Defence`s Feeds

Boeing has been awarded a USD488.1 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to remanufacture 38 WAH-64D Apache Longbow AH1 attack helicopters to the latest AH-64E Apache Guardian standard for the United Kingdom. The contract, which was announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 11 May,

Chile's state-run shipyard ASMAR Astilleros commenced the construction of a new icebreaker in a ceremony on 9 May. The vessel is scheduled to be completed within four years at a cost of USD217 million, according to the Chilean Ministry of Defence. The new icebreaker will measure approximately 125 m

In Santiago, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for placing an improvised explosive device (IED) outside a dealership of commercial vehicles on 5 May.

Hensoldt, a German company specialising in sensors for military aircraft, has reached a deal to acquire EuroAvionics, the company announced on 12 May. EuroAvionics is currently held by private-equity group Equistone Partners Europe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EuroAvionics is a

EVENT Four armed individuals robbed a high-street bank branch of state-owned Banco de la Nación in La Victoria district of the capital Lima, taking between USD20,000 and USD25,000. The armed robbers carried Glock pistols and Mini UZI sub-machine guns and escaped in a BMW vehicle. No arrests

Turkey's state-own Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK) presented a number of new small arms system at the IDEF 2017 defence exhibition in Istanbul this month. The company extended the line of the MPT-76 National Infantry Rifle, chambered for the 7.62x51 mm NATO round, by introducing a

FOUR people were killed and 10 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted inside a vehicle, detonated in al-Shola district east of Iraq's capital Baghdad on 11 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

ONE civilian was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a road detonated in Jisr Diyala area east of Iraq's capital Baghdad on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

THREE civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a road detonated in Arab Jubour in Al-Dura area in Al-Rashid district Iraq's Baghdad province on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

THREE people were wounded when five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on a roadside detonated and hit a passenger bus near Kou Hadr area in Syria's Suweida governorate on 7 May, Iraqi News reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

ONE person was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near a marketplace in Suwaib southwest of Iraq's capital Baghdad in Baghdad governorate on 9 May, Iraqi news reported. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

India's Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has successfully test-fired a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Derby beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) in radar-guided mode. "The missile launch was performed in 'lock-on after launch mode' for a beyond-visual-range (BVR) target in the

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri handed over the last of four Type 212A-class diesel-electric submarines on order for the Italian Navy at its Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard on 11 May. Romeo Romei (S 529) follows third boat Pietro Venuti (S 528), which was delivered in July 2016. Boats three and four

Japanese Tier 1 defence contractors Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Subaru Corporation (formerly Fuji Heavy Industries) posted declines in earnings during fiscal year 2016 (FY 2016), the companies announced on 10 May. MHI said its net sales in the year ending 31 March declined year-on-year to

Key Points There were 33 different systems demonstrated at MFIX The focus was on precision fires, SHORAD, and directed energy and EW The US Army is hoping its recent manoeuvre and fires integration experiment (MFIX) will lead to the quick transition of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS)

Chinese CF-05 Submachine Gun

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a new indefinite-quantity / indefinite-delivery (IQID) contract to Canadian company Thornhill Research for the delivery of Field Anesthesia Systems to the US Marine Corps (USMC).

The Australian Government has reached an agreement for the acquisition of the common user facility and its surrounding land from the South Australian Government.

The US Navy and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have concluded the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (S2ME2 ANTX) 2017 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Emirate Caracal 817 Automatic Rifle