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Kuwait Appoints New Defense, Interior Ministers
2019-12-20 Read More...
Kuwait formed a new government earlier this week that replaced the son of the emir as Defense Minister and named an Interior Minister from outside the ruling family, a month after the former cabinet

Saudi Chief of General Staff Attends GDA 2019 Exhibition in Kuwait
2019-12-12 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Chief of the General Staff Fayyadh Bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili and his accompanying delegation attended in Kuwait Tuesday the activities of the 5th edition of the Gulf Defense and Aerospace Exhibition (GDA) taking place at the Kuwait

Flight Testing Starts for 1st H225Ms for Kuwait
2019-10-22 Read More...
The first H225Ms to be delivered to Kuwait later this year have started flight testing. Kuwait ordered 30 of the long-range multi-role H225Ms in August 2016. They will be operated by the Kuwait Air Force and the Kuwait National

Kuwait Requests 19 M88A2 HERCULES Armored Vehicles
2019-10-14 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for nineteen (19) M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System (HERCULES) recovery vehicles and related equipment and

Chief of General Staff of Polish Armed Forces Visits Kuwait
2019-04-22 Read More...
Kuwait’s Chief of General Staff of the Army Lieutenant-General Mohammed Al-Khader received Thursday the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Lieutenant General Rajmund

Four Italian Typhoons Deployed to Kuwait for ISR Missions
2019-04-01 Read More...
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Kuwait Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Visits HMS Dragon
2019-03-08 Read More...
Kuwait Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Mohammad Al-Khodhor and Assistant Commander of the Navy Major General Idris Idris accompanied British Ambassador Michael Davenport on a visit to British Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Dragon,

Egyptian-Kuwaiti Joint Drills Conduct Naval Exercises
2019-02-08 Read More...
Units from the Egyptian and Kuwaiti armed forces continue their training by conducting naval exercises as part of Al-Sabah-1/Al-Yarmuk-4 joint drills, a statement by the Egyptian military spokesperson Tamer El-Refai

Kuwait to Get First Batch of Eurofighter Typhoons in Q4 2020
2018-11-06 Read More...
Kuwait is set to receive its first batch of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Commander of the country’s Air Force said, Kuwait’s News Agency (KUNA)

Kuwait’s Army Chief Visits Military Simulation Center in France
2018-10-24 Read More...
Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army Lt.-General Mohammad Al-Khodhr met in Paris on Monday with his French counterpart General François Lecointre to discuss defense cooperation, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

Kuwait, Turkey Sign Defense Cooperation Plan for 2019
2018-10-12 Read More...
Kuwait’s Army Chief-of-Staff signed a plan of defense cooperation with the Turkish army in 2019 aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two sides, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

GCC Chiefs-of-Staff Conclude 15th Meeting in Kuwait
2018-09-12 Read More...
The Supreme Military Committee of Chiefs-of-Staff of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries held in Kuwait its 15th meeting with the participation of all members, according to Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait Orders Various Mk-Series Bombs from U.S.
2018-08-06 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of various Mk- series munitions for an estimated cost of $40.4

Kuwait Requests 300 AGM-114R Hellfire Missiles
2018-08-02 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of three hundred (300) AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, and related equipment, for an estimated cost of $30.4

Kuwait Defense Minister Commends Mubarak Al-Abdullah College
2018-06-06 Read More...
Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has expressed pride that Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College had become in parallel with the world’s top military

Kuwait Military Team Participates in Sullivan Cup Tank Competition
2018-04-30 Read More...
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said Friday a team from the Tank Regiment of the Infantry Corps is taking part in the 2018 Sullivan Cup Precision Gunnery Competition at Fort Benning US Army Base in Georgia, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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