Update: Lithuania seeks new armoured vehicles
Lithuania is looking to buy wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed on 21 July. The new vehicles are intended to replace the country's existing fleet of 300...
View ArticleTunisia requests Black Hawks
Tunisia has requested the sale of 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 24 July. Estimated to be worth USD700 million, the proposed...
View ArticleRIMPAC 2014: US Pacific Fleet commander eyes Norway's naval strike missile...
Key Points USN to demonstrate Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile in live fire test on board USS Coronado The NSM test, planned for September 2014, will demonstrate the Littoral Combat Ship's potential to...
View ArticlePhilippines proposes C-130T purchase for PAF
The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency announced on 24 July that the Philippines has proposed to purchase, from existing US military stock, two Lockheed Martin C-130T transport aircraft at a cost...
View ArticleOman begins receiving second batch of F-16 fighters
The first of 12 new Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft for the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) departed the company's production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on 22 July. The...
View ArticleLithuania seeks new armoured vehicles
Lithuania is looking to buy wheeled infantry combat vehicles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed on 21 July. The new vehicles are intended to replace the country's existing fleet of M113 wheeled...
View ArticleK-MAX ends Afghanistan deployment, USMC studies data
Key Points The marines flew K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopters in Afghanistan for three years and are still working toward a cargo UAS programme of record. They now plan to conduct flight demonstrations...
View ArticleIndian auditor slams upgrade delays for An-32, MiG-27 fleets
Key Points India's CAG has criticised the IAF for failures in its upgrade programme for Antonov An-32 medium transport aircraft that led to the grounding of more than half of the fleet The CAG also...
View ArticleIndian armed forces still seeing high suicide rate
The high suicide rate in the Indian military persists, with 597 service personnel having taken their own lives from 2009-13, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley told parliament on 22 July. The Indian Army...
View ArticleConfusion surrounds IDF fatalities
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that 33 of its soldiers have been killed in the ground operation against militants in the Gaza Strip as of 25 July, but the causes of many of the deaths remain...
View ArticleCanada follows US with sanctions against Russian defence companies
Canada has followed the United States by introducing financial sanctions against a series of Russian defence organisations in response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine. The Canadian Department of...
View ArticleBerlin points finger at NATO for June ATC blackouts
The German government has indicated that NATO electronic warfare (EW) training exercises were responsible for civilian ATC radar display blackouts in central Europe on 5 June and 10 June 2014. IHS...
View ArticleBahamas inducts first vessels in fleet renewal effort
Dutch company Damen Shipyards has begun delivering nine vessels ordered by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) as part of a BSD232 million (USD228 million) fleet recapitalisation and port facilities...
View ArticleRocket attacks down after a week of Israeli ground ops
A week into the ground phase of Operation 'Protective Edge' against militants in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has made a limited impact on the intensity of rocket attacks. According...
View ArticleFirst two F-35s for Australia rolled-out
The first two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) were rolled-out at the company's Fort Worth production facility in Texas on 24...
View ArticleUK mulls Puma helo deployment to Afghanistan
The UK may deploy its newly upgraded Westland/Aerospatiale SA 330E Puma HC.2 medium-lift transport helicopters to Afghanistan to support the ongoing training mission in the country, IHS Jane's has...
View ArticleSixth Indian C-17 arrives in Delhi with special cargo
The Indian Air Force (IAF) received its sixth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy transport aircraft on 28 July. The remaining four of 10 C-17s it ordered in 2011 for USD4.1 billion will be delivered by...
View ArticleRussian pilot dies in MiG-29 crash
A Russian MiG-29 'Fulcrum' multirole jet fighter aircraft crashed on 27 July, 30 km northwest of Astrakhan in southern Russia. The flight director ordered the pilot to eject, but he remained at the...
View ArticleRockwell Collins divests military satellite communications business
Rockwell Collins has completed the sale of its Datapath military ground-based satellite communications business, the company announced on 25 July. The completion of the sale followed an announcement...
View ArticleRaytheon signs LoI with Poland's TELDAT
US defence company Raytheon has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Polish defence electronics firm TELDAT covering co-operation in Poland's air-defence programme and potential export markets, the...
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