Arms Sales
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:58
American weapons continued to find its way into contentious regions helped in part by a perceived threat, experts say. The U.S. has dominated the global arms trade market in the past 8 years thanks to large purchases by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and South Korea, according to a congressional report.
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:37
Human rights groups have denounced the most recent sale of U.S. arms to Saudi Arabia, citing the recklessness of the Saudi-led air attacks that have left thousands of civilians dead. This raises the question: Are these arms deals strengthening or hurting U.S. goals in the region?
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:31
Reviewing the bidding on the United States at the end of 2015, Dan Simpson concludes that we are a killer nation, at home and abroad.
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:17
Russian Helicopters says it will supply the Egyptian Navy with 46 Ka-52K (Kamov-52 "Katran") naval attack helicopters to equip the two Mistraal-class helicopter carrier amphibious assaults ships acquired from France last year.
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 07:51
Last month the United States approved a $1.29 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia. This deal is the latest in a string of major arms sales agreements totaling $20.8 billion since the Gulf country began fighting in Yemen against the Houthi rebels in March 2015. In addition, from 2009-14 the United States delivered over $13 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, making it the largest recipient of U.S. arms in the world. Human rights groups have denounced the most recent sale, citing the recklessness of the Saudi-led air attacks that have left thousands of civilians dead.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 06:40
Low value. Corrupt. Aid-driven. Despite the odd exception like Algeria, and South Africa’s indigenous defense industry, most people think of these terms when they think of the African defense market. Analyst firm Forecast International sees a different picture, however: “tomorrow’s growth market for the global defense industry.”
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 06:38
Lockheed Martin has won a new $1.1 billion contract to produce Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, including the latest version of the interceptor for the US Army, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea, the company announced Monday.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 06:26
Morocco has ordered five Damen Interceptor 1503 boats for counter-terrorism and smuggling roles, Damen announced on 14 December. It said the Interceptor 1503 can reach speeds of up to 60 kt using three diesel engines with separate drives and has a hull made of an advanced fibre-reinforced plastic in an epoxy resin matrix.
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 06:24
Turkey’s military and procurement officials are mulling a stopgap, off-the-shelf solution after they scrapped a multibillion dollar air defense contract and decided to build it indigenously.
Monday, December 14, 2015 - 06:22
As operations in Yemen and Syria continue to deplete military arsenals from Gulf Cooperation Council nations, those countries have publicly campaigned to speed up the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system.