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US finally gets new Pentagon chief as Senate confirms Esper
Jul 23, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's second Defense Department chief takes over nearly seven months after the shock departure of Jim Mattis, the deeply respected career US ...
Turkey convinced Trump wants to avoid sanctions over S-400
Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)
The US president has taken a soft line on Turkey over its purchase of the S-400 system -- which was delivered on July 13 -- saying Thursday that he did not envi...
Trump doesn't see sanctions 'right now' on Turkey
Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)
"We're not looking at that right now," Trump told reporters. Speaking shortly afterward, he seemed to clarify: "We're looking at it. Very, very difficult situat...
US bars Turkey from F-35 program over Russian missiles
Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)
"Unfortunately, Turkey's decision to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems renders its continued involvement with the F-35 impossible," White House spokesw...
Air Force contracting process enhanced with new hybrid funding opportunity announcement
Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)
DPA Title III authorities were established in the Defense Production Act of 1950 and provide the President broad authority to ensure the timely availability of ...
Merkel's favoured successor to become German defence minister
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, best known to Germans as "AKK", will be appointed on Wednesday during a handover in Berlin with her predecessor von der Leyen and th...
Pentagon gets 3rd acting chief since Mattis -- temporarily
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
Owing to complex bureaucratic rules, the acting defense secretary of the past four weeks, Mark Esper, was forced to step down as Trump submitted his formal nomi...
Macron to show off Euro defence cooperation at Paris parade
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
Key EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May, are expected to join Macron to watch the annual parade down th...
China to impose sanctions on US firms in Taiwan arms sale
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
"The US arms sale to Taiwan has severely violated the basic norms of international law and international relations," said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Gen...
Four companies awarded $72.8M for special projects for Navy, DHS, CBP
Jul 09, 2019 (UPI)
The three-year contracts include two two-year option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of all four contracts to an estimated $176.4...
Erdogan says NATO countries shouldn't sanction each other over S400s
Jun 26, 2019 (AFP)
"Do not forget that Turkey is a NATO country. America is a NATO country. I am not aware if NATO countries place sanctions on one another," Erdogan told reporter...
BAE awarded $90M to upgrade, maintain Navy's communications and combat systems
Jun 24, 2019 (UPI)
The systems, which are embedded within vehicles, watercraft, and specialized communications platforms, integrate command, control, computers, communications, cy...
US Senate votes to block Saudi arms sales, UK suspends licenses
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
In Washington, the Senate voted to prevent $8.1 billion in US arms in a symbolic bipartisan rebuke to the president and his close ties with the kingdom. A handf...
New Pentagon chief an ex-soldier who moved to the defense industry
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
"I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!" Trump wrote in a tweet announcing his appointment. Unlike his predecessor in the post, who had no m...
Shanahan's Pentagon rise upended by painful family past
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The 56-year-old Shanahan stepped down as acting defense secretary on Tuesday and withdrew his name from consideration to permanently fill the post to protect hi...
Turkey says US ultimatum on Russia missile deal 'inappropriate'
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan last week sent a letter telling Turkey that it had to renounce the S-400 system by July 31, or Turkish pilots train...
US House also seeks to block Trump arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
The lower chamber's pushback against the White House comes a week after US senators across the political spectrum also moved to prevent the $8.1 billion sale. T...
Big US defense merger touts tech, but Trump has questions
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
The two companies, which unveiled a "merger of equals" on Sunday, said combining would boost development of faster weapons systems, connected aircraft and other...
Raytheon and United Technologies announce merger
Jun 09, 2019 (AFP)
The new company, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, will be created via an exchange of shares between the two firms, with the merger expected to conclude in the...
Senators seek to block Trump's arms sales to Saudis
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
The Trump administration last month said it would use emergency powers to defy Congress and provide munitions, aircraft maintenance and other military component...
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