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The Navy’s 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the USS Kansas City, completed its acceptance trials on Thursday, ahead of its expected delivery in December....Read More

The U.S. State Department approved the sale of two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Croatia for about $115 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced....Read More

The U.S. Navy’s future amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli successfully completed its acceptance trials, builder Huntington Ingalls Industries said....Read More

Taiwan is prepared to purchase 108 Abrams M1A2T tanks from the United States in a $2.2 billion deal, the Taiwanese army chief of staff said....Read More

Russian and Egyptian air forces are involved in a joint training exercise in Egypt, a sign of growing Russian involvement on the African continent....Read More

Turkey is nearing the purchase of between 36 and 48 Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Turkish government sources confirmed....Read More

The $34 billion deal — the largest in Pentagon history — calls for delivery of 478 F-35 fighter planes as the price for each will drop by about 13 percent over the course of the contract....Read More

A lack of funding will prevent the U.S. Navy from maintaining a planned fleet of 355 ships, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Robert Burke said....Read More

As Serbia and Russia conduct joint military exercises in which the Russian S-400 missile system is deployed, NATO announced its respect for Serbia — a partner of the organization — to defend its sovereignty....Read More

Lockheed Martin won a $12.4 million contract for support of France’s C-130-J and KC-130-J aircraft, the Defense Department said....Read More