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Les chantiers de Saint-Nazaire, en ligne avec leur volonté de se renforcer sur le marché militaire, viennent de dévoiler à l’occasion d’Euronaval un concept de bâtiment multi-missions conçu notamment pour la guerre des mines et les opérations hydro-océanographiques.

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The head of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification told delegations gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to assess the treaty’s implementation, the impacts of land degradation affect the sustainability of the entire world, so a global effort is needed to tackle it, including through the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Somalis were promised that 2016 would see the country's first democratic poll in nearly 50 years, but the reality is much more complicated.

Following a discussion with the main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues affecting people all over the world, three UN human rights experts briefed reporters in New York, highlighting steps to strengthen protection against torture.

The white beaches of Zanzibar’s coast are home to the octopus hunters, in search of the delicacy.

Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through Haiti 13 days ago, has left more than 700,000 people in an “extremely difficult situation,” United Nations Special Adviser David Nabarro said today, and while steady progress is being made, led by Haitians themselves, the response must be accelerated as the needs are still great, frustrations are high, and access to hard-hit areas remains tough.

Rendhagyó koncertet szerveztek október 8-án este a kispiaci templomban. Mindazok, akik részt vettek a Vörös László és Szerda Árpád által megálmodott, nem mindennapi eseményen, különös élmény részesei lehettek. A kis lélekszámú falucska minden pompától mentes templomát teljesen betöltötte az orgona és Szerda Árpád óbecsei zenész hangja.

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a USD255 million contract to develop a production model of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) satellite-based landing system. Contract options could raise the value to USD270 million. Raytheon will complete development of the autoland

BAE Systems and the Eurofighter consortium companies are looking to grow their engagement with Belgian industry as part of their offering of the Eurofighter Typhoon for a current Belgian Air Force requirement. It is expected that the Belgian government will invoke Article 346 of the Treaty on the

EVENT The faction of Boko Haram led by the Islamic State-imposed leader Abu-Musab al-Barnawi claimed on 17 October that it had killed 20 soldiers the day before in Ghashghar, near Nigeria's border with Niger. Using the name Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the group said it had

Thales released its third quarter results covering the first nine months of the year on 19 October, showing that the company is continuing to ride the bow-wave of the success of the Dassault Rafale aircraft in foreign markets. The company's overall order intake reached EUR10.22 billion (USD11.24

The United States is deploying its best military assets to the Asia-Pacific region as part of President Barack Obama's 'rebalance to Asia' and sees its regional security alliances as helping to ensure stability in the future, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter wrote in an article published on 18

A new secret facility with hardened shelters is to be constructed in Israel under a USD64.6 million contract that the US Department of Defence (DoD) awarded to the New Jersey-based company Conti Federal Services Inc on 18 October. The contract announcement gave no further details other than to say

Spanish company Expal announced on 18 October that it had signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space that will see the company provide engineering support for munitions to be mounted on an Airbus C295W. Expal said that they would be providing support "for the integration of standard

The concept design for the new Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (FTI) for the French Navy was unveiled by the French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on 18 October. The minister was joined at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris by Laurent Collet-Billon, head of France's defence

Key Points The five KPLP patrol boats receiving Scanter 6000 are KN Trisula , KN Kalimasadha , KN Kalawai , KN Chundamani , and KN Gandiwa Scanter 6000 system is being integrated with the Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine Vision Master ARPA display system Danish systems and sensors house Terma has

Key Points Lockheed Martin is continuing to develop its COMBATSS-21 CMS The system's lineage to the Aegis programme allows it to draw on established Aegis capability as well as any new developments incorporated US systems and sensors house Lockheed Martin is continuing development of its

Key Points NATO faces new range of conceptual and geographic threats Alliance member states must think differently about how to address such threats NATO faces a new range of threats today, in both geographic and conceptual contexts, and needs to learn to think differently in terms of how to

South Korea's Hanwha group, which has made several high-profile defence acquisitions over the past year or so, has announced a restructure to optimise industrial efficiencies. The Seoul-headquartered corporation said in a filing to the Korean Exchange on 17 October that the reorganisation is

Americas

• MQ-8C Fire Scout UAVs will be supplied with Leonardo’s 2-panel Osprey AESA radar following the dismissal of a protest by rival bidderTelephonics. Five radars will be delivered to the US Naval Air Systems Command in the first financial quarter of 2017 and will be used for integration, test and evaluation on-board the Bell Helicopter 407-derived MQ-8C, and the USN holds an option to buy a larger quantity for operational use. The radar will provide only 260-degree field of view and will come equipped with air-to-air targeting mode.

• Contracts have been awarded to Lockheed Martin for the provision of the ninth batch F-35 Joint Strike Fighter totalling $743 million. The DoD allocation comes as negotiations for Lots 9 & 10 continue. One contract sets not-to-exceed prices for up to $385 million on a range of services for the US military’s F-35 customers, including redesign and development of components with diminishing manufacturing and material services while another $333 million is being allotted to set not-to-exceed prices for one F-35A and one F-35B on behalf of a non-US participant in the program. Another $25.4 million of the award comes from the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme to pay for “country unique requirements.”

Middle East & North Africa

• Just over two years after the Islamic State rolled into the city of Mosul, Iraqi security and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have begun maneuvers to reclaim the city. The long awaited assault has stoked fears of a humanitarian crisis, creating more refugees from the one million civilians estimated to be still living in the city. Backed by US air power, Iraqi forces advancing on multiple fronts still remain some distance from Mosul and are expected to eventually take up positions on the edge of the city and lay siege before breaching its boundaries and directly engaging die-hard jihadists.

Europe

• Prototypes of a new variant of the Pantsyr mobile air defense system are currently being assembled with production slated to commence in 2018. Designated as Pantsyr-SM, the updated model will boost its detection range from 40 km to 75 km while the engagement range is expected to be doubled as well to 40 km. A navalized version, the Pantsyr-M, will be fielded on the warship Admiral Nakhimov next year. The naval variant features a quad-directional static radar array, and will use both the same missiles as the land-based Pantsyr-S1/Pantsyr-SM and the future Hermes-K missile for use against small surface targets and small aircraft like helicopters.

• A proposal submitted by MBDA and Lockheed Martin to provide the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to Germany will cost nearly double the $4.5 billion originally estimated. Several sources have backed up the claims made by Reuters, but little reason has been given as to why the costing has jumped so suddenly. Berlin is expected to request that MBDA provide an additional detailed breakdown of the cost of the major items in the proposal while some officials have already raised the possibility of going back to negotiate with Raytheon about a new version of the current Patriot missile defense system.

• Poland has shaken off criticisms from both Airbus and the French government by inviting the firm, alongside Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky and Italian firm Leonardo-Finmeccanica, to talks in relation to buying army helicopters worth about $254 million. The invitations come just a week after Warsaw cancelled a preliminary $3.4 billion deal with Airbus to buy 50 Caracal multi-role helicopters and the talks are being undertaken to fill an “urgent operational need declared by the armed forces of the Republic of Poland.” By declaring such an urgent need, the ministry can hold talks with a chosen contractor without the need to announce a new tender.

Asia Pacific

• Aegis or THAAD? With the expectation that Tokyo will request additional money to fund missile defense upgrades to repel North Korean ballistic missiles, a study will be funded on whether to buy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system or Aegis Ashore. It’s believed that money will also be provided to improve their existing PAC-3 air defense system as well. However, any purchases or modernizations will take time to implement as North Korea continues with its escalation of missile tests.

Today’s Video

The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) conducting its first airborne trap on a F/A-18E Super Hornet: