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US Approves $3 Bn Sale of NASAMS Missiles to Kuwait

US Approves $3 Bn Sale of NASAMS Missiles to Kuwait

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), Medium Range Air Defense System (MRADS) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $3 billion. The D…
New Contract to Increase Hypersonic Flight-Testing Tempo

New Contract to Increase Hypersonic Flight-Testing Tempo

The Department of Defense announced today the award of a new contract to augment the Department’s capacity to conduct regular hypersonic flight tests more regularly. Dynetics and a team of over 20 industry partners have been awarded a Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division Other Transac…
French 2023 Defense Budget to Increase by 7% to €44 Billion

French 2023 Defense Budget to Increase by 7% to €44 Billion

During the presentation of the 2023 finance bill before the Defense and Armed Forces Committee of the National Assembly, the Minister for the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, underlined, on Wednesday, October 5, the importance of adapting the national defense effort to the challenges of our time. A …
German Brigade Conducts First Exercise in Lithuania

German Brigade Conducts First Exercise in Lithuania

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — On the evening of the 5th October 2022, soldiers from the German 413 Light Infantry Battalion disembarked in the port of Klaipeda for Exercise Fast Griffin. The exercise is the first training deployment of elements of the future German enhanced Vigilance Activity Brigade (DEU…
EU Prepares to Launch Military Training Mission for Ukraine

EU Prepares to Launch Military Training Mission for Ukraine

The European Union plans to launch a military training mission for Ukraine. This should be announced at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

Josep Borrell, EU High Representative, wrote about this in his blog at the EEAS website. “At the next Foreign Affairs Council on 17 October, I hope we can f…

General Atomics Delivers First Protector UAV to Royal Air Force

General Atomics Delivers First Protector UAV to Royal Air Force

SAN DIEGO — Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) for the first Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system has been completed. Completion of ATP allowed for the official hand-over of the aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), the launch customer of the MQ-9B RPA system developed by Gene…
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