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World Military Spending Resumes Upward Course, Rose 1% In 2015: SIPRI
STOCKHOLM --- World military expenditure totalled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent in real terms from 2014, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Resea

Denmark’s Fighter Selection Faces Yet Another Delay
Denmark’s headline military procurement project – the replacement of the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) fleet of F-16s – faces a potential delay in the selection timeline laid out by the country’s mino

Finmeccanica May Close Eurofighter Sale to Kuwait Today
Italian defence company Finmeccanica will finalise a multi-billion dollar contract from Kuwait for 28 Eurofighter jets on Tuesday, two sources close to the deal told Reuters on Monday. Kuwait signe

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World Military Spending Resumes Upward Course, Rose 1% In 2015: SIPRI
STOCKHOLM --- World military expenditure totalled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent in real terms from 2014, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Resea...

Denmark’s Fighter Selection Faces Yet Another Delay
Denmark’s headline military procurement project – the replacement of the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) fleet of F-16s – faces a potential delay in the selection timeline laid out by the country’s mino...

Finmeccanica May Close Eurofighter Sale to Kuwait Today
Italian defence company Finmeccanica will finalise a multi-billion dollar contract from Kuwait for 28 Eurofighter jets on Tuesday, two sources close to the deal told Reuters on Monday. Kuwait signe...

Korea to Test Dassault Falcon 2000 for ISR Mission
South Korea plans to conduct a flight test of two new reconnaissance planes in the United States this week, which can help the country better detect signs of North Korean missile launches and other th...

Bell Wins $170M Order for Nine AH-1Z for Pakistan
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $170,173,188 for modification P00047 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-0023) for the manufacture and deli...

BAE Wins $40M Flare Order for Israel Air Force
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, is being awarded a $39,999,960 firm-fixed-price contract for the new manufacture of MJU-68/B flares for the PMA2...

Textron Wins $66M Order for Commando AFVs for Colombia, Iraq
Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, was awarded a $65,948,115 firm-fixed-price, Foreign Military Sales contract (Iraq, Columbia) for 54 each Commando Select armored personne...

France Buys Harvest Hawk Gunship Kit for Hercules Transports
France is buying missiles, sensors and fire control equipment to quickly convert its C-130J transports to gunships. This is done using a version of the Harvest Hawk kits developed by the U.S. Marine C...

South Korean KF-16s Resume Flying, F-16s Still Grounded
South Korea partly resumed flights of its F-16 fighter jets on Monday after the crash of one plane led to a fleet-wide grounding, the Air Force said. The U.S.-made combat aircraft plunged into an u...

USAF Picks Alaska for First F-35 “Overseas” Base
WASHINGTON --- Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, was selected as the new home for the Air Force’s first operational overseas F-35A Lightning IIs. Air Force officials chose Eielson AFB after a lengthy...

OSI to Deliver Nav Solution for Asian New-Build Sub Program
BURNABY, BC --- OSI Maritime Systems announced the signing of a contract to provide its advanced Tactical Dived Navigation System (TDNS) to an Asian navy for a new build submarine program. TDNS wil...

NZ Air Force Happy with First NH90 Deployment
The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) NH90 helicopters have confirmed their ability to support a humanitarian aid operation on their first overseas mission in Fiji. NH90 Detachment Commander Squad...

World’s Biggest Naval Exercise Kicks Off In Middle East
MANAMA, Bahrain --- The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise, the largest maritime exercise in the world, kicked off April 4, with international naval and civilian maritime forces from more tha...

Iraq Loses Third Mi-35 Helicopter; Crashes South of Baghdad:
KUT, Iraq --- An Iraqi Mi-35 helicopter crashed south of Baghdad due to a "technical problem" Monday, security officials said, the latest in a series of military helicopters to go down. A colonel i...

RAF’s Puma Mk 2 Helicopters Complete First Year In Afghanistan
Puma helicopters based at RAF Benson have now served for their first full year on Operations in Afghanistan. The Royal Air Force’s Puma 2 helicopters have completed the first 12 months of support ...

Saudi Arabia Opens New Ammunition Factory
RIYADH --- President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Boa...

US Navy Intercepts Third Illicit Arms Shipment In Arabian Sea
MANAMA, Bahrain --- For the third time in recent weeks, international naval forces operating in the waters of the Arabian Sea seized a shipment of illicit arms March 28, which the United States assess...

Antonov Complete Major Assembly of the An−132D Demonstrator
Antonov Company has completed major assembly of the AN−132D aircraft demonstrator. The tail unit was mounted on the aircraft. So, the airframe of the aircraft has been assembled: fuselage, wing and ta...

U.S. Airstrike Hits Meeting of Al-Qaida Leaders In Syria
WASHINGTON --- A U.S. military airstrike on a senior al-Qaida operational meeting in northwestern Syria resulted in “several enemy killed,” possibly including the terrorist organization’s leader, Pent...

Pentagon Describes Work of Strategic Capabilities Office
Start with an established military system like the Navy’s Standard Missile-6, or SM-6, a surface-to-air air defense weapon first deployed in 1981. It and its variants launch from cruisers and destroye...

US Army Converting Some Bradleys to Situation Awareness Vehicles
WASHINGTON --- BAE Systems Land &Armaments, of York, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $25,393,313 firm-fixed-price contract, from the United States Army, for conversion of 43 Bradley M3 vehicles to M2...

Ukraine Arms Agency Had Successful Debut At Dimdex-2016
Armored boats, floating docks, precision weapons, automotive equipment and ammunition of Ukrainian production - represented by UKROBORONPROM - caught the interest of the Ministry of Defence of Qatar a...

Italian Marine Para-Divers Train to Land from Submarines
From January to March, a team of Parachute Swimmers of the San Marco Marine Brigade and the Submarine Component conducted the first of their 2016 joint training activities, in the waters of the Ionian...

Should US Army Outsource Helicopter Maintenance?
The U.S. Army faces a budgetary dilemma when it comes to its aviation portfolio, the largest single cost item in its budget. In essence, it is being required to maintain a large but aging fleet. While...

Swiss Army Helps Afghanistan, Gaza Eliminate Landmines
In 2015 Switzerland actively engaged in humanitarian mine action as a concrete contribution to peace and security. It supported specific projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Colombia, Gaza, Mali and Mya...

US Army Announces Long-Term Network Strategy
WASHINGTON --- The Army's chief information officer announced, March 31, the release of the Army's new, long-term, network strategy called "Shaping the Army Network (2025-2040)." The strategy takes...

Pilatus 2015 Sales, EBIT Dip About 4% But Orders Boom
Excellent sales revenue figures of 1.1 billion Swiss francs ensure continuation of the revenue trend achieved by Pilatus in recent years. Operating results, at 191 million Swiss francs, were also outs...

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