ANKARA — Turkey has sought to expand its defense market in Azerbaijan. Turkish sources said the state-owned defense industry was seeking to acquire major contracts for the modernization of (more…)
ABU DHABI — Qatar has selected an advanced air refueling tanker. The Qatari military awarded Airbus a multi-billion-dollar contract for aircraft and helicopters. Under the agreement, Doha would receive (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey, under intense pressure from NATO, might copy a Chinese ballistic missile defense battery and claim it as an indigenous system. Western diplomats said NATO has assessed (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey and Pakistan have pledged to enhance defense and military cooperation. Officials said the two Muslim states agreed to explore joint ventures in weapons development. They said (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has accumulated an arsenal of precision-guided artillery shells. The Israeli military has converted its artillery shells with GPS and other systems meant to strike targets (more…)
WASHINGTON — Turkey, amid increasing Western concern, has been awarded what could constitute unprecedented U.S. co-production and technology transfer for a major military project. Industry sources said the administration (more…)
ABU DHABI — U.S. companies walked away with large contracts at Qatar’s defense exhibition. Major U.S. firms accumulated more than 25 percent of the nearly $24 billion in contracts (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s defense industry has been bracing for a decline in 2014. Major Israeli defense companies have been planning or implementing layoffs amid forecasts of a sharp (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been preparing for deployment of an advanced ballistic missile defense system. The Israel Air Force has been overseeing the testing of the Arrow-3 (more…)
