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October 04, 2019  

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North Korea Says Underwater-Launched Missile Test Succeeded
SEOUL, South Korea --- North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United State

French 2020 Defense Budget to Rise by 4.5%
Presented on September 27 to the Council of Ministers by Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, the draft defense budget for 2020 provides a global envelope of 37.5 billion euros (€ bn). Modern

US Allow Sale of More Javelin Missiles to Ukraine
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for one hundred fifty (150) Javelin missiles and related equipment and support for an

 


A Danish Air Force F-16 fighter sporting a special paint scheme to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the nation’s flag was scrambled to intercept and escort a Russian Il-20 Coot reconnaissance aircraft which approached its airspace. (RDAF photo)
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  • Syria shelling puts Idlib health facility out of service: charity
  • 03/10/2019 20:07:26
  • US State Dept approves missile sale raised in Ukraine call
  • 03/10/2019 19:47:20
  • Pentagon says N. Korea missile launched from 'sea-based platform'
  • 03/10/2019 18:39:15
  • Trump says North Korea talks going ahead despite missile test
  • 03/10/2019 20:07:38
  • Europeans at UN seek meeting after latest NKorea missile test
  • 03/10/2019 15:01:56
  • EU girds for trade riposte after US ups ante on tariffs
  • 03/10/2019 15:11:50


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    Opinion: It’s Time for Boeing’s Muilenburg to Go
    Boeing’s problems are getting worse. The MAX is grounded, the 787 is being investigated for quality issues and has major engine problems, the 777-X is even further delayed with engine problems, and t...

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    North Korea Says Underwater-Launched Missile Test Succeeded
    SEOUL, South Korea --- North Korea confirmed Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United State...

    French 2020 Defense Budget to Rise by 4.5%
    Presented on September 27 to the Council of Ministers by Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, the draft defense budget for 2020 provides a global envelope of 37.5 billion euros (€ bn). Modern...

    US Allow Sale of More Javelin Missiles to Ukraine
    WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for one hundred fifty (150) Javelin missiles and related equipment and support for an...

    Russia Helping China Create Early Missile Warning System: Putin
    SOCHI, Russia --- Russia is helping China to create a missile warning system, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a yearly session of the Valdai Discussion Club on Thursday. "I don’t think I will...

    Navantia Lays Keel of First Saudi Corvette
    SAN FERNANDO, Spain --- Navantia has carried out, in its San Fernando shipyard facilities, the official keel-laying act of the first of the five corvettes it is building for the Royal Saudi Arabian Na...

    EU Inquiry Pushes Boeing-Embraer Partnership into 2020
    CHICAGO & SÃO PAULO --- Boeing and Embraer continue to work closely together to establish their strategic partnership, positioning both companies to deliver greater value to airline customers and the ...

    CACI Wins $70M to Assist US Navy to Assess Weapons
    ARLINGTON, Va. --- CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a five-year task order, with a ceiling value of nearly $70 million, to assist the U.S. Navy in assessing its weapons ...

    Denmark Scrambles F-16 to Shadow Russian Airplane
    A Danish F-16 fighter jet adorned with the "Dannebrog" the Danish white crossed flag, in honour of the flag's recent 800th anniversary, was deployed to intercept a Russian reconnaissance plane near Da...

    Germany, Netherlands to Cooperate On Radio Signal Detection
    Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten and her German colleague Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Berlin on Oct. 2 about cooperating on systems to detect radio ...

    Naval Group, ECA to Present Stand-Off Minehunting at Pacific 2019
    During PACIFIC 2019, Naval Group and ECA Group will showcase their joint solution for stand-off Mines Counter Measures (MCM) selected by Belgium and the Netherlands. The solution developed by Naval...

    Romania Asks GD to Pay Penalty for Piranha V Late Delivery: Report
    Romania’s Defense Ministry has issued a EUR 8.5 million invoice to US defense contractor General Dynamics, representing penalties for delays in delivering the Piranha V armored vehicles for the Romani...

    Royal Navy’s Latest OPV Named at Official Ceremony
    HMS SPEY, the last of five River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), was named today in front of gathered VIPs and employees at an official ceremony in Glasgow. In keeping with naval tradition, g...

    Royal Navy Deploys Minehunter to Baltic Sea
    Off on a whistle-stop NATO assignment around the ports and inlets of the eastern Baltic for the next seven weeks is minehunter HMS Cattistock. The veteran Hunt-class ship departed not her native Po...

    US Military Forces in 2020: Navy
    The Navy in FY 2020 reflects the priorities of the department as a whole. It sustains the level of readiness built in the FY 2017-FY 2019 budgets and modernizes by increasing the production of existin...

    HMS Dragon Brings Air Defence Expertise to US Carrier Group
    HMS Dragon defended American aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower from aerial threats as she warmed up for operational training with the UK’s Carrier Strike Group. The Type 45 Destroyer brings...

    Conference in Helsinki on Making the Most of the European Defence Fund?
    The President of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and CEO of Dassault Aviation, Mr Eric Trappier, today held a keynote address at the occasion of the opening of a high-...

    Raytheon Developing Final Phase of EW Planning and Management Tool
    EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Raytheon is developing Capability Drop 4 of the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool, or EWPMT, under a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army over the next...

    India’s HAL Hit by Indefinite Strike Over Pay
    BENGALURU, India --- The All India HAL Trade Unions Coordination Committee (AIHALTUCC) has issued an indefinite strike notice effective from October 14, 2019 at all the nine locations of HAL with rega...

    Australian SMEs Awarded Defense Contracts
    A high-tech small Australian business will continue working with the Royal Australian Navy to provide additional Tactical Electronic Warfare simulation training systems, after successfully delivering ...

    US Navy F-18C Hornet Makes Final Active-Duty Flight
    NORFOLK, Va. --- The last Navy F/A-18C Hornet, aircraft number 300, made its official final active-duty flight at Naval Air Station Oceana, Oct. 2. Assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 at ...

    Naval Group to Exhibit at Pacific 2019 Show in Sydney
    Naval Group will attend this year’s Pacific 2019 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney to showcase how Naval Group is delivering for Australia, now and into the future. Naval Group is a naval...


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