RMN fires Black Shark torpedo for first time
A Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Scorpène-class submarine carried out the service's first successful firing of a Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS) Black Shark torpedo on 31 October. KD Tun Abdul...
View ArticleNew Greek defence minister appointed
Nikos Dendias was appointed as Greece's minister of National Defence on 31 October. Dendias replaces Dimitris Avramopoulos, who had been appointed as Greece's commissioner in the European Commission....
View ArticleEuronaval 2014: Thales launches SeeMapper for maritime protection
Thales has developed a new seabed imaging and surveillance solution designed to help defence forces, maritime security agencies, and private operators to better protect waterways from threats such as...
View ArticleUS concerned at heightened Russian air activity
The recent increase in Russian military air activity over European airspace presents a 'risk' to regional security, the US government stated on 31 October. Speaking from the Pentagon, Press Secretary...
View ArticleF-35C completes first carrier-based arrested landing
A Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego, California, on 3 November, the US Navy announced. Commander Tony Wilson...
View ArticleDiscovery Air deploys A-4N jets to Germany ahead of training contract
Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. has begun the deployment of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft to Germany ahead of a five-year training contract that is set to begin in early 2015, the company announced...
View ArticleAfghanistan gets final Mi-17s
Russia has completed the delivery of 63 Mil Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters to Afghanistan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Co-operation has said. The helicopters, produced by...
View ArticleUSN seeks to better understand, defend against cyber threats
Key Points Recommendations for phase one examining USN cyber-defence capabilities are due in November The navy will establish a technical authority development group in August 2015 to implement the...
View ArticleUSN launches 10th amphibious transport dock
The US Navy's (USN's) penultimate San Antonio-class (LPD 17) amphibious transport dock ship has entered the water. 10th-in-class John P Murtha (LPD 26) was launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries...
View ArticleSingapore joins in fight against Islamic State
Key Points Singapore will deploy an imagery support group and a KC-135R tanker aircraft to support the international coalition battling the Islamic State News of the deployment follows revelation that...
View ArticleMexican Navy Secretary details aviation expansion, modernisation plans
Mexico's Ministry of the Navy (SEMAR) has acquired 27 aircraft and 7 helicopters since Enrique Peña Nieto's administration began in December 2012, Secretary of the Navy Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberón...
View ArticleLibyan naval vessel damaged in Benghazi fighting
The Libyan Navy's only potentially repairable corvette has been badly damaged during the current fighting in Benghazi. Reuters cited a security source as saying the ship was sinking after being hit...
View ArticleFirst Chinese Il-78 tanker seen at PLAAF base
Satellite imagery indicates that China has taken delivery of at least one of three Ilyushin Il-78 'Midas' air-refuelling tankers reportedly on order from Ukraine. The imagery, taken by DigitalGlobe in...
View ArticleEUCOM chief seeking more equipment, rotational troops
The head of US European Command (EUCOM) would like to receive additional pre-positioned equipment sets and to hold force posture at current levels, although he would like a bigger 'rotational' presence...
View ArticleColombia launches first locally built CPV-46
The Colombian Navy-run COTECMAR shipyards in Cartagena launched ARC Punta Espada coastal patrol vessel on 31 October. The 286-ton Punta Espada is powered by two diesel engines and armed with a 25 mm...
View ArticleColombia develops RQ-11B Raven simulator
The Colombian Ministry of Defence (MoD) received its first AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial system (UAS) simulator on 31 October, according to local reports. The RQ-11B simulator was...
View ArticleAustralian DoD warns of tough decisions in annual report
Tough decisions will be required to better align Australia's defence funding and capability, the secretary of the Department of Defence (DoD) has warned in the DoD's 2013-14 annual report. Dennis...
View ArticleLockheed Martin progresses C-5M Galaxy deliveries to USAF
The US Air Force (USAF) is continuing to receive upgraded Lockheed Martin C-5M Galaxy strategic airlifters, with delivery of the 20th production aircraft on 5 November. Aircraft 87-0034 was flown from...
View ArticleUK announces further support for Iraq in fight against Islamic State
The United Kingdom is to offer further training and advisory personnel to the Iraqi military to assist in its fight against Islamic State (IS) militants, although no ground combat troops will be...
View ArticleRussia exercises its strategic nuclear 'triad'
Since 28 October Moscow has tested and exercised all three components of its nuclear arsenal, including the firing of submarine-launched and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (SLBMs and...
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