PARIS — Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the order by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) for 271 Griffon armored vehicles and 42 Jaguar armored vehicles, awarded on September 15, 2020 to Nexter, Arquus and Thales as part of the SCORPION program.

The 2019-2025 Milit…

Korea and Indonesia are working on a new agreement for their joint fighter jet project, which has hit a snag following Indonesia’s delay in paying hundreds of millions of dollars.

About 10 officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) ―…

PARIS — Italy and Israeli have concluded a reciprocal procurement agreement under which Israel will buy five additional Leonardo AW119KX training helicopters and Italy will buy an additional batch of Spike anti-tank missiles and simulators.

The agreement was signed via teleconference on Tuesday…

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper promised Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz that the United States would maintain Israel’s qualitative edge in the Middle East.

Esper made the promise at the beginning of a Pentagon meeting with the Israeli leader.

Gantz is no stranger to the U.S. military…

TAIPEI — Two Chinese anti-submarine aircraft violated Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday (Sept. 22), marking the fifth incursion by People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft since Sept. 17.

On Tuesday evening, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced th…

On September 10, 2020, the French forces stationed in Djibouti (FFDJ) received two Griffon multi-role armored vehicles for an operational technical assessment in hot weather.

For its first trip to Africa, the Griffon spent ten days treading Djibouti’s semi-desert terrain. It has been studied in a…