DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel for Excess SH-60F Sea-Hawk Helicopter equipment and support. The estimated cost is $300 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 5, 2016. The Government of Israel has requested to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-surplus-sh-60f-helicopter-equipment-to-israel-67798/

DefenceTalkEconomy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has presided over a massive increase in German weapons exports, despite his election promises. He should resign and make way for a politician with backbone, say anti-war activists. Sigmar Gabriel seems to be struggling to keep his much-vaunted promise to reduce Germany’s weapons exports. On Monday, the German economy minister was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/activists-condemn-gabriels-excuses-for-doubling-german-arms-trade-67779/

DefenceTalkA buying spree in the Asia-Pacific region propelled double-digit growth in the global arms market last year to a record $65 billion (57.7 billion euros), defence analysts IHS Jane’s said Monday. Defence imports by Asia-Pacific nations soared 71 per cent in a “spend surge” between 2009 and 2016, the analysts said, helping the global arms […]https://www.defencetalk.com/double-digit-asia-growth-drives-record-arms-sales-study-67638/

DefenceTalkA leading U.S.-based foreign policy journal says the White House has quietly suspended the transfer of cluster bombs to ally Saudi Arabia, in response to the Sunni kingdom’s aerial war against Shi’ite rebels in Yemen. Foreign Policy magazine, in a news story published Friday, quoted an unnamed senior U.S. official as saying a hold was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/report-white-house-suspends-cluster-bomb-transfers-to-saudi-arabia-67548/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for F/A-18 C/D services and support. The estimated cost is $420 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 24, 2016. The Government of Kuwait has requested a possible sale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-fa-18-cd-services-and-support-for-kuwait-67544/

DefenceTalkTalks with the UAE, Chile, South Africa and Vietnam are in advanced stage concerning export the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile BrahMos NEW DELHI — India and Russia have agreed ‘in principle’ to export the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, BrahMos, to third countries – the UAE, Vietnam, South Africa and Chile, Praveen Pathak, spokesman […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-russia-agree-to-export-brahmos-missiles-67542/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for UGM-84L Harpoon Block II Encapsulated Missiles and equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $143 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 11, 2016. The Government of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/egypt-to-buy-ugm-84l-harpoon-block-ii-encapsulated-missiles-67484/

DefenceTalkThe White House is considering lifting a decades-old arms embargo against Vietnam in time for President Barack Obama’s visit to the booming Southeast Asian nation this month. As both countries warily eye China’s military build-up in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Obama is weighing an end to the Cold War-era ban on lethal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-weighs-lifting-vietnam-arms-embargo-67450/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Tunisia for OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Aircraft equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $100.8 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Tunisia has requested a possible sale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tunisia-to-buy-oh-58d-kiowa-warrior-aircraft-equipment-and-support-67393/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for RIM-116C and RIM-116C-2 Rolling Airframe Missiles and associated equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $260 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on April 21, 2016. The Government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-250m-rolling-airframe-missiles-sale-to-qatar-67323/