Military Equipment
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:50
The United States government has approved a possible sale of 24 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, weapons and equipment to Tunisia in a deal worth $100 million.
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 06:11
As President Bashar Assad’s government and the Russians step up their airstrikes on rebel-held areas -- and civilian casualties mount – those calls have gained renewed urgency. But new technology might make MANPADS ineffective against Russian planes, while the risk that the weapons could ultimately be turned against the West remains.
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 06:54
Reliance Defence, a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, has inked a pact with Ukrain's state-owned Ukroboronprom to collaborate for assembling and maintaining the Antonov series of military and commercial transport aircraft -- a Rs.50,000 crore potential.
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 06:46
Pakistan and Russia are in talks on sales of helicopters, air defence systems and modernised tanks, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 06:18
The Libyan National Army (LNA) has taken delivery of several Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) and military pick-up trucks that were donated to the Tobruk-based government by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 07:06
In late March the east African country of Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia. The U.S. equipment allows Uganda to perform the mission without deploying U.S. troops.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 05:06
The U.S. will place a HIMARS rocket artillery system in Turkey to stop cross-border attacks by ISIS in Syria and also base the mobile system in northern Iraq to back an eventual push on Mosul, a top military planner said Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 06:42
Qatar’s purchase of 254 surface-to-air missiles from an American weapons manufacturer has cleared a major hurdle after securing the approval of the US State Department.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 06:10
The House Armed Services Committee would boost funding to help procure and produce various Israeli missile defense programs by nearly $200 million above the level requested in the president’s defense budget, according to the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 06:22
The United States is continuing to share some of its unmanned aerial system technology with allies, with the Afghan army recently launching its first drone system to provide critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, the Defense Department said this week.