US Considers CAATSA According to the Country
US Assistant Secretary Karen Donfried stated that imposing CAATSA on India and Turkey due to the S-400 is “a lot of different pieces in the question.”
USA News
Regional / Strategy
Air
Spain Denies Ordering F-35 Fighter Jets
Spain has put an end to rumours about buying the American F-35 stealth fighter by stating that all efforts were concentrated on the FCAS.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Spain Debates F-35A and F-35Bs
According to the Jane’s, the Spanish Navy and Air Force are interested in the Lockhed Martin's F-35B fighter plane.
Weapon / Missile
Saudi Arabia to Acquire 280 AMRAAM
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Saudi Arabia of 280 AIM-120C AMRAAM with an estimated cost of $650 million.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Turkey Has Not Given Up On the F-35, According to Kalin
According to Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın, Turkey did not give up its F-35 fighter planes.
Bilateral Relations
U.S. Falsified Iranian Claims
Iran State-Run News Agency IRNA has claimed that the U.S. has attempted to hijack Iranian oil by transferring it to another tanker.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Iran accuses the U.S. of Oil Hijack Attempt
IRNA claimed that the U.S. had attacked an Iranian tanker to confiscate its oil in the Sea of Oman as IRGC Navy forces had thwarted the U.S. attack.
Bilateral Relations
US to Prepare Intelligence Reports about Turkey
The US Congress has announced the types of Intelligence reports it will gather in 2022. US will conduct a detailed study on Afghanistan’s relations with Turkey,
Air
Bilateral Relations
Japan Receives the First KC-46A Refuelling Tanker from Boeing
The first of four KC-46A tankers have been delivered to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force, marking the program’s first delivery to a client outside the U.S.
Land
Modernisation
Unmanned Systems
U.S. Abrams Tank Gets Autoloader and Unmanned Turret
The U.S. Army’s Abrams MBT have an Unmanned Turret and autoloader. The four-personnel tank will be equipped with three crew.
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
US Backs TB2 User Ukraine
Turkish TB2 drone in Donbas revealed another crack in the wall. The US Embassy in Ukraine provided support to Kyiv, confronting France and Germany.
Air
Bilateral Relations
U.S. Turkey Dispute to Resolve F-35 Issue
The U.S. and Turkey have had another round of discussions to address the disagreement over Ankara’s exclusion from the F-35 JSF programme.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Bell rolls out Bahrain’s first AH-1Z
Textron subsidiary Bell has completed the first of 12 AH-1Z Viper helicopters for the Bahrain Kingdom, delivering it to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command.
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Qatar is Tired of Waiting for MQ-9B UCAV
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon delayed Qatar’s request over a year ago to buy four MQ-9B Predator (Reaper) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
