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28 January 2020 Blanka Kolenikova
Czech president’s decision not to attend summit in China unlikely to alter foreign relations or affect investments
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28 January 2020 Byron McKinney
The sanctions imposed on subsidiary ship owners that were part of the COSCO Shipping family in late 2019 by the Office of Foreign Asset Control...
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28 January 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
The UK will leave the European Union on 31 January 2020 after 47 years of membership (a truly once in a century event). The uncertainty over...
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28 January 2020
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline project suffered another legal blow as on January 7 the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the air...
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27 January 2020 Ankita Vijay
Interest in developing small-scale LNG technology across North America is growing.
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27 January 2020
As we start the New Year, there is evidence of the market accelerating in a period that typically is marked by slower times.
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27 January 2020 Judson Jacobs Carolyn Seto
As the oil and gas industry transitions to a low-carbon future, companies are seeking to position themselves to succeed in this new and uncertain...
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27 January 2020 IHS Markit Automotive Expert
Brazil receives 30 different proposals on EV charging infrastructure
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27 January 2020
The Ukrainian Armed Forces has received the first 15 upgraded T-72AMT main battle tanks (MBTs), the Ukrainian Logistics Command announced on...
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27 January 2020
Slovenia plans to stop the decline in its defence spending, according to the White Paper presented by the Ministry of Defence in Ljubljana on...
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27 January 2020
The US Navy (USN) said it has no plans to field Boeing’s Multi-Mission Pod (MMP) aboard any of its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance...
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27 January 2020
US aircraft parts supplier Arconic said on 27 January that it expects to finish dividing itself into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies...
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27 January 2020
The US Navy (USN) has deployed its Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime System (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the first...
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27 January 2020
Another three Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) are working and being rigorously tested aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)...
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27 January 2020
Alsalam Aerospace Industries, an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) firm in Saudi Arabia, said on 27 January that it has named...
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27 January 2020
Key Points The USAF gave Aerojet Rocketdyne hundreds of millions of dollars to develop its AR1 engine The engine has no customers and is not...
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27 January 2020
China’s Sichuan Tengden Technology Company (Tengden) has completed initial testing of a three-engined variant of its medium altitude long endur...
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27 January 2020
Afghanistan is to receive an undisclosed number of Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to help replace its ageing Russian-built inventory...
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27 January 2020
A US Air Force (USAF) E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) aircraft crashed in Afghanistan on 27 January, footage of the incident...
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27 January 2020
The United States and Japan have agreed to co-operate on “streamlining” Japanese procurements of US military equipment through the US governme...
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27 January 2020
Key Points The assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani appears to signal a new harder military stance by the US towards Iran, which could...
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27 January 2020
RUAG Australia has upgraded and expanded its facilities near Melbourne, Victoria, to build hydraulic actuators for platforms including the Lockheed...
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27 January 2020
The US military dropped more munitions on Afghanistan in 2019 than in any other year over the past decade, figures released by Air Force Central...
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26 January 2020
The Bangladesh Navy (BN)-owned Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CCDL) has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) by 29 February from foreign shipbuilders...
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26 January 2020
Retired US Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, who until recently headed the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, is joining Lockheed Martin’s...
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24 January 2020 Bernard Aw
Flash PMI data signalled a deeper downturn in Australia’s private sector economy at the start of the year, with the headline index falling to...
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24 January 2020 Stephanie Rivera Nicholas Blanco Ha Nguyen
In an environment of oil supply glut, a new player entered the scene
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24 January 2020 Chris Williamson
US business activity grew at its fastest rate for ten months in January, according to IHS Markit’s flash PMI data
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24 January 2020 Ludovico Carlino
Failure by Prime Minister-designate to win confidence vote increases likelihood of new elections in Tunisia
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24 January 2020 Brian Lawson
Five sizeable emerging markets deals were sold successfully on 21 January, with Pemex particularly-successful.
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24 January 2020 Daejin Lee
On 15 January 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier He signed the highly anticipated “phase-one” trade agreement between the US and...
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24 January 2020 Chris Williamson
Flash PMI survey data indicate an encouraging start to 2020 for the UK economy
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24 January 2020 Chris Williamson
The eurozone economy started 2020 with growth remaining subdued as manufacturing continued to act as a substantial drag and service sector growth...
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24 January 2020 Paul Smith, Ph.D. Joseph Hayes
Our first growth estimates for the opening quarter of the new decade point to a continuation of meagre expansion across the European economy
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24 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
The debut of Guyana’s seaborne exports is rather significant for the regional market, as the producer will add significant output capacity.
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24 January 2020
The first full-scale conversion course of five French Navy helicopter pilots graduated on 17 January at Lanvéoc-Poulmic Air Base in a ceremony...
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24 January 2020
Key Points An Iron Fist Light Kinetic (IFLK) round has successfully intercepted an APFSDS projectile in tests It is unclear how interchangeable...
