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May 13, 2022  

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Biden Asks Congress to Approve New F-16 Deal with Turkey
WASHINGTON --- The Biden administration has asked congressional leaders to approve the sale of advanced weapons and other equipment for Turkey’s fleet of F-16 jet fighters, U.S. officials said, settin

N. Korea Fires 3 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles into Sea of Japan
SEOUL --- North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, the South Korean military said, in its first major provocation since the launch of the Yoon Suk-yeol admi

US Navy Cannot Fight in Two Conflicts At Once with Current Fleet Size: CNO
WASHINGTON --- Should Russia and China launch competing world conflicts, the Navy is unprepared to fight two wars in separate regions without additional ships, the service’s top officer told senators

 


Turkey has asked the United States to supply the equipment it needs to upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighters, and in a second phase to also authorize the sale of an additional batch of F-16s. The Biden Administration is asking Congress to authorize at least the first of these deals. (TuAF photo)


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Biden Asks Congress to Approve New F-16 Deal with Turkey
WASHINGTON --- The Biden administration has asked congressional leaders to approve the sale of advanced weapons and other equipment for Turkey’s fleet of F-16 jet fighters, U.S. officials said, settin...

N. Korea Fires 3 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles into Sea of Japan
SEOUL --- North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, the South Korean military said, in its first major provocation since the launch of the Yoon Suk-yeol admi...

US Navy Cannot Fight in Two Conflicts At Once with Current Fleet Size: CNO
WASHINGTON --- Should Russia and China launch competing world conflicts, the Navy is unprepared to fight two wars in separate regions without additional ships, the service’s top officer told senators ...

UK Searching for Soviet-Made Military Equipment for Ukraine
The United Kingdom is purchasing the Soviet- and Russian-made defense equipment to provide it to Ukraine to help fight off the Russian invaders, The Wall Street Journal reported. Ben Wallace, Minis...

Swiss MoD Says It’s on Right Track, Projects Being Accelerated
The Ministry of Defense’s (DDPS) basic reports on the "Future air defence," "Future of the ground forces" and "Cyber overall concept" show that the focus on the threat situation and the corresponding ...

F-35 Upgrades for Tyndall Air Force Base Cost $604 Million
TYNDALL AFB, Fla. --- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $532 million construction contract May 10 to Hensel Phelps to deliver 11 projects that directly support flightline operations for the F...

Indian Su-30 MKI Aircraft Fires Extended-Range Brahmos Missile
India today successfully fired the Extended Range version of BrahMos air-launched missile from Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The launch from the aircraft was as planned and the missile achieved a direct...

Lockheed Wins $129M Radar Order for Romania
Lockheed Martin Corp., Liverpool, New York, was awarded a $129,040,507 modification (PZ0003) to contract W56KGY-21-C-0010 for the purchase of six radar systems, spares, tool kits, remote computer disp...

Pentagon Awards $71M Order for Javelin Missiles
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $71,412,090 modification (P00066) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0076 for the Javelin Missile System. Work will be performed in Tucson,...

PLA Navy Holds First Drill with Two Amphibious Assault Ships
Two Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Type 075 amphibious assault ships recently sailed together in a dual ship exercise for the first time, a move analysts said not only showed that the rec...

Norway Increases Defense Funding, Aims for Better Preparedness
“The government has emphasized strengthening domestic preparedness in the revised national budget for 2022. The adjustments we now propose in the revised national budget are linked to national prepare...

Croatia Increases Defense Budget Reaches Record HRK7.3 Billion
The Government proposed to the Croatian Parliament amendments to the State Budget for 2022, which plan to increase the Financial Plan of the Ministry of Defense by almost HRK 295 million. On Thursd...

UK and US Launch Partnership on Spaceflight
UK lays the foundation for rockets, high-altitude balloons and spaceplanes to lift off from spaceports across the UK, creating thousands of jobs in the process. Future spaceflight will be made easi...

Saab Wins US Army Order for Carl-Gustaf Recoilless Rifles
The U.S. Army MAAWS Program Office has awarded Saab a contract for Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles. The Carl-Gustaf rifles are also known as Multi-purpose Anti-Armor Anti-personnel Weapon System (MAA...

Finnish Air Force to Participate in Swedish Luftförsvarsövning 22 Exercise
The Finnish Air Force will deploy F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters to the Swedish Air Force's Luftförsvarsövning 22 (LFÖ 22) exercise on 18–25 May 2022. Taking place in southern and central Sweden...

Bundeswehr Deploys A400M on First Tactical Airborne Exercise
The Soldiers of the Rapid Forces Division are specialists in rapid, targeted airborne operations, anytime, anywhere. the multinational airborne exercise Swift Response 22, which is conducted every yea...

US Army Unit Picks Up Pre-Positioned Heavy Equipment in Lithuania
PABRADĖ TRAINING AREA, Lithuania --– When the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment arrived in Lithuania recently to take part in U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s premier annual training exercise...

British Army’s Heavy Armour Deploys with NATO to Poland
As part of Exercise Defender, the British Army have completed the huge logistical task of deploying hundreds of armoured vehicles and their supporting units to Poland. The UK Armed Forces are demon...

US Air Force Validates Agile Combat Employment During Exercise
SAVANNAH, Ga. --- Air Force reservists in the 419th Fighter Wing are simulating a futuristic, fast-paced deployment using new techniques during Sentry Savannah, a large military exercise that kicked o...

Slovenia Joins the Boxer Programme
On the 11 May 2022, the OCCAR-EA Director signed the contract for the integration of Slovenia into the BOXER Programme. The Slovenian Customer has ordered 45 BOXER vehicles including an initial In-Ser...

Belgian Army Takes Delivery of First Taurus Recovery Vehicles
The first eight of fifteen Taurus, the new recovery vehicle for the operational units of the Land Component, have been delivered. This marks the beginning of a new era. Until now, Defense did not have...

Bundestag Approves Funds for New Heavy-Duty Trailers
At its meeting on May 12, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag discussed various 25 million euro proposals and released the funds for the procurement of 70-ton semi-trailers. Funds have also b...

NATO College Paper on War in Europe: Preliminary Lessons
that day, the Russian regime led by President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine, marking the return of war in Europe for the first time in decades. Much of what has transpired ...

Marshall Wins Indian Air Force C-130J Support Contract
Marshall Aerospace has underlined its credentials as the world’s leading Lockheed Martin approved C-130 Heavy Maintenance Centre for C-130J aircraft by securing a contract with Lockheed Martin to carr...

Aero to Offer Slovak Industry Role in Production of L-39NG Aircraft
PRAGUE --- Aero Vodochody Aerospace (Aero), a long-term pilot training partner of the Slovak Air Force, presented its newest jet pilot training solutions at the International Defence Exhibition Bratis...

Babcock Begins Major Regeneration of Devonport Dockyard
Babcock has started a series of major infrastructure projects at Devonport in Plymouth. Over the next 10 years Babcock will develop state of-the-art facilities to meet the evolving requirements of the...


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