US Navy to award large-area display contract for Super Hornets and Growlers
Seen here in a demonstration rig, the Advanced Cockpit System upgrade replaces the conventional multifunctional displays of the Super Hornet and Growler platforms with a single large-area display. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth JenningsAustralia wants to engage with UK on Wedgetail
Australia sees an opportunity to collaborate with the UK if the Royal Air Force acquires Boeing’s E-737 airborne early warning and control aircraft (pictured). Source: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of DefenceAustralia issues RFI for SOF helos
The H145M is one of several candidate platforms for Australia's special forces requirement. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth JenningsPentagon incorporates F-35 performance incentive to reverse late deliveries
The F-35 JPO, for the first time in Lot 11, incorporated a production line performance incentive fee to push contractors to meet growing production goals. Source: US Marine Corps-
US says it will evaluate any offer to move Sixth Fleet to Spain
The US ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, has said Washington would evaluate any proposal to relocate the base of the US Sixth Fleet assigned to the Mediterranean Sea from Naples to Rota, southern Spain, but had yet to receive such an offer. Her comments at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 2
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Analysis: British Army’s infantry units suffering from 12% shortfall in personnel
The British Army’s attempts to fully man its infantry units appear to be failing, according to recently obtained figures. Tim Ripley reports The British Army’s infantry units are 1,850 soldiers short of their intended strength, with 12 battalions having a shortfall of more than 100
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BTFK claims responsibility for IED attack on police station in India's Punjab
A LETTER signed by suspected Bhindranwale Tiger Force (BTFK) militants and delivered to police on 14 September claimed responsibility for a recent improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting a local police station in the Jalandhar district of India's Punjab state earlier that day, The Hindu
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China holds UGV competition with focus on autonomy, mobility
China’s investment in and development of unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology is increasingly geared towards enhancing the autonomy and mobility of the platforms, as shown during this year’s ‘Crossing Obstacles’ UGV competition. Participating in the competition, which
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Disrupted right-wing extremist plot in Germany’s Saxony signals increased intent to conduct fatal attacks on migrants and politicians
Event On 1 October, six men aged between 20 and 30 were detained by German police during counter-terrorism operations in the federal states of Saxony and Bavaria for forming a right-wing extremist group (‘Revolution Chemnitz’) “no later than” 11 September. Its leader was
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Double IED attack kills one person in Iraq's Baghdad
ONE person was killed and four others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), emplaced by unidentified militants, detonated in al-Shaab neighbourhood in Adhamiyah district in Iraq's capital Baghdad on 1 October, Iraqi News reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for
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China’s territorial ambitions around its coast have long been among the driving forces of its military modernisation. Tiago Falcao Machado reports on how, to support the expanding missions of its air forces, the PLA is developing an increasingly effective SEAD capability
