MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Merger in store for French, German defense companies
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
Two major European Defense enterprises are merging their businesses as early as next year through a joint holding company. The merger deal is between Germany's ...
Brazil taps AgustaWestland for helo upgrading
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
The Brazilian Navy has contracted AgustaWestland to perform a mid-life upgrade to Lynx Mk21A helicopters, the company said on Wednesday. The contract to the Ang...
Lockheed Martin, Zeta Associates in acquisition deal
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zeta Associates, a specialist in systems for information collection, processing, and dissemination....
Israel seeks $5B in U.S. loans to buy arms
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
Israel is reported to be seeking U.S. loan guarantees of $5 billion to finance the purchase of the advanced weapons systems the U.S. administration has offered ...
BAE Systems, Saudi company forming holding company
Jun 30, 2013 (UPI)
BAE Systems and its Saudi Arabian business partner Riyadh Wings are enhancing their interests and forming a holding company to be called OMC. The reorganization...
Finland charges three with bribery in Croatian arms deal
Jun 29, 2013 (AFP)
Three former employees of Finnish defence company Patria Vehicles, including the ex-chief executive, have been charged with bribery over a multi-million-euro ar...
Lakota sale to Thailand gets green light
Jun 27, 2013 (UPI)
EADS North America has been given the green light to sell six of its UH-72A Lakota helicopters to Thailand. If completed, the order -- the first foreign sale fo...
Obama renominates general Dempsey as military chief
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he planned to re-nominate general Martin Dempsey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking US military...
German cabinet approves 2013, 2014 budget plans
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
The German cabinet approved on Wednesday budget plans for the next two years, including a higher-than-planned deficit for 2013 because of the cost of floods ear...
Asia Pacific defence budgets 'to outstrip N. America by 2021'
Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)
Defence budgets in the Asia Pacific region will overtake the United States and Canada by 2021, according to a study by respected analysts IHS Jane's published o...
US Army outlines plans to cut brigades
Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)
The US Army will scrap 12 combat brigades as part of a budget-cutting plan to slash the size of the force after a decade of war, chief of staff General Ray Odie...
Denel PMP expects growth in ammunition production
Jun 22, 2013 (UPI)
Military ammunition requirements of South Africa and other countries on the continent will lead to Denel PMP to double its turnover to more than $93.8 million. ...
After 2 years, BAE 'close to sealing Typhoons deal'
Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)
Britain's BAE Systems, Europe's biggest defense company, reportedly expects to wrap up a price deal with Saudi Arabia for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets aft...
Israel, Pakistan deny reported arms deals, but ....
Jun 14, 2013 (UPI)
Israel and Pakistan have denied Islamabad bought military equipment from the Jewish state, following a British government report alleging Israeli arms were expo...
State Department approves $241 million arms sale to Brazil
Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. State Department approved two separate potential foreign military sales to the Brazilian Armed Forces Wednesday, a deal totaling $241 million. The Braz...
Pressures grow on global defense spending: report
Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)
Defense industries in the Western Hemisphere and Europe already know this, but defense spending cuts across the industrial world pose one of the biggest challen...
Merkel ally resists fresh pressure to resign
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Germany's defence minister on Monday resisted mounting pressure to resign over a scrapped spy drone deal, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said she continued to back...
Britain's military moves to broaden supplier base
Jun 05, 2013 (UPI)
A pilot program to help companies bid for British defense contracts is being put in place this month by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory. Research ...
Worldwide logistic support worldwide for military hightlighted by Northrop Grumman
Jun 02, 2013 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman is touting its international military logistics operations, including in the Pacific Rim. "With our Qantas Defense Services acquisition in late...
India promises to clean up military corruption
Jun 01, 2013 (AFP)
India's military, one of the world's largest weapons buyers, unveiled a new arms acquisition policy Saturday aimed at weeding out corruption in the defence sect...
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