MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Australia ups Middle East arms sales
Aug 21, 2012 (UPI)
Since 2009 Australia has sold more than $13 million in military equipment to three Middle East nations. Turkey, Oman and Saudi Arabia are three of Australia's n...
Germany allows domestic military ops, ending taboo
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
Germany's top court ruled Friday that the military may conduct combat operations within the country's borders in case of a terror attack of "catastrophic propor...
EADS bosses told of questionable payments in 2007: FT
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
European aerospace giant EADS was told five years ago about suspect payments and costly gifts made by a British subsidiary facing a criminal investigation, the ...
Sri Lanka eyes Mi-17 helicopters
Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)
Sri Lanka is conducting a feasibility study into the purchase of Mi-17 helicopters from Russia for use by the air force in its commercial venture. The aircraft ...
Former Blackwater fined $7.5 mn over US arms case
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said ...
Abidjan hosts flourishing trade in automatic weapons
Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)
Keen to hire a Kalashnikov for the day? In a dangerous legacy of years of conflict, Ivory Coast's economic capital is now the hub of a thriving trade in automat...
Japan defence chief to meet US equal over Osprey
Aug 03, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese Defence Minister Satoshi Morimoto said he will meet with his US counterpart Leon Panetta on Friday in Washington to discuss the planned deployment of a...
French defence spending spared cuts
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
France's defence budget has been spared the severe cuts expected to be enforced in other areas of government spending next year, defence ministry sources said o...
BAE Systems posts flat first-half profits
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
British arms manufacturer BAE Systems said Thursday that net profit were flat in the first half of 2012. Earnings after taxation eased to 474 million pounds ($7...
Profit plunge at Italian aerospace giant Finmeccanica
Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)
Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in its second-quarter profits to 44 million euros ($54 million) but said its g...
Germans ease arms sale curbs, eye Mideast
Jul 31, 2012 (UPI)
German defense contractors are eyeing big arms deals in the Middle East, Africa and India as Berlin moves toward relaxing its long-tight restrictions on arms ex...
Thales in new partnerships
Jul 30, 2012 (UPI)
Thales is broadening its defense and security portfolio with a new joint venture and a collaborative agreement with companies in Europe. Together with the Sagem...
Germany confirms Qatar 'interest' in buying tanks
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
Germany confirmed on Monday that Qatar had expressed interest in a major arms deal after reports the emirate was set to buy 200 Leopard-2 tanks for some two bil...
US Air Force looks to train pilots for hi-tech threats
Jul 29, 2012 (AFP)
For more than a decade, US fighter pilots have become accustomed to "owning the sky" in wars against insurgents who have no warplanes or air defenses. But in th...
Australia defends defence cuts
Jul 29, 2012 (AFP)
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith Sunday defended military spending cuts, saying the belt-tightening would not impact overseas operations or those with ...
UN arms talks end without deal
Jul 28, 2012 (AFP)
UN negotiations to draft the first international treaty on the multi-billion-dollar arms trade have ended without a deal, with some diplomats blaming the United...
Opening gun safes is childs's play at DefCon
Jul 28, 2012 (AFP)
Lock cracking experts have shown hackers that opening small gun safes widely sold in the United States is child's play. The demonstration by Security Labs came ...
India set to replace Avro transporters
Jul 27, 2012 (UPI)
India has approved a $2.4 billion proposal to buy 56 transport aircraft to replace its fleet of aging Indian-made Hawker Siddeley 748M Avro aircraft. The Minist...
UN arms treaty talks go down to the wire
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
Negotiations were coming down to the wire at the United Nations Friday to craft a landmark treaty to regulate the $70 billion global arms trade. The talks in Ne...
IT group Dassault Systemes raises 2012 sales target
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
French software design group Dassault Systemes raised on Thursday its 2012 sales target after posting a 22 percent jump in first-half profit to 156.4 million eu...
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