International
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InternationalU.S. Arms Sales Climbed In Fiscal Year 2023, State Department Says
U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in fiscal year 2023 jumped nearly 60 percent over the prior year to a record $80.9 billion, driven by more than a dozen billion dollar-plus […]
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InternationalU.S. Approves Billions In F-16 Deal With Turkey, F-35 Sale To Greece
The Biden administration last Friday evening announced it has officially approved the potential $23 billion deal with Turkey for F-16 fighter jets and an $8.6 billion sale of F-35 aircraft […]
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InternationalU.S. OKs Potential $500 Million Deal With Croatia For Eight UH-60M Black Hawks
The State Department has approved a potential $500 million deal with Croatia for the sale of eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on […]
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Navy/USMCUK Royal Navy To Upgrade Sea Viper Defense For Ballistic Missile Defense
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) recently announced contracts worth $514 million to upgrade its destroyers’ Sea Viper Air Defense System. The work is split into two contracts with Sea […]
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InternationalSecDef Reaffirms Support For Ukraine, As DoD Hosts Allies Without New U.S. Weapons Aid To Announce
The Pentagon on Tuesday hosted the latest meeting of the international coalition supporting Ukraine without a new weapons aid package to announce, as the supplemental funding bill to continue security […]
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Navy/USMCEstonia To Lead EU Prototype Modular Autonomous Naval Vessel Project
The Estonian Centre for Defense Investments (ECDI) and Baltic WorkBoats this month kicked off leading a four-year pan-European Union defense cooperation to develop a prototype semi-autonomous modular vessel for European […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.K. Tests Laser Weapon Against Air Targets
The U.K. recently tested its DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) against aerial targets in a high power firing, a first for the system. The DragonFire engaged the targets at […]
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Navy/USMCJapan Signs Deal For Hundreds Of U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles
Japan’s Ministry of Defense said it signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for RTX [RTX] Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles and related equipment under a Foreign Military Sales […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman And Mitsubishi Team For Japanese IAMD Networking
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on creating a networking solution for Japan’s ground-based integrated air and missile defense systems, the companies said […]
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Business/FinancialHII Names New Head Of Australia Business With AUKUS Focus
HII [HII] on Wednesday said that Michael Lempke has been put in charge of the company’s business in Australia, including supporting the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral partnership. Lempke, who […]
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