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Raytheon has won the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) competition, and will deliver a new radar to replace the existing MPQ-65A Patriot radar. As the …
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In today’s podcast, the Forecast Roundtable team continues the discussion of the implication of U.S. President Donald Trump’s order for American forces to redeploy away from the Syrian border with …
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The Russian drone Okhotnik will perform its first weapons test next year. Speaking to TASS Russian News Agency on Wednesday, a source in the Russian defense industry said, “The Okhotnik’s …
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The U.S. is withdrawing approximately 1,000 troops from northeast Syria following a Turkish incursion into the region. Many of the U.S. troops are heading to Iraq, and a small number …
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The Afghan Air Force has received two Indian helicopters. At a ceremony on Tuesday at the military airbase in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the Indian government formally handed over …
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737 MAX Technical Review Releases Observations, Findings, and Recommendations by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Boeing and Airbus delivered 26 and 71 commercial jets in September 2019, compared …
Read More In today’s podcast, the Forecast Roundtable team discusses the implication of U.S. President Donald Trump’s order for American forces to redeploy away from the Syrian border with Turkey, how that …
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Greece is in the early stages of a potential acquisition of a pair of French-built warships. On October 10, Greek Defense Minister Niko Panagiotopoulos and French Defense Minister Florence Parly …
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The White House is reportedly preparing to announce a withdrawal from the Open Skies treaty, a pact that allows unarmed observation flights over the 34 signatories (North Atlantic Treaty Organization …
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The Netherlands will be adding nine more F-35s to its existing order of 37 fighters, per a letter to the Dutch House of Representatives from State Secretary for Defense Barbara …
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