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Pentagon’s 2024 Priority; Replacing Ammunition Stocks

13 Mar, 11:35
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U.S. President Joe Biden will present the U.S. defence budget on Thursday. The total amount of budget for next year could exceed $835 billion. This would become one of the enormous peacetime defence budgets. The current budget is $816 million, according to the official P-1 summary document obtained by Bloomberg News. The $170 billion procurement bid exceeds Congress’s budget for this fiscal year by $8 billion. The research and development requests are about $5 billion higher than Congress’s approval.

Weapon / Missile

Pentagon Reveals Details of VAMPIRE

25 Aug, 04:06
2 min read

On the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, the President of the United States announced a military aid of $2.98 billion to Ukraine.

Air

Lockheed Martin to produce 375 F-35 Fighter Jets for USA

19 Jul, 10:59
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Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agreed to build about 375 F-35 fighter jets over three years amid expectations that the price of the aircraft would rise.

Defence Politics

The US House of Representatives Passes Legislation to Increase President Biden's Record Defence Budget

15 Jul, 11:46
1 min read

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing $37 billion in additional spending on top of Biden's proposed $773 billion defence budget.

Country

The U.S. Abandoned over $7 bn in Military Equipment in Afghanistan: Pentagon

01 May, 08:51
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According to a Pentagon report, the United States left behind USD 7.12 billion in military hardware in Afghanistan after withdrawing from the country in August of last year.

Weapon / Missile

USA: North Korea Conducted Two Ballistic Missile Tests

13 Mar, 01:50
1 min read

According to the US State Department, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted two ballistic missile tests on February 26 and March 4, 2022, EST.

Air Unmanned Systems Communication

The US to Launch High-Altitude Balloon for Early Warning Network

25 Nov, 10:52
1 min read

Raven Aerostar has been granted a DoD contract to demonstrate stratospheric balloon utilities for actual military field operations.

Air Bilateral Relations

U.S. Turkey Dispute to Resolve F-35 Issue

28 Oct, 02:26
1 min read

The U.S. and Turkey have had another round of discussions to address the disagreement over Ankara’s exclusion from the F-35 JSF programme.

Bilateral Relations Unmanned Systems

Qatar is Tired of Waiting for MQ-9B UCAV

27 Oct, 12:14
1 min read

According to The Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon delayed Qatar’s request over a year ago to buy four MQ-9B Predator (Reaper) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Regional / Strategy

Taliban Flies with Black Hawk

02 Sep, 12:23
5 min read

The Taliban has access to $85 billion worth of US weapons, Republican congressman and former US Navy reservist Jim Banks said.

Defence Politics

Biden requests $715B for Pentagon

12 Apr, 12:42
1 min read

Biden made his first request for a defence budget. He asked for $753 billion in national security funding for the Defence Department.

Air Defence Politics Modernisation

USAF accepts First Boeing F-15EX

16 Mar, 12:56
2 min read

The US Air Force (USAF) officially accepted the first F-15EX fighter on 10 March at Boeing’s St Louis production facility in Missouri following the maiden flight on 2 February 2021.

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