Washington, June 6 (IANS) The United States has approved nearly $3 billion in possible foreign military sales to the United Kingdom, Denmark and Kuwait, including long-range strike missiles, aircraft protection systems and counter-drone platforms, the State Department has announced. The largest package is for Kuwait, which has been cleared to buy counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms and related equipment at an estimated cost of $1.98 billion.“The proposed sale will improve Kuwait’s capa…
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Warsaw, May 28 (IANS) Poland plans to sign agreements with the European Union (EU) by the end of May to finance military equipment purchases worth 100 billion Polish zlotys (about 27.49 billion US dollars), Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday.At a signing ceremony at the Cyber Defence Forces Component Command in Legionowo, near Warsaw, Tusk said that by the end of May, 100 billion Polish zlotys would be allocated under approximately 40 agreements. More than 10,000 Polish companies are set t…
Washington, May 22 (IANS) The US Air Force is rapidly accelerating development of autonomous combat aircraft designed to fight alongside manned fighter jets, as Pentagon leaders warned that future wars against adversaries like China would demand larger, cheaper and more survivable air fleets. Senior Air Force officials told lawmakers this week that Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCA, had become central to America’s future air combat strategy, marking one of the clearest signs yet of the Penta…
Jerusalem, May 3 (IANS) Israel’s Ministry of Defence (IMOD) plan to simultaneously acquire two new fighter squadrons: a fourth F-35 squadron from Lockheed Martin, and a second F-15IA squadron from Boeing, was approved by the Ministerial Committee on Procurement, the Ministry said on Sunday.The procurement was bought before the committee by Defence Minister Israel Katz and IMOD Director General Major General (Reserve) Amir Baram.The press statement by the Ministry said that the procurement is val…
Tehran, April 4 (IANS) Iran has rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.The proposal was delivered to Iran through a “friendly” country on Thursday, Fars quoted an informed source as saying.Washington has stepped up its diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire, particularly after an Iranian strike targeted a US “military forces depot” on Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island, Xinhua news agency reported quoting sources.According to Fars, assessment…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran, triggering a combat search-and-rescue operation, with one crew member rescued and another still missing.Both crew members ejected from the aircraft. One has been found alive, while efforts continue to locate the second, whose status remains unclear. The F-15E is a two-seat multirole fighter with a pilot and a weapons systems officer.In a separate incident the same day, a US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attack …
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signalled an aggressive push to accelerate the production of warships and military aircraft, saying the United States can no longer afford decade-long timelines to deliver critical defence platforms amid rising global security pressures.Speaking at a Mar-a-Lago news conference alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan, Trump said his administration would press defence contractors to …