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November 30, 2017  

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Romania Signs LOA for Patriot PAC+
BUCHAREST, Romania --- The government of Romania signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon's combat proven Patriot from the U.S. Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer and Accep

US Foreign Arms Sales Reached $42 Billion
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announces sales of $41.93 billion for Fiscal Year 2017. The total sales include $6.04 billion of cases funded by the State Department’s Fo

Philippines Order Six Embraer Super Tucanos
SÃO PAULO, Brazil --- Embraer announced today a firm order of six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). After a comprehensive public bidding

 


In a single month, the Pentagon’s political muscle has convinced three European nations to buy Patriot (PAC-3 pictured) instead of a competing European system that is widely considered both technically superior and at least one-third less expensive. (Raytheon photo)
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  • A rocky year for US-UK 'special relationship'
  • 30/11/2017 11:01:34
  • Europe in reach of N. Korea missiles: France
  • 30/11/2017 10:10:26
  • Russia rejects US call to cut North Korea ties
  • 30/11/2017 09:35:19
  • North Korea's new missile: Pyongyang vs the analysts
  • 30/11/2017 08:07:27
  • China reluctant to cut off oil to North Korea
  • 30/11/2017 07:57:22
  • US calls for isolation of NKorea after missile test
  • 29/11/2017 23:55:14
  • Thousands of American Airlines holiday flights without pilots
  • 29/11/2017 22:24:32
  • No sign of missing Argentina sub as majority of search area swept
  • 29/11/2017 21:00:16
  • UN weighs response as N.Korea claims nuclear power status
  • 29/11/2017 22:32:51
  • Turkey claims over 80 'terrorists' killed in northern Iraq
  • 29/11/2017 16:44:52
  • US believes it can defend against N. Korea missiles, for now
  • 29/11/2017 22:26:42
  • UN sanctions against N.Korea must be tightened: France
  • 29/11/2017 16:13:03
  • Trump promises 'major sanctions' against North Korea
  • 29/11/2017 16:03:13
  • Journalist Kim Wall's right arm may have been found
  • 29/11/2017 13:30:45


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    Romania Signs LOA for Patriot PAC+
    BUCHAREST, Romania --- The government of Romania signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon's combat proven Patriot from the U.S. Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer and Accep...

    US Foreign Arms Sales Reached $42 Billion
    WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announces sales of $41.93 billion for Fiscal Year 2017. The total sales include $6.04 billion of cases funded by the State Department’s Fo...

    Philippines Order Six Embraer Super Tucanos
    SÃO PAULO, Brazil --- Embraer announced today a firm order of six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). After a comprehensive public bidding...

    US Approves $415M Bomb Sales to Singapore
    WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Singapore for GBU-10 Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) units; GBU-12 Paveway II LGB units; a...

    Airbus Starts Assembling New A330-800
    Final assembly of the newest member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, has started and is on track for the first flight planned in mid-2018. The A330-800 complements the A330-900, the largest mem...

    UK Govt. Told to Invest in UK Defence Industry's "Uncertain" Future
    The Government's being urged to invest in the UK defence industry to save jobs at BAE Systems. Union leaders are describing the expected loss of nearly two-thousand posts nationwide as "devastating an...

    Airbus Marks 3 Years and 150 Deliveries of H145
    Airbus Helicopters recently celebrated the 150th delivery of the H145, the newest member of the BK117/EC145 family. In October 2017, Helicopter Travel Munich (HTM) received the 150th H145 helicopte...

    Cemair Signs Order for Two New Q400 Aircraft
    TORONTO --- Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that CemAir (PTY) Ltd of South Africa has concluded a firm purchase agreement for two new Q400 turboprops, and has also signed the lease of a...

    European Fund Supports First Defense and Security Space Projects
    BRUSSELS --- The “SPACE NOSTRUM - High Performance Dual Satellite Constellation for Maritime Surveillance” study was awarded European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), accessing the highest co-f...

    Lord Stirrup Calls Defence Cuts "The Falsest of False Economies"
    Cutting back on military training to save cash would be "the falsest of all false economies", a former member of the top brass has warned. Lord Stirrup, an ex-chief of the defence staff and indepen...

    Atlas Elektronik Completes Modernization of Pansio-Class Minelayers
    Atlas Elektronik Finland Oy as prime contractor has successfully completed the Mid-Life Upgrade program for three PANSIO class inshore minelayers of the Finnish Defence Forces. Today the third and fin...

    101st Airborne Fields Army's New Modular Pistol
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. --- The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit to receive the Army's new Modular Handgun System that began fielding the M17 and M18 pistols, Nov 28. "This is ano...

    Ukraine Wants More Defence Cooperation with Denmark
    The State Concern "UkrOboronProm" represented the Ukrainian defence industry capabilities to the Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Danish parliament Rasmus Jarlov. Exposition of modern UAVs was...

    Senior British Officers “Dressed Down” Over Defence Cut Leaks
    The country's most senior military officers were recently summoned to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a "non-negotiable meeting" and a "dressing down" after a recent stream of leaks to the media giv...

