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A Beechcraft King Air 350, featuring mission systems integrated by Airborne Technologies. Source: Airborne TechnologiesRaytheon receives counter-electronics missile integration contract
The underside of an AGM-86B ALCM. Raytheon is integrating the CHAMP payload onto two missiles for the USAF. Source: USAFAngola receives another four Mi-17-1Sh helicopters
One of the Mi-171Sh helicopters that has been delivered to Angola. Source: Russian HelicoptersUK outlines extent of Reaper UAV strikes in Iraq and Syria
While the Reaper has flown the lion's share of UK ISR missions over Syria, its involvement in strike missions over Iraq and Syria is largely proportional to that of the Typhoon and Tornado manned combat aircraft. Source: Crown Copyright
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DSME launches first Indonesian Type 209/1400 SSK
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has launched the first of three Type 209/1400 diesel-electric submarines (SSK) on order for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL). The boat was launched on 24 March at DSME's Okpo
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Russian Project 971 submarines to be armed with Kalibr missiles
The upgrade of Russia's Project 971 Bars ('Akula')-class nuclear-powered attack submarines will arm them with Kalibr 3M-54 (SS-N-27A 'Sizzler') anti-ship missiles, Viktor Kochemazov, chief of the Russian Navy Training Department, told the RSN radio channel on 21 March. "Now, the upgrade of the
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Maiden flight for first Norwegian AW101 SAR helo
The first of 16 AgustaWestland AW101 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) made its maiden flight on 21 March. The flight, which was announced by AgustaWestland's parent company Finmeccanica on 23 March, took place at the Yeovil production facility in
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Brazil details LPD acquisition, Bahia to arrive in April
The Brazilian Navy's new Navio Doca Multipropósito (NDM) Bahia (G 40) is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on 11 April, a service spokesperson told IHS Jane's on 21 March. The ship, a landing platform dock (LPD) that was incorporated on 10 March, departed from Toulon, France, on 21 March
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Software failures, cyber vulnerability still plague F-35
Key Points F-35 software and cyber-security weaknesses remain unresolved The mission system software supporting the aircraft's radar is not stable enough for combat, a key concern as the USAF prepares its jets for deployment Software and cyber-security weaknesses in the Lockheed Martin F-35
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Alleged Islamic State militants stab to death Christian in Bangladesh's Kurigram
A CHRISTIAN man - identified as 68-year-old Hussein Ali Sarkar - was stabbed to death by Islamic State militants in Bangladesh's Kurigram district on 22 March, Reuters reported. Three suspects were reportedly detained by security forces. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack,
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Steering the ship: Malaysia's navy balances maritime security and budgetary requirements
The Royal Malaysian Navy is aiming to modernise its force structure while addressing myriad security challenges, ranging from maritime piracy to state-led tensions in the South China Sea. Ridzwan Rahmat examines the service's approach to tracking both these endeavours amid budgetary constraints and competition -
Taiwanese election tests Chinese strategy
Beijing has taken a measured stance towards the election of an anti-unification Taiwanese president in January 2016. J Michael Cole examines the implications of the election result for China's pursuit of reunification with Taiwan. -
Wheeled armoured vehicles: Asia Pacific states roll out AFVs
An increasing number of countries in Asia Pacific are rapidly becoming self-sufficient in the design, development, and production of wheeled armoured fighting vehicles. While these are mainly geared towards local requirements, many are making inroads into export markets. Christopher F Foss explores the region
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Angola receives another four Mi-17-1Sh helicopters
Russian Helicopters announced on 24 March that it had delivered four Mi-171Sh helicopters to Angola using an An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft. The company also revealed for the first time that it had already delivered four Mi-171Sh helicopters to Angola in 2015. It stated that the helicopters have
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Raytheon receives counter-electronics missile integration contract
Raytheon has received a USD10 million US Air Force (USAF) contract for directed energy activities, including integration of the Counter-electronics High-power microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) payload onto the conventional variant of the Boeing AGM-86B air-launched cruise missile (CALCM),
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Software failures, cyber vulnerability still plague F-35
Key Points F-35 software and cyber-security weaknesses remain unresolved The mission system software supporting the aircraft's radar is not stable enough for combat, a key concern as the USAF prepares its jets for deployment Software and cyber-security weaknesses in the Lockheed Martin F-35
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Collaborative end-to-end offboard MCM capability demonstrated
France's ECA Group has performed live demonstrations of a 'collaborative' end-to-end littoral mine countermeasures (MCM) capability based on a combination of offboard sensor and effector systems. Undertaken in Toulon harbour on 11 February 2016, the demonstration used the company's Alister A-9M
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EU-Turkey deal unlikely to be fully implemented or alleviate long-term refugee influx
Key Points The agreement between the EU and Turkey is intended to curb the illegal influx of migrants from Turkey into Greece across the Aegean Sea. Although the deal is likely to help alleviate political pressure on EU leaders to curtail the refugee influx, it is not expected to come into effect
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UK outlines extent of Reaper UAV strikes in Iraq and Syria
The UK revealed on 21 March the extent of airstrikes being conducted against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria by Royal Air Force (RAF) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Answering a question in parliament on the number of UAV strikes
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North Korea's belligerent stance and expanded US-South Korea joint exercises increase the risk of unintended escalation
Key Points This is the first medium-range ballistic missile launch since March 2014, and first major test since the nuclear explosive device in January and the space-launch vehicle (SLV) in February 2016. North Korea's specific threats, for example to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear
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Attack by gunmen at EU military training headquarters in Mali indicates Islamists' resistance to French counter-terrorism moves
Key Points The attack by armed militants against the Nord-Sud hotel in Bamako, Mali, follows France's announcement to deploy elite counter-terrorism forces. The French deployment is likely to improve counter-terrorism co-ordination but is unlikely to disrupt AQIM logistics and planning against
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Airborne Technologies breaks ground on expansion
Austria's Airborne Technologies announced on 22 March that the company had broken ground on the expansion of its existing facilities at the town of Wiener Neustadt, near Vienna. As part of the expansion, the company will be constructing a new office building, workshops, and an 1,100 m 2 hangar.
