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Draken International’s first regenerated Mirage F1 for US Air Force makes first flight
Draken International's regenerated Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft will start adversary air services for the US Air Force in 2020. Source: Draken InternationalHMS Prince of Wales arrives in Portsmouth
HMS sailing into Portsmouth harbour on 16 November. Source: Richard Scott/NAVYPIXUS GAO sustains Blue Origin protest of US Air Force launch solicitation
Artist's illustration of Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital reusable launch vehicle. The US GAO sustained the company's protest of the US Air Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement. Source: Blue OriginSOUTHCOM’s drug interdiction operations will be boosted by LCS USS Detroit
The Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) departs Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Source: US Navy
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Nicaraguan government approves initial 2020 international military deployments, visits
The Nicaraguan National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) ratified a presidential decree on 12 November that authorises foreign troops entry into the nation throughout the first half of 2020, as well as the departure of Nicaraguan military personnel to take part in exercises and other initiatives abroad.
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US AFSOC wants to improve dwell times
Key Points US Air Force Special Operations Command is considering a reorganisation to give operators more time at home This will better prevent burn out and help the command refocus on the high-end fight US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) wants to improve dwell times or give
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Yemeni rebels seize ships in Red Sea
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) announced on 18 November that its coast guard forces had seized three vessels in the Red Sea, the first time it has done this. It identified one as a Saudi ship called Rabigh 3 , which it said had entered Yemeni territorial waters close to the island of
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Brazilian Army details LMV 4×4 purchase
Iveco Defence Vehicles has inked a BRL67.8 million (USD 16.2 million) contract with the Brazilian Army for an initial tranche of 32 Light Multirole Vehicle-Brasil (LMV-BR) 4×4 light armoured tactical vehicles. Vehicle deliveries, in the multipurpose configuration, from Italy will begin in 2020
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US sub fleet trains with Peru to improve anti-submarine warfare
Peruvian diesel-electric submarines participating in the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) operated by the US Navy (USN) are helping the USN’s undersea force train for subsea and anti-surface warfare. “By having an SSK [diesel-electric submarine] operate and train with us, it
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Modern Warrior: Upgrading the British Army’s infantry fighting vehicle
Sam Cranny-Evans examines how the British Army Warrior is being upgraded to meet the needs of a modern battlefield -
Replacing the F-2: Japan’s complex effort to procure a new fighter jet
Japan is moving forward with efforts to acquire a new fighter aircraft to replace the F-2: its 1990s F-16 derivative. However, undefined requirements, industrial base issues, and US-Japanese sensitivities over the F-2 development are making this procurement tricky. Pat Host reports -
No contest: The trials and tribulations of the US Army’s OMFV competition
In attempting to develop a successor to its Bradley Fighting Vehicle the US Army has already had a couple of false starts with the cancelled Future Combat Systems and Ground Combat Vehicle programmes. As Ashley Roque reports, however, the service's latest such effort is also running into problems
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Russia’s Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar
Russia’s new Ka-52M combat helicopter will receive new targeting sensors instead of upgraded versions of present systems. The new V006 Rezets (Cutter) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is being developed by the St Petersburg-based Zaslon company for the modernised helicopter.
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Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
The Taliban militant group launched attacks on Puli Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, on 1 September just a day after it overran several parts of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz Province, as the militants ramp up combat operations across the Central Asian country in an
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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence looks to OSINT
Publicly available data will be the backbone of the UK military’s situational awareness in future conflicts and crises, according to the country’s Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Lieutenant-General James Hockenhull. Speaking at a briefing at the Defence & Security Equipment
