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India to fast-track Chinook, Apache purchases to beat price change deadline
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to fast-track its long-delayed procurement of Boeing attack and heavy-lift helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in anticipation of a possible increase in their negotiated price of USD2.5 billion after 31 March, official sources said. They said the
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USN receives first deployable electronic avionics support system
Key Points Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of a possible 341 electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) units to the US Navy (USN), military and company officials told reporters on 21 January. The eCASS is used to diagnose and repair electronic components on naval aircraft
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US Marine rapid reaction unit deployed in five Middle East countries
Key Points The CENTCOM crisis response force is now deployed in five Middle Eastern countries Provided entirely by the US Marine Corps, the force has a broad spectrum of capabilities, including strike, transport, and electronic warfare aircraft US marines from a newly formed rapid reaction force
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Estonian Air Force seeks enhanced C2, and to support allies
The Estonian Air Force is to prioritise its efforts towards developing a more advanced command and control (C2) capability over the coming years, as well as ensuring that it is properly equipped and prepared to host NATO allies in the Baltic republic. Speaking to journalists at Amari Airbase near
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Brazil to launch new long-range radar tender
The Brazilian Air Force hopes to soon acquire an initial five land-based 3-D long-range air surveillance radar systems to replace legacy Thales TRS2230 systems. An earlier 3-D radar programme was cancelled due to lack of funding, but after proposals had been received from ThalesRaytheonSystems,
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The As-Pac cyber challenge
As cyber threats and related vulnerabilities continue to intensify in the Asia-Pacific region, its countries are making unprecedented moves to tackle the problem effectively. Jon Grevatt reports -
Battlelab: assessing digitisation on 21st Century battlefields
Afghanistan and Iraq provided a stern testing ground for the exponents of network-enabled capabilities and soldier digitisation. Giles Ebbutt looks for the ground truth -
Fettered flight: Indian Air Force procurement and capabilities
The Indian Air Force's capabilities are continuing to deteriorate, despite the arrival of a government that seems ready to make big acquisition decisions, report James Hardy and Rahul Bedi
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4A series active radar missile seekers
Type Family of active radar missile seekers Description 4A series active radar seekers are designed for use in air-to-air, surface-to-air and ground-to-air missile systems and feature integral growth potential to match future platform, weapon system and threat environment developments. The seeker
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ADAC Mk 2 active missile seeker
Type Active anti-shipping missile seeker Description ADAC Mk 2 or Super ADAC is an active radar seeker that is installed aboard the MBDA Missile Systems Exocet anti-shipping missile. As such, it is electronically and mechanically interchangeable with its predecessor (ADAC Mk 1) and incorporates
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Agrion maritime surveillance radar
Type X-band (8 GHz to 12.5 GHz) maritime surveillance radar Description Agrion is a member of the Iguane family of maritime radar systems and exists in several versions. It is designed primarily for use aboard helicopters or light aircraft forming a part of task forces, employed for support at
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AN/APX-101(V) identification friend-or-foe transponder
Type D-band (1 GHz to 2 GHz) airborne Mk XII diversity transponder for military use Description Originally designed and manufactured in the 1970s by Teledyne Electronics, the AN/APX-101(V) is a completely solid-state Mark XII Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) diversity transponder including the