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Spending on equipment for UK troops via the urgent operational requirement (UOR) process to support UK operations in Afghanistan looks set to drop significantly in...
26-Jun-2009
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*RAF unveils Hawk T.2 advanced jet trainer
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) officially unveiled its new BAE Systems Hawk T.2 advanced jet trainer (AJT) during a ceremony at RAF Valley ...
03-Jul-2009
Turkey, Australia look to enhanced collaboration
Turkey and Australia are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) before the end of 2009 that will enhance defence industry collaboration. ...
03-Jul-2009
UK MoD reaffirms commitment to nuclear deterrent
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) reaffirmed its commitment to replace the Trident nuclear deterrent in a statement on 29 June. Recent media speculation ...
03-Jul-2009
Lockheed Martin wins Australian combat systems service contract
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors a USD45 million contract to supply Aegis combat systems engineering services to the ...
03-Jul-2009
Canada stresses that overall AOPS project remains on track
Canada's Arctic offshore patrol ship (AOPS) project office has postponed the issue of a letter of interest intended to drum up industry bids for the...
03-Jul-2009
Romania extends deadline for Alenia's Avioane Craiova takeover negotiations
Talks between Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and Romania's Authority of State Assets Recovery (AVAS) regarding the possible takeover of the latter country's Avioane Craiova aerospace venture...
03-Jul-2009
Australia announces four-year defence capability plan
A defence capability plan (DCP) published by Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) on 1 July has detailed projects worth about AUD60 billion (USD48.2 billion), for...
03-Jul-2009
*Turkey signs contract to acquire six Type 214 submarines
Turkey is to acquire six Type 214 submarines from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and its commercial partner MarineForce International (MFI) under a contract signed on ...
03-Jul-2009
Rwandan Air Force officers undergo first-ever air power training
Rwanda has graduated its first 40 officers from a four-week air power course presented by the South African Air Force (SAAF) in its first training...
03-Jul-2009
UK MoD confirms two contractors for FRES-SVs
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that only two contractors - BAE Systems Global Combat Systems and General Dynamics UK - will ...
03-Jul-2009
Arab nations co-ordinate anti-piracy task force
Red Sea and Gulf states, struck by the expanding range of Somalia-based pirates, have agreed to develop their own maritime task force to deter banditry...
03-Jul-2009
EADS to license technology to aerospace and civilian sectors
EADS is actively looking to license its existing technologies to the aerospace and civilian sectors, with an emphasis on capabilities such as composite materials, ...
03-Jul-2009
UK MoD places exacting demands on LPPV contenders
Further details have emerged of the very stretching requirements and burden that the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects industry to bear for the Light...
03-Jul-2009
Japan indicates end to era of declining defence spending
The latest annual economic policy guidelines of the Japanese government, led by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), are likely to reverse the downward ...
03-Jul-2009
UK rules out additional Merlin upgrades
Royal Navy and UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) planners are looking at new roles for eight AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 maritime patrol and anti-submarine helicopters ...
03-Jul-2009
UK rules out imminent revision of Defence Industrial Strategy
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) currently has no plans to produce a revised version of the Defence Industrial Strategy, or DIS II, although a...
03-Jul-2009
*IMDS 2009: Russia cuts two frigate programmes
The Russian Federation Navy (RFN) has abandoned plans to acquire two still-incomplete frigates that have languished in a Kaliningrad shipyard since the 1990s, Jane's ...
03-Jul-2009
Kongsberg reaps rewards of Norway's F-35 choice
The benefit to Kongsberg of Norway's selection of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to meet its USD2.5 billion requirement for 48 fighter aircraft ...
03-Jul-2009
Czech company on verge of NATO Mi-8/17 upgrade deals
Czech company LOM expects to secure a series of contracts from NATO and the EU for the modernisation of up to 60 Russian-built Mil ...
03-Jul-2009
General Dynamics lines up Eagle IV for Australian PMV-L contest
General Dynamics is to propose its Eagle IV platform for an AUD1.8 billion (USD1.44 billion) Australian requirement for up to 1,300 light protected mobility ...
03-Jul-2009
Sky Warrior flies with SAR/GTMI sensor
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has completed two successful test flights of a MQ-1C Sky Warrior Block 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with...
03-Jul-2009
BAE plans to appeal Swedish AWV decision
BAE Systems plans to contest Sweden's decision to select Patria's Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) 8x8 platform in preference to its Modular Armoured Tactical System ...
03-Jul-2009
*KMW/Rheinmetall unveil AMPV prototype
The first prototype of the Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), developed by a Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)/Rheinmetall Landsysteme consortium, was shown recently to parliamentary and military ...
03-Jul-2009
US Army announces competition for fielding FCS equipment
US Army representatives told reporters at the Pentagon on 1 July that they plan to open a competition for fielding most of the first ...
03-Jul-2009
Pakistan claims Swat operation is nearing completion
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani claimed on 1 July that the country's military operation against Taliban militants in the northern Swat valley was ...
03-Jul-2009
Second front opens in Waziristan following militant attack
The Pakistan Army's campaign against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Baitullah Mehsud has come under pressure before ground operations have even begun, with North Waziristan militants...
03-Jul-2009
EDA launches European offsets code
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched its voluntary, non-legally binding Code of Conduct on Offsets to be applied to all defence offset agreements ...
03-Jul-2009
Northrop Grumman wins US Army intercom contract
The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) a contract for next-generation vehicle intercoms that could be worth up to USD2.4 billion. ...
03-Jul-2009
ASD warns on Europe's reluctance to invest in defence
The Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has highlighted the 'discrepancy' between geopolitical developments and Europe's 'reluctance' to invest in the defence sector...
03-Jul-2009
US Marines lead major 'take and hold' operation in Helmand
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has taken the lead in a major operation launched on 2 July to secure and hold positions in the volatile...
03-Jul-2009
*IMINT tracks T-72 tanks towards South Sudan
In September 2008 a Ukrainian-owned ship sailing towards the Kenyan port at Mombasa was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. Among a string of ...
03-Jul-2009
*Iraqi Navy receives first OPV
The first of four Fincantieri-built 53 m 700-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) has been delivered to the Iraqi Navy (IqN) at the Persian Gulf ...
03-Jul-2009
US Navy orders EMALS shipset for first Ford-class carrier
General Atomics has been awarded a USD573 million contract to manufacture a first Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipset for installation in a US ...
02-Jul-2009
*The defence IT crowd: defence IT
Despite the pervasive nature of information technology (IT) in other areas of society, militaries across the globe are struggling with a range of issues ...
02-Jul-2009
UK parliamentary report questions high Iraq expenditure forecast
The cost to the UK of operations in Iraq in 2009-10 will be "significant" despite a widescale drawdown in troop numbers, the UK House of...
02-Jul-2009
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