Romania becomes the second country to receive money under a new authority granted to the State Department.
By Aaron MehtaIntegrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
“This is really designed to support the modernization of Filipino forces and Coast Guard as they transition to focus on external defense,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By Ashley Roque
Warsaw “has a list of things they want to achieve” with the cash infusion, a State Department official told Breaking Defense ahead of a forthcoming formal announcement.
By Aaron Mehta
“At [a] time when some of our adversaries aim to undermine our ties with our greatest ally, we only further strengthen our alliance,” Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant said of signing the $3 billion deal.
By Seth J. Frantzman
If the US cuts aid, Egyptian authorities may have to either attempt to assuage the human rights concerns — or look elsewhere for some or all of the $1.3 billion in annual military funding it currently receives from Washington.
By Agnes Helou
Unlike traditional FMF dollars, which work as grants handed to nations to fund the purchases, this loan does come with interest that will have to be paid back to the US government.
By Aaron Mehta
$55 million would be bound for Taiwan and $30 million for Lebanon.
By Ashley Roque and Agnes Helou
MILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions
With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.
The main concern is that the right-wing government will cause a break in relations with the US that could impact Washington’s willingness to approve Israel’s annual foreign military financing (FMF) budget, money that the US gives to Israel to spend on American-made defense goods.
By Arie Egozi
By the time President Joe Biden arrives, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will be serving as prime minister, with an election looming in the background of the discussions.
By Arie Egozi
UPDATE: Thursday’s planned meeting between Biden and Bennett has been postponed following the attacks in Kabul. It is unclear exactly when that meeting will now take place. TEL AVIV: When Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with US President Joe Biden, he plans to ask the United States for a special increase in Foreign Military…
By Arie Egozi
Gantz left Israel Wednesday night for a quick 10-hour visit to the United States after a security meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The chance Trump will not win the US election is driving Israel to try and settle a number of urgent matters and get action on them before the election.
By Arie Egozi
The Rafael CEO confirmed for the first time that Rafael is developing next-generation air-to-air missiles to combat cruise missiles.
By Arie Egozi
The new weapons are meant to keep Israel’s qualitative edge after President Trump agreed to sell the F-35 to the UAE and Teheran rattles its homemade swords, furious about the new era between Israel and some Gulf states.
By Arie Egozi
Assistance programs can be better tailored to their objectives when State shares directive authority and decision-making power with the entity most relevant to each program’s purpose. For example, when the objective is military capacity-building, the Defense Department should be an equal partner; when the goal is justice system reform, the Department of Justice should be a full partner.
By Janae Diaz and Brent Sadler