US-Turkey Relations At Precipice; Turks Start S-400 Training
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The Pentagon appears to be ready to take further action in the long-running saga over Turkey and the F-35.
GOP & Dems Fight Trump To Stop $8B Saudi, UAE Arms Deals
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Israelis Invest In New Artillery: ATMOS Mobile Howitzer
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The IDF plans to replace hundreds of aging American M109s with Elbit’s ATMOS, which is 50 percent made in the US.
Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A
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State, DoD Letter Warns European Union to Open Defense Contracts, Or Else
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Europe has bristled at a letter sent to the EU from the Pentagon and State Department, which says proposed EU defense programs are unfair to the US defense industry.
Lockheed Adds Some Israeli SPICE To Kinetics Market
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It’s a global coming-out party for the precision munition, already used by the Israeli Air Force in Syria.
F-35 Production Hurt If Turkey Kicked Out Of Program: Vice Adm. Winter
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“We would see within 45 to 90 days an impact of the slowing down or stopping of those parts to the three production lines,” Vice Adm. Mat Winter told Congress.
US Halts F-35 Parts Shipments To Turkey
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WASHINGTON: The US economic vice is beginning to tighten on Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, who has made it a mark of his presidency to test just how far he can stretch the bonds that knit his country to NATO and the United States. The Pentagon announced today, as my Reuters’ colleague Mike Stone… Keep reading →
Europe Moves To Better Monitor Foreign Investments, Sort Of A CFIUS
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WASHINGTON: The European Union has taken a major step toward more effective national security screening of foreign direct investments, implementing a new “framework” for the EU. It is the beginning of a more unified approach across the vast market on a long-standing issue. Even though China is not explicitly targeted in the new document, the timing of… Keep reading →
French Defense Chief: ‘It’s Called Article 5, Not Article F-35’
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Paris wants to partner with the US, but a top French defense official says an unpredictable White House is forcing Europe to strike out on its own.