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Kuwait Forms Committee to Probe Airbus Caracal Helicopters Malfunctioning
February 14, 2020 @ 07:49 AMThe Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense (MoD) Thursday announced the formation of a technical committee to investigate defects in Airbus Caracal helicopters, besides suspending further deliveries of these aircraft pending the outcome of the investigation. The announcement came in response to some members of the National Assembly questioning the technical malfunction of two H225M Caracal helicopters received from the manufacturer
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Nearly 3 Dozen US Personnel Diagnosed with Brain Injury Post Iran Strike
January 25, 2020 @ 06:18 AMThe fifteen Iranian missiles that struck two Iraqi air bases (Ain al-Asad, Erbil) on January 7 hosting the US military has left 34 of them with traumatic brain injuries, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said Friday. The number has surpassed the military's last week's estimate of 11 injured personnel
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Longbow to Support Apache's Fire Control Radars of S.Korea, Taiwan, Saudi, UAE,...
January 25, 2020 @ 04:58 AMLongbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman has won a $235.8 million deal to support Fire Control Radar systems for Apache helicopters for 11 foreign governments including South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Iraq Fears $35B Oil Revenue Freeze if it Expels US Troops
January 14, 2020 @ 09:34 AMIraqi officials have expressed fear of an economic meltdown if Washington imposed sanctions that it had previously hinted at, including freezing oil-revenue linked bank accounts in the United States in which Baghdad holds an estimated $35 Billion. Oil revenues constitute up to 90% of the states budget and are held in US
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Raytheon Receives $768M AMRAAM Missile Contract for USAF, Allies
December 31, 2019 @ 07:14 AMRaytheon has received a $768 million US Air Force contract to manufacture Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) for various allies including Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The missiles are to be mounted on aircraft such as the F-16, F-15 and F-35
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Kuwaiti Eurofighter With E-Scan Radar Makes First Flight
December 23, 2019 @ 03:00 PMThe first Eurofighter jet equipped with Captor E-Scan Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar made its first flight at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, on Monday. "On the 23rd December 2019 at the Flight Test Centre of Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin-Caselle, the first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) equipped with the Kuwait Air Force configuration has successfully completed its first flight," Eurofighter announced
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Kuwait to get First E-Scan AESA Radar-Equipped Eurofighter in 2020
November 26, 2019 @ 09:06 AMKuwait will become the first country to own Eurofighter jets equipped with E-Scan (Captor-E CAESAR) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar when it receives the jet next year. Twenty-Eight Eurofighter jets were purchased by Kuwait in 2016 for $8
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Kuwait to buy Heavy Equipment Recovery Vehicles worth $281M
October 12, 2019 @ 08:53 AMThe United States has given a green signal to Kuwait's request of acquiring Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System (HERCULES) recovery vehicles, and related support valued at $281 million. The M88A2 HERCULES is a full tracked armored vehicle used to perform battlefield rescue and recovery missions
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Honeywell to Supply Components for Kuwaiti, Saudi Abrams Tank Engines
September 25, 2019 @ 05:30 AMHoneywell has won a $21.3 million contract to supply engine components for Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian tank engines used in M1 Abrams series of tanks
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US Navy Awards Physical Optics Corp $27M to Support US Navy, Kuwaiti...
August 27, 2019 @ 09:12 AMThe US Navy has awarded Physical Optics Corp a $27.2 million modification contract to support F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft belonging to the Navy and the government of Kuwait
Israel Requests U.S. MOP Bomb to Target Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site...
South Korea Launches Second Ulsan-Class Batch-Ⅲ Frigate 'ROKS Gyeongbuk'
Danish State to Become Co-Owner in NAMMO Denmark amid Plans for National...
Dutch Troops in Iraq Stranded Amid Israel-Iran Conflict
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
