“The proposed sale will improve Bahrain’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing a credible force that can deter adversaries and provide the capability to participate in regional operations with the United States and other U.S. partner nations,” the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
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Sen. Jack Reed told reporters that should the bill fail, he would look to busting the price cap on next year’s defense authorization legislation.
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With thousands of their employees called up to the reserves, the companies moved to 24/7 shifts to supply the IDF, while continuing sales abroad, executives at each told Breaking Defense.
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The agreement speaks “volumes about EDGE’s resolve to develop sound domestic production capabilities of next-gen radar systems in the short term and to position itself as a competitive radar production hub regionally in the long run,” one analyst told Breaking Defense.
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The Oct. 7 attacks have not had a major impact yet on the company’s bottom line, a top executive tells Breaking Defense.
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Of a larger conflict, retired Lebanese Brig. Gen. Naji Mlaeb told Breaking Defense, “Hezbollah is ready but it doesn’t want it, while Israel wants [it] but is not ready” to fight on two fronts. That may soon change.
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Qatar indicated it was going with France’s VBCI back in 2017, but as no final order has been signed, competition with fellow KNDS-produced vehicle Boxer is alive and well.
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The range showed by Houthi missiles holds US bases at risk, and both China and Russia are watching closely to see what happens, experts say.
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Analysts told Breaking Defense it would take weeks for a ship to reach the Middle East, and actually getting patients aboard presents myriad logistical, diplomatic and security problems.
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In 2019 the US State Department approved the sale of 60 PAC-3 MSE and 36 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM-T) missiles with canisters to Bahrain in a deal worth an estimated $2.5 billion.
By Agnes Helou
Performance Marine Chairman Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani told Breaking Defense that Suhail is the first fully autonomous USV completely built in Doha.
By Agnes Helou
One representative at Tehran’s expansive booth told Breaking Defense the weapons are available to export to basically any country except the US and Israel.
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“Is it 100 percent ready? Is it going to work perfectly? Probably not but we’re going to learn from it,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus told Breaking Defense.
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