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Nigeria to audit arms deliveries, push for defence industry revitalisation
Nigerian soldiers ride on a recently acquired T-72 tank during operations in the Bama area of Borno state. Source: Nigerian Defence HQAustralia reveals new shipbuilding industry plan to bypass 'Valley of Death'
The future HMAS Hobart, lead ship of the Royal Australian Navy's new air warfare destroyers, prior to launch in 2015 at the Common User Facility in South Australia. Source: Australian Department of DefenceNorthrop Grumman awards Triton component deal to Australian firm
A Northrop Grumman MQ-4C undergoing flight testing in the United States in 2013. Australia is looking to acquire a number of the UAVs. Source: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems/US NavyKMW, Nexter Systems merger receives final sign-off
KMW's Leopard 2A7+ MBT undergoing firing trials in Qatar. Source: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
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Analysis: Russian defence industry seeing impact of squeezed Russian economy
Russia's defence industry is feeling the pinch as oil prices and the value of the rouble fall, while burdens of import substitution grow. Falling production numbers and a lack of funds are among the most serious problems some of Russia's prime defence industry assets are facing. In Russia's Central
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Army, contractors to back up USAF UAV efforts
Key Points The DoD plans to increase the number of UAV CAPs it flies over the next four years CAPs would be increased from 60 to 90 per day by 2019 in order to support increasing demand for ISR The US Department of Defense (DoD) plans to increase the number of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) combat
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AVIC Capital announces investment in Shenyang, Chengdu
China's AVIC Capital announced on 18 August that it would be increasing its capital stake in military aircraft manufacturers Shenyang Aircraft Group and Chengdu Aircraft Group. AVIC Capital will be joined in the investment by AviChina Industry & Technology Co, China Avionics Systems Co, AVIC
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Canada's Irving Shipbuilding selects BAE Systems to provide naval guns for AOPS
BAE Systems has been tapped to provide modified machine gun systems for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN's) Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) programme, officials confirmed to IHS Jane's on 19 August. Canada's Irving Shipbuilding, the prime contractor on the AOPS programme, awarded BAE Systems a
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Egypt's new missile corvette heads back to Russia
The Russian Molnya-class missile corvette R-32 (832) was spotted transiting the Bosporus into the Black Sea on 19 August: four days after the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had taken delivery of the vessel. While R-32 flew Russian and Egyptian flags during the opening of the Suez
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Mergers and acquisitions: Second quarter 2015
Transactions in the European defence and security market all but ground to a halt during the second quarter of 2015, shrinking worldwide deal activity, reports Guy Anderson -
IHS Jane's World Defence Industry Survey 2015
Budget issues, changing customer requirements, shifting political environments, and price pressures continue to drive competition in global defence markets, according to the 'IHS Jane's World Defence Industry Survey 2015'. Guy Anderson and Jon Kozan report -
Industry Briefing: A Greek exit and the consequences for defence sectors
Greece was facing the strongest possibility yet of an exit from the euro single currency at the close of June as the country's long-running economic crisis reached a denouement. IHS Jane's considers the implications for the defence sectors.
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Indonesian navy conducts first helicopter landing on USN LCS
Key Points Indonesia has landed a naval helicopter on a US Navy Littoral Combat Ship for the first time The landing reflects a wider USN pattern of improving co-operation with Southeast Asian navies The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) has landed a naval
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Germany and US to withdraw Patriots from Turkey
Germany and the United States have announced that they will withdraw their Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries from southern Turkey following a reassessment of the threats stemming from the conflict in neighbouring Syria. NATO members have stationed Patriot SAMs to southeast Turkey since
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Airbus DS demos Sferion counter-DVE system for helicopters
Airbus Defence and Space (DS) has successfully demonstrated its 'Sferion' degraded visual-environment (DVE) system for helicopters, the company announced on 14 August. The demonstration, which took place during the German Army Aviation's Helicopter Forum at its International Training Centre in
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CBO releases new triad upgrade estimate
The United States will have to spend USD348 billion on nuclear weapons modernisation over the next 10 years if it wants to maintain a triad of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarines, and bomber aircraft, according to a 22 January report from the Congressional Budget
