronics partnership
Indian company Samtel Avionics and South Korea's Hanwha Systems (formerly Hanwha Thales) have entered an agreement to collaborate on a range of defence electronics for the Indian armed forces.
Samtel said in a press release on 13 February that its partnership with Hanwha Systems would be focused on
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Reliance wins lucrative US Navy support deal
Indian shipyard Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) has secured an agreement to provide support services for US Navy (USN) vessels operating in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
RDEL said on 13 February that its 'master ship repair agreement' (MSRA) with the USN will provide the
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Canada to modernise additional 141 LAV IIIs
Canadian defence minister Harjit Sajjan announced a CAD404 million (USD309 million) investment to upgrade the chassis of an additional 141 light armoured vehicles (LAVs) on 10 February 2017. The upgrade will increase the LAVs' mobility, protection, and information management systems.
General
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Aero India 2017: India to overhaul defence acquisition procedures
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is evaluating a management and services expert report recommending the establishment of an autonomous body to streamline and accelerate materiel procurements for the country's long-delayed military modernisation efforts.
Released just ahead of the Aero India 2017
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Top White House national security official resigns
Key Points
National Security Advisor retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Michael Flynn resigned on 13 February
Flynn's chief of staff, US Army Lieutenant General Joseph Keith Kellogg (ret'd), was named the acting National Security Advisor
The resignation ends weeks of controversy
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RDEL secures repair, maintenance contract for US Seventh Fleet
India's private-sector Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL) has signed a contract with the US Navy (USN) to provide repair and maintenance services to ships from its Seventh Fleet, headquartered at Yokosuka in Japan.
In an official statement on 13 February, RDEL declared that it had signed
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Panamanian SENAN acquires air, naval platforms
The Panamanian National Naval Air Service (Servicio Nacional Aeronaval: SENAN) displayed its recent air and naval platform acquisitions at Base Capitán de Fragata Noel Rodríguez, according to a 6 February 2017 SENAN statement. The equipment was displayed during a ceremony with Base
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Indian MoD mulls report advocating autonomous procurement agency
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is evaluating a management and services report recommending the establishment of an autonomous body to streamline and accelerate materiel procurements for the country's long-delayed military modernisation process.
The 200-odd page report, submitted to the MoD on 9
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German defence minister keen on accelerating MKS 180 frigate programme
Germany intends to accelerate the procurement of its navy's planned multi-role combat ships (MKS 180), a Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson confirmed to Jane's on 13 February.
The navy had been planning to buy four of the frigate-sized vessels beginning in 2023 at a cost of EUR4.2 billion
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El Salvador sends troops to Lebanon-Israel border
El Salvador has deployed 52 troops to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to an 11 February 2017 statement released by the Salvadoran Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada de El Salvador: FAES).
The troops will first be stationed in Gran Canaria, Spain, for three months where they will train
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Thales ramps up AESA radar workforce, deliveries
Thales is in the process of ramping up its production rate of RBE2 AESA radars following the success of the Dassault Rafale on international markets.
As a result of the orders for Rafale from Egypt, Qatar, and India, Dassault's supply chain has moved to the "cadence 2" production rate to
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Norwegian Army to receive air defence capability
The Norwegian Army is to be equipped with two new ground-based air defence systems, 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
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UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter takes maiden flight
The maiden flight of the first Sikorsky Black Hawk transport helicopter to be fitted with the UH-60V digital cockpit upgrade developed by Northrop Grumman has taken place, it was announced on 13 February.
The flight took place on 19 January at the US Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama,
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Rolls Royce reports 2016 results with big losses
Rolls Royce reported its earnings for 2016 on 14 February, with revenue up but losses before taxes topping GBP4.6 billion (USD5.8 billion).
The company said that much of the loss was tied to a "revaluation of our derivatives", which added GBP4.4 billion to losses.
Revenue for 2016 was
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Aero India 2017: Thales signs Starstreak MOU with India's BDL
Thales has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with India's Bharat Dynamics Ltd with a view to assessing a technology transfer opportunity in relation to the Starstreak surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
The MOU, announced on 14 February at Aero India 2017, was signed under the aegis of
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Aero India 2017: IAF receives first indigenously developed AEW&C platform
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the first of three indigenously designed airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platforms to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 14 February.
Integrated onto a Brazilian Embraer ERJ-145 platform by the DRDO's Centre for
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Gowanda acquires Microwave Circuits
US firm Gowanda announced on 12 February that it had acquired Microwave Circuits from AMTI.
Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
According to Gowanda, the acquisition will "enhance its capabilities for the design and manufacture of RF and microwave filters".
The filters are
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Budget office raises 10-year US nuclear force cost by 15% to USD400 billion
The United States' current nuclear force modernisation plans would cost a total of USD400 billion from fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) through FY 2026, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate.
The 10-year projection, published on 14 February, is 15% higher than the CBO's previous
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