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24 January 2020 Bernard Aw
A week which sees the UK leaves the European Union is also packed with policy action from the Fed and the Bank of England, alongside GDP updates...
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24 January 2020
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is proving out the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) capabilities of its aviation training vessel...
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24 January 2020
Rafael displayed a more refined version of its Spike Firefly loitering munition during the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2020 conference...
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24 January 2020
Israel’s Controp Precision Technologies has won a tender to supply its iSKY-50HD electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) system for fitment onto unmanned...
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24 January 2020
India’s state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is about to begin series production of an upgraded variant of the Indian Army’s M46 towed field...
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24 January 2020
The Philippine Navy’s flag-officer-in-command, Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, has singled out the site currently occupied by Hanjin Heavy Industries...
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24 January 2020
The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to start operations in March with a new unmanned autonomous capability for peacetime mine countermeasures (MCM)...
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24 January 2020
Key Points A ballistic missile attack on a military camp in Yemen’s Marib governorate on 18 January killed 111 military personnel and wounded...
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24 January 2020
The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) suffered “slightly” more casualties between 1 June and 31 October 2019 than during the ...
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24 January 2020
Bird Aerosystems, an Israeli company that develops special-mission aircraft solutions and airborne missile protection systems, announced on 14...
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24 January 2020
Burkina Faso faces a collapse similar to the one in northern Mali in 2012 if Europe does not substantially step up its military presence and...
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24 January 2020
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and the Qatari Ministry of Defence have agreed to jointly study and evaluate new technologies that could lead...
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24 January 2020
The first two HSI32 high-speed interceptors have arrived at Royal Saudi Naval Forces’ (RSNF’s) Ras Mishab base in the Gulf, the Saudi Ministry of...
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24 January 2020
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has received into service its first operational carrier variant (CV) Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike...
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24 January 2020
Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Harwar has released images of its Zhanfu (Tomahawk) H16-V12 multi-rotor, vertical take-off...
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24 January 2020
Gunnar Wieslander, the head of Saab’s Kockums naval business area for the past four years, is leaving the Swedish defence company. With Kocku...
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24 January 2020
The government of India is preparing to sell off another stake in missile specialist Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a notice published recently...
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24 January 2020
The US Navy is planning to begin fielding the modernised and recertified Tomahawk Block V cruise missile from 2021, with the Block Va Maritime...
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24 January 2020
The US federal government has finalised new rules aimed at making it easier for US gun manufacturers to export some of their wares. For firearms...
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23 January 2020 Alisa Strobel
Zimbabwe has entered into a currency swap deal with China, however, the deal is unlikely to solve Zimbabwe's foreign-exchange crisis and suggests...
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23 January 2020 Rajiv Biswas
The economic consequences of the coronavirus could be extremely concerning for the Asia-Pacific region
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23 January 2020
DOE has published its responses to its report, “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States...
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23 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Concern increases around the future of Libya’s crude oil production yet again. There doesn’t seem to be any improvement on the horizon. Libya’s...
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23 January 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
China is by far the largest exporter of iron and steel in 2019 having exported 87.3 million metric tons which equals approximately 15.8 % of...
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23 January 2020
A Swedish BAE Systems Bofors Archer 155 mm/52 artillery system integrated onto a German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) HX2 (8×8) platform...
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23 January 2020
The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a USD400 million contract modification to cover the purchase of additional Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles...
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23 January 2020
The German Army’s Panzergrenadierbrigade (Armoured Infantry Brigade) 37 is training on off-the-shelf software to prepare for its digitalisation...
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23 January 2020
The UK’s Ajax armoured fighting vehicle family is progressing through its trials and is on schedule to reach its initial operational capability...
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23 January 2020
Indra has opened a new 7,000 sq m dedicated radar factory in Spain where nearly 200 staff will work on both military and civil contracts, the...
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22 January 2020 Deepa Kumar
Disputes between India's central and state governments probably to increase given disagreement over citizenship law, taxation
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22 January 2020 Ken Matheny, Ph.D. Ben Herzon, Ph.D.
Our examines the impact of a longer than expected pause in the production of Boeing’s 737 MAX
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22 January 2020
Parliamentary debates over labour liberalisation bill likely to fuel periodic, large-scale protests in Indonesia’s major industrial cities
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22 January 2020 William May
Commodities powered higher last week on Asian restocking demand and a clearer trade outlook
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22 January 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on 20 January that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF’s) space operations squadron will be...
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22 January 2020
The Portuguese government has completed the liquidation of the country’s defence industrial holding company Empresa Portuguesa de Defesa (EMPORDEF)...
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22 January 2020
Russia’s Engineering Troops are set to receive more than 600 systems in 2020, the service’s commander, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitskiy, told...
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22 January 2020
Saab has started assembly of the first aft-fuselage section of the T-7A Red Hawk for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase...
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22 January 2020
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is undertaking trials on a new search radar that may be intended for use on a future class of surface...
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22 January 2020
German Naval Yards (GNYK) has announced that it will take legal action against the German government in response to the selection of a Damen...
