Military Equipment
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 06:44
The Islamic State threat has delayed the initial delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Iraq, the Defense Department announced Monday.
The first Iraqi-purchased F-16s will be sent to Tuscon, Arizona, instead of Balad Air Base, Iraq, DoD spokesman Army Col. Steven Warren said in a news release.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 08:16
The National Defence Ministry, on Friday, took delivery of equipment from the United States, consisting in a cargo of night vision goggles.
U.S. ambassador in Tunis Jacob Walles said during the ceremony held in the barracks of Aouina that the equipment delivered to Tunisia is worth $2 million (about 3.2 million Tunisian dinars).
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:40
Angola is to sign an agreement with Brazil on 11 November for the delivery of seven 500-tonne patrol ships, to be built to meet the specifications of the Angolan Navy.
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 06:36
With an amphibious operation simulating the capture of a beach head on a hostile coast, the Brazilian Navy concluded Operation Formosa. The event, which concluded a year of training for the country’s Marines, brought together 1,900 troops in the state of Goiás.
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 08:49
A diez años de comenzar este proyecto, pre- sentamos esta sexta edición del Atlas Comparativo con dos incorporaciones básicas: la inclusión de Costa Rica, Panamá y Haití completando el escenario regional, y un capítulo especial sobre las convergencias de las agendas de Caribe y América Latina. A lo largo de sus distintas ediciones el At- las Comparativo ha respondido a la necesidad de contar con un instrumento que pueda compilar y comparar información básica sobre los temas de defensa en los países de la región: los diferentes marcos legales, estructuras de los sistemas de defensa, concepciones políticas, cifras presupuestarias, misiones militares, y el tamaño de las Fuerzas, entre los principales.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:38
US company Swiftships has received a contract to build six 35 metre long patrol boats for the Egyptian Navy.
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 07:00
¿Será finalmente la Fuerza Aérea Hondureña (FAH) la primera centroamericana en operar el avión de ataque ligero, de fabricación brasileña, Embraer EMB314/A29 Súper Tucano?
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 11:10
Syrian resistance groups criticise Obama administration’s ‘Iraq-first’ strategy as a de facto alliance with Bashar al-Assad while Isis consolidates influence in Anbar province.
The Pentagon has denied that the US strategy against Islamic State (Isis) is in disarray after a series of setbacks as the war known as Operation Inherent Resolve stretches into its fourth month.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 10:59
The U.S. Army has been slow to investigate hundreds of millions of dollars in missing weapons systems, vehicles, electronics and communications gear in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general.
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 05:55
After flight operations ended, the 16 planes in Afghanistan sat on the tarmac at Kabul International Airport until they were recently scrapped by the Defense Logistics Agency and sold for 6 cents per pound of scrapped material, wrote John F. Spoko, Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, in an Oct. 3 letter to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.