IDF prioritises Namers over V-22s
Key Points Israel has cancelled an agreement to buy V-22s so that it can step up Namer production The move will mean enhance the IDF's ability to carry out incursions into the Palestinian territories...
View ArticleFrance, UK award FCAS feasibility study contracts
France and the UK awarded GBP120 million (USD192 million) in contracts on 5 November to six suppliers to conduct feasibility phase studies on a Future Combat Air System (FCAS), potentially to replace...
View ArticleFrance deploys NH90 to Mali
France has deployed its NHIndustries NH90 Caiman helicopters on operations for the first time, with two helicopters arriving in Gao on 3 November to take part in France's Operation 'Barkhane' in Mali....
View ArticleDetails emerge on new Chinese survey ships
Key Points China is building at least three new oceanographic survey vessels, according to information at Shiptex China 2014 The vessels will improve China's maritime research capability and will give...
View ArticleBoeing gets legacy Hornet sustainment deal
Key Points Boeing has received a USD25.3 million modification to a contract for service life extension activities for the USN's F/A-18As-Ds. Most of the USN's F/A-18A-D Hornets are reaching 8,000...
View ArticleSyrian military reportedly reverses Islamic State gains
Syrian state media reported on 6 November that pro-government forces have reversed some of the gains made by the Islamic State in the Mount Al-Shair area, where the militant group captured an important...
View ArticleSyrian foreign minister says his country will get S-300
Russia will supply Syria with S-300 long-range air defence systems and other advanced weaponry that will enable the country to defend itself against the United States, according to Syrian Foreign...
View ArticleSouth African Defence Review presented to parliament
South African minister of defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula formally presented the Defence Review to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence and the Portfolio Committee on Defence on 6 November. As she...
View ArticleSeychelles receives another donated patrol boat
India donated a second SDB Mk 5 patrol boat to the Seychelles on 7 November in a bid to forge closer strategic ties with the island republic and neutralise China's growing influence in the Indian...
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...
View ArticleMQ-8C Fire Scout readied for upcoming ship-trials
The US Navy (USN) has undertaken land-based flight tests of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in preparation of sea-trials later in the year, the company disclosed on...
View ArticleIndian sailor dies, four missing in torpedo recovery vessel accident
One sailor was killed and four were reported missing after an Indian Navy (IN) torpedo recovery vessel (TRV) sank off India's east coast on 6 November. IN spokesman Captain D K Sharma said a search and...
View ArticleIndian MoD opts for Seahawk in navy's MRH tender
Key Points The Indian MoD has shortlisted Sikorky's S-70B for the navy's long-delayed Multi-Role Helicopter requirement The decision follows a 'partial ban' imposed on Finmeccanica after the AW101...
View ArticleEuropean nations begin maritime counter-mine research
Five European Defence Agency (EDA) countries, plus Norway, have begun research on a new generation of maritime counter-mine measures. The three-year project aims to define capabilities that can either...
View ArticleDutch open European C-IED facility
On 4 November the first counter-improvised explosive devices (C-IED) Joint Deployable Exploitation and Analysis Laboratory (JDEAL) was declared operational at the 'Kamp Soesterberg' barracks in the...
View ArticleChina develops laser to take out small UAVs
China has developed a laser weapon designed to intercept and destroy small low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to Xinhua news agency. During tests in early November, the system...
View ArticleAegis BMD hits three targets in intercept trial
The US Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system notched three near-simultaneous target intercepts during a 6 November flight test. USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), configured with the Aegis Baseline...
View ArticleIsrael adopts Flight Guard missile protection system for national airliners
Israel has adopted the Flight Guard missile protection system to protect its national airliners from the threat of manportable air defence systems (MANPADS), the Israeli Air Force (IAF) disclosed on 5...
View ArticleGabon selects Nexter guns for naval vessels
Gabon has selected Nexter Systems 20 mm Narwhal remote control naval guns for its Raidco RPB20 patrol boats and the new ocean patrol vessel (OPV) that it has on order, the French company announced...
View ArticleEU renews CAR mission
Despite earlier declarations to the contrary, the European Union is prolonging its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) to enable a UN-led force to assume security operations in...
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