Defence deals

On Sept. 10, Italy has officially become the latest member to joins UK  “Tempest” fighter Jet Programme Tempest Programme, the project to develop a next-generation multirole aircraft. Gen. Nicolò Falsaperna, Italy’s Secretary-General of Defense, and Sir Simon Bollom, CEO of Defense Equipment & Support, as National Armaments Directors of Italy …

Members of the Senate’s defense appropriations subcommittee Approves U.S. Air Force’s Plan To Buy 8 F-15EX Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets For $992.4 Million, of which 2 test aircraft are funded in research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force. on 10 September The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense advanced its Fiscal …

As we have already explained in a previous article Boeing offered new version of F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter jet to Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force is looking to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets with new fighter jets. Four companies are vying for the multibillion-dollar contract for as many …

The U.S. State Department approved the sale of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Hungary at an estimated cost of $500 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. The approval, announced on Tuesday, came after the Hungarian government requested the purchase of 180 AMRAAM missiles, training missiles, cryptographic and communication security …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit India for a day two weeks from now. On the agenda are the acquisition of two more Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) and extended range air to air Derby missiles by the Indian Air Force and joint projects in agriculture, …

Egyptian Air Force has signed a military agreement to buy 50 MiG-35 warplanes from Russia the US’ National Interest reported on Saturday. The $2 billion deal, the largest in the post-Soviet era, was signed between Cairo and Moscow in April 2015, under which Egypt will receive the warplanes by 2020. …

If so, Hurry up  Palm Beach, Fla.-based Jet Lease has listed a 1980 F-16 A/B Fighting Falcon for sale — and the rare offer made waves online. The 1980 multirole fighter jet, which has an $8.5 million price tag, is being offered alongside two other F-16 Vipers. This is not your average “used” fighter jet …

The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. See Details: U.S. Approves Sale Of 66 Advanced F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet To Taiwan For $8 Billion China said it would sanction any U.S. firm involved in a planned $8 billion sale …

On occasion of 85th anniversary of Irkutsk Aviation Plant the first Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters jet built for Belarusian Air Force were spotted on territory of the enterprise. Russia has begun the delivery of first batch of Su-30SM fighters to Belarus out of the 12 ordered to replace the ageing MiG-29 …

The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, American officials said Friday. The move is certain to further anger China at a time when a long-running trade war between Washington and Beijing has upended relations between the world’s two largest economies …