MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Britain tightens Argentina military exports
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
Britain announced a clampdown Thursday on the sale of goods to Argentina's armed forces following an escalation in the row over the disputed Falkland Islands. B...
Brazil to get tech transfer if it buys US jets: Panetta
Apr 25, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil will get US advanced technology transfers if it buys Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet to upgrade its air force, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta...
'Deep Throat' in Indian arms scandal breaks cover
Apr 25, 2012 (AFP)
The whistleblower in one of India's biggest corruption scandals in the 1980s which tarnished then-prime minister Rajiv Gandhi broke cover Wednesday to explain w...
Brazil-U.S. arms talks break new ground?
Apr 24, 2012 (UPI)
Brazilian-U.S. talks on sharing defense technologies may prove central to the Obama administration's plans to reopen Latin America and the Caribbean region to e...
India to regulate foreign defense JVs
Apr 24, 2012 (UPI)
India, which is expected to increase the amount it spends on defense each year, will introduce new regulations on military joint ventures. The guidelines under ...
Finmeccanica boss under investigation for bribery: reports
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
The head of Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica is under investigation after a former executive said the company paid bribes for a helicopter sale ...
Pentagon offers budget compromise to placate states
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
The Pentagon has offered to fund more C-130 aircraft for the Air National Guard to placate state governors complaining about proposed budget cuts that scale bac...
Russia discourages conscientious objectors: activist
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
Russia is discouraging requests from conscientious objectors to swap compulsory military service for stints of alternative service, a rights activist complained...
Obama mulls easing arms export curbs
Apr 23, 2012 (UPI)
The Obama administration is seeking to greatly reduce approval processes for arms exports as part of a strategic move to help the U.S. defense industry recover ...
Rolls-Royce wins engine contract from US government
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce on Monday said it had won a contract worth $598 million (454 million euros) to supply the US military with 268 V-22 aircraft e...
Argentina plans more defense manufacturing
Apr 18, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina is planning to expand defense manufacturing including joint production of unmanned aircraft and air-to-air missiles with Brazil. Plans for wider defen...
2011 world military spending levels out: think tank
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Global military spending levelled last year at 1.740 trillion dollars due to the economic crisis, almost unchanged in real terms since 2010, the Stockholm Inter...
India penalises Israeli defence firm for contract breach
Apr 17, 2012 (IANS)
For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufactur...
S. American defense spending set to fall
Apr 17, 2012 (UPI)
Overall arms spending in Latin America is likely to be flat because of heavy cutbacks in Brazilian defense programs and cash constraints on military expenditure...
Mideast arms boom gives BAE $792M boost
Apr 16, 2012 (UPI)
Britain's defense titan BAE Systems could get a $792.16 million boost from the revision of a contract for 72 Eurofighter jets amid forecasts the Middle East and...
Israeli defence minister heads to Colombia, US
Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday left for a five-day working visit to Colombia and the United States where he was to hold talks with top officials,...
US to reopen Afghan aircraft bid after cancellation
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
The US Air Force announced Friday it was reopening a contest for a contract to build light attack aircraft for Afghanistan after an embarrassing cancellation of...
India unsettled by illegal firearms
Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)
Indian security officials say they are increasing concerned about firearms security. The government is particularly unsettled by the proliferation of forged arm...
Ukraine jails ex-defence minister for 5 years
Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)
A former Ukrainian defence minister who served under the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday on abuse of...
Boeing secures Embraer strategic arms link
Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)
Aircraft makers Boeing and Brazil's Embraer are entering into a partnership that will allow Boeing to position itself strategically for a larger prize -- a mult...
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