F-35 Sale to UAE is Ripped Off
The UAE signed a deal to purchase up to 50 F-35 and 18 MQ-9 Reaper drones from the U.S. just an hour before President Joe Biden was inaugurated.
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- 15:00 NATO launches joint Triton high-altitude drone programme - Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway signed a letter of intent to procure up to five MQ-4C Triton UA...
- 15:00 Saab enters negotiations for NATO GlobalEye fleet - NATO has begun formal negotiations with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft...
- 15:00 ATACMS production to begin in Germany under Lockheed-Rheinmetall plan - Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall agreed to establish ATACMS missile production in Germany, creating t...
- 15:00 NATO highlights over $50 billion in defence agreements - The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum showcased more than $50 billion in procurement and industrial...
- 15:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 15:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 15:00 Autonomous maritime systems expand infrastructure protection missions - Navies are broadening deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 15:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational procurement - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 15:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
- 12:00 Turkish firms selected for five new NATO capability programmes - Foreign defence coverage highlighted that ASELSAN, ROKETSAN, STM and TÜBİTAK were selected to partic...
- 12:00 Financial Times: European rearmament boosts Turkish defence companies - The Financial Times reported that Europe's accelerating rearmament is creating sustained demand for...
- 12:00 Reuters: Türkiye aims to double defence exports after record year - Reuters reported that Türkiye is targeting another major increase in defence exports after surpassin...
- 12:00 Janes: ASELSAN sees Steel Dome evolving into nationwide architecture - Janes reported that ASELSAN expects Steel Dome to evolve from an integrated air-defence programme in...
- 12:00 Janes: Baykar integrates UAE-guided bomb with Akıncı - Janes reported that Baykar and EDGE Group are integrating the UAE-developed Al Tariq precision-guide...
- 12:00 Janes: Sefine and Kraken Robotics sign sonar cooperation - Janes reported that Türkiye's Sefine Shipyard and Canada's Kraken Robotics signed an MoU to integrat...
- 12:00 Janes: Turkish ammunition producer to establish factory in Estonia - Janes reported that Turkish defence company ARCA signed an agreement to establish an ammunition prod...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense: Turkish industry continues autonomous systems push - Breaking Defense highlighted that Turkish companies are expanding investments in autonomous air, lan...
- 12:00 Reuters video spotlights Baykar's new kamikaze drone family - Reuters' coverage of SAHA 2026 highlighted Baykar's Sivrisinek, Mızrak and K2 kamikaze UAVs alongsid...
- 12:00 Janes: Indigenous transmission enters Altay tank testing - Janes reported that Türkiye has begun testing an indigenous transmission for the Altay main battle t...
- 09:00 NATO launches joint Triton high-altitude drone programme - Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway signed a letter of intent to procure up to five MQ-4C Triton UA...
- 09:00 Saab enters negotiations for NATO GlobalEye fleet - NATO has begun formal negotiations with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft...
- 09:00 ATACMS production to begin in Germany under Lockheed-Rheinmetall plan - Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall agreed to establish ATACMS missile production in Germany, creating t...
- 09:00 NATO highlights over $50 billion in defence agreements - The NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum showcased more than $50 billion in procurement and industrial...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems expand infrastructure protection missions - Navies are broadening deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational procurement - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