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22 January 2020
Indonesia’s first indigenously assembled Nagapasa-class diesel-electric submarine, Alugoro (405) , has successfully completed the nominal diving...
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22 January 2020
The Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has again called on mariners to re-route...
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22 January 2020
Aero Vodochody expects a near doubling of its revenues year-on-year in 2020, attributable in part to backlog orders for maintenance, repair...
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22 January 2020
Boeing has confirmed that its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter has been down-selected for a potential programme in Bangladesh. Company officials...
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22 January 2020
The first Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey carrier on-board delivery (COD) tiltrotor aircraft for the US Navy (USN) made its maiden flight on 21 January....
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22 January 2020
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Dynetics are shifting their focus in the Gremlins programme to aerial recovery of...
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22 January 2020
General Dynamics Land Systems UK (GDLS-UK) has initiated a pilot innovation project for the United Kingdom’s Ajax armoured fight vehicle (AFV)...
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22 January 2020
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the inclusion of a scheme to promote innovation in small businesses into the country’s military...
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22 January 2020
StandardAero, a US-based provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), has acquired aviation and industrial engine repairer TRS...
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22 January 2020
The United Kingdom has ordered a further four Airbus Helicopters H145 Jupiter training helicopters to add to the three already received, the...
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22 January 2020
US industrial conglomerate Curtiss-Wright has named longtime employee Lynn Bamford to the newly created, high-level position of president of...
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22 January 2020
The US Army may be taking a ‘tactical pause’ to reassess plans to acquire a replacement for its M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle fleet, but the ser...
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22 January 2020
The Bundeswehr awarded Rheinmetall a EUR110 million (USD122 million) contract in December to extend the service life of the Marder infantry fighting...
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22 January 2020
Key Points The US Department of Defense (DoD) will replace the F-35’s Autonomic Logistics Information System with a new effort A Pentagon watch...
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22 January 2020
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) air operations control station (AOCS) in Nieuw Milligen received the Signaal Multibeam Acquisition Radar...
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21 January 2020
Canada’s CAE has named Raytheon executive Todd Probert as president of its Defence & Security Group. Probert replaces Gene Colabatistto, who...
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21 January 2020
Dividend outlook for the US is upbeat despite a flat earnings growth outlook and ongoing US-China trade woes
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21 January 2020
iBoxx Standardized Total Return Swaps (“iBoxx TRS”) referencing the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index hit record volumes again.
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21 January 2020
AV 4.0 builds on the earlier three versions of automated vehicle guidelines released in 2016, 2017 and 2018
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21 January 2020 Paul Markwell
How is the energy transition impacting upstream oil and gas companies? We explore.
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21 January 2020
Duke Energy Progress LLC told the North Carolina Utilities Commission in a January 8 update that it is making progress with start-up of new gas-fired...
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21 January 2020
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has started trials of the 2S22 Bogdana, a wheeled self-propelled howitzer (SPH) armed with a 155 mm ordnance....
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21 January 2020
The Brazilian Navy inaugurated its new Antarctic station Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz (EACF) on 15 January. The facility at King George...
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21 January 2020
The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAOI) has confirmed that a Tor-M1 launched two missiles at Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752...
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21 January 2020
The Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, has received the first Nerva LG unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs)...
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21 January 2020
US industrial conglomerate EnPro Industries is selling naval engine builder Fairbanks Morse to private equity fund Arcline Investment Management...
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21 January 2020
Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak handed 15 airdrop-capable 4×4 vehicles to the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade in Krakow on...
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21 January 2020
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 21 January its decision to temporarily expand the operational area of the Republic...
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21 January 2020
MIDS on Ship (MOS) programme, a BAE System platform designed to enable US Navy warships to employ Link 16 tactical datalink communications across...
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20 January 2020 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
This Insight provides some context into the variation of emission sources that can arise from crude oil extraction
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20 January 2020 Chris Williamson
US factories enjoyed a strong end to 2019, with output rising in both November and December
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20 January 2020 Sian Jones
Despite difficult external demand conditions and a stalling manufacturing sector, the rate of inflation in the Czech Republic picked up in December...
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20 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
The US Senate has approved the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, while a trade deal was signed earlier this week between Washington and Beijing...
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17 January 2020 Diego Moya-Ocampos, LLB Carlos Cardenas Carlos Caicedo Carla Selman
Iran-US conflict to disrupt Brazil-Iran trade, increase Venezuela sanctions risks, and potentially undermine Argentina’s relationship with IMF...
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17 January 2020 Sian Jones Raj Badiani Ken Wattret Joseph Hayes Harumi Taguchi Chris Williamson Bernard Aw
A week which sees Davos host the 50th World Economic Forum commences with the IMF’s latest forecast on Monday and rounds off on Friday with the...
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17 January 2020 Paul Smith, Ph.D. Joseph Hayes
Decent expansion in France is being offset to an extent by ongoing weakness in Germany, the net result being another meagre growth estimation...
