by | Dec 23, 2022 | Security
NEW DELHI — India’s weapons buyer on Thursday approved a 843.28 billion rupees ($10.18 billion) budget for the acquisition of major weapons and platforms, most of which the government will spend locally in a bid to bolster the domestic defense manufacturing sector....
by | Dec 23, 2022 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — Colombia is negotiating the purchase of 16 Rafale multirole fighter jets for its Air Force, a deal potentially worth $3.15 billion, according to a news release from the country’s president. After local media recently reported negotiations with the...
by | Dec 23, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday passed a spending bill to fund the government and avoid a shutdown as part of a deal that includes a significant cash influx for the Defense Department with a 9% budget increase over fiscal 2022 levels on top of billions in additional...
by | Dec 23, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Lithuania’s Defence Ministry has signed a deal to buy Switchblade 600 drones from the United States, becoming the first European NATO member to order the kamikaze system. “We are the first country in the world after the United States to purchase the...
by | Dec 23, 2022 | Security
MILAN, Italy — Latvian drone company Atlas Dynamics plans to open in early 2023 a research and development factory in Ukraine and later on a production plant in collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. Since the outbreak of the war in February, Atlas...
by | Dec 22, 2022 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — Argentina has ordered six 407 GXi helicopters from Bell Textron Canada, representatives of the country’s Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces Joint Staff announced Wednesday in Buenos Aires. The helo will replace part of Argentina’s aging fleet of...
by | Dec 22, 2022 | Security
Widely circulated videos of Russian armored vehicles being destroyed from the air have thrust forward a lesser known drone called the Bayraktar TB2. ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish company Baykar has signing a deal with Albania to sell three Bayraktar TB2 armed drones, the...
by | Dec 22, 2022 | Security
As America continues to face the effects of inflation, natural disasters and geopolitical unrest, the need for supply chain resilience remains in sharp focus. The president’s executive order on America’s supply chains and the CHIPS and Science Act underscore an urgent...
by | Dec 21, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Following a media report about mass outages of the Puma infantry fighting vehicle during a recent drill, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said the manufacturers must fix any problems quickly or see the program canceled. Fresh problems with the...
by | Dec 21, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Romania’s state-owned defense company Romtehnica, acting as a representative of the country’s Ministry of National Defence, has signed a framework agreement with Israel’s Elbit Systems to buy up to seven Watchkeeper X drones. The deal, which is valued...
