The strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee requested on 29 April that the US Department of Defense outline a plan for determining if the Electro-Magnetic (EM) Railgun could be an affordable alternative for missile defence.
The language, approved during the
Pentagon Budget 2015: Strategic forces subcommittee seeks BMD use for railgun
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Pentagon Budget 2015: New BMD radar could result in SBX deploying to East Coast
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BMD is not likely to be the new long-range discriminating radar's primary mission
The cost of LRDR could be shared among the US services
The US House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee is exploring how the cost of a new ballistic missile defence (BMD) radar can be shared
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Pentagon budget 2015: HASC markup looks to restore carrier overhaul funding
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Lawmakers are expected to unveil funding of about USD800 million to restore USS George Washington 's RCOH
Total cost to retain and overhaul the carrier plus retain its associated air wing would be more than USD7 billion in FY 2015-19
US lawmakers are seeking to reverse the Pentagon's
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Pentagon budget 2015: Congressional panel supports Pentagon aviation priorities
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Congress appears to favour DoD plans to buy 34 F-35s in FY 2015, but is asking the DoD comptroller for regular reports on programme progress
Support for army and USMC rotorcraft priorities appears strong
Starting off the first of four congressional markups, the House Armed Services
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Pentagon budget 2015: Congress seeks review of army's AMPV plan
Lawmakers may require the US Army to provide more information on its plans to buy an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) before releasing full funding for the programme, which is meant to replace 1950s-era M113 armoured personnel carriers.
The House Armed Service tactical air and land forces
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NATO's tripled Baltic Air Policing Mission begins
NATO's first multi-national Baltic Air Policing Mission rotation begins on 1 May, with aircraft from Denmark, Poland, and the United Kingdom taking part.
Typically involving just four aircraft from one nation, with responsibility for conducting air policing in Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian
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IAF suspects wake turbulence in C-130 crash
The crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 military transport aircraft in central India on 28 March reportedly occurred after it inadvertently flew into turbulence created by a similar aircraft flying directly ahead of it during a tactical training mission.
Official sources
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Harris Q3 revenues grow 5%
Revenue at Harris Corporation grew by 5% year on year to USD1.268 billion for the quarter ended 28 March, according to fiscal year (FY) third-quarter results released on 29 April 2014.
Performance at the Government Communications and RF Communications business lines drove overall results, according
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Argentina and Venezuela sign defence agreements
Argentina's Minister of Defence, Agustin Rossi, signed a defence co-operation agreement with his Venezuelan counterpart, Admiral Carmen Melendez, during a visit to Caracas on 25 April.
The eight-point agreement includes the joint development of scientific, technological, and military education
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USN solicits industry, fleet input for future small surface combatant
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SSC task force is seeking market information from both domestic and international entities
Responses are due on 22 May and will inform the task force's final report to the US Navy's leadership
As part of a US Department of Defense (DoD)-directed effort to re-examine the future
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Thales Alenia Space stakes claim on UK
Thales Alenia Space - the space technologies joint venture of Thales and Finmeccanica - has announced that it will establish a subsidiary in the UK.
The decision emerged on 30 April, and was followed the next day by the announcement that Thales Alenia Space will underpin its place in the UK through
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Syria uses SAMs to harass Turkish aircraft
Syria's harassment of the Turkish Air Force surged towards the end of April, when its surface-to-air missile systems 'locked on' to F-16s for more than 20 minutes, according to information released by the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF).
The TAF's assertion that Syrian SAMs
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Sweden opens airspace to NATO AWACS aircraft
Sweden is to open up its airspace to Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft operated by NATO as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues, national media disclosed on 30 April.
Citing the increased military activity in Sweden's immediate surroundings as a
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Pakistan army chief in Saudi Arabia for military drills
A two-day visit to Saudi Arabia by General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan's army chief, from 28 April has sparked fresh speculation over the two countries' interest in expanding their defence ties.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) directorate general - the main public relations wing
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New Cameroonian naval vessels under construction in China
Two new naval vessels are being built for Cameroon in China, the Cameroonian media has revealed.
The Journal du Cameroun newspaper reported on 24 April that Defence Minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o inspected the work during a trip to the Chinese city of Qingdao earlier in April. It identified the
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Japanese naval chief pushes for better ties with India
Japan wants closer defence ties with the new Indian government that will take power after 16 May, the chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) said at the recent Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) held in Qingdao, northeastern China.
"The Indian Navy [IN] is keen and willing
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Hamas maintains links with Sinai jihadists, Israeli security sources say
Despite ideological differences, the Palestinian militant group Hamas has forged operational links with Al-Qaeda-inspired Salafist-jihadist groups in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, allowing it to order attacks on Israel without "leaving a fingerprint", Israeli security sources have told IHS
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German auditors find Typhoon TLS costs escalating
Germany's federal government auditors, the Bundesrechnungshof, revealed in a report released on 30 April that the German military's through-life sustainment (TLS) costs for its Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft are expected to be about twice as high as initially expected.
According to the auditors,
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General Dynamics cuts staff as US armoured vehicles workforce falls
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has announced that it intends to terminate 170 of the 226 jobs at its Force Protection (FP) facility in Ladson, South Carolina, by the end of the year.
The majority of reductions, covering 143 jobs, will occur when Buffalo mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP)
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DoD extends CEASAR special mission aircraft in Afghanistan
The US Army has awarded Dynamic Aviation Group Inc a USD22.4 million contract in support of the Communications Electronic Attack with Surveillance And Reconnaissance (CEASAR) programme, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced in late April.
The contract covers the continued operations,
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