MAKS 2015: Irkut showcases Yak-130 strike upgrades
Irkut Corporation demonstrated for the first time at the MAKS 2015 air show its Yak-130 'Mitten' trainer/strike aircraft fitted with a nose-mounted laser rangefinder. An Irkut representative stated...
View ArticleIreland presents Defence White Paper
The Irish government released its second-ever Defence White Paper on 26 August. It updates a document released in 2000 and focuses on new security threats such as climate change, migration, non-state...
View ArticleFrench Air Force recreates wing structure
The French Air Force will complete its return to a wing-based structure by the beginning of September, with seven new 'escadres' (wings) being created between 25 August and 3 September. The move...
View ArticleEgypt set to receive Ka-52 attack helicopters
Egypt is to receive about 50 Kamov Ka-52 'Hokum-B' attack helicopters before the end of the decade, a company report has disclosed. The report by the Research and Production Corporation Precision...
View ArticleSingapore, Indonesia co-host WP MCMEX multilateral mine countermeasures exercise
Key Points The 6th WP MCMEX multilateral mine countermeasures exercise, co-hosted by Singapore and Indonesia, got under way on 25 August With 16 nations participating in sea- and shore-based phases,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia reportedly to get Couach interceptors
Germany's Lürssen group has subcontracted the construction of 79 interceptor craft for the Saudi Coast Guard to the French company Couach, according to a report published by the French lemarin.fr...
View ArticlePolish defence priorities under review
The administration of newly inaugurated Polish president Andrzej Duda is likely to push for changes to the defence planning inherited from his predecessor Bronislaw Komorowski, US industry...
View ArticleNATO preps for 'Trident Juncture', largest exercise in a decade
Key Points The event is to include more than 36,000 troops and range from disaster relief to high-intensity combat operations NATO hopes to conduct similar large-scale exercises as it seeks to reinvest...
View ArticleNATO ACT commander seeks information systems 'resiliency'
NATO must invest more in 'resiliency' to ensure it can still operate if information systems are degraded or attacked, French General Jean-Paul Palomeros, NATO's Supreme Allied commander for...
View ArticleIndia releases updated RfI for battlefield UAVs
The Indian Army has invited responses by 9 September from indigenous manufacturers to a request for information (RfI) for mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) intended to provide "battlefield...
View ArticleAuditors recommend more tailored training, equipment for US Army RAF units
Auditors found the US Army's regionally aligned forces (RAF) concept is working well for the most part, but suggested several areas for improvement that the Pentagon said it is now addressing. The...
View ArticleJapan launches second Izumo-class helicopter carrier
Japan's second and final Izumo-class helicopter carrier was launched at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama on 27 August. Named Kaga (the first Japanese naval ship to take the name since the...
View ArticleYemeni ballistic missile attacks continue against Saudi Arabia
The continuation of ballistic missile attacks has further undermined Saudi Arabia's claims that it and its allies successfully destroyed Yemen's surface-to-surface missile capability since the outset...
View ArticleUpdate: Pacific Fleet chief admits regional 'angst' over China's island...
Key Points The new commander of the US Pacific Fleet has said that US regional allies and partners are deeply concerned about Chinese island building in the South China Sea Admiral Scott Swift added...
View ArticleUK requests remanufacture of Apaches to AH-64E standard
The United Kingdom has requested from the US government the remanufacture of 50 of its AgustaWestland-Boeing WAH-64D Block I Apache Longbow AH.1 helicopters to the latest AH-64E Guardian standard. The...
View ArticleSouth Korea reveals plans to boost 2016 defence budget
South Korea's government is looking to "sharply" increase its defence budget, a member of the country's ruling Saenuri Party revealed on 27 August. Reuters reported that legislator Kim Sung-tae had...
View ArticleSaudi MH-60R helo order confirmed
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 27 August that it had awarded a USD11.8 million contract to Science Applications International Corp for the delivery of "weapon systems support and...
View ArticleMAKS 2015: Russia's new Ka-35 AEW helicopter enters service
Russia's latest Kamov Ka-35 airborne early warning (AEW) helicopter has entered service with the Russian Navy, an industry source told IHS Jane's at the MAKS-2015 air show. The new Ka-35 is both...
View ArticleMAKS 2015: KRTV unveils Grom-E1/E2 stand-off munitions
Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) used the occasion of the MAKS-2015 airshow to unveil the Grom-E1 guided cruise missile and Grom-E2 gliding bomb. Both are currently being trialled...
View ArticleEU sets up unit to counter Russia's disinformation campaigns
The EU announced on 27 August that it is forming a small "rapid response" team of officials within the European External Action Service (EEAS) to deal with Russian propaganda. To be launched on 1...
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