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July 24, 2018

U.S. congressional negotiators reach deal on defense policy bill

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate and House negotiators reached agreement on Monday on a $716 billion defense policy bill,

July 24, 2018

F-35 Transfers to Turkey Held Back Under U.S. Defense Measure

Bloomberg: Transfers to Turkey of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 would be barred temporarily under a compromise defense policy measure agreed

July 24, 2018

IDF shoots down Syrian fighter jet that entered Israeli airspace

The Times of Israel: The Israeli Air Force shot down a Syrian fighter jet that traveled two kilometers into Israeli

July 24, 2018

Raytheon receives $64.4 million contract for MK-31 missiles

UPI: July 23 (UPI) — Raytheon Missile Systems out of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $64.4 million contract for design

July 23, 2018

Armenia receives $200m worth of weapons from Russia

TASS: YEREVAN, July 22. /TASS/. Armenia’s army has received all weapons under a 200 US dollar-worth loan agreement with Russia,

July 23, 2018

Israel launches U.S.-backed missile shield on Syria frontier, Russia sends envoys

Reuters: JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel launched its newest air defense system on Monday on the Syrian frontier, where Damascus’s Russian-backed

July 23, 2018

US interests in Pacific: currents and cross currents

NWF Daily News: Nuclear and ballistic missile testing by North Korea (DPRK) and the fallout from the recent Singapore meeting

July 23, 2018

Baghdad yet undecided about buying Russian S-400 systems – Iraqi ambassador

TASS: MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Baghdad has not yet taken a final decision on purchases of Russian-made S-400 missile systems,

July 20, 2018

Cool Valley-based DRS Land Systems wins $193 million tank defense contract

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis-area division of defense contractor Leonardo DRS Inc. has been awarded a $193 million contract

July 20, 2018

Air Defense: The Indian Detour

Strategy Page: The Israeli Barak 8 SAM (surface-to-air missile) system has been reorganized and expanded. There are now three Barak