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17 January 2020
By: Douglas Crawford
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17 January 2020
Global dividends are predicted to grow by 5.5% to $1.9tr in 2020 despite headwinds such as Brexit and the US-China trade war.
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17 January 2020
Boeing has flown a Block 2-standard CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the first time with the Advanced Chinook Rotor Blade (ACRB), the...
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17 January 2020
The programme-of-record (PoR) for the four Eurofighter partner nations will shortly be concluded, with the final two air forces set to receive...
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17 January 2020
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) formally stood up a second unit to field the Lockheed Martin F-35I Adir combat aircraft, the service announced on...
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17 January 2020
The four operational Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) on aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) have performed 5,000 cycles and the US...
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17 January 2020
The US Navy (USN) is set to kick off a competition to acquire a new Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) designed to support both mine countermeasures...
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16 January 2020
Ansti Test Systems, a British company that makes test facilities for underwater breathing equipment, has been acquired by JFD, part of UK-based...
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16 January 2020
Raptor Scientific, a new US measurement and testing firm focused on aerospace and defence, has named industry veteran Derek Coppinger as its...
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16 January 2020
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has outlined a new funding programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
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16 January 2020 William Farmer
Al-Shabaab assault on airfield indicates broadening of target set to include military installations in Kenya and Somalia
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16 January 2020 Brian Lawson
After record Euro-issuance last week, markets remain highly-active with six sovereign syndicated bond deals: Saudi Aramco grew its IPO 15%
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16 January 2020 Nicholas Godec, CFA
Over the past few months, the market has paid keen attention to credit positioning within high yield, particularly to BB-rated debt versus all...
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16 January 2020
Tokyo Stock Exchange Holiday – December 31, 2019 – January 5, 2020
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16 January 2020 Brandon Savisky
2019 oil prices had their ups and downs, but the sentiment overall from a sub-segment of the upstream industry is steady.
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16 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
In 2017, producers across the Middle East supplied around 74% of crude oil flows to South Korea, with their share having dropped to 68% in 2018...
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16 January 2020
Egypt formally inaugurated a strategically significant new base complex on 15 January in an event attended by high-ranking dignitaries from allied...
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16 January 2020
The IronVision situational awareness system has been trialled on a modified Challenger 2 Streetfighter II for the first time, according to Elbit...
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16 January 2020
Shipbuilders and state acceptance trials for Russia’s latest amphibious ship are to be combined to speed the vessel’s entry into navy service....
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16 January 2020
The third time is not the charm for US Army’s effort to replace the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The service is cancelling its Optionally Manned...
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16 January 2020
Key Points GDLS-UK has missed the target to deliver the first squadron set of Ajax vehicles by the end of 2019 This will delay training on the...
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16 January 2020
Following the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP’s) re-election in the 11 January Taiwanese presidential poll, the Chinese State Council’s Taiwan...
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16 January 2020
Belgium has received nine Squire battlefield surveillance radar from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Belgian MoD announced on...
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16 January 2020
The first of four Hamina-class missile fast attack craft (FAC), FRNS Tornio , has been delivered to the Finnish Navy following the completion...
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16 January 2020
France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) has ordered eight new diving tenders from Merré Shipyard for operation by the French Navy, the...
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16 January 2020
US shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have recently announced several key personnel...
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16 January 2020
India’s private-sector defence contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has delivered ahead of schedule more than half of the 100 K9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52...
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16 January 2020
The Russian Ministry of Defence has contracted the KBP Instrument Design Bureau (Shipunov) to integrate the TKB-0252 Drozd-2 hard kill active...
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16 January 2020
Training with live ammunition is a critical element of ground forces training, but live-fire training has an inescapable risk factor and there...
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16 January 2020
Key Points Boeing is offering its Compact Laser Weapon System to the US Navy The weapon comes in both 2 and 5 kW configurations Boeing is promoting...
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16 January 2020
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) newly inducted ‘AH-64E(I)’ Apache Guardian attack helicopters and Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters will participate...
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16 January 2020
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on 14 January announced the award to Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control of a USD31.9...
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16 January 2020
Australia has transferred pilot and maintainer training for Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft from the United...
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15 January 2020 Ken Wattret
Consumer spending remains the bright spot in a difficult period for the eurozone economy, helped by hitherto low inflation rates.
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15 January 2020 Carlos Caicedo
Brazil’s fiscal reform likely to lose momentum in 2020 given president’s lack of engagement with Congress
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15 January 2020 David Owen
South Africa’s private sector stumbled at the close of 2019, with output contracting amid a heightened round of “load shedding” that caused significant...
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15 January 2020
The Ecuadorian Air Force has ordered eight Grob Aircraft G 120TP twin-seat turboprops to bolster its fleet of basic trainers. The aircraft will...
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15 January 2020
The inclusion of electric propulsion systems in future US Navy (USN) platforms, such as Columbia-class submarine, a guided-missile frigate, and...
