The cost of 15 Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC) could total up to CAD61.8 billion (USD45.8 billion), more than double its original estimate, according to 1 June report from Canada's Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
The CSC is intended to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's fleet of 12
Budget watchdog pegs Canadian Surface Combatants cost at CAD62 billion
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Turkish opposition tables motion over Cougar crash
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) tabled a motion to parliament on 5 June to investigate the cause of the crash on 31 May of an AS532 Cougar helicopter in the southeastern province of Sirnak that killed 13 personnel, including a general and some colonels.
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Japan rolls out first domestically built F-35
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to be built in Japan was rolled out on 5 June.
The conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A for the Japan Air Self-Defense force (JASDF) was unveiled at the site of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly
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Embraer hopes for new KC-390 customer this year
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Embraer could secure its first international customer for its KC-390 this year
Company lacks a firm contract order other than home nation Brazil
Embraer hopes to add an international customer for its KC-390 tanker transport aircraft later this year, according to a company executive.
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Russia to upgrade Pacific Fleet 'Oscar II' SSGNs with Kalibr cruise missiles
Russia will convert and re-arm its four remaining Pacific Fleet Project 949A Antei ('Oscar II')-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarines (SSGNs) with Kalibr submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) by 2025, Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov announced on 3 June.
The deputy minister said
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Pentagon budget 2018: Munitions top US Army's 'unfunded priorities' list
The US Army has identified USD12.672 billion in 'unfunded priorities' that were not requested in its fiscal year 2018 (FY 2018) budget, but which the service could use if Congress chooses to add funding on top of the Department of Defense's initial request.
The army's wish list is the largest of
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Nigeria receives more Streit armoured vehicles
The first of 177 armoured vehicles ordered for the Nigerian Army has arrived in the country, the Nigerian Ports Authority announced on 2 June.
It released a photograph taken at a container port showing three Typhoon and two Spartan armoured vehicles. Both types are made by the Streit Group and are
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China’s CETC continues expansion
State-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has continued its recent expansion and posted strong growth during the first quarter of 2017.
The corporation – one of the China’s fastest growing defence enterprises – generated quarterly revenues of CNY62.4
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BAE Systems, Helios sign MOU for body armour technology
BAE Systems and Helios Global Technologies have agreed to a deal to jointly develop liquid body armour technology, the companies announced on 1 June. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The deal is specifically designed to advance the technology for potential deployment to Canadian troops. Helios
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Australia, Singapore sign cybersecurity MOU
Australia and Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) meant to aid information sharing and lead to joint exercises for cybersecurity, the countries announced on 2 June. The agreement was signed during a summit between leaders of the two countries and is intended to last two years.
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Saudi Arabia expels Qatar from coalition
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebel forces announced on 5 June that it had ended Qatar's participation in the operation and was closing its border with the emirate as part of the process of severing diplomatic ties, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The SPA said the moves were taken
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US approves counter-fire radars for Saudi Arabia
The US State Department has approved the sale of Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 radars to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 5 June.
The AN/TPQ-53 is a mobile system that detects, tracks, and classifies incoming ballistic projectiles so that the source of the fire
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US Air Force requests additional funding to speed UH-1N helicopter fielding
The US Air Force (USAF) has requested an additional USD2 million to accelerate the fielding process for the UH-1N Huey helicopter.
The USAF, in its fiscal year 2018 (FY18) unfunded priority list obtained by Jane's , said the additional money would allow nine environmental assessment studies to be
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Pentagon budget 2018: US Army would like 17,000 more soldiers
The US Army's unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2018 (FY18) includes significant funding for more personnel and force structure, which also appeared as a priority in the service's normal budget proposal.
Such lists are requested by Congress so lawmakers are aware of what the individual
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Indian DRDO-designed QRSAM successfully tested
India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested the indigenously designed quick-reaction surface-to-air missile (QRSAM) system on 4 June from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur on the country's east coast.
Official sources said that the system, which is
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China promotes FTC-2000 trainer for export
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AVIC unveils export version of FTC-2000 trainer aircraft.
First export customer believed to be Sudan.
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has unveiled an export version of its low-cost FTC-2000 supersonic trainer. The aircraft – known in China as the JL-9 Shanying
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Canadian Surface Combatant bid deadline extended again
Another extension has been given to bidders on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) programme, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced on 5 June, citing a need to answer questions from bidding companies as the extension's cause.
The CSC's request for proposals was issued in October
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Auditors deny Glock's protest of US Army handgun award to Sig Sauer
A bid protest filed by small arms manufacturer Glock, challenging the US Army's new sidearm contract with Sig Sauer, has been denied by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The long-running XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) project, intended to replace legacy 9 mm M9 Beretta pistols, was
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MANPADS buys bolster Armenia's air defences
Armenia has acquired a number of advanced 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 'Grinch') and 9K333 Verba (SA-25) manportable infrared-homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, Jane's has learned.
The missiles were purchased in particular with a view to counter the potential incursion of attack helicopters and
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Final Pizarro deliveries announced by Spanish MoD
The final tranche of 36 engineering and recovery versions (VCZAP) of 119 Pizarro tracked armoured vehicles for the second phase of the Spanish Army programme are now due to be delivered between 2019 and 2021, the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 3 June.
They will be the last units of
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