The US Army is moving ahead with a programme to buy a new 120 mm High Explosive Guided Mortar (HEGM) and replace its current precision-guided HE mortar, according to Picatinny Arsenal.
A solicitation for initial designs closed in late January, Picatinny said in a 6 March statement. It sought
US Army aims for new precision-guided mortar competition next year
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Syrian MiG-23 crashes on Turkish territory, pilot recovered
The Syrian pilot of an MiG-23 fighter belonging to Syria that crashed on 4 March near the Turkish town of Samandag in Hatay province, close to the Syrian border, is undergoing treatment at a Turkish hospital. Meanwhile, the Turkish military invited a Russian team to join an examination on the
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Renewed rebel attacks threaten Myanmar peace talks
Hardline ethnic insurgents opposed to the Myanmar government's peace proposals have launched a fresh wave of attacks on security forces in the northeast of the country. The fighting has cast further doubt on the viability of a government-sponsored peace conference that is now planned for April after
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RCAF: Aurora upgrade exceeds expected improvements
Key Points
Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140M Aurora maritime patrol aircraft life extension and incremental modernisation work appears to be proceeding well
The aircraft's new capability exceeds RCAF expectations
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is continuing with life extension and upgrade
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RCAF aims for 2018 first deployment with Cyclone maritime helicopter
Key Points
A Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone ASW helicopter is to deploy on operations in 2018
The aircraft is replacing Sikorsky CH-124 Sea Kings
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) expects to deploy its Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter on operations for the first time in
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Qatari early warning radar contract awarded to Raytheon
The US Department of Defense announced on 24 February that it had awarded a USD1.07 billion contract to Raytheon to supply an unidentified early warning radar system to Qatar. It said the contract is expected to be completed by 20 June 2021.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in
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Pentagon freedom of navigation operations challenged 22 countries in 2016
The Department of Defense's (DoD's) annual report on its freedom of navigation (FoN) operations highlighted the programme's wide remit, which last year included allies such as Japan as well as high-profile competitors such as China.
"The DoD FoN programme is comprehensive in scope and executed
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OSCE details extent of its observers being intimidated by Ukrainian rebels
Following on from the US Department of State's 27 February condemnation of an attack on the Special Monitoring Missions (SMMs) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine, along with the seizure of an SMM-operated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Jane's has
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North Korea says missile launches practised hitting US bases in Japan
North Korea's launch of four ballistic missiles on 6 March was part of an exercise to strike US military bases in Japan, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, a daily of the Workers' Party of Korea, has reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the drill, which was conducted by the
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More details of Russia's Bumerang emerge
Russia has released additional details of its latest Bumerang (Boomerang) family of wheeled 8x8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) that are the long-term replacement for the currently deployed BTR-80 8x8 amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC).
The Bumerang chassis has the designation VPK-7829,
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JASDF scrambles fighters as Chinese military aircraft fly near Okinawa
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled fighters on 2 March after a total of 13 Chinese military aircraft were spotted flying through the Miyako Strait between the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa and Miyako in the East China Sea, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo.
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Iran reportedly carried out successful anti-ship ballistic missile test
Iran carried out two tests of its anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) on 4-5 March, with the second successfully hitting a floating platform 155 miles (250 km) away, according to two US officials cited by Fox News.
The report was not confirmed by Iran or other media organisations.
Iran's Khalij
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Indian Navy decommissions aircraft carrier INS Viraat
The Indian Navy (IN) decommissioned INS Viraat (ex-HMS Hermes ), its 57-year-old 24,300-tonne Centaur-class aircraft carrier, on 6 March.
The naval ensign and commissioning pennant aboard Viraat were lowered for the last time in a ceremony held in Mumbai, ending the carrier's almost 30-year-long
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Hungarian company presents MALE UAV
Hungarian unmanned aerial system house Da21-Dron presented the DA 120, a multi-purpose medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV), at the 2017 Security and Defence-industry Conference and Exhibition held on 28 February in Budapest.
Like other UAVs developed by the company,
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First elements of THAAD arrive in South Korea
The first elements for a battery of the US Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system have been deployed to South Korea.
Video footage published by US Forces Korea (USFK) shows a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter delivering two Oshkosh Defense HEMTT-based truck-mounted launchers
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EU 28 create operational and planning HQ for CSDP non-combat missions
After years of hesitation and in-fighting, the 28 EU nations agreed 6 March to create an operational headquarters (HQ) in Brussels for the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions. However, the HQ will plan and oversee non-combat military missions only, leaving any decision to change
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DRDO hands over weapon-locating radar, NBC reconnaissance vehicle to Indian Army
India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the Swathi long-range weapon-locating radar (WLR) and the Mk-I nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) reconnaissance vehicle (RV) for induction into the Indian Army (IA), India's Press Information Bureau (PIB)
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Australia's space surveillance radar will track debris, satellites
A C-band space surveillance radar system relocated from the Caribbean island of Antigua to Western Australia has reached full operational capability, Australian defence minister Marise Payne announced on 7 March.
The joint initiative between the Australian Defence Force and the US Air Force
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Analysis: Satellite imagery confirms Iranian S-300PMU2 orbat
ANALYSIS
Iran almost certainly has four S-300PMU2 long-range air defence batteries, each with a LEMZ 96L6E target acquisition radar, satellite imagery obtained by Jane's shows. These four batteries are supported by two 64N6 'Big Bird' battle management radars.
Iran originally ordered four
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All-Sea Underwater bought by private equity group
All-Sea Underwater Solutions, a Canadian group that specialises in underwater repair work, has been bought by US private equity firm Lariat Partners, the company announced on 6 March. Lariat said that it would be adding All-Sea to its Subsea Global Solutions firm. Terms of the deal were not
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