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UK MoD Bracing for “Brutal Cuts” In 2018 Security Review
The [British] Ministry of Defence is bracing for what one Whitehall official has described as “brutal” cuts in a security review scheduled to be announced early next year. The scale of proposed cut

Israel Sub Deal Only Going Ahead If “Clean,” Says GE Shipyard
The CEO of the German ThyssenKrupp manufacturer said Thursday that an agreement to supply Israel with submarines will only go ahead if investigators establish there was no high-level corruption in the

US Air Force Faces Growing Pilot Shortfall
Faced with multiple deployments overseas and an airline industry on a hiring binge, fewer Air Force pilots are staying and have created a growing crisis for the nation’s air power. The Air Force sa

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UK MoD Bracing for “Brutal Cuts” In 2018 Security Review
The [British] Ministry of Defence is bracing for what one Whitehall official has described as “brutal” cuts in a security review scheduled to be announced early next year. The scale of proposed cut...

Israel Sub Deal Only Going Ahead If “Clean,” Says GE Shipyard
The CEO of the German ThyssenKrupp manufacturer said Thursday that an agreement to supply Israel with submarines will only go ahead if investigators establish there was no high-level corruption in the...

US Air Force Faces Growing Pilot Shortfall
Faced with multiple deployments overseas and an airline industry on a hiring binge, fewer Air Force pilots are staying and have created a growing crisis for the nation’s air power. The Air Force sa...

Finland Wants at Least 64 New Fighters to Replace F-18s
Finland's Ministry of Defence plans to send out invitations to tender for the purchase of 64 new fighter jets. The new jets will replace the current stock of 64 F/A-18 Hornet jets, which have served t...

Norway Concerned Over F-35 Data Exchange with US
Norway's defense officials are concerned that their new fleet of F-35 warplanes is equipped with sensors that automatically send critical information to their US manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Norwa...

Rafale Team Looks for French SMEs to Boost Indian Aerospace
SAINT CLOUD, France --- On Friday 24 November, Dassault Aviation, Safran and Thales, which together make up Rafale International, were invited by the Centre Val de Loire Regional Council and AEROCENTR...

Russian Air Force Tests ABM Interceptor Missile
The ASF’s AD and MD combat crew successfully tested an upgraded interceptor missile of the Russian Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system at the Sary-Shagan training ground (Republic of Kazakhstan). #Ru...

Australia Launches Mini-Satellite from United States
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, today announced the successful launch of an Australian miniature satellite from the United States. The Buccaneer cube satellite, developed by Def...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Warn EU Not to Interfere with Missile Program
Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned the European Union not to meddle with its missile development program. The warning by IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Salami on No...

Royal Navy to Deploy Second Frigate to Asia-Pacific
The UK will send a second warship to the Asia Pacific region to strengthen relations with allies in the area. Addressing the crew on HMS Sutherland this morning, the Defence Secretary Gavin William...

Junior UK Defence Minister 'Prepared to Resign' Over Army Cuts
Defence minister Tobias Ellwood is reportedly prepared to resign if cuts to the British Army take place. The minister for Defence People and Veterans is understood to have concerns about proposals whi...

China's Unmanned Helicopters Pass High-Plateau Testing
NANCHANG --- Three unmanned helicopters made test flights recently on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, authorities said Thursday. The AV500W conducted firing tests at an altitude of 4,300 meters in Qinghai ...

Chinese Army Holds Live Fire Exercises in Djibouti
The Djibouti Logistics Support Base of the People's Liberation Army conducted a live-fire exercise on Thursday with its heavy-duty weapons, according to the Chinese military. Several wheeled tank d...

Russian MoD Checks First Terminator Production Batch
Officers of the military representation in Chelyabinsk started inspection of manufacturing of the Terminator’s first consignment. The production is scheduled in accordance with the procurement contrac...

Latest US Navy SSN Arrives at New Home Base in Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, HI. --- The Pearl Harbor submarine community welcomed the crew and families of the newly commissioned Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) to Hawaii following a ho...

Indian Exercise for Defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX) was conducted under the aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command. The five-day exercise started on 20 Nov 2017 and culminated on 24 Nov 2017. From ...

Royal Navy Reshuffles Frigate Home Ports
Changes to the base porting of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates will see some new additions to the flotillas of Portsmouth and Devonport. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson today announced a serie...

Belgium Joins NATO Battalion In Lithuania
“Belgium’s joining the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion in Lithuania is probably the most pronounced defence cooperation event of Lithuania and Belgium from historical perspective. It demonstr...

Annual EDA Conference Delivers Insights on Future of Cyber Defence
BRUSSELS --- In addition to the four keynote speeches delivered by Federica Mogherini (Head of the EDA), Julian King (EU Commissioner for the Security Union), Kersti Kaljulaid (President of Estonia) a...

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