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Israel Delivers First Iron Dome Battery to US Army

Israel Delivers First Iron Dome Battery to US Army

Today (30/09/2020), the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate of Defense R&D (DDR&D), of the Israel Ministry of Defense, delivered the first of two Iron Dome Defense System batteries to the U.S. Army. On this occasion, a symbolic event was held at the Iron Dome production li…
Saab Delivers Second GlobalEye AEW Aircraft to UAE

Saab Delivers Second GlobalEye AEW Aircraft to UAE

Saab delivered the second GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System to the United Arab Emirates on 30 September 2020.

This follows Saab’s delivery of the first GlobalEye aircraft in April 2020 to the United Arab Emirates, which has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft. The initial contract was signed …

Russia Marks Five Years of Operations from Syrian Air Base

Russia Marks Five Years of Operations from Syrian Air Base

AIRBASE KHMEIMIM, Syria — Over the five years since its establishment, Russia’s airbase Khmeimim in Syria has turned into a homey neighborhood with all essential conveniences for its military personnel, while the intensity of flights has eased considerably, Russian military officials told the medi…
Lockheed Wins $498M for Trident II (D5) Missile Production

Lockheed Wins $498M for Trident II (D5) Missile Production

Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $498,444,190 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded and announced unpriced letter contract N00030-20-C-0100 for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed system…
B-1B Lancers Cross Arctic Circle to Train with Norway

B-1B Lancers Cross Arctic Circle to Train with Norway

EIELSON AFB, Alaska — B-1B Lancers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted training with the Norwegian air force on Sept. 25, in a 16-hour sortie that crossed directly over the North Pole as part of a Bomber Task Force mission here.

The 6,100 nautical mile mission received…

US Relaxes Policy to Facilitate Foreign Military Sales

US Relaxes Policy to Facilitate Foreign Military Sales

A new “term of sale” opens the doors to more nations that want to approach the United States about foreign military sales, and that makes the U.S. more competitive in seeking partnerships, the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.

Just last year, DSCA created the “risk assesse…


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