The US Navy (USN) is to shortly begin transitioning its west coast maritime patrol squadrons over to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon as it looks to phase out of service the lion's-share of its Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion fleet before the end of the decade, a service official told reporters on 9 June.
IN A STATEMENT released on 9 June, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen spokesperson Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab claimed that the group had killed 43 Ethiopian AMISOM peacekeepers during an assault on an AMISOM base in the town of Halgan in Somalia's Hiiraan region earlier that day, Al-Jazeera reported.
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At least 50 militants of Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabaab) conducted a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) and small-arms attack on 9 June against the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)'s forward operating base (FOB) in Halgan, 40 kilometres north of district
BAE Systems has completed development of its Striker II digital helmet mounted display as part of its bid to offer a replacement for the existing analogue Striker that is used by existing Eurofighter Typhoon operators.
The new version incorporates integral night vision capability so pilots do not
A GBP2.5 million (USD3.6 million) training facility at BAE Systems Warton site in Lancashire is coming online this summer to offer improved training for customers of the company's aircraft.
Construction work is almost complete and a group of Royal Omani Air Force personnel are to undergo Typhoon
Boeing anticipates an extension of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production lines as a result of an increased operational tempo by the US Navy (USN) and strong international interest in procuring the platform, company officials told reporters on 10 June.
Speaking at Boeing's Global
British Army troops from The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are training in Belize as part of Exercise 'Mayan Warrior.'
British and Belize Defense Force (BDF) instructors are teaching jungle warfare techniques to soldiers from the visiting regiment's Blenheim Company, 2nd Battalion.
The UK's
Afghanistan's route clearance capabilities are set to be enhanced by the delivery of a large number of mine rollers.
US-based company Critical Solutions International has been awarded a USD32.8 million foreign military sales contract to deliver 464 mine rollers, 300 brackets and manuals, and
Czech Army troops deployed on expeditionary undertakings in the future may soon be fielding modular shelters that feature protection against small-arms fire and shrapnel under an initiative led by the Military Research Institute (Vojensky Vyzkumny Ustav; VVU) in Brno.
Under development since 2014,
THE Danish Supreme Court on 8 June upheld a decision to strip the citizenship of 56-year-old Danish-Moroccan man Sam Mansour who had been convicted of inciting terrorism and jailed for four years in December 2014, Reuters reported. The high court initially passed the decision in July 2015, before
Dassault Aviation has completed the repurchase of 5.5% of its share capital from Airbus Group, the company announced on 10 June. The 502,282 share buyback was performed as part of a total Airbus divestment of 1.33 million Dassault Aviation shares, equivalent to 14.6% of the company. The remaining
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In an extremely tight run-off vote on 5 June, the market's favourite candidate, economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, was elected as Peru's new president to replace incumbent Ollanta Humala. Kuczynski will assume office on 28 July.
Kuczynski's election underlines Peru's strong commitment to
Brazilian aerospace and defence manufacturer Embraer announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO) on 9 June.
Current CEO Frederico Fleury Curado is to relinquish the role in July in order to "concentrate on other professional and personal activities".
The position
Israeli electro-optical manufacturer Meprolight has won a tender to provide the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with reflex sights for 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm firearms. The contract includes the rapid delivery of "thousands" of MEPRO MOR multipurpose reflex sights and maintenance, it said on 5
India's Special Forces (SF) are desperately short of combat free fall (CFF) parachutes, as the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been unable to develop them after 12 years of research, costing almost INR107.50 million (USD1.62 million).
The country's Comptroller and
Iraqi special forces entered Al-Fallujah on 8 June, but divisions between the forces assembled for the offensive have begun to emerge in public.
The Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said its troops, who are the special forces that have spearheaded previous offensives against Islamic State
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The high-impact nature of the VBIED and the apparent complexity of the planning, involving multiple individuals each responsible for different aspects of the attack, leading to the attack indicate the increased sophistication of the Teyrênbazê Azadiya Kurdistan's operations.
UK defence procurement minister Philip Dunne officially opened the new Lockheed Martin UK (LMUK) AFV turret production facility at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, on 9 June.
It has been constructed at a cost of GBP5.5 million (USD8 million), bringing the total investment at the site to more than GBP23
Lockheed Martin has confirmed interest within the Asia Pacific to procure used P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) and S-3 Viking anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft.
Countries linked with potential purchases include Vietnam and South Korea, although a Lockheed Martin spokesperson did not
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