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Australia to more than double naval surface fleet, grow defense budget

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Royal Australian Navy will have its largest fleet since the end of World War II if it implements recommendations from a new independent review of its surface combat ships. The government’s “Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet”...
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UK refocuses on spiral development as key to successful programs

LONDON — The British military’s focus on increasing spiral development use means the Ministry of Defence is changing how it assesses new equipment being introduced into service. The MoD will drop the use of the terms initial operating capability and full operating...
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Honeywell, PTDI ink deal for Indonesia’s Black Hawk helicopter program

SINGAPORE — American company Honeywell has signed an agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia to provide avionics and mechanical products to a planned Black Hawk helicopter program. The memorandum of agreement, inked during the Singapore Airshow last week, includes the...
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France says any troops in Ukraine would be in non-combat roles

PARIS — France’s defense minister said any potential European military presence in Ukraine would be in non-combat roles, and not to fight Russians, following consternation among several NATO allies after French President Emmanuel Macron left open the option of putting...
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