The United States Marine Corps has completed its first live-fire exercise with its SkyHunter air defense system, the United States’ version of the Iron Dome. During the exercise, the system… Continue reading "U.S. Marine Corps Iron Dome Battery Completes First Live-Fire Exercise"
A spokesperson for the United States’ Department of Defense said on Friday that the winding down of the military mission to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq would not result… Continue reading "US “Not Withdrawing” From Iraq With End Of Anti-Islamic State Mission"
The United States’ Missile Defense Agency announced on Wednesday that it had selected Northrop Grumman’s hypersonic glide phase interceptor for further development. Continued development of the interceptor will be jointly… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Selects Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor For Further Development"
On 13 August, the U.S. State Department approved a series of foreign military sales [FMS] totaling $20 billion to Israel. The approvals authorizing these large-scale arms sales come at a… Continue reading "US Greenlights $20 Billion Arms Sale To Israel, Including 50 F-15 Fighter Jets"
Recently, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency [DSCA] announced that the US State Department has decided to approve a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Slovakia for Bell AH-1Z… Continue reading "Slovakia One Step Closer To Becoming Europe’s Second Operator of Bell AH-1Z Attack Helicopters"
The United States Army announced on August 2, that it had approved the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft’s (FLRAA) Milestone B acquisition decision memorandum earlier this week, clearing the path… Continue reading "Bell V-280 Valor Cleared For Engineering and Manufacturing Development"
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules equipped with aerial spraying equipment to the United States Air Force Reserve, the first C-130J to be equipped for the mission.… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Delivers First Aerial Sprayer-Equipped C-130J"
The Moldovan Ministry of Defense announced on July 16 in a press release that the national army (Forţele Armate ale Republicii Moldova) will receive a package of military equipment from… Continue reading "Moldova To Receive 20 More HMMWV Armored Infantry Vehicles From The US"
The procurement of UH-60M Black Hawks, which the Croatian Ministry of Defense has been requesting from the United States through Foreign Military Sales since last year to replace the Mi-8… Continue reading "Croatia Triples Its Black Hawk Fleet By Purchasing Eight Additional Helicopters"
The United States donated a Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft worth $30 million to the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) air wing last week as part of the Excess Defense… Continue reading "The United States Donates a C-130 Hercules Military Transport Aircraft To The Botswana Defense Force"