A US Army-sponsored Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) test event held at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona in February yielded positive results for Telephonics, the company announced in a 16 June press statement.
DVEs include smoke, fog, rain, darkness, and brownout, and are a leading contributor to
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Telephonics announces successful US Army DVE test
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Kalashnikov unveils PL-14 pistol
Concern Kalashnikov unveiled its new PL-14 self-loading pistol, chambered for the internationally available 9x19 mm cartridge, at the International Military-Technical Forum 'ARMY-2015' held in Kubinka (Moscow Region) from 16-19 June.
The pistol is named Lebedev after its designer, as is common
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Spain lifts A400M flight suspension
Spain has now lifted a suspension on flights by production models of the Airbus A400M transport that was introduced on 11 May.
The grounding was ordered by the Defence Airworthiness Authority, the Directorate-General of Armament and Equipment (DGAM) at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) two days after
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China firms up, reiterates justification of Spratly Islands construction
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a statement on 17 June outlining the facilities to be built on the new islands in the South China Sea.
The NDRC repeats recent statements that the islands in the Spratlys are being created "for the protection of Nansha [China's
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Paris Air Show 2015: Georgia signs major air-defence contract with Thales
Georgia signed a contract with ThalesRaytheonSystems at the Paris Air Show that would be "key to its defence capabilities", the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced.
Although no information was released about the content or value of the contract, it is believed to ultimately be
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Indonesia to re-establish dedicated ASW aviation squadron
The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, TNI-AL) is reviving an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aviation squadron that was last operational in the 1970s, the service's chief of staff, Admiral Ade Supandi, has said.
The formation, known as Skuadron Udara 100, will provide
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Paris Air Show 2015: Saudis take delivery of final MRTT
Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the sixth and final A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to Saudi Arabia, IHS Jane's was told by a company official at the Paris Air Show on 18 June.
This is the third aircraft in a second batch of three MRTTs ordered by the kingdom in 2009. The previous
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Support grows for bringing Montenegro into NATO
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Support for extending NATO membership to Montenegro is growing
The country could, in theory, be formally inducted into the alliance at NATO's July 2016 summit in Warsaw
Political support for bringing Montenegro into NATO is spreading rapidly across the alliance, with the prospects
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Spain, Portugal to deepen defence ties
The Spanish cabinet has given the go-ahead for an expanded defence co-operation agreement with neighbouring Portugal: one that it says will "substantially" update an existing accord that dates back to 1998.
The move came just three days after the two countries' ministers of defence spoke
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Spain to boost R&D spend on new frigates, AFVs
The Spanish government is to boost research and development (R&D) spending on two key defence re-equipment programmes: the F-110 frigate and the VCR 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.
The total figure has been set at EUR263.6 million (USD299.8 million), of which EUR174.3 million will be
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Paris Air Show 2015: Textron sees significant Arab interest in armed Shadow UAVs
Several Arab states are interested in acquiring Textron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including armed versions of the Shadow, according to Tarek Mekhail, the US company's vice president for the Middle East operations.
"There is a large amount of interest in unmanned aerial systems in the
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Kalashnikov unveils its first RWS
The Kalashnikov Concern unveiled its first remote weapon station (RWS) dubbed Modul Boyevoy Distantsionno Upravlyaemiy (MBDU) at the Army 2015 international forum held at Kubinka near Moscow.
MBDU can be fitted with one of four available weapons: 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine guns; 30 mm AG-17; or new
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EU extends Russian sanctions until 31 January 2016
The European Union (EU) has extended its sanctions against Russia for another six months in response to Moscow's failure to respect the February 2015 Minsk ceasefire agreement with Ukraine.
The decision, approved by EU foreign ministers at their 22 June meeting in Luxembourg, extends sanctions
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ANDSF retake district in Badakhshan province
The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) retook the district of Yamgon in the northeastern province of Badakhshan on 21 June. IHS Jane's previously reported that this district fell to the Taliban on 6 June.
According to Ahmad Navid Furoutan, a spokesman for the acting governor of
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Triton due-regard radar design shows progress
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The USN has resumed funding for Triton due-regard radar development
Northrop Grumman has shown progress in miniaturising the technology for the UAV
Northrop Grumman has received a USD39 million contract modification "for the correction of deficiencies" to the design of a
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Taliban attack Afghan parliament
The Taliban attacked the Afghan parliament in the centre of Kabul on 22 June.
Kabul police chief Abdul Rahim Rahimi told local media that at approximately 10:20 H local time a team of militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at the front gate of the Afghan parliament
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Russia's T-14 Armata MBT 'has new-gen ERA'
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The Russian T-14 Armata MBT has a new-generation ERA system, according to a Tractor Plants source
The new armour's resistance to APFSDS rounds is significantly increased compared with previous ERA systems, according to the source
The new Russian T-14 Armata main battle tank (MBT) is
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German Army receives first production-standard Puma AIFV
Germany's Bundeswehr formally took delivery of its first production Puma armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV) from Projekt System & Management GmbH (PSM) on 24 June during a ceremony held at the Unterlüss Proving Ground.
The first production batch of Puma AIFVs has been used for
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China making progress with Johnson South Reef construction
The 16 June announcement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that some of the island building in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea "will be completed in the upcoming days" is supported by satellite imagery of the first reef to be modified in this way.
Airbus Defence and Space
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Canada gets six Cyclone helicopters
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Sikorsky has delivered six CH-148 maritime helicopters to Canada
A total of 28 Cyclones are expected to compose Ottawa's new maritime helicopter fleet by 2018
Sikorsky has delivered six CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters to Canada, the company announced on 19 June.
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