Key Points
The UK risks losing influence with the US if its carrier strike capability is not fully developed
The chief of the Royal Navy has reaffirmed the strategic intent to deliver this capability at its full potential
The UK risks losing influence with the United States if it does not deliver
DSEI 2017: UK risks losing influence with US if full carrier capability is not delivered, says RN chief
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DSEI 2017: UK looks to boost indirect-fire capability
British Army chiefs are urgently looking to boost the capability of their long-range indirect-fire and anti-armour capabilities.
Major General Chris Tickell, head of capability for the British Army, told Jane’s at the DSEI defence exhibition in London on 12 September that he had held a
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DSEI 2017: Stiletto Systems reveals new rifle and ammunition
Ukrainian company Stiletto Systems presented its latest rifle, the STL-016, at the DSEI defence exhibition held in London from 11-15 September, along with a range of associated armour-piercing ammunition.
The STL-016 is a .300 calibre rifle that incorporates a patented rifling designed by Stiletto
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DSEI 2017: Italian F-35 FACO gains momentum
Italy’s overhaul facility for F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will receive its first aircraft for depot-level maintenance, an Italian F-35A, in July 2018, according to Lieutenant General Carlo Magrassi, Italy’s secretary general of defence and national armaments director.
Speaking at the Air
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Canada’s STREIT Group reveals new armoured personnel carrier
The STREIT Group, a Canadian armoured vehicle manufacturer, unveiled a new wheeled armoured personnel carrier, the Gepard, at DSEI in London.
The Gepard can seat up to six passengers along with the driver and commander. depending on configuration, weighs 7.6 tonnes, can carry a 1.5 tonne payload,
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Russian MoD unveils T-90M, T-80BVM MBTs
Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing the upgraded T-80BVM and T-90M main battle tanks (MBTs) for trials, taking into account the results of the campaign in Syria, according to the head of the MoD's main automotive armoured directorate, GABTU, Lieutenant General Alexander Shevchenko.
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DSEI 2017: Leonardo presses UK to extend unmanned rotorcraft project
“Game changing” benefits could come from the further developing and fielding of unmanned rotorcraft by the UK armed forces, according to the managing director of Leonardo’s UK helicopter operation.
John Ponsonby told the Future of Military Rotorcraft conference at the DSEI event
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DSEI 2017: UK announces GBP2 million R&D competition awards
UK Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin announced the winners of the latest round of the Ministry of Defence’s defence innovation challenge, which focused on unmanned frontline supply systems.
The announcement, made at DSEI 2017 in London, revealed that 25 companies would share contracts worth
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DSEI 2017: BAE Systems presents new bridging system
During Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2017, BAE Systems displayed a model of its new bridging concept, designed to a Military Load Classification (MLC) 100 standard. The new bridges are currently undergoing tests and certification, and they are due to enter a competition in
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Boeing adds Triumph Group as T-X supplier
Boeing said on 15 September that it selected Triumph Group Inc. as a major supplier for its US Air Force (USAF) T-X trainer bid.
If Boeing was to win the competition, Triumph’s aerostructures business unit would supply the wing, vertical tail, and horizontal tail structures, with
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BAE extends mortar supply chain to Slovak Republic
UK headquartered defence manufacturer BAE Systems has announced the signing of a contract to produce mortar barrels in the Slovak Republic.
The deal, made with Slovak artillery specialist Konstrukta-Defence, will see the company supply BAE Systems Hägglunds with 84 120-millimetre mortar
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USAF deal with Orbital ATK for Afghan Air Force includes three Cessna aircraft
Key Points
A US Air Force contract to Orbital ATK for Afghanistan will include armed Cessnas
The deal for international special mission aircraft is the latest for Orbital ATK
The US Air Force (USAF) contract awarded to Orbital ATK on 1 September for the Afghanistan Air Force includes three Cessna
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DSEI 2017: EXPAL increases presence in air, naval spheres
Spanish munitions manufacturer EXPAL is to target increased opportunities with its air and naval systems, the company has told Jane’s .
In the air domain, the firm has undertaken efforts to improve the integration opportunities for its 70 mm CAT-70 family of rockets on a number of platforms,
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Saudi fighter crashes in Yemen
A Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) combat aircraft has crashed during operations over Yemen, killing the pilot, the service announced on 14 September.
The undisclosed aircraft type came down in the region of Abyan in southern Yemen due to an unspecified “technical malfunction”, according to
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DSEI 2017: Orbital ATK looks to extend range and accuracy with new 120 mm mortar initiative
Orbital ATK has revealed it is working on a development beyond its 120 mm Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) to address a requirement to achieve increased precision and range from 120 mm mortars for the US Army.
Building on work that the company has already done with APMI, the new High
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DSEI 2017: British Army begins strike brigade experiments
Exercises to flesh out the UK’s ‘Strike’ concept of operation got under way in Canada last month, according the commander of the British Army’s new experimentation formation.
Speaking at the DSEI defence exhibition in London on 14 September, Brigadier Zac Stenning, who heads
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Belgian court says Turkish PKK group is war belligerent, not terrorist organisation
Belgium’s Court of Appeal ruled on 14 September that Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan: PKK) is a belligerent, saying it “cannot be considered” a terrorist group. “The aim of PKK is not to terrorise the population” but to
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North Korea test-fires another ballistic missile that overflies Japan
For the second time in two-and-a-half weeks North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, which flew over northern Japan before falling into the Pacific Ocean, further stoking regional tensions.
The missile was launched in a northeasterly direction from a site near Sunan, in the vicinity of
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Exercise ‘Aurora 17’ marks strategic change in Sweden’s military stance
Sweden’s multinational exercise 'Aurora 17' being staged in different phases on 11–29 September is the largest in the country for 23 years and marks a decisive turnaround in Stockholm’s military stance.
The manoeuvres involve approximately 20,000 troops. In addition to non-aligned
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DSEI 2017: India’s OFB expects IA order for 700 T-90S tanks in 2018
India’s state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) expects to receive an order in early 2018 to licence-build a total of 700 T-90S main battle tanks (MBTs) for the Indian Army (IA) by 2022, R K Khanna, the OFB’s director general, told Jane’s on 15 September at the Defence and
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