• The US State Department has approved the sale of $3.75 billion M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Poland and $1.5 billion CH-47 Chinook type heavy transport helicopters to South Korea.
• European Union member countries spent more than 200-billion-euros on defense in 2021 for the first time.
• Israeli company Elbit Systems introduced the new Sabrah 105mm light tank ordered by the Philippine Armed Forces.
• The US Congress approves the $858 billion military budget for the Pentagon in 2023.
• Tanks produced by South Korea were delivered to the Polish Army with a ceremony.
• China’s domestic aircraft manufacturer COMAC delivered the first C919 passenger plane.
• The US removed the conditions for the sale of F-16s to Turkey from defense bill draft.
• SIPRI announced that the total arms and military service sales of the world's top 100 defense industry companies have increased in the last 7 years.
• Bell Textron won US Army’s "Future Vertical Lift" helicopter program worth 1.3-billion-dollar.
• Israeli Elbit Systems delivered Hermes UAVs to the Swiss Air Force.
• The US State Department approved the sale of $425 million worth of spare aircraft parts to Taiwan.
