U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division have completed a nine-month training cycle in Bulgaria.
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has won a contract worth up to $32 million from the U.S. Army to supply advanced electro-optical and infrared systems for Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Recon Kits.
Lockheed Martin has completed production of all F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the initial fleets of Bulgaria and Slovakia.
Rheinmetall and Bulgarian arms manufacturer VMZ (Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for the production of artillery ammunition and energetic materials.
U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division completed a live fire Abrams tank gunnery exercise in Bulgaria from 29 September to 5 October 2025.
Two additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70 multirole combat aircraft landed on 3 October at the Third Air Base near Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division conducted Bradley live fire exercises in Bulgaria from 23 to 26 September 2025.
Gunpowder and NATO-calibre 155 mm artillery rounds will be produced in Bulgaria under two joint-venture agreements with Germany’s Rheinmetall.
The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bulgaria involving a Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System (NSM CDS) and related support, valued at an estimated $620 million.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conduct a live fire exercise with M2A1 Abrams.
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The second F-16 Block 70 fighter jet for the Bulgarian Air Force arrived in Bulgaria on Sunday, 8 June, the Ministry of Defence announced.
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Bulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter jet has been grounded due to a system deviation identified during the acceptance process, Air Force Commander Major General Nikolay Rusev confirmed this week.