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15 January 2020
The Indonesian government has approved an increase in the proposed defence budget for 2020, taking the allocation to IDR131.2 trillion (USD9.6...
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15 January 2020
Key Points The Indonesian Navy has submitted requests to equip five more Panther helicopters with anti-submarine, surface warfare capabilities...
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14 January 2020
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco), China’s most important military vehicle manufacturer, said on 14 January that it had achieved its...
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14 January 2020 John Mothersole John Anton
What will the market look like in 2020 for metals?
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14 January 2020 Daejin Lee
China's 2019 coal imports were up 6.3% compared with 2018 levels, while December’s imports tumbled nearly 73% to 2.77 million tonnes.
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14 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
OPEC seems to be determined to do all they can to support crude oil prices, with their production having dropped further in December.
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14 January 2020
Naviris, the joint venture (JV) that Italy’s Fincantieri and France’s Naval Group recently created to co-operate on naval projects, is now “fully...
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14 January 2020
The first of the ‘stretched’ 7,500 tonne Type 052D (Luyang III)-class destroyers for China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) entered service...
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14 January 2020
Key Points Most of the DoD’s F-35 supply chain will be out of Turkey by March This shows the US is serious about removing Turkey from the F-35...
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14 January 2020
The Korea Coast Guard’s (KCG’s) Five West Sea Islands Guard Unit has boosted its interdiction capabilities with two new fast interceptor craft....
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14 January 2020
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) has been selected as the preferred bidder to build the German Navy’s MKS 180 multirole combat ships...
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14 January 2020
The Raytheon AN/SPY-6(V)4 radar suite is ready to be backfit on the DDG 51 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, Scott Spence...
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14 January 2020
The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra has announced that the AUD24-million (USD16.5-million) extension of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s)...
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14 January 2020
The Indian Navy (IN) announced on 13 January its decision to adopt a better quality of fuel for use by its surface and underwater platforms to...
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14 January 2020
The Malaysian Army has issued requests for bids from locally registered companies for the supply of vehicles for its special forces regiment....
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14 January 2020
A further two anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable Type 056A (Jiangdao)-class corvettes have entered service with China’s People’s Liberation...
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14 January 2020
Contracts worth AUD24.4 million (USD17 million) have been awarded to two Australian companies to supply equipment as part of a major chemical...
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14 January 2020
The relatively close maritime quarters of the Gulf and the accuracy of the Iranian weapons, particularly ballistic missiles, put US Navy (USN)...
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14 January 2020
In re-examining its 355-ship goal, the US Navy (USN) must consider how to shift costs away from high-end platforms to a larger number of smaller...
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14 January 2020
The US Army has finished evaluating Robotic Combat Vehicle light and medium (RCV-L and RCV-M) proposals, and has selected QinetiQ North America...
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14 January 2020
The value of permits issued to Australian defence exporters reached a record of nearly AUD5 billion (USD3.5 billion) in fiscal year (FY) 2018/19...
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14 January 2020
The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) French procurement agency has officially awarded the signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft ARCHANGE...
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14 January 2020
Egypt now has the capability to aerial refuel combat aircraft, with an official video released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) showing ‘buddy-buddy’...
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14 January 2020
Leonardo has secured the US Navy’s (USN’s) TH-XX training helicopter replacement requirement, with a USD176.5 million contract awarded on 13...
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14 January 2020
An investigation into all Saudi nationals undergoing military training in the United States in the wake of the shooting at Pensacola Naval Air...
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14 January 2020
The US Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) has approved the acquisition of an undisclosed number of Rafael Advanced Defence System Spike...
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13 January 2020
US aircraft parts makers Hexcel and Woodward have announced plans to merge, saying the combined company will create efficiencies by offering...
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13 January 2020
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) posted record revenues and profit during 2019 on the back of enhanced efficiencies and continued...
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13 January 2020
Lockheed Martin recently gave USD4 million to PV Labs to help the small Canadian imaging technology firm develop improved aerial sensors. The...
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13 January 2020 Chris Williamson
The latest GDP data add to signs that the UK economy stagnated at best in the fourth quarter of last year
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13 January 2020 Steven Frable
Economic studies ascribe a range of effects (positive and negative) to higher minimum wages. We take a close look as 26 states make adjustments....
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13 January 2020 Fotios Katsoulas
Brazil’s crude oil production has remained strong since November, when it reached a new record high, according to the National Petroleum Agency....
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13 January 2020 Nitin Budhiraja
Vehicle production in Turkey stood at 1.46 million units in 2019, down by 6% year on year (y/y)
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13 January 2020
Lockheed Martin will deliver 50 C-130J Hercules transport aircraft to the Pentagon and US Coast Guard (USCG) as part of a third multiyear award...
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13 January 2020
The US Army is investigating plans to field a Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF) in the Indo-Pacific region next year and looking at options to base...
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13 January 2020
Finland has begun the flight test evaluation of the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Finnish Air Force’s HX Boeing F/A-18 C/D Hornet replacement...
