Arms Sales
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:29
Despite calls from Pentagon officials, foreign leaders and industry executives that the foreign military sales (FMS) process must be changed, the Congress appears highly unlikely to take up any such efforts before the end of the Obama administration.
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 06:59
Russia is represented by fifteen organizations and weapons makers, including Rosoboronexport, Almaz-Antey, MiG, Helicopters of Russia and Bazalt. A total of 365 selections from Russia’s arms manufacturers are on display. Latin America these days is one of the main markets for Russian defense industry products.
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 06:40
This week’s biennial defense conference in Qatar wrapped up with the country agreeing to buy new attack boats, drones, artillery systems and missiles from several other nations.
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 06:16
The United States on Thursday delivered three military helicopters to Lebanon to help the country's armed forces in their battle against extremists near the border with Syria.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 17:08
Western policymakers who believe the Minsk accords would work if only Ukraine made the requisite constitutional and electoral concessions are missing a key point: that they, and Russia, forced Ukraine to make security its priority by violating the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 06:21
Buyers of South African defence industry products last year included Azerbaijan, Burundi, Kenya and Nigeria according to the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) 2015 report, which noted that South Africa exported R2.7 billion worth of arms last year.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 06:20
France and Qatar completed the deal for 24 Dassault Rafale fighter jets at the opening day of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 06:18
The White House can’t decide whether to sign off on a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the Persian Gulf kingdom, a sometime ally that has close ties to Islamist militants and Iran.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:15
Russian Helicopters has delivered four Mi-171Sh helicopters to Angola, the company has announed. The aircraft are part of a $1 billion deal with Russia and are the armed variant of the transport helicopter.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:09
The arms industry in South Africa has seen the sale of arms to other countries soaring to R2.7-billion last year, including to countries in conflict.