Yearly Archive: 2020

ATHENS — Greece’s purchase of Rafale fighter jets, whose acquisition is expected to be approved by the Greek Parliament next week, was discussed on Tuesday by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and his French counterpart Florence Parly.

The French minister, who also discussed wider bi…

MOSCOW — Russia has signed an agreement with Sudan to establish a navy base in the African nation for at least a quarter-century, part of Moscow’s efforts to expand its global reach.

The deal published Tuesday on the official portal of government documents allows Russia to simultaneously keep u…

PARIS — Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expresses her great satisfaction after the success, on December 9, 2020, of the first firing of the modernized Air-Sol Moyenne Portée Amélioré (ASMPA) air-launched, medium-range stand-off missile.

She extends her warm congratulations to all …

PARIS — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Wednesday with Eric Trappier, the CEO of Dassault Aviation — manufacturer of Rafale fighter jets — in Paris to discuss ways of bolstering cooperation.

According to the Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady, the meeting tackled aspects …

The German government has extended the arms export ban for Saudi Arabia by a year until the end of 2021, Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported today quoting a government spokeswoman’s statement to the German dpa press agency. The embargo has even been tightened, as export licenses that have already been…

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $507,036,949 modification (P00163) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0009 for UH-60M HH-60M aircraft.

Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2022. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Arm…