Decisions Loom In Military Competitions

A senior Turkish official says Ankara is about to announce purchases totaling US$5.5 billion for air defense systems and corvettes, reports Defense News.

The US$4 billion competition for a long-range air and missile defense system includes systems from U.S. partners Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, offering the Patriot-based system; Eurosam (which includes Thales and MBDA), with its SAMP/T Aster 30; Russia's Rosoboronexport, marketing the S-300 and S-400 systems; and China...