U.S. Department of State

The U.S. State Department approved Denmark to buy some 200 of the RTX AIM-120D-3 for $744 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Oct. 29.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of Nasams and two additional air defense radar systems.

Norway has finalized an agreement with the U.S. to buy more than $360 million in Raytheon Amraam missiles.

Italy has been approved to acquire Electronic Attack Mission Systems to equip a small fleet of converted Gulfstream G550 business jets.

The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.

Iraq’s Army Aviation Command has received its first batch of Bell 505 JetRanger X single-engine helicopters to be used on training duties.

The U.S. State Department approved Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 loitering munitions from both AeroVironment and Anduril.

Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have been approved to acquire hundreds of Raytheon Amraam missiles to equip combat aircraft and ground-based air defenses.

The appeal comes on the heels of Washington approving two foreign military sales to Taiwan for F-16 spares and support in a deal totaling $300 million.

Poland is set to acquire four U.S.-supplied aerostats equipped with AEW radars with detection ranges of around 186 mi., the country’s defense ministry says.

A Russian space weapon the U.S. claims is in development would occupy a unique orbital area and might threaten all other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

The Netherlands and Poland look set to expand SEAD/DEAD capability of their combat aircraft with the procurement of anti-radiation missiles.

An open letter calls for a pause in approvals for additional U.S.-China passenger flights, citing alleged anti-competitive policies by the Chinese government.

The $5.9 billion package suggests that Canada has requested a P-8 capability like that already flying with the U.S. Navy and other Poseidon customer nations.

The U.S. State Department has approved the transfer of eight surplus Bell AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Z Venom helicopters to the Czech Republic.

The Tomahawk acquisition comes under Australia’s trilateral AUKUS pact with the U.S. and UK.

A top U.S. diplomat declined to say specifically which countries are moving away from Russian weapons systems, but that more details will be available soon.

The U.S. sees a diplomatic and industrial opportunity in the number of countries looking for alternatives to their existing Russian-built platforms.

Key lawmakers are already calling for improvements to air surveillance to better detect high-altitude intrusions over the U.S.

A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that the ban was necessary following Belarus’ forced diversion of a Ryanair flight on May 23 so a dissident journalist aboard the aircraft could be detained.

The U.S. and UK have signed a new bilateral Open Skies agreement, ensuring continuity in transatlantic air travel as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.