The director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Marine Corps Lieutenant General Vincent R Stewart, has warned that if North Korea is left on its current trajectory, the northeast Asian country will succeed in obtaining an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of posing a direct
North Korea on 'inevitable' pathway to nuclear ICBM if left unchecked, says DIA chief
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US Air Force could substantially increase B-21 buy
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The US Air Force could increase its B-21 buy from between 80 and 100 to as many as 145 aircraft
This could increase the cost of the total buy between roughly USD23 billion and USD33 billion in 2010 dollars
The US Air Force (USAF) could boost its recommended B-21 Raider Long-Range
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Portuguese Army reveals RD&I ambitions
The Portuguese Army, through its Military Academy Research Centre (CINAMIL), has recently established an ambitious research, development, and innovation (RD&I) plan that will run from this year until 2019.
It is based on three command directives: involvement of the Portuguese defence
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Portugal to host major NATO IT training facility
Portugal will host the newly created NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Academy: a major training organisation within the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency). Construction of a high-technology, fully secure 13,000 m 2 facility, set to be completed in October 2018, began on
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Pentagon budget 2018: US Army seeks an anti-armour, maritime ATACMS missile
US Army's fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) budget request outlines USD10 million in renewed funding for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block II missile development programme to add moving ground and maritime targets for the munition.
The budget request, released on 23 May, asks Congress to
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Pentagon budget 2018: US Army boosts WIN-T Inc 2 procurement
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The US Army realigns Inc 1 funding to TNT-MIS
US Army request for WIN-T Inc 2 increases funding by 44%
The US Army is requesting USD479.48 million in its fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) budget for procurement of 877 Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 (Inc 2)
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Pentagon budget 2018: MDA to procure, upgrade THAAD to address global threats
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MDA request will fund procurement of 34 THAAD interceptors in FY 2018
MDA is also seeking funding to keep SBX on-station up to 330 days
Concerns with North Korea's ongoing efforts to develop a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to the United States and the potential for Iran
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NATO summit: Invoking the fight against terrorism, Trump demands more money from allies
Invoking the bomb attack in Manchester and the implacable need to fight terrorism, US president Donald Trump upbraided most of NATO's European nations for "not paying what they should be paying" as all headed into their first meeting with the US leader on 25 May.
"The attack on
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MD Helicopters wins USD76 million contract to support Afghanistan's MD 530F helo fleet
MD Helicopters has secured a USD76.7 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the US Army to provide logistics support to the Afghan Air Force's (AAF's) fleet of MD 530F Cayuse Warrior ('Jengi' [Warrior]) light attack helicopters.
Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, and Afghanistan, with
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Boeing wins DARPA XS-1 Phase 2/3 competition
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Boeing wins widely anticipated DARPA space contract
Goal is to develop a reusable spaceplane that can eventually launch 10 times in 10 days
Boeing on 24 May beat Northrop Grumman and Masten Space Systems to complete advanced design work for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects
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Allies agree to issue annual progress reports on their defence spending
Bowing to US pressure, the 27 other NATO allies agreed at their mini-summit in Brussels on 25 May to issue annual reports on each nation's progress towards achieving NATO's defence spending guideline of 2% of GDP by 2024.
The move comes at the firm insistence of US president Donald Trump and will
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Algeria confirms PLZ45 acquisition
The Algerian military confirmed on 22 May that it has taken delivery of Chinese-made 155 mm PLZ45 self-propelled howitzers when it released imagery showing them being used during an exercise.
A photograph and video of six PLZ45s firing were released during a visit by chief-of staff Lieutenant
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Yemeni rebels claim heavy Sudanese losses
Yemen's rebels have claimed that they had inflicted heavy casualties on a Sudanese force fighting on Saudi Arabia's behalf in northern Yemen.
Sudan has been a member of the Saudi-led coalition since the beginning of its military intervention in Yemen in March 2015. While Sudanese troops have been
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USN destroyer sails near Chinese-controlled Mischief Reef in South China Sea
The US Navy (USN) carried out a freedom-of-navigation operation (FONOP) in disputed waters of the South China Sea (SCS) on 24 May, US media have reported: the first such challenge to Beijing's claims to the resource-rich area by the administration of President Donald Trump.
USS Dewey (DDG 105), an
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Indela Design Bureau develops VTOL UCAV
Indela Design Bureau of Belarus has developed a combat-and-reconnaissance variant of its I.N.Sky vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it displayed at this month's MILEX 2017 defence exhibition in Minsk.
Called the Bur, the unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) is
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Exercise 'Formidable Shield' to test SMART-L's BMD capabilities
International maritime exercise 'Formidable Shield', to be held in the Hebrides this October, will be used to test NATO's theatre ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities.
During the exercise the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) air defence and command frigate (LCF) HNLMS De Ruyter , fitted with a
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Algeria commissions second Meko frigate
Algeria commissioned the second of its two new A-200 MEKO frigates on 24 May in a ceremony attended by Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, who serves as both the chief-of-staff of the military and deputy defence minister.
The two frigates were built in Kiel by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS),
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US Congress launches new probe into Kenyan AT-802L deal
The sale to Kenya of 12 armed L3 Technologies-Air Tractor AT-802L intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and light attack turboprops is being investigated by the US Congressional Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, it was disclosed earlier in May.
In a letter addressed to
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Pentagon budget 2018: USN shipbuilding budget procures eight battleforce ships, support Columbia class
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USN will purchase eight new construction ships
Funding also includes 91 naval aircraft and advance production of the future Columbia-class SSBN intended to replace the Ohio class
The US Navy (USN) requested USD171.5 billion for fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) including procurement of eight
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Nammo working on ramjet-powered 155 mm artillery round
Nordic munitions house Nammo is developing a new 155 mm artillery projectile that is expected to have a maximum range of 90 km.
Brief details of the new 155 mm round, which is being funded internally, were given by Thomas Danbolt, Nammo's product director for tank and artillery ammunition, during
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