Defense News – The German government expects to receive a long-awaited industry offer for revamping the country’s missile defenses next month, just as the debate in Germany over defense spending kicks into high gear once again. The proposal by contractors Lockheed Martin and MBDA Germany for the TLVS program, short for Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem, will roughly… read more
Army Recognition – Raytheon was awarded a $383,973,802 modification to Foreign Military Sales (Romania) contract for new production hardware, upgrade kits and spares, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2023. Fiscal 2019 other funds in the amount of $383,973,802 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal,… read more
Alarabiya – The US believes it is “possible” Turkey will decide against buying a Russian air defense system whose proposed purchase has strained relations between the NATO allies, a top official said on Thursday. Washington has warned for months that Turkey’s adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara’s… read more
Tass – Belarus shows interest in buying Russian-made air defense systems, including Pantsyr surface-to-air missile/gun complexes and Tor systems of various modifications, Head of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev told TASS at the HeliRussia-2019 exhibition on Friday. “Today, Russian-made air defense systems, Pantsyr and Tor complexes of various modifications and, undoubtedly, Mi-35 and… read more
The Chosunilbo – U.S. experts are calling for the missile defense systems of South Korea and the U.S. to be integrated in response to the missiles North Korea has tested recently, according to VOA on Tuesday. David Maxwell at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told VOA, “This is why we need an integrated system… read more
Space News – House appropriators would block funding for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency until 90 days after the secretary of defense submits a detailed plan for the new agency. The language is included in the draft of the proposed fiscal year 2020 funding bill for the Defense Department released on Tuesday by the House… read more
Tass – The Iraqi government has made a decision to purchase the S-400 missile systems from Russia, Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Haidar Mansour Hadi said at a press conference following the eighth meeting of the Russian-Iraqi intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation held in Baghdad on April 23-25. “As for the missile… read more
Channel News Asia – In recent days, North Korea has upped the ante in its standoff with the United States and South Korea, further highlighting the missed opportunity at February’s Hanoi summit aimed at bringing peace to the Korean peninsula. Reports last Thursday suggest that a “projectile” was launched from the Sino-ri test site on… read more
Yahoo – Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan opens up on ‘Fox & Friends’ on countering threats facing the U.S. from Iran and China Read the full article… read more
The Diplomat – On Monday, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced that it had successfully tested the Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) drone. The pilotless aircraft, designed to serve as a target in live-fire weapons tests, was flight-tested at India’s Interim Test Range near Chandipur, Odisha. “The flight test was tracked by… read more