The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 billion modification contract to procure PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles for the US military and seven allied nations. The missiles will be sent under the Foreign Military Sales program to the US Army besides Bahrain, Germany, Poland, Qatar, Romania, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Russia has offered to cooperate with Turkey in developing its TF-X fifth-generation fighter jet besides advancing talks on the delivery of a second regiment set of S-400 air defence system (DS). In relation to the TF-X, the Russian offer includes the fighters engines, avionics, onboard systems, airframe and pilot life support systems, Head of Russias Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev said in an interview with the Turkish Ekoturk TV channel on Tuesday
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait of 84 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancements (MSEs) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $800 million. Patriot PAC-3 MSEs will supplement and improve Kuwait's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical oil and natural gas infrastructure, a US DoD release said
A pair of Patriot batteries deployed to fortify oil-rich facilities in Saudi Arabia will be redeployed to unspecified areas. “The decision removes two batteries, fighters and 300 personnel guarding oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, but leaves two patriots deployed at Prince Sultan Air Base,” an American official said, according to a report by
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been awarded Russias Korean liberation war 75th anniversary Victory medal “for his major contribution in commemorating Soviet soldiers, who died in 1945 during Koreas liberation,” the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang wrote on its Facebook page. Russian Ambassador Alexander Matsegora handed over the medal to the DPRKs Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Mansudae Palace of Congress in Pyongyang
Lockheed Martin received a $6.07 billion contract from the US Army for the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and associated equipment, to be delivered across FY21, FY22 and FY23 contract years
South Koreas arms procurement agency announced Tuesday that all ordered Cheongung anti-aircraft guided missile systems, dubbed “Korean Patriots,” were delivered to the military. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), final units of the self-propelled system were handed over to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) in April
Turkey has issued a veiled threat to purchase more S-400 Air Defence Systems (ADS) from Russia if denied the US-made Patriot or any other ADS made by its NATO allies. “If our allies can provide - it does not have to be only Patriot from the United States, it can also be a SAMP/T of Eurosam, or any similar system from other allies - and we prefer to purchase from our allies
Raytheon today announced the completion of the first round of testing of the first partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S
The US Army awarded Raytheon $551 million to commence production of Patriot air and missile defense system for the Kingdom of Bahrain. The contract was awarded on January 31, 2020, the company said in a statement Monday