MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

2,104 articles

Leading defence firms 'not transparent enough': study
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
A large majority of the world's biggest defence companies do not provide enough evidence that they adequately prevent corruption, campaigners Transparency Inter...
Lawmakers looking at BAE-EADS merger plan
Oct 03, 2012 (UPI)
The proposed merger of aerospace and defense conglomerates BAE Systems PLC of Britain and the Netherlands' EADS NV is coming under government scrutiny. The Defe...
US charges 11 in Russian military exports ring
Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)
The United States announced criminal charges Wednesday against 11 members of an alleged ring illegally exporting $50 million worth of high-tech military electro...
German interest in EADS/BAE deal remains unclear
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
Talks over a planned merger of European aerospace giant EADS and British defence group BAE Systems are progressing but Germany's intentions in the resulting sup...
Friends again, Israel and China boost ties
Oct 02, 2012 (UPI)
Israel and China have been renewing military ties in recent months after a lengthy chill caused by hefty Israeli arms deals that the United States shot down. Th...
Israel's now one of top arms exporters
Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)
Israel has become one of the world's leading arms exporters with deals worth $12.9 billion from 2004-11, mostly with developing countries, the United States' Co...
Retrial of Canadian-German arms dealer delayed
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
The retrial of a Canadian-German arms dealer who played a role in a scandal that shot Chancellor Angela Merkel to power was delayed Monday after the defence acc...
Australia's defense policies criticized
Sep 17, 2012 (UPI)
Australia's defense policies are being criticized for their inefficiency and cost. Liberal Party Sen. David Fawcett, a former army helicopter pilot who worked f...
Mideast key focus of U.S. arms sales boom
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
Amid the rising tensions in the Middle East, with the United States locked in a Persian Gulf confrontation with Iran, the U.S. defense industry tripled its glob...
AgustaWestland signs South Korean partners
Sep 14, 2012 (UPI)
AgustaWestland has signed partnership agreements with Firstec, a supplier of defense and security systems, and Dodaam Systems, which develops training systems f...
BAE Systems, EADS in merger talks
Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)
British arms manufacturer BAE Systems and European planemaker EADS revealed Wednesday they are in merger talks to create a global aerospace and defence leader t...
Cash-strapped Slovenia slashes defence order
Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)
Slovenia's government, currently on an austerity drive, has sharply reduced an order for armoured vehicles from Finnish defence firm Patria, the defence ministe...
Rheinmetall expands; GKN set to do so
Sep 05, 2012 (UPI)
German and British companies are expanding their business portfolios in the naval and aerospace sectors through major acquisitions. In Germany, Dusseldorf's Rhe...
Outside View: How much is enough?
Sep 05, 2012 (UPI)
"How much is enough?" is a perennial question often put to national security and defense requirements. The largely invisible and more important extension of tha...
Thales in Australian, Indian ventures
Aug 30, 2012 (UPI)
French defense industry giant Thales announced the official launch of its munitions business in Australia and a joint venture in India for radar systems. Austra...
U.S. arms sales hit record $66 billion
Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)
Export of U.S. weapons abroad soared more than three times the previous level in 2011, at least partly because of the continuing tensions over Iran's disputed n...
Turkey seeks increased arms exports
Aug 28, 2012 (UPI)
The Turkish government is making determined efforts to promote its indigenously produced armaments. To that end the Turkish defense industry plans to promote it...
US arms sales nearly triple in 2011, researchers say
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said ...
Russia asks US to extradite arms smuggler Bout
Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)
Russia formally asked Washington on Thursday to extradite arms smuggler Viktor Bout after a US court jailed him for 25 years for conspiring to supply anti-Ameri...
Brazil's defense industry booms
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil's defense industry is booming, fueled by government incentives to modernize the country's armed forces and develop a robust, export-oriented military ind...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.