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HII delivers new class amphibious assault ship to US Navy
About 900 US Navy sailors and marines marched onto amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) on 10 April 2014 during a handover ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Source: US NavyIAI on course for JSF wing deliveries
IAI is currently under contract to produce 811 wing-sets for the F-35, deliveries of which are on course to commence in mid-2015. Source: Lockheed MartinIndonesia equips frigates, corvette with stealth radars
Kapitan Pattimura-class corvette. Source: Indian NavyJapan's indigenous stealth jet prototype 'to fly this year'
Japan’s ATD-X is due to fly later in 2014, according to officials. Source: Kosuke Takahashi
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Airbus Group announces management reshuffle
European aerospace group Airbus has confirmed a number of senior management appointments as it implements changes to the Airbus Helicopters, Aerolia and Airbus Defence and Space businesses. In a statement released on 15 April the company said that former Aerolia Chief Executive (CEO) Christian
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An-70 passes Ukraine state tests
The Ukrainian-designed Antonov An-70 propfan tactical transport plane has passed state acceptance trials and is finally ready to enter series production, Antonov said on 11 April. That might be a cause for celebration in the course of most military equipment programmes, particularly one that has
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Anti-austerity protests and anarchist threats in Rome likely to spread over coming months
EVENT Anti-austerity demonstrators and "black bloc" anarchists attempted to lay siege to Italy's Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in central Rome on 12 April. An array of disparate left-wing social interest groups rallied in central Rome over the weekend of 12/13 April.
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Argentina's 10 April national strike costs country one billion dollars
EVENT Argentine media reports said the 10 April national strike, carried out by the country's main labour union confederations (Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina: CGT, and Central de Trabajadores Argentinos: CTA) cost USD1.3 billion in losses. The strike
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Climbing the ladder - Turkey prepares for presidential vote
Key Points The victory of the ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi: AKP) in local elections on 30 March confirms the dominance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's leadership of Turkey, although opposition to government policies is building and political tension and
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Doqqi explosion indicates growing militancy among Islamist supporters in Egyptian capital, but capability remains limited
EVENT Three policemen were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting a police booth in Doqqi, Cairo, on 15 April. The attack occurred during morning rush-hour traffic through the Jalaa Square intersection, near the Sheraton Cairo Hotel overlooking Charles De Gaulle Street.
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Access denial - Syria's air defence network
While the 2013 air strikes carried out by Israel against targets in Syria seemingly belie recent improvements in the country's air defences, the strike pattern suggests the Israelis have a new respect for the upgraded network. Sean O'Connor reports -
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Special delivery: assessing options for naval land attack
Delivering fires ashore has always been a core naval requirement. Today, with naval guns and long-range cruise missiles providing capability at the opposite ends of the range spectrum, Ben Goodlad looks at how emerging missile and gun systems could fill the gap in between
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HII delivers new class amphibious assault ship to US Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has handed over the lead ship of a new amphibious assault ship class designed to optimise operations of the US Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors and the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters. America (LHA 6) was delivered to the US Navy (USN) on 10 April at
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Safran Hammers Dassault
The chief executive of Safran, Jean-Paul Herteman, has warned that unless the firm is allowed to export the Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM) precision guided munition (PGM) independently of the Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft, then production of the munition will come to a close. "The Rafale
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Indonesia equips frigates, corvette with stealth radars
The Indonesian Navy (Tentera Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) will equip a total of four Ahmad Yani (Van Speijk)-class guided missile frigates and one Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette with low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) naval radars. The radars will be built by Indonesian
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Raytheon UK pursues GroundEye tactical C-IED capability
Raytheon UK is preparing to unveil what it believes to be the "world's first" handheld tactical improvised explosive device (IED) confirm/diagnose system for dismounted soldiers and small- to medium-sized unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The system, known as GroundEye, spins off existing
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Private operators stoking Ukrainian unrest as Kiev struggles to respond
Key Points The Ukrainian government is falling short of being able to deal with pro-Russian paramilitary groups in the country's eastern cities The paramilitary groups in question appear to include members of private security companies linked to the previous pro-Russian regime of former Ukrainian
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Russia begins returning Ukraine naval vessels and aircraft
Russia has begun handing back Ukrainian navy vessels seized during the occupation of the Crimea last month, with a missile boat and a tanker being towed out of Sevastopol on 11 April. Once in international waters, the two vessels were handed over to Ukrainian tugs to be towed into Odessa, according
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Experts warn of 'Chernobyl' risk at Yongbyon nuclear plant
North Korea's decision to restart its 5 megawatt electric (MWe) reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear scientific research complex threatens Northeast Asia with a disaster potentially worse than Chernobyl, according to nuclear experts. "This reactor comes from another world. The Yongbyon site has a
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Increased sectarian violence in Pakistan's Balochistan province likely to raise risk of wider Sunni-Shia conflict
Key Points Balochistan is set to become a battleground for Sunni-Shia violence. In the past year, sectarian violence has become a more serious issue than the ongoing nationalist insurgency in Balochistan, with Sunni militant groups increasingly active in the province and targeting Shias,
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Doqqi explosion indicates growing militancy among Islamist supporters in Egyptian capital, but capability remains limited
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Mass casualty attack in Abuja Bus Park indicates Islamists' resolve to attack Nigeria's federal capital
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Leftist militants' attacks on mining companies indicate heightened terrorism and extortion risks to businesses across Philippines
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Johnston reiterates Australia's Collins replacement will be an evolved or new design
Australian Defence Minister David Johnston has declined to comment on speculation that the government may be considering a cut in the number of so-called Future Submarines that will be built to replace the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) six-strong Collins-class fleet. However, speaking outside an
