Defense News
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 06:49
Israel's Defense Ministry has awarded Elbit Systems rights to develop the next generation of the Israeli Army's digital C4I network under a series of multiyear contracts estimated at $117 million.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:51
Turkey's top procurement panel decided Wednesday to order four more F-35 fighter jets and five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:00
Russia and Argentina are eyeing a deal under which Moscow would lease 12 Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer aircraft to Buenos Aires in return for beef and wheat, the London-based paper Sunday Express has claimed. As a result, the British Defence Ministry has reportedly launched a review of the air defenses of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 11:14
Israel has asked Washington to preserve cut-rate costs and generous terms of a proposed package of up to six V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft pending an ongoing reassessment of procurement priorities driven by last summer's Gaza war.
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 06:38
An Israeli Defense Ministry official on Wednesday characterized a test conducted the previous day of the new Arrow-3 as a “no test,” given that “conditions did not allow for” actual launch of the intercepting missile.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 06:04
India and Russia have agreed to settle their differences over the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program, which the countries are co-producing. But a source in the Indian Defence Ministry said irritants remain following the summit-level talks here Dec. 11.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 06:02
South Korea will export 120 self-propelled howitzers developed by Samsung Techwin to Poland, officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Techwin said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 05:33
The Nigerian Defense Ministry has ordered 1,000 assault rifles from Polish firearms maker Fabryka Broni Lucznik.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 09:22
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has signed a deal with Lockheed Martin to acquire AGM-158 joint air-to-surface standoff missiles (JASSMs) for its fleet of 48 F-16 fighter jets. The contract is worth about US $250 million, the ministry said in a statement.
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 06:55
The defense appropriations bill agreed to by lawmakers this week calls for US funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system to double, bringing Washington’s investment in the program to over $1.2 billion since 2011.