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13 January 2020
The Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) announced on 12 January that a series of trials of an improved Iron Dome air defence system had been completed...
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13 January 2020
Amid tensions between Washington and Tehran, Tokyo despatched two P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to the Middle East on 11 January...
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13 January 2020
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to spend about RUB1.5 trillion (USD24.54 billion) on the implementation of the State Defence Order...
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13 January 2020
The Korea Coast Guard (KCG) has taken delivery of at least six of eight 500-tonne Tae Geuk-class patrol vessels it ordered from Busan-based shipbuilders...
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10 January 2020 Daniel Kral
The timing and nature of the decision are highly unusual, while the reasoning is not entirely clear.
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10 January 2020 Yanyu He, Ph.D
On the demand side, India is arguably the second most important market after China, in terms of driving LPG demand growth
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10 January 2020 Sian Jones Rajiv Biswas Ken Wattret Chris Williamson
The week sees a wealth of key official data releases that will add to our knowledge of how the World’s major economies fared in the closing months...
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10 January 2020 Annabel Fiddes
The latest KPMG and REC survey data, compiled by IHS Markit, showed a renewed upturn in overall UK recruitment activity at the end of 2019. Permanent...
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10 January 2020
Key Points The US Army will reduce spending on FARA-CP government furnished equipment to make up for a FY 2020 spending reduction The programme’s top o...
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10 January 2020
Lockheed Martin has named Steven Walker, former director of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as chief technology officer...
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10 January 2020
Key Points Indonesia has sent more warships and a submarine to the Natuna Islands, even as China appears to have backed down from a stand-off...
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10 January 2020
Scale models of the next-generation Project 585 (Laika-class) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) under development for the Russian...
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10 January 2020
Three major UK nuclear weapons and submarine infrastructure projects have been hit by 115% cost increases and faced delays of more than 19 months...
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10 January 2020
The first batch of Russia’s 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV 152 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH) has completed its preliminary company trials ahead of fa...
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10 January 2020
UK aerospace engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is developing “world-first” technology for the Tempest future fighter project, the company announced o...
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10 January 2020
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is “assessing methods” to improve the sharing of security-related information with contractors, according t...
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10 January 2020
An IHS Markit source reported on 8 January 2020 that jihadist group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabaab) likely intended to attack unspecified...
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10 January 2020
While the commander of Iran’s missile force has said the ballistic missile attacks on Iraqi bases early on 8 January were not intended to ki...
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10 January 2020
The Russian Ground Forces will receive BMP-2 and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) upgraded with the unmanned Epokha and Berezhok combat...
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10 January 2020
The head of the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran has rejected claims that an Iranian air defence system shot down Ukraine International Airlines...
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10 January 2020
Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) are completing development of a new command, control, communications and computer (C4) system in 2021 for their...
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10 January 2020
Russia’s Baltic Fleet will declare its upgraded Kamov Ka-27M (‘Helix’) anti-submarine helicopters operational later this year. The fleet’s 396th...
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10 January 2020
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) is to initiate efforts to involve local industry in the Land 400 Phase 3 project to replace the Australian...
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10 January 2020
Chile looks set to contract the supply of satellite imagery to a third-party, rather than procure a new satellite as previously planned. Jane’s was t...
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10 January 2020
A Bell 212 helicopter, belonging to the Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Peru: FAP), has been deployed to Peru’s scientific base in Antarct...
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10 January 2020
A South African Air Force (SAAF) Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules airlifter crashed on landing at Goma Airport in the Democratic Republic of the...
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10 January 2020
The Israel Ministry of Defense announced on 8 January that its investment in laser technology has led to a breakthrough that paves the way for...
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10 January 2020
The US State Department has approved a potential USD2.75 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off and vertical...
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10 January 2020
Turkey has begun deploying military personnel and hardware in support of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), President Recep Tayyip...
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10 January 2020
The Peruvian state-run shipyard Servicios Industriales de la Marina (SIMA) commenced the modernisation process of BAP Antofagasta (SS-32), one...
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10 January 2020
The Guatemalan government inaugurated on 3 January the country’s first shipyard (Astillero Naval de la Marina de la Defensa Nacional), in th...
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10 January 2020
The US Navy (USN) remains committed to reaching a 355-ship fleet, Acting USN Secretary Thomas Modly affirmed in his 9 January service Vector...
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09 January 2020 Brian Lawson
A record USD3 billion sale by Israel along with successful sovereign debt sales by Slovenia, Ireland and Portugal.
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09 January 2020 Coralie Laurencin Alun Davies
Winds of change blew across Europe’s gas and power markets in 2019.
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09 January 2020 Tomasz Brodzicki, Ph.D.
The current escalation of tensions with the US will adversely affect the Iranian economy and its trade relations and could destabilize the Middle...
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09 January 2020
US cyber officials remain on alert for additional retaliatory strikes against key government or civilian networks, as tensions between Washington...
