Textron has won $65 million contract to provide variants of Commando Select Armored Personnel Carriers to Iraq and Columbia. Textron has to provide 54 Commando Select APCs each along with 40/50 turret; four Commando Select APCs with 40/50 turret and command and control variant and two each Commando Select APCs to Iraq and Columbia, the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday
The government of Iraq has requested for an undisclosed number of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) under the foreign military sales contract from the US firm AM General. “AM General, South Bend, Indiana, was awarded a $10,402,481 modification (P00017) to foreign military sales contract W56HZV-15-C-0155 (Iraq) for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles,” the US Department of Defense announced Monday
Saudi Arabia is willing to supplu Syrian rebel groups with anti-air and anti-tank missiles capable of striking Russian T-90 tanks and MLRS rocket launchers. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi defense minister, plans to arm Syrian rebels militias with missiles capable of striking the new Russian T-90 tanks,
The Pentagon has accelerated the anti-IS campaign with the new cyber war tactics to be used against Islamic States widespread computer networks. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told AFP today that the US-led coalition is working to disrupt IS's command chain "to cause them to lose confidence in their networks
The Pentagon has awarded a contract for the sale of an unspecified number of BLU-109 bunker bursting bombs to Turkey. Ellwood National Forge and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems have been awarded a $682,900,000 foreign military sales contract (Turkey) for BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and components
Germany is mulling to send troops to Tunisia in order to train soldiers in the fight against IS. Representatives of the defense and foreign ministries will be holding discussions on Thursday and Friday on how Germany could support a training mission
Culmen, Defense Technology, Multinational Defense Services, Sierra Four and UDC US were awarded a $49 million contract for the production of nonstandard weapons parts and accessories for multiple countries under foreign military sales. The weapon parts and accessories will be for Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, Romania, Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Pakistan, Peru, Congo, Jordan and Colombia, US department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
The UK and Sweden have rejected the ruling by the UN panel favouring Julian Assange. The UN Panel examining the case of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange on Friday ruled that he should be allowed to walk free and compensated for his, “deprivation of liberty”
The US Air Force has awarded a $272 million contract to Sallyport Global Holdings in Virginia to run security and life support operations at Balad Air Base in Iraq over the next year. Work is expected to be completed by January 31, 2017, the US Department of Defense announced Friday
The US Government has approved sale of smart bombs, AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles and other munitions for use on its fleet of 36 F-16 fighter jets in a deal valued at up to $1.95 billion to Iraq