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The Canadian government has appointed a new independent panel to oversee the country's defence acquisitions, it announced on 1 June. The Independent Review Panel for Defence Acquisition (IRPDA) will advise the Minister of National Defence, reviewing all procurement projects valued over CAD100
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US industrial solutions and defence electronics company Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced it had completed the sale of its downstream oil and gas businesses on 1 June. The sale, to private investment group Sun Capital Partners, included its DeltaValve, Groquip, and TapcoEnpro International (TEI)
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Burundi's government on 1 June indicated that it was willing to postpone its election calendar, currently set to run between June and August, and was awaiting proposals from the country's electoral commission.
The government's announcement follows a regional summit of the East African
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
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Boeing's first KC-46A test aircraft has resumed airworthiness flights
The company is expected to deliver four test aircraft this year and 18 operational aircraft in 2017
The first US Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker test aircraft on 28 May resumed flights
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German support of US intelligence surveillance is straining relations between the two parties of the government coalition in Germany.
The revelations have caused a rift in Germany's coalition government, leading to government and policy instability.
Although it is unlikely that
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has announced that it held a keel-laying ceremony for the second of two fast attack craft being built for the Mauritius Police Force National Coast Guard (NCP).
The keel-laying ceremony took place on 22 May and the shipyard is expected to deliver the pair from January
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On 18 May, the US secretary of state said "sanctions or other means" would be used to "ramp up international pressure" on North Korea. On 13 May, South Korea's National Intelligence Service briefed a parliamentary committee stating that North Korean minister of
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
FOUR members of an anti-explosives team were wounded when the improvised explosive device (IED) they were attempting to defuse detonated 6okm north of the city of Hilla in Iraq's Babil province on 30 May, Al-Mada reported. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Socialist Tide (Marea Socialista: MS), a faction of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela: PSUV), launched a citizens' platform on 1 June that aims to audit government expenses.
The MS hopes to identify instances of corruption after it claimed
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
The Indian government has withdrawn excise and customs exemptions previously available to state-owned defence enterprises, with the aim of promoting greater competition in India's defence industrial base.
Amendments to Indian excise and customs laws, which came into effect on 1 June, remove
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Iran's intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi said on 29 May that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had foiled terrorist plots by a number of Islamic State-affiliated groups, including plots to poison a "large committee" in Tehran, and blow up Fatima's shrine in Qom.
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Libyan media reported on 1 June that the Misratah Third Brigade, affiliated with the Libya Dawn coalition, had withdrawn from the central Jufra district after the advance of Islamic State militants coming from Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, and from the mountains around Hun, in Jufra.
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
The Mexican Air Force (FAM) will procure two Boeing 737-800 aircraft as part of a MXN3.9 billion (USD254 million) programme that so far is the sole authorised procurement project in 2015.
The aircraft will be assigned to the 502nd Air Squadron based at the No 1 Military Air Base (BAM-1) Santa
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The US Navy declared its latest point defence missile system operational on 15 May 2015
RAM Block 2 is a far more advanced system, boasting three times the manoeuvrability of the original Rolling Airframe Missile
US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has confirmed that the RIM-116C
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
Forty-five security force personnel - reported to be predominantly police officers - were killed and 33 others wounded in a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack targeting an ammunition warehouse in Tharthar district in Iraq's Salah ad Din province on 2 June. No group
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The Philippine Navy (PN) has released images of the first major access road to a pier being built in Oyster Inlet on the South China Sea side of Palawan Island.
Oyster Inlet, which is in Ulugan Bay and 18 km from Naval Station Carlito Cunanan, has been the site of a small pier and fresh water
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
Portugal has approved the purchase of two additional Viana do Castelo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) from West Sea, Estaleiros de Viana.
Contractual negotiations will be carried out between the Ministry of National Defence procurement directorate (DGRDN) for a contract worth about EUR77
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
The Indian government has announced the scrapping of all preferential tax concessions to state-owned defence manufacturing entities: a move that aims to boost private sector participation in India's military sector.
In its notification on 1 June, the Commerce and Industry Ministry declared the
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
The South China Sea dispute again dominated this year's Shangri-la Dialogue, the 14th annual Asia Security Summit, with the United States explicitly accusing China of militarising its presence in the Spratly Islands to assert its territorial claims.
US defence secretary Ashton Carter took direct
mar, 02/06/2015 - 02:00
Spain's main defence industry association has welcomed a new government initiative that highlights nine essential capabilities in the sector that it wants to prioritise and protect from possible foreign takeovers.
The move will enable the industry to better compete with those in rival countries,
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