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09 January 2020
China’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced on 3 January that nine Chinese cities in the Pearl River delta have signed an agreement on th...
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09 January 2020
Key Points A year after beginning final operational trials, the Russian 29B6 ‘Konteyner’ OTHR system began full combat duty in Kovylino in Mordovia...
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09 January 2020
The number of Chinese government vessels entering the contiguous zone of the Japanese-controlled but Chinese-claimed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands reached...
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09 January 2020
Swiss company RUAG is selling its civil aviation maintenance site at Locarno Airport so its new maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) unit...
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09 January 2020
The Brazilian Navy will field its INSITU ScanEagle long-endurance fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from the Niterói-class frigates and ...
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09 January 2020
The head of Park Aerospace said on 9 January that his small US-based company has begun working on a ‘secret’ Lockheed Martin development programme. ...
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09 January 2020
Key Points Bell performed its first autonomous V-280 flight in December with a pair of 20 minute sorties The US Army will select two competitors...
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09 January 2020
Key Points The Philippines is preparing a newly received OPV for its first rescue mission The country’s armed forces have also been instructed to pr...
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09 January 2020
Amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the Pakistan Navy have deployed warships to...
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09 January 2020
Northrop Grumman has completed initial at-sea testing of its AQS-24B minehunting sonar using a new deploy and retrieval (D&R) payload, the com...
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09 January 2020
Pakistan’s Standing Committee on Defence Production has outlined requirements for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) to become more effic...
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09 January 2020
The United States retains concerns that India’s procurement of the Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) syste...
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09 January 2020
Elbit Systems announced on 7 January that it has been awarded an initial contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) to provide Iron...
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09 January 2020
The US Air Force (USAF) has issued a request for information (RFI) to develop the Stand In Attack Weapon (SiAW) to equip the Lockheed Martin...
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09 January 2020
General Dynamics European Land Systems-Santa Bárbara Sistemas (GDELS-SBS) is set to continue looking for ways to win the contract for Spain’s new 8×8 Dr...
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09 January 2020
The first Eurofighter combat aircraft configured for Kuwait made its maiden flight towards the end of 2019, the company announced. Instrumented...
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09 January 2020
Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced on its website on 8 January that its ground forces will receive 40,000 new AK-12 assault rifles durin...
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08 January 2020
Amount to be used to provide subsidies for buying eco-friendly vehicles and for setting more charging stations
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08 January 2020 Allen Wang
Southeast Asian economies have grown on average by 4% to 7% per annum since the start of the decade.
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08 January 2020 Tim Urquhart, B.A.
Tesla plans production of up to 500,000 upa at new German plant
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08 January 2020 William May
European gas prices plummet on pipeline deal, before US-Iran tensions boil over at the week's end
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08 January 2020
In early December, IHS Markit was named Best Corporate Actions Data Provider in the Data Management Insight Awards. Published by the influential...
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08 January 2020 Tom Jackson
A trend of weaker population growth overall and a decline in natural population increase has negative implications for economic growth at both...
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08 January 2020
Indra is expanding its presence in the cyber security sector with the announcement on 8 January that it is acquiring fellow Spanish company SIA....
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08 January 2020
The United Kingdom is to upgrade its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft with the new Distributed Aperture...
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08 January 2020
Since early January 2020, the United States has taken steps to reinforce its land and air capabilities in the Gulf region. Key developments include...
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08 January 2020
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has issued an invitation to tender for the procurement of a laser-based weapon pod, as reflected in an entry...
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France blocks missile development with Turkey, Altay MBT delayed by lack of powerpack, SSB head says
08 January 2020
France is blocking missile development with Turkey while production of the Altay main battle tank (MBT) has been delayed because of the lack...
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08 January 2020
US law prohibits Pentagon from using or procuring Chinese UAVs and services The United States’ fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (...
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08 January 2020
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the ballistic missile attacks on two Iraqi bases hosting US forces early on 7 January...
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08 January 2020
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy has equipped one of its ageing Alvand-class (Vosper Mk 5) frigates with new indigenously developed combat systems....
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08 January 2020
Ansar Allah Better known as the Houthis, Ansar Allah has been provided with both arms, training, and manpower by Iran. The most serious threat...
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08 January 2020
Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) announced on its website on 2 January that it had signed a TRY900 million (USD151.3 million) contr...
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08 January 2020
The UK’s ambitious plans to field an operational ‘swarming drone’ capability by the middle of this year looks to be in doubt as the experiment...
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08 January 2020
Key Points Iran fields a range of imported, improved, and indigenous anti-ship weapons These weapons provide a range of options and anti-access...
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08 January 2020
On 6 January Bolivian Defence Minister Fernando Lopez announced that, due to the post-electoral crisis that Bolivia experienced last year, the...
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08 January 2020
Special forces and scout units within China’s People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) and People’s Armed Police (PAP) appear to be incr...
