Military Equipment
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Coinciding with a visit by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall, India today awarded Boeing a $1 billion contract for the purchase of four more P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to be flown by the country's navy pilots.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
A group of Republican lawmakers is pressing the White House to approve long-delayed fighter jet sales to Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar and open up about why it has taken so long. The sales have been pending for more than two years, but the White House has not yet allowed them to move forward.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Brazilian firm Embraer hopes to spur growth in its defense sector through a combination of ongoing sales of its A-29 Super Tucano, an increased focus on border surveillance, and the official launch of its KC-390 multirole aircraft.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
The United States has donated 20 Land Cruiser vehicles and two Boston Whaler boats to the Armed Forces of Liberia. Some of the equipment will be used in Mali.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Bolivia's Empresa Naviera Boliviana (ENABOL) and China's Henan Complant Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Group Co have created a joint-stock company to help La Paz obtain control of multi-purpose vessels retained by Chinese Shipyard DSC.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) announced at the Farnborough International Airshow on 11 July that it has been awarded a contract by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd to supply cockpit avionics systems for eight PC-21 turboprop trainer aircraft on order for the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF).
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
A Canadian-owned company sold more than 170 armoured vehicles to South Sudan’s military in the midst of a brutal civil war , a United Nations report says. Some of the vehicles were later observed in heavy combat zones, according to a separate report by an arms-control advocacy group.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Syria managed Sunday to penetrate Israeli airspace and evade two Patriot anti-air interceptors and possibly an F-16-launched air-to-air missile, sources here said. An Israeli military spokesman insisted Israel Air Force air defenders detected the UAV prior to its violation of Israeli airspace on Sunday afternoon in the area of the Golan Heights.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Due to sloppy management of an Afghan National Army vehicle-maintenance program, the cost to maintain vehicles has risen significantly and made it difficult for the ANA to carry out military operations, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko finds.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has received into service the last of 30 Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Lavi advanced jet trainer aircraft that were ordered in 2012, the service announced on 20 July.