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Thales delivers final Hawkei test vehicles
May 31, 2013 (UPI)
Thales Australia has delivered the final two of six Hawkei vehicles to Australia's Defense Materiel Organization for testing and evaluation. The two reconnaissa...
Netherlands, Germany move to enhance military cooperation
May 30, 2013 (UPI)
The Netherlands and Germany have agreed on an "extensive" cooperation of their military forces, the countries' defense ministers announced this week. Dutch Defe...
New collaboration underway in Canada
May 30, 2013 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman says it is to establish a presence near Canada's London International Airport in Ontario as part of a collaboration deal. The facility will be ...
Helicopter, encryptian device deals for EADS companis
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
Companies affiliated with the European defense conglomerate EADS report separate contracts for helicopters and voice encryption devices. A contract for four med...
Merkel under fire again over Mideast arms sales
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
The German government is again under scrutiny for selling weapons to Middle Eastern states under Chancellor Angela Merkel's controversial easing of once-stringe...
Manila confirms boost to military spending
May 24, 2013 (UPI)
The Philippines is determined to spend $1.8 billion on military upgrades -- mostly naval -- to protect the country against "bullies" in its territorial waters. ...
New Zealand beefs up defense spending
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
New Zealand will boost defense spending from $318 million to $583 million in fiscal 2013 thanks to a payback from austerity measures. "In the year to July 2013 ...
US, Oman talk $2.1 bln defense deal
May 22, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday discussed a $2.1 billion deal with Omani leaders to supply an American-made air-defence system to the Arab state f...
Unspent billions of Chilean defense fund remain a mystery
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
More than $4 billion of cash reserved for Chilean military procurement remains unspent because of mysterious workings of funding arrangements between the Latin ...
Kerry to help ink $2.1 bln defense deal in Oman
May 20, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry will help ink a major estimated $2.1 billion proposed deal with Oman to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation,...
Zimbabwe PM's party pledges trimmer army, just society
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections. "The siz...
Netanyahu pulls back on Israel's defense cuts
May 17, 2013 (UPI)
Amid growing concerns about security threats from Syria and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts. But...
After Videla, Lat-Am's rogues' gallery of ex-leaders
May 17, 2013 (AFP)
Argentina's "Dirty War" dictator Jorge Videla may be dead, but there are plenty of other notorious strongmen from Latin America and the Caribbean who are still ...
Outside View: Pentagon's most perplexing challenge: People
May 15, 2013 (UPI)
Here at a conference on Professional Military Education, attention is being focused on one small sliver of the largest challenge facing militaries in general an...
Bulgaria launches new attempt to privatise defence group VMZ
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgaria launched on Tuesday a second attempt to privatise the defence group VMZ Sopot after cancelling the first procedure for lack of investor interest, the p...
Hagel announces unpaid leave for Pentagon civilians
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
The Pentagon will place most of its nearly 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days through September to "survive" steep automatic budget cuts, US...
Foreign Military Sales deal in works for Sidewinder missiles
May 14, 2013 (UPI)
As many as 350 Sidewinder tactical missiles may be sold to Australia under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency...
Iran plays down US snub of UN disarmament body
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Tehran on Tuesday played down a decision by the United States to boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body later this m...
US to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
The United States will boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body this month, a US spokeswoman said Monday. Iran, and an...
Israeli defence, finance chiefs battle over budget
May 12, 2013 (AFP)
Israel's security cabinet was in marathon talks Sunday on proposed cuts in defence spending of more than a billion dollars, amid mounting public opposition to t...
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