Business
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Feb- 2018 -14 February
UK submits final offer for 34 Eurofighter Typhoons to Belgium
The UK Ministry of Defence submitted to Belgium its final offer for 34 Eurofighter Typhoon swing-role combat aircraft plus support, training and cooperation on cyber capabilities in the competition to replace Belgium’s F-16s
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14 February
India to procure more than 745,000 rifles and machine guns
India's Defence Acquisition Council approved the purchase of more than 745,000 small arms along with torpedo decoy systems, in procurements valued at approximately 159 billion rupees (almost $2.5 billion)
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12 February
Latvia to buy Israeli Spike guided missiles for CVR-T vehicles for €108 million
Latvia is to buy Israel-made Spike anti-tank guided missiles for it CVR-T armored vehicle fleet for €108 million ($132 million)
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9 February
US Air Force orders more 30,000 pound GBU-57 bunker buster bombs
The US Air Force contracted Boeing to produce GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator precision-guided "bunker buster" bombs, a Department of Defense release said.
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9 February
Philippines’ Duterte cancels Canada Bell helicopter deal
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly cancelled a US$235 million contract to buy 16 helicopters from Canada after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government ordered a review over human rights concerns.
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8 February
Russia to order 12 fifth generation Su-57 stealth fighters to “test combat use”
Russia is to order 12 of the fifth generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter aircraft this year, and expects 14 Su-30SM fighters to be delivered in 2018
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6 February
US approves $735 million sale to Finland of Harpoon anti-ship and ESSM air defense missiles
The U.S. State Department approved the $735 million sale of 112 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and 68 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles used to defend ships from aerial attack, the Defense Cooperation Security Agency said.
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6 February
Rheinmetall and Sikorsky to collaborate on German heavy lift helicopter bid
Germany's Rheinmetall Group and Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky signed a strategic teaming agreement to offer the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter in the German Air Force heavy lift helicopter competition
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1 February
Boeing awarded $6.6 billion contract for GMD ballistic missile defense system
Boeing has been awarded a $6.6 billion modification to a 2012 contract for development and sustainment of the United States' Ground-based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system
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1 February
BAE Systems awarded $149 million more for Paladin vehicle production
BAE Systems was awarded an almost $149 million modification to an earlier contract for M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer vehicle sets, a U.S. Department of Defense release said.
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