The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible $210 million foreign military sale of fifty-four Stryker combat vehicles to North Macedonia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced this week. The U.S. military’s DSCA issued a press release on March 16, 2021, that announced that the Government of North Macedonia has requested the possible sale of 54 Stryker Vehicles, including M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicles, M1130 Command Vehicles, and M1129 Mortar Carrier Vehicles. According to the DSCA, the complete package also includes included are M2A1 .50 cal machine guns; M6 Smoke Grenade launchers and associated spares; Harris radios; Common Remote Operated Weapons […]
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France moves close to receive three E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes to replace its existing E-2C aircraft. According to a recent U.S. Naval Air Systems Command news release, France became the second international customer of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, with a signed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) to procure three E-2D aircraft from the U.S. Navy, for a maximum value of $2 billion. “The E-2/C-2 program office is looking forward to continuing a longstanding partnership with France and beginning a new chapter with the E-2D,” said Capt. Pete Arrobio, program manager of the E-2/C-2 Airborne Command & Control Systems Program Office (PMA-231). […]
Israeli defense officials have denied reports that the sale of the F-22 Raptor to Israel is currently under discussion. In recent days, multiple news outlets claim that the United States has approved the sale of F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Israel to preserve air superiority following the agreement of the United States to sell the F-35 stealth fighters to the UAE. The story was first reported by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, which cited internal sources that senior Israeli defense officials subsequently sought compensation: “removing obstacles” to purchasing older F-22 Raptor stealth fighters designed for greater air-to-air combat capability than the F-35. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
For Coinbase users who don’t want to keep their funds on an exchange, the buying and storing crypto just became a lot easier. On Monday afternoon, the company announced that Coinbase Wallet users would now have a fiat on-ramp within the wallet itself. Previously, users holding their crypto in the non-custodial wallet would have to buy crypto on the Coinbase app (or elsewhere) and then send funds to Coinbase Wallet. This meant users trying to use, say, a DeFi dapp would have to install two separate apps to get started, the company said in an emailed statement. For decentralized app creators, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080397822-poland-reaches-deal-with-us-to-purchase-fgm-148f-javelin-anti-tank-missiles-reports-suggest/ WARSAW (Sputnik) – Poland inked a deal with the United States to acquire FGM-148F Javelin anti-tank missile systems, the Polish defence24 agency, which specializes in military news, reported on Tuesday, citing the Armed Forces Inspectorate. The US is supplying Ukraine with similar anti-tank missiles. The $100 million sale to Poland was approved by the US State Department back in March. Under the Washington-Warsaw deal, Poland will receive 60 launchers and 180 anti-tank missiles, the news agency reported. Defence24 also said that Poland had signed an agreement to buy F-35A Lightning II multi-purpose aircraft from […]
President Trump said at a news conference on Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates is seeking to buy an unknown number of F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jets. According to Trump, the UAE was interested in buying advanced F-35 Lightning II fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp. “They’d like to buy F-35’s, we’ll see what happens, it’s under review,” said Trump. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The announcement comes just days after the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. U.S. defense journalist and commentator Steve Trimble […]
As President Donald Trump tightens its economic grip around Chinese operations in the United States, a number of domestic firms are racing to be the first to purchase the Tik Tok application before it is shut down in November. Oracle has added its name to the list companies looking to purchase TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned short video app that the White House has promised to ban unless a US firm acquires it by mid-November, unnamed people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The tech giant, which was co-founded by Larry Ellison, has held preliminary talks with TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, […]
Microsoft has said they would “move quickly” in their talks with ByteDance to buy TikTok, after CEO Satya Nadella discussed the issue with US President Donald Trump, who threatened to ban the popular Chinese app. In a statement on its official blog on Sunday, Microsoft has confirmed that the discussions between them and the owner of TikTok, Chinese company ByteDance, have been underway, vowing to complete them “no later than September, 15” whatever the outcome. Microsoft said that if a “preliminary proposal” communicated to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) between the companies to be made final, […]
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India and Russia have been negotiating the purchase of MiG-29 and Su-30MKI aircraft since last year. In 2019, a top-level Indian Air Force (IAF) team visited a Russian facility to check the MiG-29 fighter jets; later, it submitted a favourable report to the IAF headquarters. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to purchase 33 fighter jets from Russia under an emergency clause amid an ongoing border stand-off with China. Government sources have confirmed that the IAF has moved a proposal to the Defence Ministry for approval in which it has suggested the acquisition of 21 MiG-29s and 12 […]
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Montenegro Air Force has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505 Jet Ranger X’s. These new aircraft will be used to train the Montenegrin military pilots. The agreement also provides that Bell will provide training for three pilots in France and eight technicians at its Bell Training Academy Fort Worth, TX. The helicopters will be delivered out of our Bell-owned service center in Prague. “We are proud to provide the Montenegro Air Force with exceptional products and services. The Bell 505 is a phenomenal aircraft to train new military pilots,” […]