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Nexter completes upgrade of French EBG Val engineering vehicles
France has completed its upgrade of 54 EBG Val engineering vehicles. Source: NexterHigh royalties, regulatory uncertainty, and political pressure will hamper Gambia's nascent oil sector
Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, before the opening session of the 17th African Union Summit on 30 June 2011. The unpredictability of Jammeh's policy direction poses a challenge for foreign investments in Gambia. Source: PAIndian Navy suffers 7th mishap in two months
INS Airavat steams out of Vizag harbour in May 2009 after its commissioning. The Shardul-class LST ran aground on 30 January while returning home to Visakhapatnam harbour. Source: Press Information Bureau of IndiaNew Iranian sub seen for the first time
Iran's Fateh-class submarine in the water. Source: IRIB
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Analysts: China 'losing influence over North Korea'
China's influence over its North Korean client state is at an all-time low, according to sources in Beijing, who say it has few - if any - levers left to control Pyongyang's behaviour. The US special envoy for North Korea, Glyn Davies, recently visited Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo to drum up support
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Azerbaijan increases defence spending
Azerbaijan's defence budget will total AZN2.95 billion (USD3.75 billion), or 14.7% of budget expenditures in 2014, according to figures released by the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD). The budget is up by USD150 million over 2013, when defence spending was set at USD3.6 billion. These funds
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CAE looks to Asia for growth
Key Points Canadian group CAE looks to expand in Asian defence simulation and training markets The company points to growing regional requirements for mission preparedness and training The Canadian simulation and training specialist CAE sees Asia as a key region for growth, driven by its growing
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Croatia's Duro Dakovic reports 2013 loss
Croatia's Duro Dakovic Holdings has announced a loss of HRK64.7 million (USD11.4 million) for 2013 as it failed to win business to replace the end of a deal for licensed production of the Patria AMV by its Duro Dakovic Special Vehicles unit. The majority state-owned industrial holding group said in
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GMLRS Alternative Warhead Program advances through testing
The US military's Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead, meant to replace its arsenal of cluster munitions with more reliable warheads, is progressing through its evaluations and is slated for initial operational testing in late 2014. "Four rockets were fired from a
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Gun battle with Brazilian police in Rio favela underlines increasing risk of kidnapping and robbery in tourist areas
EVENT A police raid on 4 February in the favela (slum) of Morro do Juramento in northern Rio de Janeiro resulted in six deaths, and injuries to three people, including two police officers. The raid followed the killing of a police officer at a Police Pacification Unit (UPP) in Morro do Juramento
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Homeland Security: 2013 In Review & Forecast Outlook
In this report IHS analyst Ken Chotiner examines the trends and developments in the homeland security market and looks forward to what the developments could mean for global markets over the next ten years. The video accompanying this report can be viewed above. -
IHS Jane’s Defence Budgets: End of Year Report 2013. Focus on Poland, Saudi Arabia and Japan
In this report Senior Analysts at IHS Jane’s Defence Budgets examine three defence budgets that were of particular note during 2013 and which promise to be of international significance over the coming years.
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Nexter completes upgrade of French EBG Val engineering vehicles
Nexter has completed the upgrade programme for the French Army's Engin Blindé du Génie Valorisé (EBG Val) engineering vehicles, with final deliveries on 5 February. The programme covered the upgrade of 54 vehicles: 42 of the EBG F1 (initial version) and 12 of the Système de
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GMD gets tepid review from Pentagon testers
The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, the United States' marquee missile defence weapon, received feeble support from the Pentagon's top system assessors in their annual report. GMD "has demonstrated a partial capability to defend the US homeland from small numbers of simple
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France orders ground segment of MUSIS
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) announced on 23 January it had awarded Airbus Defence & Space a contract to build the user ground segment of the MUSIS (MUltinational Space-based Imaging System for surveillance, reconnaissance and observation) space-based observation satellite
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Raytheon UK pursues GroundEye tactical C-IED capability
Raytheon UK is preparing to unveil what it believes to be the "world's first" handheld tactical improvised explosive device (IED) confirm/diagnose system for dismounted soldiers and small- to medium-sized unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The system, known as GroundEye, spins off existing
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High royalties, regulatory uncertainty, and political pressure will hamper Gambia's nascent oil sector
Key Points The Gambian government cancelled three exploration licences in January 2014 on the grounds that the firms were holding the concession for speculative purpos Independent investments in the upstream oil sector face high risks of government scrutiny and cancellation; joint ventures with the
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Indian Navy suffers 7th mishap in two months
The Indian Navy (IN) continues to be beset by accidents involving its frontline warships. In the service's seventh accident since the start of December, INS Airavat , its newest 6000-tonne landing ship tank (LST), ran aground and severely damaged its propellers on 30 January while returning home to
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India to fast-track US-2i amphibian purchase
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to fast-track negotiations to acquire Japan's ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft. Military officials said that while the MoD is yet to dispatch a tender for these platforms, the two governments are in "broad agreement" over
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Increased security measures in China's Xinjiang province unlikely to stem from Uighur attacks
EVENT Alleged ethnic Uighur militants set off two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Xinhe town, in the Aksu prefecture of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, on 24 January. The attacks, at a hair salon and a vegetable market, came before a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) was set off later on the
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India to fast-track US-2i amphibian purchase
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to fast-track negotiations to acquire Japan's ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft. Military officials said that while the MoD is yet to dispatch a tender for these platforms, the two governments are in "broad agreement" over
