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Iraq Cancels $4.2bn Arms Deal with Russia
2012-11-12 Read More...
Iraq has cancelled $4.2 billion arms deal with Russia over suspected corruption, but plans to renegotiate the agreements to help equip its Armed Forces, a spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on

Iraq Presses U.S. for Quicker Delivery of 18 F-16s
2012-10-22 Read More...
Iraq called for the US to speed up its weapons deliveries as the two countries near a deal on a second set of 18 F-16s, days after Baghdad signed $4.2 billion in arms deals with

Iraq to Acquire 28 Czech Combat Jets for $1bn
2012-10-15 Read More...
Iraq has agreed to buy 28 combat planes from the Czech Republic for about $1 billion as part of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's program to rebuild the country's Air Force and control its vulnerable

Iraq-Russia Sign $4.2 Billion Arms Deal
2012-10-10 Read More...
Iraq has signed contracts in recent months to buy more than $4.2 billion worth of weapons from Russia, according to a document issued on Tuesday at a meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry

BAE Systems to Build 8 Recovery Vehicles for Iraqi Army
2012-10-09 Read More...
BAE Systems received a $31.8 million foreign military sale contract to produce 8 M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) for the Iraqi

Iraq's 1st Super Hercules Completes 1st Flight
2012-09-07 Read More...
The first of 6 C-130J Super Hercules for the Iraqi Air Force recently completed its first flight here.

Iraqi Pilots Start F-16 Training in Arizona
2012-09-03 Read More...
While Iraq anticipates an initial delivery of F-16 Fighting Falcons in September 2014, the pilots who will fly them embarked on a historic partnership with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing to learn how to fly the multipurpose

Iraq Receives Final Batch of 9 M1A1 Abrams Tanks
2012-08-30 Read More...
Iraq’s military took delivery of 9 American M1A1 Abrams tanks, the last in an order of 140 that it has received over the past two years, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement on

Iraq to Receive 18 F-16 Fighter Jets in March 2013
2012-08-27 Read More...
Iraq expects to receive the first group of F-16 warplanes next year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said, after US officials said the aircraft would not arrive until

Air Traffic Control & Landing System to Iraq
2012-08-17 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq for commercially available Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic

July Deadliest Month in Iraq in Nearly 2 Years
2012-08-03 Read More...
July was the deadliest month in Iraq in almost two years, with 325 people killed in attacks, official figures released on Wednesday showed, and included the deadliest day here since December 2009.

Iraqi Official Claims Kurds in Secret Weapons Deal
2012-07-31 Read More...
A high-ranking Iraqi official said security agencies have uncovered a secret weapons deal between the autonomous Kurdistan region and an unnamed foreign

12 FIREFINDER Radars for Iraq
2012-07-27 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq for 12 FIREFINDER Radars and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $428

Pentagon Places Initial Order for 18 F-16 Jets to Iraq
2012-07-25 Read More...
The Pentagon has placed the initial order for 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets for the Iraqi Air

NGC to Supply Airborne Fire Control Radars to Iraq & Oman F-16s
2012-06-21 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has received an $87.8 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to provide the APG-68(V)9 airborne fire control radar to Thailand, Iraq and Oman for use on F-16 fighter

Iraq’s Navy Buys US Drones to Protect Oil Platforms
2012-05-22 Read More...
Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the US to help protect its southern oil platforms as the OPEC nation ramps up production after the withdrawal of the last American troops, US and Iraqi officials said on

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