Taiwanese pilot dies after AT-3 midair collision
A member of Taiwan's Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team was killed on 21 October after his AT-3 (Tzu Chung) advanced jet trainer collided with another AT-3 during what Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF)...
View ArticleRussia plans record defence expenditure in 2015
Russia is planning to increase defence expenditure by 32.8% to RUB3.286 trillion (USD80.4 billion) in 2015, according to the head of the State Duma Committee on Defence. If implemented the figure would...
View ArticleRussia offers increased collaboration to Indonesia
Russia has extended an offer to Indonesia's newly inaugurated president, Joko Widodo, to expand military and technical co-operation between the two countries. News agencies in both countries reported...
View ArticleImages suggest fourth Chinese Type 071 LPD is in build
Photographs released on Chinese websites since mid-October 2014 suggest that China may have started work on the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) fourth Type 071 (Yuzhao)-class amphibious...
View ArticleGDUK places Scout SV turret order with LMUK
A USD1 billion contract to deliver 245 turrets for the British Army's future Scout Specialist Vehicle (SV) fleet has been awarded by prime contractor General Dynamics UK to Lockheed Martin UK (LMUK),...
View ArticleFinland begins study on new fighter aircraft
Finland's replacement for its Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fleet is expected to cost the country about EUR6 billion (USD7.6 billion), local media revealed on 18 October. Finland's Ministry of Defence (MoD)...
View ArticleEmbraer rolls out first KC-390 prototype
Embraer rolled out the first of two KC-390 prototype transport aircraft at its Gaviao Peixoto production facility, north of Sao Paulo, on 21 October. The ceremony, which was attended by officials from...
View ArticleElbit to upgrade F-5 fighters for undisclosed Asian country
Elbit Systems has been awarded a USD85 million contract by an undisclosed Asian country. The majority has been earmarked for a Northrop F-5 Tiger II upgrade programme. The contract, which was announced...
View ArticleUSN swaps future deployment schedules for two carriers
Key Points USS Harry S Truman and USS Dwight D Eisenhower are swapping maintenance, training, and deployment schedules The exchange will help keep the USN's carrier strike groups on track with a new...
View ArticleTurkey finally moves to allow Peshmerga to use Turkish soil in fight for KobanĂȘ
Turkish foreign minister MevlĂŒt Ăavusoglu confirmed press reports on 20 October that Ankara has been helping the Peshmerga - Iraqi Kurdish fighters - to cross into KobanĂȘ. The town is located less than...
View ArticleIslamic State reveals US equipment failures
In the latest series of military failures revealed by the Islamic State's media channels, a US airdrop intended for the Kurdish defenders of the northern Syrian town of Kobane was instead seized by...
View ArticlePentagon: Operation 'Inherent Resolve' costing about $7.6m daily
The US-led effort to fight the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Afghanistan has been costing about USD7.6 million per day since airstrikes began on 8 August, according to Pentagon spokesman...
View ArticleKamaz to sell special vehicles plant as Russian privatisation gathers pace
Russia's largest heavy trucks manufacturer Kamaz is preparing to divest its last core military asset - the Special Vehicles Factory of Tatarstan - by the end of the year as its parent company Rostec...
View ArticleUS Air Force's 3DELRR decision challenged
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have filed protests with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) following the US Air Force's (USAF) awarding of its next-generation long-range radar contract to...
View ArticleBoeing to revise KC-46A schedule, but key USAF milestones unchanged
Key Points Delayed completion of power-on, wiring separation rework and slower-than-planned functional testing caused Boeing to redraw its KC-46A tanker EMD schedule The government's liability is...
View ArticleHonduras receives Legacy 600, orders two Super Tucanos
Honduras has received an Embraer Legacy 600 transport aircraft and plans to buy two new Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano light fighters, the Honduran Foreign Ministry announced on 17 October. The 16-seat...
View ArticleGeneral Dynamics reports flat Q3 revenues as backlog increases
US defence manufacturer and services provider General Dynamics announced relatively flat year-on-year revenues of USD7.7 billion in the third quarter (Q3) on 22 October. Net earnings for the period...
View ArticleLockheed Martin announces Roketsan teaming on new F-35 standoff missile
Key Points Lockheed Martin and Roketsan have agreed to collaborate to develop a derivative of Turkey's standoff cruise missile for internal carriage on the F-35 The SOM-J is scheduled for integration...
View ArticleImages show JF-17 flying with CM-400AKG hypersonic ASM
Recent images of two China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) CM-400AKG high-speed air-to-surface missiles fitted to an airborne Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) FC-1/JF-17 fighter...
View ArticleChina commissions Type 81A MCMV into North Sea Fleet
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned a new Type 81A mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) into the North Sea Fleet. The vessel, named Yucheng and given the hull number 846, is the...
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