Defense Daily International

The United Kingdom’s defense ministry, which is acquiring several major weapon systems from the United States, is closely monitoring those deals to ensure its own companies receive a “sufficient share” […]

Baggage handling system provider Vanderlande has acquired Canadian software firm Optosecurity in a deal that strengthens its ability to provide customers with integrated passenger screening processes at airports. Terms of the deal, […]

The Australian Department of Defence officially began its largest defense investment project in its history on July 9 with the opening of a submarine design office in Cherbourg, France, as […]

The United States military deployed a Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system to Lithuania for the first time during a NATO exercise, the Lithuanian defense ministry said July 11. The […]

The State Department has approved several new foreign military sales (FMS) with Australia, the Netherlands, and a possible $3.9 billion deal with Romania for seven Patriot air defense systems. Congress […]

The State Department has approved a possible $1 billion foreign military sale (FMS) for the delivery of 2,747 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to the United Kingdom, a deal that […]

A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on June 21. The June 21 test, […]

Raytheon [RTN] is restarting its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production line after four international customers pooled $650 million in funds for a bundle purchase in foreign military sales (FMS), the company said […]

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, intends to block future weapons sales to Persian Gulf countries until the region solves its dispute over Qatar’s alleged […]