General Atomics Aeronautical Systems secured a nearly $2 billion deal for MQ-9B uncrewed aerial systems, while Raytheon’s counter-UAS system was secured for $1 billion.
An amendment to the Brazilian Constitution currently under discussion would permanently assign 2% of annual GDP to the defence budget, potentially cementing modernisation programmes for the country’s armed forces.
Further tests will be carried out on the existing fleet, ahead of the Royal Air Force’s anticipated transition from MQ-9A Reaper aircraft to the MQ-9B Protector by the end of 2025.
Multiple questions involving the largest US Foreign Military Sale in history remain unanswered.
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4th April 2018
The White House said Wednesday that the US military mission in Syria was 'coming to a rapid end' but indicated no timetable for a withdrawal. Days …
4th April 2018
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived on 4 April at the International Space Station (ISS), packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts …
4th April 2018
US President Donald Trump on 3 April vowed to deploy the military to secure the US's southern border, as a caravan of Central American migrants …
4th April 2018
Turkey and Russia have agreed to bring forward to July 2019 the delivery of S-400 air defence missile systems to Ankara, a Turkish official said, …
4th April 2018
Five Bell-Boeing CV-22 Ospreys belonging to the USAF were unloaded from a ship at the port of Yokohama in Japan on 4 April. This is significant because the …
4th April 2018
With maritime law enforcement agencies sailing to the frontline of maritime flashpoints in the Indo-Pacific, accompanied by an increasing frequency of involvement by maritime militia …
3rd April 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on 3 March he had agreed with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speed up the delivery of S-400 air …
3rd April 2018
A Myanmar pilot died on 3 April after a ‘technical failure’ caused his military jet fighter to plummet into a paddy field in the centre …
3rd April 2018
Baltic state leaders will ask the US to send more troops and bolster air defences on NATO's eastern flank to deter Russia when they meet …
3rd April 2018
Russia on 29 March condemned what it called Poland's ‘progressive militarisation’ after Warsaw said recently it had signed a deal on buying a US Patriot …
2nd April 2018
The US Army is accelerating plans to integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar with the lower-tier Patriot system to better protect troops and assets from …
2nd April 2018
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is beloved of acronyms and abbreviations and in recent weeks a new one reportedly entered common use - ABC …
2nd April 2018
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released the English-language version of its National Defense Report. As the 14th periodical report, it covers May 2016 to …
1st April 2018
United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), together with the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation organisation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, have begun a …
1st April 2018
South Korea has deployed a warship to the sea off Ghana after three South Korean sailors were kidnapped by pirates, Seoul's foreign ministry said late …
31st March 2018
As one of the US Amy’s new ‘6 + 2’ cross functional teams (CFT) the Soldier Lethality CFT is focusing its initial efforts on that …
29th March 2018
The US Army is moving forward with plans to field a 50 kW high-energy laser on a 8x8 Stryker vehicle in FY2023, if not quicker, and …
29th March 2018
The armed forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said on 29 March that their warplanes had attacked Chadian rebels in the country's southern desert last …
29th March 2018
Singapore has taken delivery of its first MBDA Aster 30 SAMP/T surface-to-air missiles (SAM), with the first image revealed to the public in a Republic …
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