WASHINGTON — The United States and the United Arab Emirates hope to have an initial agreement on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the Gulf state in place by December, as the Trump administration studies how to structure a deal without running afoul of Israel.

Sources close to the negoti…

TOKYO — The Defense Ministry will seek a budget of over ¥5.4 trillion for fiscal 2021 — another record — government sources said Monday, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to continue with his predecessor’s policy of bolstering Japan’s capabilities in new domains.

The seventh consecutive ye…

The Swedish government has proposed to parliament that the defence sector should be allocated an additional SEK 5 billion in 2021.

The decision also concludes that the previous decisions of additional SEK 5 billion annually towards defence over the next five years (until 2025) remains in place.
…

VIENNA — The decision has been made: the Ministry of Defense is buying 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters. The procurement is carried out in cooperation with Italy and amounts to around 300 million euros.

Investing in Security

Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner announced the decision on Mond…

ECA Robotics, a French subsidiary of ECA Group, has recently signed a contract worth several hundred million euros. This contract comprises the outsourcing to its Belgian subsidiary ECA Robotics Belgium of the manufacturing and delivery of unmanned vehicles dedicated to the underwater mine counter m…

BISHKEK — Kyrgyzstan appears to have acquired a Chinese short-range air-defense system. Recent footage of the Kyrgyz military indicates that Bishkek imported the “Flying Leopard 6C,” a Chinese-made mobile short-range air-defense system that can engage targets up to six kilometers away.

The foot…