Aussie soldiers can be required to carry more than 85kg into combat. Meanwhile, that suitcase you complain bitterly about lugging 500 metres to bag check at the airport is likely under 21kg, the standard weight limit for most airlines. This exoskeleton’s ability to ease more than 50kg of that weight is going to literally be a weight off our troop’s shoulders. The suit’s system of flexible cables work passively, transferring part of this carried weight directly to the ground.

It may not have the raw power of the Iron Man suit being developed by the US Army, but the Operations Exoskeleton still manages to achieve high tech results with low tech concepts.

The J-31, China's indigenous stealth fighter, flies during a trial run. Researchers hope that advances in metamaterials may improve stealth capabilities of military aircraft. (Photo : Xinhua)

China has started to make advances in its research into “metamaterials” in the hopes of achieving the People’s Liberation Army’s dream of developing an “invisible” stealth aircraft, according to a recent report by the Beijing-based Sina Military Network.

Metamaterials are synthetic materials designed to control light, radar, sound and electromagnetic waves, and other physical phenomena. Their properties are a combination of the inherent properties of their base material and the way their structure is designed, including shape, geometry, size and orientation.

China has dramatically increased its land-reclamation activities in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea and is using naval patrols to aggressively assert its territorial claims in the region, according to a new Pentagon report released Thursday.

The report, the contents of which were revealed by the Wall Street Journal, found that China had, as of June 2015, reclaimed 2,900 acres of land across the archipelago of disputed islands. The figure represents an almost 50 percent increase from May 2015, when the Pentagon said that China had reclaimed about 2,000 acres of land in the region.

China has been embroiled in a territorial dispute with other Asian countries over the South China Sea, almost all of which Beijing claims as its territory. Nations including Japan, Brunei, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea have also staked claims to certain areas of the sea.

China has made expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, with its so-called “nine-dash line,” by which it claims historic territorial rights over virtually all of the South China Sea, which experts believe may be rich in deposits of natural resources.

China's claims have brought it into conflict with both its neighbors, and the U.S., which has pointedly ignored China's claims, and has flown military patrol aircraft through the disputed region, prompting China's navy to go on high alert.

The Philippine government’s plan to develop Subic Bay as a military facility was first announced in October 2012, four months after the Chinese occupation of Scarborough Shoal.  When it was announced, Philippine and U.S. officials confirmed that Subic Bay–once the U.S. 7th Fleet homeport and the primary staging area for all American naval activities in the Southeast Asian waters–as a Philippine military facility that will host U.S. forces on a semi-permanent rotational presence.  These U.S. forces will engage the AFP in regular joint exercises to develop the latter’s doctrine and equipment in territorial defense, and enhance the two allies’ interoperability.  There were also plans to preposition U.S. logistics assets in the Subic Bay, and utilize some of the port facilities to service U.S. Navy ships.  Earlier in April 2012, America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) subsidiary AMSEC signed an agreement with South Korean Shipbuilding Company Hanjin Heavy Industries and Constructions to provide maintenance, repair, and logistics for U.S. Navy ships using Hanjin’s dry docks in Subic Bay.

On 28 April 2014, Philippine Defense Secretary Gazmin and U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). This executive agreement provides the framework by which the Philippines and the U.S. can develop their individual and collective (defense) capabilities. Such task can be accomplished through the rotational deployment of American forces in Philippine bases.  Although the EDCA allows American forces to utilize AFP-owned and -controlled facilities, the Philippine base commander has unhampered access to these locations.  Likewise, American built or improved infrastructure inside these installations can be used by the AFP.  Furthermore, any construction and other activities within in the Philippine bases require the consent of the host country through the Mutual Defense Board (MDB) and Security Engagement Board (SEB).

Through the EDCA, U.S. forces are afforded two innovative access arrangements in the Philippines, namely:  a) forward operating sites – expandable military facilities with limited U.S. military support presence; and b)  cooperative security locations – facilities with little or no permanent American presence and maintained by the host-nation.  These are less expensive, less visible and less vulnerable access arrangements that offer greater strategic and operational flexibility.

