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The Military Industrial Complex

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NATO pushes for joint projects in lean times: general
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
To avoid an alliance divided into first- and second-class armies, NATO plans to launch more than 20 joint projects to share costs of military hardware and promo...
Australia sets out F-18 maintenance tender
May 10, 2012 (UPI)
Australia has sent out a request for tender for deeper maintenance for its fleet of 71 Classic Hornet fighter aircraft. The announcement, made by Minister for D...
Outside View: Intellectual revolution
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Toward the end of the Cold War, Soviet military thinkers coined the phrase "Military-Technical Revolution." Based on a combination of extraordinary advances in ...
Saab buys into Brazilian company
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Sweden's premier defense and security company, Saab, is strengthening its relationship with a Brazilian integrator of aero-structures. Saab, that maker of the G...
Key US ally Australia slashes military spending
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Key US ally Australia slashed Aus$5.5 billion (US$5.57 billion) from its defence budget Tuesday as part of sweeping cuts, deferring or scrapping jet and weapons...
Brazil's Embraer to bid in new US Air Force plane contract
May 08, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil's Embraer said Tuesday it would participate in a new US Air Force contest to build 20 light attack aircraft for Afghanistan after the $355 million contra...
Brazil, Turkey agree on more defense links
May 08, 2012 (UPI)
Brazil and Turkey have agreed on closer defense links that promise to allow each arms manufacturer a greater share of the global aviation and military sales. Li...
Israeli arms exports stir controversy
May 07, 2012 (UPI)
Israel's defense industry, a key exporting sector, has been thrown into disarray by a government report that accuses the director-general of the Defense Ministr...
Australia orders more Carl-Gustaf ammo
May 04, 2012 (UPI)
Saab has received an order from Australia for additional ammunition for the armor-piercing 84mm Carl-Gustaf M3 weapon system for which delivery will start next ...
US military orders troops to fall in line after misconduct
May 04, 2012 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday called on US troops to tighten up discipline and display "integrity" after a series of public relations disasters that ...
Tata signs deal with Malaysia's Deftech
May 03, 2012 (UPI)
Tata Motors and Malaysia's DRB-HICOM Defense Technologies have signed a cooperation agreement to develop and market Tata's high-mobility 4x4 trucks in Malaysia....
Embargoes fail to stem global weapon sales: report
May 03, 2012 (AFP)
Countries under arms embargoes have imported more than $2.2 billion worth of weapons over the past decade, the Oxfam aid agency said Thursday in a report callin...
Australia delays fighter jet project to save money
May 03, 2012 (AFP)
Australia said Thursday it will delay its order of 12 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets by two years to save money in an aggressive drive to return the budge...
U.S. defense cuts open partnerships
May 01, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. defense cuts are opening opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships where few would have been considered before the downward spending reviews, indu...
Chile-U.S. base a boon for defense firms
Apr 30, 2012 (UPI)
What began as a joint Chilean-U.S. base for training peacekeepers before their dispatch to the wider world is growing into a major destination for regional mili...
Altran to expand in India
Apr 27, 2012 (UPI)
A major French technology group plans to expand operations in India to meet local customer needs and serve the larger Asia market. Altran, a leader in high-tech...
India to boost domestic arms production
Apr 26, 2012 (UPI)
India's wants to stimulate the country's domestic armaments industry. Aside from issues of national pride, India imports about 70 percent of its defense require...
Dassault reports 47% jump in Q1 sales
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
The French group Dassault Aviation reported Thursday a 47 percent jump in 2012 first quarter sales to 950 million euros ($1.25 billion) owing to strong results ...
NATO rallies Spain over defence in austerity era
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
NATO will push at its May summit for members to keep up their commitments to international security in spite of hard economic times, its secretary general said ...
US looks to ease Brazil doubts over tech transfers
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has used his trip to Brazil to lift doubts about Washington's pledge on technology transfer if Brasilia buys Boeing's F/A-18 S...
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