International Defense Industry Agenda 26 April - 02 May 2021

"According to the World military expenditure in 2020" report by SIPRI, the total global military expenditure increased by 2.6 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, reaching $ 1.98 trillion.

Saudi Arabia signed a $ 437 million Apache helicopter purchase contract with Boeing.

"We have a good defense cooperation with Turkey, and it is developing," Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency.

The US Department of State approved the sale of $ 1 billion 651 million worth of MQ-9B unmanned aerial vehicles, related equipment and ammunition to Australia as well as $

1 billion 944 million worth of M1A1 tank hulls and CH-47 Chinook helicopters and related equipment.

The Brazilian Army has taken delivery of the first LMV-BR armored vehicle from the Italian firm IVECO.

Turkey donated a tank carrier to the North Macedonian army.

The US Army has for the first time tested a new type of mini unmanned sea vehicles and a new anti-submarines drone system.

The European Parliament adopted the European Defense Fund's 7.9-billion-euro budget to support defense cooperation in the European Union.

The US Department of State approved the sale of 6 P-8I aircrafts and related equipment to India with an estimated cost of $ 2.42 billion.

The aircraft with the longest wingspan in the world successfully completed its second test flight in the USA.

Kosovo purchased armored personnel carriers from the US-based company AM General.

International Defense Industry Agenda 26 April - 02 May 2021

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