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Rafale deal sinks further into India's procurement mire

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Key Points India's Rafale contract will not now be signed before the country's elections as most of the current defence budget has now been spent Cost hikes and disputes over licensed production have further bogged down the deal Indian Defence Minister A K Antony on 6 February ruled out all chances

Oman's defence budget rises again

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Oman's budget proposal for 2014 raises defence spending by 4.1% to OMR3.7 billion (USD9.6 billion), according to a report released by the Bank of Muscat. As a share of GDP, however, the rise will see the defence and security budget nudge down from 11.1% in 2013 to 10.8% in 2014. The increase comes

Indian MoD asks govt to fast-track VIP helo replacement plans

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India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked the federal government to fast-track the purchase of helicopters for VIP transport duties. The request follows its 1 January termination of the contract for 12 AgustaWestland AW101s that were intended for the role. In a late January letter to Cabinet

Indian artillery programmes progress with conclusion of field trials

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The Indian Army's long-postponed artillery procurement programme has incrementally moved ahead, with two 155 mm/52-calibre howitzer system types having recently completed field trials. Two rival towed gun systems (TGSs) and the same number of tracked self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) now await

Hijacked vessel implicated in alleged hijacking off Angola

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The Nigerian Navy (NN) has identified one of the vessels that was involved in the alleged hijacking of a tanker off Angola as a ship that was itself the victim of a hijacking a year earlier. In a statement released on 31 January, the NN said it was informed by the International Maritime Bureau

France receives first upgraded M270 LRU

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The first three upgraded Lockheed Martin M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRSs) have now been delivered to the French Army. Speaking to IHS Jane's on 5 February, a spokesperson for the French Army said that the units had been delivered initially to the 6th Artillery Regiment, based at

Defexpo 2014: Nexter unveils Indian version of CAESAR

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Nexter Systems unveiled a new version of its CAESAR 155 mm mounted gun system at the Defexpo 2014 exhibition in New Delhi. The French company has teamed up with Indian companies Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Ashok Leyland Defence to offer the Indian Army a CAESAR system fitted to Ashok

Civilians flee North Waziristan as threat of conflict looms

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Hundreds of families have fled Pakistan's North Waziristan border region, while many more are preparing to leave in a sign of growing public nervousness over the prospect of major battles between the Pakistan Army and the Taliban, UN officials in Islamabad have told IHS Jane's . The reports come as

Venezuela seeks heavier armaments for OPVs

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The Venezuelan Navy plans to equip its ocean patrol vessels (OPVs) with defensive weapons identified as surface-to-surface (SSM) and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, according to a notice published by Venezuela's official gazette. Resolution 3704, published in late January, authorised the

UK to approve bulk F-35B buy in 2017

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Financial approval for the UK's main procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)/Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) is expected in the next three years, a government minister disclosed on 5 February. Answering questions in the House of Commons, Philip Dunne, Minister

Singapore registers concerns about Indonesian OPV name

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Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has registered its concerns about the name of a new Indonesian Nakhoda Ragam-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), KRI Usman Harun . The vessel is named after two Indonesians - Osman (Usman) Haji Mohamed Ali and Harun Said - who participated in the 1965

Palestinians propose NATO border force

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) has said it will accept the deployment of NATO forces along the border between the West Bank and Jordan to ensure security under any final status agreement with Israel. The proposal was mentioned by PA President Mahmoud Abbas in an interview published by The New York

New Bahrain facility for UK maritime component in Gulf

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The UK Royal Navy (RN) is to establish a more permanent headquarters (HQ) and forward support footprint within the US Navy's Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Bahrain. Work to build a new UK Maritime Component Commander (UK MCC) HQ and a waterfront support facility on the NSA II estate in Mina Salman

Liberia to replace its Nigerian commander

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A Liberian officer is set to assume command of the West African country's military for the first time since the end of the civil war in 2003, reflecting steady progress in rebuilding Liberia's military over the last decade. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced on 4 February that Colonel Daniel

Jordan's Nash-Shab rocket launcher attracts export interest

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The 105 mm Nash-Shab (RPG-32) rocket launcher is attracting interest from potential customers less than a year after the start of production, according to Shadi Majali, the CEO of the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KAADB). Majali told IHS Jane's that two Arab Gulf states and some

Egyptian intel says Igla used to down helicopter

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A Russian 9K38 Igla (SA-18 'Grouse') man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) was used to shoot down a military helicopter in the north of the Sinai Peninsula on 25 January, Egyptian intelligence officials told the Palestinian news agency Ma'an on 1 February. The radical Sunni group Jamaat Ansar

DoD to complete development on UAV sense-and-avoid systems by FY 2017

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Key Points The army has spent some USD100 million on GBSAA The USAF and USN have spent nearly USD250 million on ABSAA The US Department of Defense (DoD) expects to overcome one of the most significant technical obstacles to using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in national air space-development of

Defexpo 2014: Tata Motors unveils Kestrel 8x8 and LAMV 4x4

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Tata Motors, a leading supplier of vehicles to the Indian armed forces, unveiled two new combat vehicles at Defexpo 2014. The first is the Kestrel, an 8x8 wheeled armoured amphibious vehicle designed and developed indigenously by Tata and the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation

Defexpo 2014: MBDA offers MMP ATGW to Indian Army

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MBDA has entered discussions with the Indian Army to offer its Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW), a company representative told IHS Jane's at Defexpo on 7 February. In 2010 India launched a major programme for up to 8,000 light anti-tank missiles to replace the MBDA

Defexpo 2014: Indian Army poised to conduct assault rifle trials

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The Indian Army is expected to begin long-delayed trials involving four competing multi-calibre 5.56 x 45 mm assault rifles in May in support of its requirement for 66,000 rifles, estimated to cost about USD300 million. The competing rifles - fielded by the Czech Republic's Czeca (CZ 807A Bren
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