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• Naval Warfare

  VSTEP wins Dutch training centre order

  30th June 2015

  VSTEP has received orders for three inland console trainers and a full mission inland navigation simulator from the Maritieme Academie Holland's new Inland Navigation Center …

• Military Logistics

  A&P Australia to maintain HMAS Choules

  30th June 2015

  Atlantic & Peninsula (A&P) Australia has been awarded an in-service contract for maintaining Australia's HMAS Choules Bay-class landing ship dock for two years, the Australian …

• Land Warfare

  Saab announces RBS 70 missile order

  30th June 2015

  Saab has received an order worth around $32.45 million for delivering of RBS 70 missiles along with equipment and training to an undisclosed customer, the …

• Digital Battlespace

  Boeing orders P-8A OFT hardware

  30th June 2015

  Boeing has ordered simulator hardware from CAE for four additional P-8A Poseidon operational flight trainers (OFTs), CAE announced on 29 June. Of the four new …

• Naval Warfare

  HMAS Melbourne fires Evolved Sea Sparrows

  30th June 2015

  The HMAS Melbourne Adelaide-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy fired two Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles off the New South Wales coast on 24 June. …

• Defence Helicopter

  HAL LCH completes hot weather trials

  30th June 2015

  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) has successfully completed hot weather flight trials at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the company announced on 26 June. The …

• Naval Warfare

  Singapore navy reveals stealth vessel

  30th June 2015

  The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) revealed a new stealth vessel ahead of Singapore’s golden jubilee parade scheduled for 9 August. A prototype of the …

• Land Warfare

  Australian C-RAM funded for future ops

  29th June 2015

  Australia has given first pass and second pass approval for the LAND 19 Phase 7A project for Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System (C-RAM) sense-and-warn …

• Military Logistics

  RSAF extends BAE Systems training contract

  29th June 2015

  BAE Systems has been awarded an extension to its Air Grading Centre (AGC) support contract with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), the company …

• Military Logistics

  ManTech awarded TACOM TS3 contracts

  29th June 2015

  ManTech International has been awarded Equipment-Related Services (ERS) and Knowledge-Based Services (KBS) components of the US Army's TACOM Strategic Solution Services (TS3) contracts, it announced …

• Land Warfare

  Singapore Army unveils new vehicles

  29th June 2015

  Ahead of Singapore’s Golden Jubilee celebration parade on 9 August, the Singapore Army is replacing some of its ageing equipment. It wants to take the …

• Land Warfare

  Saab bags Finnish NLAW contract

  29th June 2015

  Saab has received an order for the Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) from the Finnish defence forces for approximately $35.73 million, the company announced on …

• Digital Battlespace

  UK's Dstl launches cyber competition

  29th June 2015

  The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has launched a competition related to …

• Defence Helicopter

  South Korea signs LAH and LCH contracts

  29th June 2015

  Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed development contracts for both its Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) and Light Civil Helicopter (LCH) programmes, propelling both project forward. …

• Defence Notes

  UK to step up Ukraine forces training

  29th June 2015

  The UK will step up its training programme for the Ukrainian armed forces, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced at the NATO Ministerial meeting in Brussels …