Defense Daily International

Turkey took delivery of the first of five CH-47 helicopters on Aug. 25, part of the second batch of Chinooks it is approved to buy from Boeing [BA]. Turkey is […]

As it upgrades and expands land forces aviation, Russia also is investing in naval aviation, including plans to modernize the flagship Ka-27 naval helicopter and to start the design of […]

India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Aug. 15 approved procurement of nearly $6.6 billion worth of military equipment and services. Included in that sum […]

NATO has named Col. Jaak Tarien, the former commander of the Estonian Air Force, as the new director of its Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE), the organization […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $218 million deal to begin delivering 18 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers to Romania. The 18 M142 HIMARS launchers are the first of […]

Germany’s defense ministry on August 15 requested a final proposal from Lockheed Martin [LMT] on the first ever 360-degree, networked integrated air and missile defense system it is building to replace the […]

Latvia is cleared to buy four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky [LMT] under a potential $200 million deal approved by the U.S. State Department. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced […]

Alion Science and Technology on August 9 said its Canadian subsidiary submitted its final bid to the Canadian government for that country’s new warship program, which is worth between $42 billion […]