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China to Impose Sanctions on US Firms in Case of Arms Sales to Taiwan
BEIJING --- China on Wednesday urged the United States to immediately cancel the planned arms sales to Taiwan, saying China will take all necessary measures to defend its own interests including impos

France May Offer 36 More Rafale to India But Much Bigger Deal Rumored
NEW DELHI --- France is likely to offer additional Rafale aircraft to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the European country for the G-7 Summit on Thursday, sources told ET

Japan Seeks Domestic Fighter to Replace F-2
The fiscal 2020 national budget is likely to include funding to develop a successor to the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-2 fighter, multiple government sources said. The goal is for Japan to lead the

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China to Impose Sanctions on US Firms in Case of Arms Sales to Taiwan
BEIJING --- China on Wednesday urged the United States to immediately cancel the planned arms sales to Taiwan, saying China will take all necessary measures to defend its own interests including impos...

France May Offer 36 More Rafale to India But Much Bigger Deal Rumored
NEW DELHI --- France is likely to offer additional Rafale aircraft to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the European country for the G-7 Summit on Thursday, sources told ET...

Japan Seeks Domestic Fighter to Replace F-2
The fiscal 2020 national budget is likely to include funding to develop a successor to the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-2 fighter, multiple government sources said. The goal is for Japan to lead the ...

US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Shot Down Over Yemen
WASHINGTON --- A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the second such inc...

Boeing Wins $999M to Replace Wings on 112 Additional A-10s
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $999,000,000 (ceiling) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for A-10 wing replacements. This contract provides for up to 112 new...

UN Security Council to Meet Today to Discuss US Missile Test
The UN Security Council is holding an open meeting on August 22 at the request of Russia and China to discuss the United States’s recent test-firing of a cruise missile on August 19. Russia’s reque...

Two F-35s Delivered to S. Korea, Two More to Follow
Two more F-35A stealth fighter jets were delivered from the U.S. to an air base in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on Wednesday. The stealth fighter deliveries have incensed North Korea and are t...

Marine F-35B Fighters Seen as First Users of Japan’s Izumo Carrier
The Japanese government has been caught in a lie over its plans to retrofit the Izumo destroyer and effectively transform the vessel into an aircraft carrier. Officials initially presented the proj...

Boeing Wins $146M to Rebuild Dutch Apache Attack Helicopters
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $145,892,870 modification (P00037) to Foreign Military Sales (Netherlands) contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the remanufacture of 11 aircraft and new build Lon...

US Concerned by Foreign Ownership of Merchant Ship Fleet
About 85% of the joint force resides inside the continental United States. When they need to move to an operation overseas, and their equipment needs to go with them, U.S. Transportation Command will ...

BAE Wins F-35 Block 4 Electronic Warfare Contract
BAE Systems received a contract from Lockheed Martin to enhance the EW capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, has received a Bloc...

Pentagon to Launch US Space Command Next Week
PENTAGON --- The United States military is launching next week its first new combatant command in more than a decade. Vice President Mike Pence and Pentagon officials told the National Space Counc...

US Army Halfway Through Patriot Force Modernization
FORT SILL, Okla. --- The Army's Patriot Air Defense battalions are upgrading their fire-control computers, communications, radars and operator interfaces while adding more capable missiles in a refit ...

USAF’s Air Combat Command Stressed But Recovering: Chief
The Air Force's Air Combat Command is stressed, but is still able to provide military capabilities combatant commanders need, ACC's commander said. "Are we stressed? Yes," Air Force Gen. James M. "...

CRS Update on International Talks to Ban Killer Drones
As technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), advances, lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS)—weapons designed to make decisions about using lethal force without manual human control—may...

Germany Bears €720M Cost of US Military Bases
The United States has put pressure on Germany to increase defense spending and has threatened to pull troops out of the country. The German government has provided €243 million ($270 million) over ...

Raytheon Delivering Wireless TOW Missiles to US Army
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company will deliver additional tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles for the TOW weapon system under a $101 million U.S. Army contract announced by the...

US Air Force C-130 Inspections Near Completion
SCOTT AFB, Ill. --- In less than two weeks, more than 100 Total Force C-130 Hercules aircraft have been cleared to return to worldwide operational duty, following a temporary removal from service Aug....

Indonesian Govt Proposes 16% Defense Spending Increase for 2020
The Indonesian government of President Joko Widodo has proposed a 3 percent increase to the national budget for 2020, with defense earmarked for a boost of 16% percent in year-on-year nominal investme...

Marine Corps F-35B Simulates CAP with Live AIM-9X Missile
USS WASP, AT SEA –-- Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) to rehears...

Raytheon Wins $190M for ESSM Block 2 Low-Rate Production
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $190,523,870 fixed-price-incentive firm and firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-19-C-5418 for materials and spar...

US Army Adopts Industry Approach to Upgrade Capabilities
While automakers and other industries are good at streamlining their processes to incorporate the latest technologies and roll out new models in a relatively short time to stay ahead of the competitio...

USAF Marks 30th Anniversary of B-2 First Flight
PALMDALE, CA. --- Thirty years ago, on July 17, 1989, an oddly-shaped and dark-colored new plane took to the sky for the first time at the legendary Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. That plane, the B...

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