An offer for Turkey to buy Patriot missile defense batteries has officially expired following the delivery of Russian-made S-400 air-to-air defense systems in July, one government official confirmed Aug. 22. The Defense and State Departments had hoped for Ankara to procure the Raytheon [RTN]-made ...

The Trump administration has approved a potential $8 billion deal with Taiwan for 66 new F-16 fighter jets, the State Department said on Tuesday.  The proposed delivery of the upgraded F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft has received bipartisan support from Congress, while the deal is set to face opposition ...

The Defense Department on Sunday conducted the first flight test of a ground-launched cruise missile with a range greater than 500 km after the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) expired earlier this month. On Aug. 18 at 2:30pm at San Nicolas Island, Calif. the Pentagon launched a ...

Canada on Friday announced a $2.3 billion deal to General Dynamics [GD] for delivery of 360 new combat support Light Armored Vehicles (LAV).  The sole-source contract to GD Land Systems-Canada, which is in the final stages of negotiations, also includes a $489.6 million loan from the Canadian ...

President Trump’s administration has informally notified Congress of its intent to sell new F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan, in the first step of a long-awaited effort to upgrade the East Asian state’s aircraft. A spokesperson for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmed to Defense ...

Bahrain signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. to buy the Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system in a Foreign Military Sale (FMS), the company said Tuesday. This milestone will allow the U.S. government to start contract negotiations with Raytheon for production of the ...