Foreign Military Sales

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has approved a possible foreign military sale of anti-submarine warfare Sonobuoys and related equipment to India at an estimated cost of USD 52.8 million.

China will sanction five U.S. military manufacturers in response to the latest round of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.

As part of its efforts to enhance India's defence capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, the Trump Administration notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve foreign military sales worth $670 million to support India's C-17 military transport aircraft.

The U.S. government is on track to approve nearly $40 billion in foreign military sales in the 2016 fiscal year that ends Oct. 1, down from $46.6 billion last year, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

Putting up a brave face after the F-16 deal was scuttled, Pakistan on Thursday said its ties with the US should not be looked only "through the prism" of that sale and hinted that its hopes were still alive with regard to getting the fighters.

The US has awarded Bell Helicopter a $170 million contract to manufacture and deliver nine AH-1Z Viper attack choppers to Pakistan under its foreign military sales funds.

The government has "recalibrated" the management of an account, which was used to pay money to the US under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, after a review showed that nearly Rs 15,400 crore (USD 2.3 billion) had piled up without earning any interest, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said.

BAE Systems today announced selection of Mahindra as its India partner for the nearly USD 700 million deal for the supply of 145 M777 howitzers, which are ultralight weight artillery guns having a strike range of 25 km.

The United States needs to respect China's core interests, including stopping weapons sales to Taiwan and ending military patrols close to islets controlled by China in the South China Sea, the country's foreign minister told his US counterpart.

US lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would ramp up military cooperation with Jordan, including accelerated arms sales to a Middle East ally contending with growing threats from Islamist State (IS) extremism.

India has signed a Rs 4,000-crore deal with the US for procuring six more C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations aircraft for the Indian Air Force.

India has emerged as the third largest purchaser of US arms with contracts worth $4.5 billion last year alone as US weapons sales rose to $34.8 billion in fiscal 2011, according to a Pentagon report.

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has approved a possible foreign military sale of anti-submarine warfare Sonobuoys and related equipment to India at an estimated cost of USD 52.8 million.

China will sanction five U.S. military manufacturers in response to the latest round of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.

As part of its efforts to enhance India's defence capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, the Trump Administration notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve foreign military sales worth $670 million to support India's C-17 military transport aircraft.

The U.S. government is on track to approve nearly $40 billion in foreign military sales in the 2016 fiscal year that ends Oct. 1, down from $46.6 billion last year, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

Putting up a brave face after the F-16 deal was scuttled, Pakistan on Thursday said its ties with the US should not be looked only "through the prism" of that sale and hinted that its hopes were still alive with regard to getting the fighters.

The US has awarded Bell Helicopter a $170 million contract to manufacture and deliver nine AH-1Z Viper attack choppers to Pakistan under its foreign military sales funds.

The government has "recalibrated" the management of an account, which was used to pay money to the US under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, after a review showed that nearly Rs 15,400 crore (USD 2.3 billion) had piled up without earning any interest, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said.

BAE Systems today announced selection of Mahindra as its India partner for the nearly USD 700 million deal for the supply of 145 M777 howitzers, which are ultralight weight artillery guns having a strike range of 25 km.

The United States needs to respect China's core interests, including stopping weapons sales to Taiwan and ending military patrols close to islets controlled by China in the South China Sea, the country's foreign minister told his US counterpart.

US lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would ramp up military cooperation with Jordan, including accelerated arms sales to a Middle East ally contending with growing threats from Islamist State (IS) extremism.

India has signed a Rs 4,000-crore deal with the US for procuring six more C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations aircraft for the Indian Air Force.

India has emerged as the third largest purchaser of US arms with contracts worth $4.5 billion last year alone as US weapons sales rose to $34.8 billion in fiscal 2011, according to a Pentagon report.