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Paris Air Show 2017: Embraer's KC-390 makes Paris Air Show debut
Powered by two International Aero Engines V2500 turbofans, the KC-390 can carry up to 26 tonnes of cargo at a maximum speed of 470 kt (870 km/h). Source: IHS Markit/Patrick AllenParis Air Show 2017: Piaggio outlines HammerHead future as MPA benched
Piaggio Aerospace is prioritising the development of the Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead MALE UAV as part of its industrial plan. Source: IHS Markit/Charles ForresterChina launches record-breaking UAV swarm
China's CETC claims to have set a new record for the number of UAVs launched in a swarm. Source: Via CCTVLockheed Martin adds Sierra Nevada Corp to its JSTARS recap team
Lockheed Martin added Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) to its team vying for the US Air Force's JSTARS recap programme. Source: Lockheed Martin
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China building possible submarine-surveillance ship
Images have emerged on Chinese online forums showing that a new-design catamaran auxiliary ship is under construction for China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) at the Huangpu shipyard in Guangzhou. The vessel appears to have been launched recently and is in the process of fitting out. Only
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EU leaders give nod to PESCO, defence fund, and battlegroup deployment
EU leaders unanimously decided to launch so-called permanent structured co-operation (PESCO) in defence, agreeing first to define a common list of membership criteria, binding commitments, and a list of projects to enable interested member states to quickly notify their intention to participate.
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Indian Army rejects locally designed assault rifle for second time
The Indian Army (IA) has for the second time rejected an indigenously designed assault rifle, and is now poised to issue a global tender to meet its long-pending requirement for 185,000 rifles. Official sources told Jane's on 22 June that the IA cited "poor quality and ineffective
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IOMAX negotiating Archangel sale to UAE, upgrading AT-802s for Jordan and Egypt
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in the final stage of negotiations with IOMAX for the sale of 12 Archangel Block 2 Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA) with the option of 12 more, Jane's was told on 22 June. The direct commercial sale (DCS) will see the UAE Air Force and Air Defence (UAE AF & AD)
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Lithuania invests in defence modernisation
Lithuania spends 32% of its defence budget on equipment, well above the 20% NATO guideline, Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis told Jane's . NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference during Exercise 'Iron Wolf 2017' on 20 June that Lithuania and Latvia would achieve NATO's
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Paris Air Show 2017: Bell Helicopters details Huey II delivery schedule for Africa
Bell Helicopters is close to delivering the last of eight Huey II helicopters to the Kenya Air Force (KAF), Arnie Easterly, the company's director for sales and marketing in Africa, told Jane's during the Paris Air Show. "One is in Amsterdam right now on its way to Kenya [and should be
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New-model African armies
Following their independence, most Sub-Saharan and East African militaries tended to use second-hand military equipment donated by former colonial powers, as well as the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. Jeremy Binnie and Erwan de Cherisey report on how that trend is changing -
Desert watchers: MINUSMA's intelligence capabilities
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is currently the only UN peacekeeping operation with an organic military intelligence-gathering and processing capability. Erwan de Cherisey reports
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Paris Air Show 2017: Embraer's KC-390 makes Paris Air Show debut
The Embraer KC-390 tanker-transport aircraft made its debut at the Paris Air Show this year, with the second flying prototype performing daily as part of the show's flight schedule. Detailing the aircraft's development progress to journalists at Le Bourget on 21 June, Paul Gastao Silva, the KC-390
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MDA seeks laser-armed HALE UAV for counter-ICBM role
The United States is looking to field a laser-armed unmanned aircraft to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) towards the middle of the next decade, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) disclosed on 13 June. In a solicitation posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)
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Lightweight Gabbiano radar pitched at UAVs
Leonardo has unveiled its lightest airborne multimode radar to date. The Gabbiano TF Ultra-Light weighs less than 24 kg and is designed for use on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The radar was debuted at the Paris Air Show and comprises a 12 inch nose-mounted antenna and a receiver transmitter
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ECA examines unmanned teaming, RC mine clearance
France's ECA Group is working on teaming concepts of operation (CONOPS) for its IT180 series of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and Iguana E unmanned ground vehicle (UGV); the company is also developing a remote-control (RC) system to enable stand-off mine clearance. One teaming concept aims to
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Iran says it hit targets in Syria with Zolfaghar ballistic missiles
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on 19 June that it had launched ballistic missiles from Iran at terrorist targets in Syria: a move that seemingly confirms it has significantly extended the range of its solid-fuel missiles. An IRGC spokesman told the Tasnim News Agency that
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China launches record-breaking UAV swarm
The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) claims to have set a new record for the number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying in a swarm, the state-owned Xinhua news agency quoted the corporation as saying. The 11 June news report states that the swarm comprised 119 UAVs,
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North Korea fires ballistic missile that reaches 2,000 km altitude
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on 14 May that reached an altitude of over 2,000 km (1,243 miles) before falling into the Sea of Japan (also known as East Sea), in what seems to have been the longest-range missile tested by Pyongyang to date. The missile was fired in an
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Co-ordinated twin Islamic State attacks in Iran's capital Tehran indicate in-country support and elevated risk to public spaces
Key Points The Islamic State conducted two co-ordinated attacks in Iran's capital Tehran, targeting parliament and the shrine of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic and its first Supreme Leader, killing 12 people and injuring 42. This was the first set of attacks by the Islamic
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Paris Air Show 2017: Piaggio outlines HammerHead future as MPA benched
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace is reshuffling its programme priorities following a number of programme difficulties in 2016 that included a new industrial plan and refocusing of energies. “We had a very challenging 2016, and we are completing our restructuring plan. As part of that, we have
