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Saudi Arabia Requests AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)
2021-11-08 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $650

US Official: “Positive Talks Underway on Selling F-35 to UAE”
2020-08-28 Read More...
A top American official said there were “incredibly positive conversations going on” between the US, Israel and UAE with regard to selling F-35 warplanes to the

U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin Conduct Second Hypersonics Test
2020-08-12 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully flight tested the second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on the service’s B-52 Stratofortress out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 8,

U.S. Deploys F-22 Stealth Fighters to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
2019-07-01 Read More...
The United States Air Force has dispatched top-of-the-line F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time as it beefs up its forces in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, CNN

Former Senior Intelligence Leader Joins Lockheed Martin
2019-04-01 Read More...
The former Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Major General (ret.) Stephen Denker, will join Lockheed Martin to lead key satellite ground programs, effective Monday, April

U.S. Test Fires Second Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2016-03-01 Read More...
The U.S. military test-fired its second Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in a week on Thursday night, seeking to demonstrate its nuclear arms capacity at a time of rising strategic tensions with Russia and North Korea.The unarmed Minuteman III

Raytheon AMRAAM & NASAMS in Thor's Hammer Test
2014-12-10 Read More...
Armed Forces from Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Turkey successfully fired five Raytheon Company-built Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C7s as part of the Thor's Hammer flight test campaign in September.

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