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Sea Venom/ANL missile service entry faces year-long delay
A Sea Venom/ANL fired from a DGA Dauphin helicopter engages a target at the DGA’s Ile du Levant missile test range on 27 November. The trial was the final development firing for the missile before the start of qualification trials in 2019. Source: MBDASupreme Court of India finds no wrongdoing in Rafale procurement
The Supreme Court of India has said it has found no evidence of misconduct in the Indian government’s procurement of Rafale fighter aircraft from Dassault. Source: DassaultAustralia finalises frigate contract with ASC Shipbuilding becoming a BAE Systems subsidiary
The Australian government has announced the signing of the head contract for the construction of nine Hunter-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. With the signing of the deal, ASC Shipbuilding becomes a subsidiary of ship designer BAE Systems. Source: BAE SystemsBrazilian Army qualifies Skyfire-70 rocket system on Fennec AvEx
A Brazilian Army Fennec AvEx helicopter firing Skyfire-70 unguided rockets on 24 November. Source: CAvEX
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Australia awards munition contracts to NIOA, General Dynamics
The Australian government announced on 17 December that it has entered into two “significant contracts” for the supply of munitions to the Australian Army. Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne said in a statement that Canberra signed a three-year contract worth AUD81.6 million
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El Salvador deploys second aviation unit to Mali
Three Salvadoran Air Force (FAS) MD 500E armed reconnaissance helicopters have arrived in Gao, Mali, to support the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). MINUSMA announced that the helicopters arrived on 11 December and released photographs of them
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Elbit-Adani JV opens new UAV facility
A joint venture (JV) between Adani Group and Elbit Systems has opened a new facility in Hyderabad, India, which will manufacture aerostructures for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a bid to pitch the latter’s Hermes 900 aircraft to the Indian ministry of defence. Considered by the companies
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India to conduct military exercises with several African states in March
The Indian Army (IA) is seeking to deepen its defence ties with the armies of about a dozen African countries by conducting joint training and military exercises with them in early 2019. Official sources told Jane’s that the armies of Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania, among others,
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Russian official says S-300V4 deterring coalition aircraft in northeast Syria
The deployment of an S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile system has reduced US-led coalition air activity over northeast Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov told reporters on 17 December after a visit to the Middle East country. While Russian news organisation presumed this was a
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Strike Brigade experimentation to look at security operations
Security operations exercises looking at how to counter hybrid warfare threats will be carried out by the British Army’s strike experimentation organisations in 2019 as part of ongoing efforts to prepare for the formation of the service’s two Strike Brigades and component Strike-roled
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Potential for wider Iranian Kurdish insurgency increases
Iranian Kurdish insurgents are stepping up their military activities against the government in Tehran. Dr Jonathan Spyer reports from northern Iraq on the fallout from Iranian action against the PDKI and KDP-I -
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Syria has stabilised, but tensions remain on the front lines of the areas of influence carved out by external powers. Meanwhile, the war in Yemen has come into sharper focus, with the US using Iran's support for the rebels to bolster its efforts to isolate Tehran even as the growing civilian death toll threatens arms exports to the Arab Gulf countries. Jeremy Binnie reports -
Beyond the horizon: NSM missile homes in on Harpoon replacement market
Success in the US Navy's Over-the-Horizon Weapon System competition is set to re-energise Kongsberg's efforts to grow sales of its Naval Strike Missile worldwide. Richard Scott reports
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European Boxer programmes take final shape
European Boxer programmes are taking final form, with offers to the UK and Slovenia expected in 2019. Klaas Krause, head of sales Eastern Europe for Rheinmetall, which formed the Artec joint venture with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to produce the Boxer, said on 12 December that the UK Ministry of
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Sea Venom/ANL missile service entry faces year-long delay
The introduction of the Sea Venom/ANL helicopter-launched anti-ship missile into UK Royal Navy (RN) service faces a delay of up to 12 months because of unspecified technical issues, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has disclosed. The slippage would leave the RN’s Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter
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Raytheon completes FoXTEN testing, now awaits DCGS-A RFP
The US Army is expected to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for its Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Capability Drop (CD)1 in early 2019, which is designed to upgrade the current DCGS-A system and make it easier to use. An RFP for CD2, which will focus on a server capability and
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Russian deploys new CBRN vehicle to Syria
Russia has deployed its newest chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle to Syria to operate with military police units patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone. An RKhM-6 vehicle was seen in footage shown by the Russia 24 television network on 7 November that was
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Falling defence sales in South Korea prompts pledge to boost industrial capability
South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo has pledged to revitalise the country’s defence industry by leveraging advances in 4th Industrial Revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics. Jeong made the remarks in a statement by the Ministry of National Defense
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Sea Venom/ANL missile service entry faces year-long delay
The introduction of the Sea Venom/ANL helicopter-launched anti-ship missile into UK Royal Navy (RN) service faces a delay of up to 12 months because of unspecified technical issues, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has disclosed. The slippage would leave the RN’s Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter
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RN, RAN develop strategic partnership for ASW co-operation
Key Points The UK Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy are seeking to improve ASW co-operation relating to concepts, doctrine, training, equipment, tactics, and operations The ASW focus is part of the renewal of wider co-operation between the two navies, and has been enabled by Australia’s
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US warns Turkey against offensive into northeast Syria
Key Points The US DoD is taking Turkish threats to invade northeast Syria seriously It has confirmed that it has now established an unspecified number of observation posts on the Syrian–Turkish border to deter incursions The US Department of Defense (DoD) indicated on 12 December that it is
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US warns Turkey against offensive into northeast Syria
Key Points The US DoD is taking Turkish threats to invade northeast Syria seriously It has confirmed that it has now established an unspecified number of observation posts on the Syrian–Turkish border to deter incursions The US Department of Defense (DoD) indicated on 12 December that it is
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North Korea willing to ‘permanently dismantle’ Yongbyon nuclear site
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his willingness to continue to take measures towards his country's denuclearisation, including the permanent dismantlement of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities, where a 5 MWe plutonium-producing reactor is located. The move was announced on 19
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SVBIED attack near Iran’s Chabahar port reflects militants’ targeting of strategic locations, but disruption to cargo unlikely
Key Points Although primarily motivated by local ethno-religious grievances, the insurgency in Sistan-Baluchestan province is increasingly presenting as part of the broader transnational militant Islamist movement. Increased communications and co-ordination between locally based insurgent groups
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SVBIED attack near Iran’s Chabahar port reflects militants’ targeting of strategic locations, but disruption to cargo unlikely
Key Points Although primarily motivated by local ethno-religious grievances, the insurgency in Sistan-Baluchestan province is increasingly presenting as part of the broader transnational militant Islamist movement. Increased communications and co-ordination between locally based insurgent groups
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West Bank violence likely Hamas attempt to distract from Gaza and discredit Palestinian Authority, violent protests likely
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Anti-gang interventions in Guatemala unlikely to reduce business-targeted extortions in 2019, particularly with cargo and transport companies
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Increased likelihood of budget deal with Iraqi central government lowers non-payment risks for contracts awarded by KRG
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Supreme Court of India finds no wrongdoing in Rafale procurement
The Supreme Court of India has said it has found no evidence of wrongdoing in the Indian government’s procurement of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft from France. The verdict, which was published on 14 December, followed the Supreme Court’s study of the procurement and the submission