Unfortunately, left-wing groups and ultra-nationalist personalities questioned EDCA’s  constitutionality as an executive agreement requiring no concurrence from the Philippine Senate. EDCA is currently in a legal limbo as both sides wait for a decision from the Philippine Supreme Court before the agreement can be implemented.  However, confronted by Chinese island building activities in the South China Sea, the Philippine government decided to push through with the development of Subic Bay as a training and forward launching facility for U.S. forces operated by the AFP.  Secretary Gazmin admitted that U.S. military (rotational) presence in the AFP military facilities would help.  However, if the court decides against EDCA, the Philippine government will still proceed to develop these facilities inside Subic Bay Freeport.

North Korea's military are under orders to be "fully ready" for war, according to a South Korean news agency.

Kim Jong-Un declared a "quasi-state of war" after convening an emergency meeting of the communist country's military leaders, Yonhap reported North Korean TV as saying.

The movement of vehicles in North Korea carrying short range Scud and medium-range Rodong missiles has been detected by US and South Korean surveillance, according to the same agency.

Airbus begins work on Tiger Mk3 attack helicopter

Nicholas de Larrinaga, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
20 August 2015


OCCAR has commissioned an architecture study for the Tiger Mk3 attack helicopter, which will stem from a mid-life upgrade to the helicopter. Pictured are a French Tiger HAP and a German Tiger UHT. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen

Airbus Helicopters is working on a new version of its Tiger attack helicopter, dubbed the Tiger Mk3.

The work is being conducted under an 'architecture study' commissioned by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) on 31 July.

According to OCCAR the study aims "to define the so-called 'Tiger Mk3' - the future configurations materialising the mid-life upgrade (MLU)" to the helicopter.

The first stage will look at potential new features and enhancements to the helicopter, to improve areas such as survivability, maintainability, or operability, with "a strong focus on life cycle cost" according to OCCAR. The Tiger has been deployed on operations constantly since it made its combat debut in Afghanistan in 2009, and French Tigers have also seen service in Libya and Mali, with OCCAR noting that the Tiger Mk3 study will incorporate lessons learned during these deployments.

OCCAR states the study will allow the Tiger-operating nations (Australia, France, Germany and Spain) "to choose which combinations of equipment, functions, performances and architectures should be selected for the future development phase" of the Tiger helicopter, noting that this is planned to be "delivered within the next decade".

According to OCCAR, the requirements for the Tiger Mk3 have already been "developed and harmonised commonly" between the OCCAR nations and Australia "to maximise the cost-effectiveness of the MLU programme". The organisation adds that "furthermore, France, Germany, Spain and OCCAR are working together with Australia to establish a common cooperative framework to be used for the future preparation and development of Mk3".

While U.S. concerns about risks to freedom of navigation are generally read as criticisms of China’s actions, Malaysia and Vietnam also come under fire in the report: “Malaysia attempts to restrict foreign military activities within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and Vietnam attempts to require notification by foreign warships prior to exercising the right of innocent passage through its territorial sea.”

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Two pilots in the Saudi-led coalition were killed when their Apache helicopter came down on the border with Yemen on Friday, the coalition said.

In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the coalition said it was investigating the cause of the crash, which took place in Saudi Arabia's border province of Jizan.

Yemen's Saba news agency, run by the Houthi movement, said Houthi forces had shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter in Jizan.

The coalition named the two pilots as Ali Bin Mohammed Al Qarni and Nasser bin Mohammed Al Harthy.

(Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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Things are getting better with India," the source said. "An agreement could be seen in about 10 days."

Dassault Aviation was not immediately available to comment.

India's announcement came after Dassault in February won its first export order for the jets from Egypt. Since then, Qatar has also placed an order, and talks are under way with Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

so ..hows life there? suda kena vera kat muka?

your batch how many cainis there?

Still in show parade period. 3am wake up and carry our matress and bed to the marching field everyday and carry them back to the company at 630pm because some idiot lazy to tidy their layout...

Only 1 chainis

classic punishment...it's just the beginning of hell..be strong brotha

faster become officer la, only then safe a bit to slack off 
story sikit how's the environment/life after becoming the only chinese recruit in that batch? 

Still in show parade period. 3am wake up and carry our matress and bed to the marching field everyday and carry them back to the company at 630pm because some idiot lazy to tidy their layout...

Only 1 chainis

even only 1
rasanya passing out nanti pening jugak aku nak carik ko

semua serupa je darjah kebakaran matahari dia