MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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DoD urges defense contractors, subcontractors to stay at work
Mar 20, 2020 (UPI)
"If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as designated by the Department of Homeland Security, you have a special responsibility to maintain your nor...
Lockheed Martin names new CEO
Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)
Taiclet, 59, a board member at Lockheed since 2018, has most recently led the real estate investment trust American Tower, previously working as Honeywell and s...
Pentagon 'wishes to reconsider' awarding JEDI contract to Microsoft
Mar 13, 2020 (AFP)
A judge last month issued an order at Amazon's request temporarily blocking the US military from starting work on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure co...
As global arms trade thrives, US widens gap with Russia: report
Mar 09, 2020 (AFP)
Over the five years from 2015 to 2019, international arms exports grew by 5.5 percent from the 2010-2014 period, according to a report by the Stockholm Internat...
US, Brazil sign agreement enabling military sales
Mar 08, 2020 (AFP)
The agreement, which was also signed by Admiral Craig Faller, the head of the Miami-based command, aims to clear the way for future joint projects "to improve o...
State department approves $325.5M arms deal to Tunisia
Feb 26, 2020 (UPI)
According to DSCA, the government of Tunisia as asked to buy four Wolverine aircraft along with a variety supporting equipment, including but not limited to 312...
BAE Systems profits as governments splurge on military
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Profit after tax rallied almost 50 percent to about 1.5 billion pounds ($1.3 billion, 1.2 billion euros) in 2019 compared with a year earlier, BAE said in a res...
World defence spending spikes as rivalries heat up
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said the four percent rise, compared to a year earlier, was fuelled by competition between major powers...
German arrested for illegal military exports to Russia
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
Customs police detained the suspect, German national Alexander S., in the Bavarian city of Augsburg on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said in a statement. He stan...
China air force to appear at Singapore show despite virus
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
Singapore last week barred passengers who had recently travelled to mainland China from landing or transitting through the city in a bid to contain the virus th...
Suspected Saudi weapons ships arrives in France; Belgium's Wallonia region bans Saudi arms sales
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
The Bahri Yanbu arrived at around 5 pm (1600 GMT) in Cherbourg, where dozens of activists held a protest over the sale of arms to Riyadh given its involvement i...
Modi eyes arms export tag in 'Made in India' push
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
The country is the world's second-largest arms importer after Saudi Arabia, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, but Modi wants to...
Russia obtains ease on C.Africa arms embargo at UN Security Council
Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)
A resolution drafted by France that extends the embargo by only six months to July 31 was approved by 13 votes with Russia and China abstaining. It allows the C...
Israeli defense minister approves five-year military readiness plan
Jan 27, 2020 (UPI)
The plan, known in Hebrew as Tenufa, was designed by Defense Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochlavi to make the Israeli military "more flexible, smarter and dead...
China now world's second biggest weapons producer: researchers
Jan 26, 2020 (AFP)
The report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests that China's weapons production, which has previously been shrouded in myste...
BAE swoops for Raytheon, United assets amid merger
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
In a statement, BAE said it would pay $1.925 billion (1.734 billion euros) in cash for the military global positioning system (GPS) belonging to United subsidia...
China slams US defence act over trade restrictions
Dec 26, 2019 (AFP)
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- signed into law last week -- bars the use of federal funds to buy railcars and buses from China, and slows the ...
BAE Systems to eliminate 325 jobs at Pearl Harbor ship repair facility
Dec 23, 2019 (UPI)
The defense contractor's Hawaii yard is the largest private sector ship repair facility in the state, and largely deals with submarine repairs. The company anno...
Cobham says US firm set to complete takeover
Dec 23, 2019 (AFP)
Britain had ordered a national security probe into US private equity group Advent International's bid, worth $5.2 billion or 4.7 billion euros, in September. Do...
Switzerland drops case against aerospace firm tied to Saudis
Dec 22, 2019 (AFP)
The Attorney General (OAG) confirmed reports Sunday that it had closed its investigation into part of the matter, after determining that the Swiss company's act...
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