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08 January 2020
Eurocorps took over command of the NATO Response Force (NRF) Land for 2020 during a ceremony in Strasbourg, France, on 8 January, the multinational...
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08 January 2020
US President Donald Trump said the United States will impose additional sanctions on Iran instead of retaliatory military strikes, at least for...
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08 January 2020
To fight wars in the Middle East in previous decades, the United States was able to tap a robust logistics network to transport personnel and...
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08 January 2020
The US air strike on 3 January that killed Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad International Airport immediately...
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08 January 2020
US-based Cubic Corporation has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Pixia Corporation, which provides imagery management software...
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08 January 2020
An American industry group is asking the US departments of defence and state to regularly share updated threat information with government contractors...
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08 January 2020
Dassault Aviation delivered 66 airplanes in 2019, up from 53 the year before, the French company announced on 7 January. Dassault said it provided...
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08 January 2020
Key Points Indonesia has kicked-off the procurement process for a new class of offshore patrol vessels The vessels will fill the perceived operational...
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08 January 2020
Iran retaliated for the assassination of a top general by launching more than a dozen short-range ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing...
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08 January 2020
UK-based TT Electronics has acquired a US business that designs and builds power products for aerospace and defence. TT announced on 7 January...
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08 January 2020
Key Points Pakistan has bolstered its aerial maritime patrol capabilities by inducting another ATR-72 aircraft, and the LUNA NG unmanned system...
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08 January 2020
The South Korean presidential office has announced a new government position to drive defence industrial development within the country. The...
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08 January 2020
Textron Aviation has acquired Australian maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist Premiair Aviation Maintenance, it was announced on...
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08 January 2020
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) fields an inventory of outdated and increasingly unserviceable aircraft types that were mostly...
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08 January 2020
The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) – the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development arm of defence prime China Aerospace Scien...
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08 January 2020
Recent Iranian ballistic missile attacks against US forces at Iraqi sites highlight the increased threat US naval forces could face as tension...
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08 January 2020
Bangladesh is to receive the last of five UK-surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft in the coming weeks, the UK Ministry...
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07 January 2020 Asad Ali
Singapore's election likely in March 2020, followed by ruling party leadership transition, but policy continuity almost certain
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07 January 2020 Laura Sima
Recent research shows that the E&P sector is experiencing a ‘crisis of perception.’ What does this mean for investors in the...
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07 January 2020 Chris Williamson
Worldwide growth accelerated for a second successive month in December, according to the latest PMI surveys, registering the strongest monthly...
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07 January 2020
Key Points The Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin agreed to a new F-35 sustainment deal The F-35 programme is struggling to get control...
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07 January 2020
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has restructured its US subsidiaries in line with the company’s efforts to optimise busin...
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07 January 2020
Two major business groups are urging a United States court to overturn an administrative board’s decision that they assert could jeopardise defen...
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07 January 2020
Robotic Research, a Maryland-based developer of autonomy and robotic technologies catering to commercial and government customers, has taken...
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07 January 2020
Key Points Although artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly prevalent tool in the military and security spheres, its use by malicious...
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07 January 2020
Key Points Russia's LRA is undergoing a renaissance that saw it thrust centre-stage in Moscow’s campaign in Syria during 2015–17. Operations ...
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07 January 2020
DroneShield has been shortlisted through the US Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search (xTechSearch) programme to collaborate on artificial intel...
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07 January 2020
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (ADG) has been awarded a multi-year contract to support the Kuwait Air Force fleet of KC-130J tanker-transport...
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07 January 2020
The French Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced in a press release on 6 January the award of a EUR44 million (USD49 million) contract to Glock...
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07 January 2020
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) FT-7 advanced jet trainer crashed on 7 January near the district of Mianwali in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, killi...
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07 January 2020
Lockheed Martin delivered 134 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) in 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry goal for the...
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07 January 2020
The US Navy (USN) is soon to receive the first Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block 3 testbed aircraft. A representative from Boeing told Jane’s on 7 ...
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07 January 2020
The Egyptian military released footage of Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters operating from one of its Mistral landing helicopter dock (LHD)...
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07 January 2020
South Korea has redeployed a Patriot missile unit from a southeastern region to central Seoul, the Yonhap News Agency reported on 7 January Operated...
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07 January 2020
Russia’s Airborne Troops (VDV) have begun to receive new ‘heavy drop’ systems for parachuting regular-sized armoured vehicles with their crews ...
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07 January 2020
African customers have ordered patrol boats that have been built by Vietnamese shipyards, the country’s Tuổi Trẻ newspaper reported on 2 Jan...
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07 January 2020
The United States is sending six Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for possible strikes...
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07 January 2020
The Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD) published photos of the prototype of the upgraded M80AB1 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) at a demonstration...
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07 January 2020
The US airstrike killing Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport on the night of 2–3 January marks a significant escal...
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07 January 2020
Denmark’s Systematic is releasing a maritime add-on module as part of the latest 6.10 release of its SitaWare Headquarters command, control, commu...
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