Month: May 2018

Source: Reuters By Patricia Zengerle A U.S. Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, from Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Senator Thom… Continue reading U.S SENATE DEFENSE BILL WOULD BAR TURKEY FROM BUYING F-35

Source: Defense One By Patrick Tucker The Pentagon is speeding up U.S. weapons deliveries to allied militaries such as Saudi Arabia, Romania, Japan, and South Korea through new “pilot authorities” that change how it can design and execute contracts. “We have a whole variety of specific programs where we are focused on applying these authorities:… Continue reading PENTAGON IS SPEEDING UP ARMS EXPORTS TO SAUDI ARABIA, OTHER ALLIES

Source: Offiziere.ch By Paul Iddon If even a sizable portion of the Emirate of Qatar’s current arms deals come to fruition in the foreseeable future then Doha’s military will become far larger and more powerful in the first half of the 2020s. From expanding its air force with cutting edge American and French fighter jets… Continue reading IN THE AIR, ON THE GROUND AND SEA: QATAR’S ARMS SHOPPING LIST IS EXPONENTIALLY GROWING

Source : Breaking Defence By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. It’s become a commonplace to say the US spends much more on defense than any other country — but what if that’s not exactly true? Inspired by something Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley said to the Senate, I pulled together some numbers that suggest America’s… Continue reading GEN MILLEY: US DEFENCE BUDGET NOT THAT MUCH BIGGER THAN CHINA RUSSIA

Source: Defence Blog By Dylan Malyasov The Russian Defense Ministry has disbursed 1.5 trillion rubles ($24 billion) for the state defense order this year, President Vladimir Putin said in his opening remarks at another meeting with the top officials of the Defense Ministry and defense industrial complex enterprises on Thursday. According to the TASS, under… Continue reading RUSSIA ALLOCATES $24BILLION FOR STATE DEFENCE ORDER 2018

Source: The National Interest By Zachary Keck The U.S. Navy wants new, better ways to protect its large cargo and surveillance planes from increasingly sophisticated missiles threats from countries like China and Russia. Earlier this month, the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) began soliciting bids from defense firms for new ways to protect “wide… Continue reading US NAVY FEARS RUSSIA AND CHINA COULD EXPLOIT A DANGEROUS MILITARY WEAKNESS

Source: Defenceworld Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has signed a cooperation agreement with Romanian company Romaero for the first ever export sales of the Iron Dome rocket interception system. Under the new cooperation agreement, Rafael will allow the transfer of know-how and production of Rafael-developed systems in Romania in the framework of procurement programs… Continue reading RAFAEL SIGNS IRON DOME MISSILES EXPORT AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIAN FIRM