More than 40,000 young people have applied for one of the 2,000 basic-level openings offered in the Spanish armed forces this year. Applications for the services opened on 8 February and closed on the last day of the month.
The figures, released by the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 5 March,
Spanish forces see boost in job applications
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Pentagon budget 2015: US Navy funds EM railgun demonstration plus laser weapon development
The US Navy (USN) has preserved funds in its fiscal year 2015 (FY 2015) budget request to support a planned at-sea demonstration of the Electromagnetic (EM) railgun prototype in addition to continuing development of a solid-state laser (SSL) weapon.
As part of a requested USD2 billion budget for
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NATO reduces co-operation with Russia under NRC
NATO is suspending a number of its activities and consultations with Moscow within the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) due to Russia's military action in Ukraine. However, the alliance has shied away from a wholesale freeze of the NRC as it did following Russia's war with Georgia in 2008 since it wants to
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NATO allies look to get more from naval exercises
NATO is considering revising how its member states group together, exercise and use their naval assets with an eye to widening the training experience of participating ships, say allied defence planners. The re-think comes as certain allies, led by Germany, push for a new "framework
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Infographic of comparative Ukrainian and Russian air power
An infographic showing the relative air power strengths of both Ukraine and Russia. The inventory figures are drawn from IHS Jane's World Air Forces , IHS Jane's World Navies , and IHS Jane's World Armies .
The data takes in total force numbers, and is not limited to those assets located in the
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Djibouti, China agree 'strategic partnership'
Djibouti and China signed a "security and defence strategic partnership" agreement on 25 February, according to the Horn of Africa's Sabahi news service.
Sabahi cited Djiboutian Defence Minister Hassan Darar Houffaneh as saying he had signed an agreement with his Chinese counterpart,
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Australian government auditor slams AWD programme management
Australia's AUD8 billion (USD7.2 billion) Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project, the country's largest current defence programme, is plagued by management and structural flaws with over-budget costs likely to rise significantly above the AUD302 million currently forecast, according to an Australian
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Algeria orders Mi-28 and Mi-26 helicopters
Algeria has ordered 42 Mi-28N attack helicopters and six Mi-26T2 heavy transport helicopters for its air force, ARMS-TASS reported on 28 February.
Citing an unidentified representative of Russia's military-industrial complex, the Russian military news agency added that the USD2.7 billion contract
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Crimea crisis prompts NATO, Ukraine to step up co-operation
NATO and Ukraine are stepping up their military and political co-operation in the face of "the gravest threat to European security" in a quarter century, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said.
Briefing reporters at NATO headquarters after meeting with Ukraine's acting
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Colombian Air Force suspends Kfir operations
The Colombian Air Force (FAC) has grounded its remaining fleet of 19 Kfir C10/12 and a single TC12 following the crash of an IAI Kfir TC12 (FAC 3006) on 18 February and an accident with a Kfir C.10 (FAC3003) in September 2013, the FAC announced on 27 February.
The FAC is submitting the entire fleet
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UPDATE: USAF increases support for Poland and Baltic states
The US Air Force (USAF) has increased its commitment to NATO's eastern-most members, following Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's promise of support in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine's Crimea region.
Hagel announced on 5 March that the United States is to increase its military co-operation
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UPDATE: Singapore confirms A330 MRTT purchase
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has confirmed that it will replace the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF's) Boeing KC-135R Stratotankers with the Airbus A330-200 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) 'by 2030'.
Speaking at the Singapore Committee of Supply (COS) defence budget debate on
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UPDATE: Infographic of comparative Ukrainian and Russian air power
An infographic showing the relative air power strengths of Ukraine and Russia. The inventory figures are drawn from IHS Jane's World Air Forces , IHS Jane's World Navies , and IHS Jane's World Armies .
The data takes in total force numbers and is not limited to those assets located in the immediate
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UK's Army 2020 plan 'unconvincing', says HCDC
Key Points
The HCDC has said the British Army's Army 2020 plan "does not present a convincing blueprint" for safeguarding the UK's national security
The committee claims army chiefs were simply told to cut troop levels to 82,000 to save money
An influential UK parliamentary committee
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Taiwan F-16 plans complicated by CAPES cancellation
Taiwan's F-16A/B upgrade programme suffered a major setback on 4 March after the US Air Force (USAF) cut its Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES) from the Pentagon's 2015 budget.
The CAPES upgrade included a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, high-resolution,
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Singapore to replace RSAF KC-135R with Airbus A330-200 MRTT by 2030
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has confirmed that it will replace the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF's) Boeing KC-135R Stratotankers with the Airbus A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) by 2030.
Speaking at the Singapore Committee of Supply (COS) defence budget debate on 6
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Singapore commits to 'steady' defence investment to 2030
Singapore's Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen has outlined a commitment to continue the country's "steady" investment in defence as part of its bid to achieve by 2030 a "highly connected" military force.
In February Singapore announced a 2014 defence budget of SGD12.56 billion
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Rolls-Royce to buy Daimler's share of Tognum
Daimler has agreed to sell its 50% share of German propulsion systems specialist Tognum to its venture partner Rolls-Royce in an agreement that could be worth around GBP1.9 billion (USD3.2 billion), it emerged on 7 March.
Rolls-Royce said in a statement that it welcomed Daimler's decision to
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Pentagon budget 2015: Weapon programmes take a hit
Key Points
The US military services, except the USAF, have notably scaled back missile procurement plans from last year's request
Eventually reductions will result in decreased production revenue from the United States in the weapons market
The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) fiscal year 2015
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Pentagon budget 2015: US Navy committed to Ford-class carriers
Funds have been set aside to continue construction of the first two Ford-class aircraft carriers in the US Navy's (USN's) fiscal year 2015 (FY 2015) shipbuilding budget request, while USN budgeteers, as expected, have deferred to FY 2016 a decision that will impact an in-service Nimitz-class carrier
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