Peruvian Army to get new artillery in 2014
Peruvian president Ollanta Humala in mid-December signed a decree authorising defence minister Pedro Cateriano to engage in a government-to-government contract to procure a new artillery system. IHS...
View ArticleIsrael formally requests V-22B sale from the United States
Israel has formally requested the sale of six Bell-Boeing V-22B Block C Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the United States at an estimated cost of USD1.13 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
View ArticleGA-ASI develops 'expeditionary' version of Gray Eagle
Key Points GA-ASI has built a new version of the Gray Eagle that can be folded for expeditionary warfare The company is planning to flight test a special operations configuration of the Gray Eagle...
View ArticleFirst Chinook HC.6 helos for RAF arrive in the UK
The first three of 14 Boeing Chinook HC.6 heavy-lift transport helicopters for the Royal Air Force (RAF) have arrived in the UK and will be ready to enter service later in the year, the Ministry of...
View ArticleBritish and French paratroops train in line with CJEF aspirations
A company-sized contingent of about 150 personnel from the British Army's 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), belonging to 16 Air Assault Brigade, is currently undertaking a training...
View ArticleBrazil moves forward with maritime surveillance programme
The Brazilian Navy, through its Directorate for the Management of Strategic Programs, is to issue a request for proposals (RfP) for its SisGAAz (Sistema de Gerenciamento da Amazônia Azul) maritime...
View ArticleAU confirms Ethiopia will join Somali mission
Ambassador Smal Chergui, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, has confirmed that Ethiopian troops will join the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), but the extent to which this...
View Article'No Iskanders in Kaliningrad yet,' says NATO deputy secretary general
Russia has not yet deployed Iskander-M (SS-26 'Stone') short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into its western enclave of Kaliningrad, according to NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow....
View ArticleUS nuclear officers alleged to have cheated on tests
The malaise in the US Air Force's (USAF's) nuclear forces has deepened with the disclosure by the Department of Defense (DoD) that a number of personnel have allegedly cheated on their proficiency...
View ArticleUPDATE: UK parliament criticises MoD over personnel retention
The UK's parliamentary watchdog for defence has criticised the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) ability to retain key specialists, and called on the department to look at measures to stem the flow of...
View ArticleUK reveals cost details of Afghan hail damage to aircraft
The UK government has so far spent some GBP8.7 million (USD14.2 million) recovering and repairing aircraft damaged in a freak hailstorm in southern Afghanistan in 2013, but is still estimating the...
View ArticleTaiwan unveils upgraded IDF, Wan Chien stand-off missile
Taiwan's Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) unveiled the first batch of 71 upgraded Ching-kuo Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF/F-CK-1) at Tainan air base in southern Taiwan on 16 January 2014. The...
View ArticleSurface Navy 2014: Setting out vision, USN surface force commander sees...
Outlining his vision for the US Navy's (USN's) surface fleet out to 2026, Commander Surface Forces Vice Admiral Tom Copeman told the Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia,...
View ArticleSpain opens bidding on truck procurement
The Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) has opened the bidding process to acquire 734 medium-to-heavy trucks for its armed forces by 2019. The target price is EUR154 million (USD210 million), with...
View ArticleSouth Korean thinktank report casts doubt on North's KN-08 missile
North Korea's alleged recent progress in its ballistic missile programme and claims it could threaten US territory with an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are overstated, according to a new...
View ArticleScanEagle set for RN operations
The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capability is set to go operational "This week", according to Commander Bow Wheaton, the service's maritime aviation capability desk...
View ArticleMyanmar declares USD2.4 billion defence budget for 2014
Myanmar's military government has proposed a defence budget of MMK2.36 trillion (USD2.39 billion) for 2014, according to local media reports. The allocation represents 14% of the total government...
View ArticleMexican army begins operation to pacify Michoacan state
The Mexican army has deployed four armoured reconnaissance regiments (RBRs) to Michoacan in a bid to stabilise the southwestern state. On 12 January, about 10,000 armed members of Mexico's autodefensas...
View ArticleIndian MoD recovers bank guarantee in AW101 case
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) recovered a INR2.5 billion (USD 40.3 million) bank guarantee, deposited by AgustaWestland as part of the AW101 VIP helicopter contract, on 13 January. The MoD...
View ArticleFrench commander says religion is not an issue in the CAR
The Western media's focus on the religious aspect of the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is totally misplaced, according to General Francisco Soriano, the commander of the French...
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