Washington, July 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that his administration would seek a $1.5 trillion defence budget, describing it as a necessary investment to modernise the military, accelerate weapons production and strengthen America’s industrial base amid growing global security challenges. Speaking at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit on Wednesday (local time), Trump said the proposed spending plan would build on what he described as record military investments alre…
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Washington, July 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced nearly $10 billion in new investments in the country’s defence industrial base in Pennsylvania, saying the projects would create more than 4,000 jobs and strengthen America’s military manufacturing amid growing global security challenges. Speaking at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit hosted by Senator Dave McCormick on Wednesday (local time), Trump said the investments would support the construction of ships, submari…
Ankara, July 8 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a surge in NATO defence spending was fuelling a manufacturing boom in the United States, with European allies increasingly buying American-made weapons and major defence companies expanding production to meet unprecedented global demand. Addressing a news conference after the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump said alliance members had embraced a new benchmark of spending five per cent of gross domestic product on defence, creating what he…
Washington, June 24 (IANS) The Pentagon’s flagship F-35 fighter jet programme is facing growing pressure to improve readiness and sustainment as the fleet expands rapidly across the United States and allied nations, a senior defence official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, Lieutenant General Gregory Masiello, Programme Executive Officer of the F-35 Joint Programme Office, described the aircraft as the “cornerstone” of US and allied ai…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The United States has formally notified a proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment worth an estimated $482.2 million for India’s Apache attack helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers aimed at enhancing the operational readiness of the Indian armed forces.The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) — which administers the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme — has issued the notification in the Federal Register after the Departme…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) The United States has approved two proposed defence support packages for India worth a combined $428.2 million, covering long-term sustainment for M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers and follow-on support for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, according to notifications published by the Pentagon.The notices, issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and published in the Federal Register last week, were recently delivered to the US Congress. The proposed sales in…
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…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India and Boeing on Saturday held discussions on strengthening cooperation in aviation and aerospace manufacturing, focusing on opportunities in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), skilling, supply chain development, innovation and expanding India’s role as a global manufacturing and engineering hub under the Make in India initiative.Taking to the social media platform X, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, said that the deliberations took place b…
Washington, May 19 (IANS) The United States has approved two possible Foreign Military Sales to India worth a combined $428.2 million, covering follow-on support for AH-64E Apache helicopters and sustainment support for M777A2 ultra-light howitzers, the State Department said.The proposed deals were announced by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in separate congressional notifications issued on May 18.The larger of the two involves long-term sustainment support for M777A2 Ultra-Light Howit…
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…