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Lockheed Martin: KC-130J Tankers to Kuwait's Air Force
2010-05-28 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $245 million contract from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale of 3 KC-130J tanker aircrafts to Kuwait. The program will be managed by the U.S.

Kuwait's Agility Busted
2010-04-15 Read More...
Kuwait's Agility, the Gulf's biggest logistics firm, has been replaced by a new company as the main supplier to the US military in Kuwait and Iraq, the company said in a statement on Thursday.The US Defense Logistics Agency informed the company of

Kuwait Agility: US $600m in Fraud Case
2010-04-09 Read More...
Kuwait's logistics firm Agility is to pay the US government $600 million to settle fraud charges (mainly of overcharging the US Army on supply contracts), an Arabic-language daily reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.Agility and the US

US Wants Agility to Pay $750m
2010-04-05 Read More...
US authorities want Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility to pay up to $750 million to settle fraud charges but the company hopes to pay less, a Kuwait newspaper said on

Agility: Severe Staff Cuts
2010-03-22 Read More...
Kuwaiti firm Agility has reportedly begun implementing a program of severe staff cuts, with between 500 and 600 employees atits offices in and outside Kuwait laid off in the past few days. One official warned that this is just the beginning of the

Wataniya: 1st anniversary!
2010-02-11 Read More...
Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's premium service airline, recently invited all of Kuwait's travel industry partners and agents to a special dinner as part of its celebrations to mark its first

Kuwait: Successful Patriot Test Firings
2010-01-12 Read More...
The Kuwait Air Defense Forces successfully test fired Raytheon's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System against tactical ballistic missiles. The test firings were held last month at the Udairi Range in Kuwait in conjunction with other Kuwait Air

Agility: DynCorp Breaches Deal
2009-12-21 Read More...
Logistics firm Agility said on Monday that US Defence Contractor DynCorp International (DI) had dropped its US unit as a subcontractor, breaching contractual

Upgrades at Al Mubarak Air Base & the Kuwait Air Force HQ
2009-11-27 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 20 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for the design and construction of facilities and infrastructure for Al Mubarak Air Base and the Kuwait Air Force Headquarters Complex

Raytheon Wins $20m Kuwait Contract
2009-11-16 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million foreign Military sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for

Kuwait, Morocco, Jordan Purchase Raytheon AMRAAM
2009-11-15 Read More...
The U.S. government executed separate Letters of Offer and Acceptance with three of its key allies to purchase Raytheon's AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

Kuwait wants Rafale Jets, awaiting terms
2009-10-22 Read More...
Kuwait is hoping to buy advanced Rafale combat jets from France and is awaiting terms from Paris, Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Kuwait plans $314m Infantry Vehicle Upgrade
2009-07-15 Read More...
The government of Kuwait has requested US Defense Security Cooperation Agency for a $314 million upgrade for its Desert Warrior infantry fighting vehicle. The upgrade includes installation of the improved thermal sight system 2nd generation

Rafale worth serious consideration says Kuwait
2009-06-04 Read More...
Kuwait's defence minister has said that buying Rafale fighter aircraft was worth 'serious consideration', the official Kuwait News Agency

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