    New Guided-Missile Frigate Suining Joins PLA Navy
    GUANGDONG --- The commissioning, naming and flag-granting ceremony for the Type-056A frigate Suining (Hull 551) was held at a PLA Navy’s pier in southern Guangdong province on Tuesday, marking the fri...

    Lockheed Wins $71M for Trident II (D5) Deployed Support
    Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded $71,642,534 for cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification P00003 to a previously awarded contract (N00030-...

    Marine Gas Turbine Evolution Seen Slow But Steady
    NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Forecast International latest study of the Marine Gas Turbine Industry projects that 763 marine gas turbine machines valued at $6.264 billion will be produced during the period 2017...

    Protecting Israel’s Skies Now Includes UAVs
    The IAF’s fighter squadrons and aerial defense division recently performed a mutual sky defense training exercise, in which they simulated the interception of UAVs that threatened to penetrate Israel’...

    P-8A Poseidon Aircrew Training System Arrives in Australia
    Australia’s $250 million P-8A Poseidon aircrew training system has commenced delivery to Australia. This $5.4 billion represents a significant achievement between Defence’s program partners includi...

    US Army Autonomous Driving Demo Tops 55,000 Miles
    DALLAS ---- Lockheed Martin's Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) logged more than 55,000 testing miles during the U.S. Army Extended Warfighter Experiment (EWE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri,...

    USAF Won’t Say 10 Things About Plan to Kill J-Stars Recap
    The U.S. Air Force operates a small fleet of radar planes that can track moving ground targets in the fog of war, warning friendly forces of approaching danger while vectoring strike aircraft to count...

    Singapore, India to Expand Naval Cooperation
    Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen met Indian Minister for Defence Nirmala Sitharaman for the second India-Singapore Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD) today. During the DMD, both Ministers reaffir...

    Russia Says Will Finally Develop Military After-Sales Service
    Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has discussed the issues of modernization and development of the technical readiness provision system for the military equipment supplied to fore...

    Safran Aircraft Engines Embraces Additive Manufacturing
    Safran Aircraft Engines has adopted a powder-bed additive manufacturing process to make a new part for the CFM56-7B engine. That part is located in the low-pressure section — the section of the engine...

    “Team Target” Clears the Way for Air Superiority Training
    TYNDALL AFB, Fla. --- Watching fighter aircraft zoom across the sky often conjures thoughts of strength, air superiority and sheer supremacy. For others, images of pilots, maintainers and the flightli...

    US and Japan Complete 3JA Exercise
    HYUGA-NADA SEA, Japan --- USS Chief (MCM 14), Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7 staff, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) Det...

    Boeing P-8A of VP-5 Conducts Familiarization Flight in Iceland
    KEFLAVIK, Iceland --- The 'Mad Foxes' of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 hosted Icelandic media, Icelandic military, and other government officials for a tour of the Navy's newest maritime platform, the P-8A P...

    EDA Maritime Security Conference Discusses Future Challenges
    CRETE --- The European Defence Agency (EDA) Maritime Security Conference under the auspices of the Estonian Presidency of the European Council and in cooperation with the Hellenic Defence General Sta...

    New Helicopter Tactics Discussed at EDA Symposium 2017
    RIJEN, the Netherlands --- 50 helicopter tactics specialists from twelve EDA participating Member States, as well as representatives of the Helicopter Tactics Instructors Course (HTIC), the Joint Air ...

    Meggitt Invests £130M in Midlands Facility
    International aerospace and defence engineering group Meggitt PLC today announces plans to build a multi-million-pound facility in the West Midlands. This major £130m project at a new site at Ansty...

    Russia Delivers Over 1,000 Vehicles to Own Forces in Abkhazia, Eastern MD
    Over the recent three years, the Russian troops in Abkhazia have received more than 100 pieces of military hardware in course of rearmament program. These included the T-72B3 tanks, BTR-82AM armore...

    Orbital ATK Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Northrop Grumman
    FALLS CHURCH, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation is pleased that the shareholders of Orbital ATK have approved the company’s proposed acquisition of Orbital ATK. “We are delighted to see that Orb...

    Terma Demonstrates Airborne Solutions at NIDV
    LEIDEN, The Netherlands --- Terma will be present at this years' NIDV Conference and Exhibition on 30 November 2017 in AHOY Rotterdam. Please meet us at booth 2.221. At the event, Terma will displa...

    Elbit Showcases an Array of Products at Expo Defensa 2017
    Elbit Systems will present a range of systems and solutions at the upcoming Expo Defensa exhibition, set to take place at Bogota, Colombia 4-6 December 2017. The Company’s exhibition (Hall 17, boot...

    Saab Introduces BT 46 Mk III at I/ITSEC
    Defence and security company Saab will be showcasing its new high fidelity training system BT 46 Mk III, at the /ITSEC 2017 exhibition in Orlando, Florida. In the beginning of 1990 Saab developed t...


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