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…

The U.S. Army has grounded 12 upgraded Apache AH-64 helicopters while it conducts a review of quality procedures at a Boeing Co. plant after the contractor alerted the service to improperly performed inspections, according to officials.

A technician who has since been dismissed “failed to perform…

The Russian Defense Ministry has publicized tests of its new Tornado-S precision missile, which takes GLONASS data input for its target and flies in squads capable of taking out dispersed enemy formations. The missile comes in a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) that can fire up to 12 missiles si…