MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Trichet could become new EADS chairman: report
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
The chairman of European aerospace giant EADS may stand down in March with former European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet as a possible replacement,...
EADS deal ends state grip, boosts shares and Daimler
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
German auto group Daimler slashed its holdings in aerospace giant EADS on Thursday, but EADS shares still surged higher, hours after France and Germany ended th...
EADS unveils new structure to 'simplify' group
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), which owns the plane maker Airbus, said on Wednesday that it has agreed to a new equity structure that...
Germany eyes big-ticket Mideast arms sales
Dec 04, 2012 (UPI)
The German government of Chancellor Angela Merkel is eyeing big arms deals in the Middle East and Asia that could make the country a major global defense export...
Senate approves $631 bn defense budget
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget on Tuesday, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spe...
Talks on EADS shake-up 'proceeding well': Germany
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Talks on changes in the shareholder structure of EADS, the parent company of aircraft maker Airbus, are continuing apace and could be completed very soon, the G...
EADS shares surge as shake-up deal nears
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
EADS, the parent company of aircraft maker Airbus, said Monday that it would protect shareholders' interests as talks towards a vast corporate revamp continued,...
Chile mulls options on attack copters
Dec 03, 2012 (UPI)
Chilean armed forces are looking to augment their inventory with an early acquisition of light attack helicopters, part of new options being considered to moder...
China mourns manager of J-15 jet program
Nov 30, 2012 (UPI)
Luo Yang, head of production for the new J-15 fighter, suffered a fatal heart attack while watching his aircraft aboard China's recently commissioned aircraft c...
Raytheon receives contract for C4I system for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nov 30, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has received a contract to deliver a Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) system to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The cont...
EADS announces up to 850 job cuts in defence arm
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
European aerospace group EADS, which controls Airbus, said on Friday that it would shed up to 850 jobs through voluntary departures in a restructuring of its de...
New arms trade treaty: playing with fire
Nov 28, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The conflict in Syria and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have quite a few features in common. One of them, which is also typical for other similar conflicts, ...
Serbia calls on Russia for investment
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Serbian leaders on Wednesday called on Russia to invest further in the country and announced plans that the two allies would jointly produce a military vehicle ...
US Navy moves to replace presidential helicopters
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
The Pentagon has launched a new project to replace the aging helicopters used by the US president, three years after a program was canceled due to surging costs...
Japan's opposition pledges national security boost
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party said Wednesday it would look at establishing a permanent presence on uninhabited Tokyo-controlled islands at th...
China eyes S. America as defense customer
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
Defense manufacturers in Brazil and Chile face new competition from China's rapidly developing aviation and arms industries, showcased at the Zhuhai Internation...
Defense contest over major gulf arms buys
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
Amid worsening turmoil in the Middle East, the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf are planning another surge of major arms deals with the United States and Eur...
Marine general sworn in at US Southern Command
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
Marine Corps General John Kelly on Monday assumed command of the US Southern Command, which is responsible for all US military activities in Latin America and t...
Panetta orders ethics review for US top brass
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered US military commanders on Thursday to carry out a review of ethics training among senior officers amid a widening sex sca...
US defence chief in Thailand to boost military ties
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Thailand on Thursday as part of an Asian tour designed to beef up security ties across the region as a counterweigh...
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