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PREMIUM: Raytheon nets MDA’s first-ever multiyear contract
Raytheon has locked in $2.1 billion in orders for Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors, in a watershed development that marks the first time the ...
Defence Notes
PODCAST: Friendly fire avoidance, USN plans for LCS and spotlight on UK air power
Welcome to Episode 13 of the second series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. Sign up to an early email alert ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: South Korea installs HUSS to protect ports
South Korea has finished installing a new indigenously developed surveillance system that can monitor ports against threats such as surface vessels, submarines, submersibles, divers or ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: As Operation Irini starts, the question is who will benefit?
The EU’s new maritime security mission, created to aid enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, officially stood up this week as the bloc shifts ...
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PREMIUM: Maya aids Japanese BMD
26th March 2020
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the first of two Maya-class destroyers in Yokohama on 19 March. JS Maya (DDG-179) is a guided missile ...
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Defence Notes
South America takes on coronavirus
25th March 2020
South America’s defence sector has increased its efforts in the regional fight against the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In Colombia, the Science and Technology Corporation ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: NATO maritime group begins Black Sea deployment
25th March 2020
Three vessels assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG-2) have passed through the Turkish Straits and entered the Black Sea. The Turkish Yavuz/Barbaros-class frigate TCG ...
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Defence Notes
French Army sets up first EMR for COVID-19 patients
25th March 2020
The French Army has set up the first military resuscitation element (EMR) in response to the growing number of COVID-19 coronavirus patients in France. The ...
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Land Warfare
Boeing to work on Minuteman cryptography upgrade
25th March 2020
Boeing has secured a firm-fixed-price contract modification of $8.33 million from the USAF Nuclear Weapons Centre in Utah, for production of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ...
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Land Warfare
Saudi Arabia to receive THAAD interceptors
25th March 2020
Lockheed Martin has secured a $932.83 million contract modification, including $605.34 million in FMS funding, to provide Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and ...
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Defence Notes
Threod Systems launches new ISR divisions
25th March 2020
Estonia-based Threod Systems on 24 March announced the creation of two new divisions – Cloud ISR and Homeland Security ISR – as part of a ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Turkish delight as Indian Navy finally replenishes support fleet
25th March 2020
The Indian Navy (IN) can look forward to receiving five Turkish-designed but locally built fleet support ships displacing 45,000t, after a deal was reportedly signed ...
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Training
PREMIUM: Singapore and Australia ink training area treaty
24th March 2020
The Singaporean and Australian defence ministries signed the ‘Treaty on Military Training and Training Area Development in Australia’ on 23 March, finalising a plan to ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Unwanted – one forward repair ship, two careful owners
24th March 2020
The intended sale of the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s (RFA's) former repair and marine logistics vessel Diligence has again been extended, following the apparent failure ...
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Defence Notes
Boeing halts production at Puget Sound
24th March 2020
Boeing announced on 23 March that it is temporarily suspending commercial aircraft production at its Puget Sound facilities over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The shutdown ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Germany tells of no ‘substantial’ changes to future procurement targets
24th March 2020
The German MoD and industrial base are reporting that key domestic procurements continue to run as scheduled, although the outbreak of COVID-19 is causing catastrophic international operational ...
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Defence Notes
UK enters first day of lockdown as military bolsters fight
24th March 2020
Boris Johnson addressed the UK on 23 March and announced further restrictions to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The new measures increase the likelihood that the ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: UK risks loss of influence should MCM capability slip
23rd March 2020
Senior former UK defence officials have said that the country should renew its MCM fleet once the current Hunt and Sandown classes leave service, given the importance of their ...
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Digital Battlespace
PREMIUM: US develops ethical code for AI operations, but questions remain over implementation
23rd March 2020
The US DoD’s new ethical principles for AI look to a future where such technologies are fielded at scale. However, implementation will be key with ...
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Naval Warfare
Brazil deploys frigate to support UNIFIL
23rd March 2020
The Brazilian Navy’s Niteroi-class frigate Independencia left the Port of Natal on 16 March to join the Maritime Task Force of the United Nations Interim ...
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Defence Notes
DASA launches competition for semi-autonomous water survey system
23rd March 2020
The UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a competition for development of a new semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system to help British forces ...
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Defence Notes
Il-76s transport Russian defence scientists to assist Italy
23rd March 2020
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent 100 scientists and epidemiologists to Italy, along with eight medical teams to provide assistance in the country’s ...
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Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Czech Army procures new fuel tankers
23rd March 2020
The Czech Army is improving its refuelling and fuel transportation processes with the procurement of seven CAPL and two CNS semitrailer fuel tankers. The Czech ...
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