The State Department approved a potential $2.68 billion military sale to Canada for "Air Strike Weapons" and related equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week. The principal contractors will be Boeing and RTX.
The White House last week published its national security strategy, a 33-page document that outlines what the Trump administration views as America’s “principles,” "priorities" and “national interests.” It also describes a plan to deprioritize engagement with Europe and focus more heavily on the Western Hemisphere, while “ending the perception, and preventing the reality, of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance.”
The State Department this week approved possible military sales to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
The State Department this week approved a possible $200 million military sale to the U.K. for "Navy Multiband Terminals" and related equipment, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The principal contractor will be RTX.
Countries reported 250 policy initiatives related to research security this year, an increase from last year and almost 10 times more than 2018, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a study released last week. Over that same period, OECD said, the number of countries with research security measures rose from 12 to 41, highlighting a "major policy shift" in which governments are increasingly viewing science and technology as "pillars of national and economic security."
A bill that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China “is pretty common sense,” said Daniel Remler, a former State Department official.
The State Department this week approved two possible military sales to India and one to Japan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is extending public comment periods for two information collections related to its delivery verification procedures for imports, it said in notices released Nov. 20. The agency previously requested feedback on the collections in July and is now allowing an additional 30 days for comments (see 2507250001).
The Pentagon this week issued an updated list of critical technology areas, reducing the 14 categories set by the Biden administration to six. The new categories are:
President Donald Trump told reporters Nov. 17 that the U.S. will approve sales of F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia. "We will be doing that. We will be selling them F-35s," he said. Saudi Arabia would be the second country in the Middle East, after Israel, to be allowed to buy F-35s, which are typically shared only with countries that have close military ties to the U.S.