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NGC Awarded Predator And Reaper UAS Development Contract
San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center for the development and flight-testing of a signals intelligence sensor payload for the U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aircraft System and for the preliminary design of an expanded sensor package for the MQ-9 Reaper UAS. Under this 18-month, cost-plus-incentive fee contract valued at ... more Netherlands Awards Raytheon Paveway Missile Contract 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 28, 2008The Netherlands awarded Raytheon a competitively bid contract for the combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II precision-guided munition April 8. The contract, which is a direct commercial sale for an undisclosed sum, will provide the Netherlands with 200 kits to convert 500-pound "dumb" bombs into the GBU-49, a precision weapon that has been used extensively in Iraq. A representative ... more Boeing And Turkey's HAVELSAN Renew Missile Defense Partnership 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Boeing and HAVELSAN, a leading software and systems company in the Republic of Turkey, have announced a memorandum of understanding to continue pursuing solutions in regional and global ballistic missile defense. Through this MOU, which extends an agreement signed in 2003, the two companies will jointly evaluate and develop opportunities in missile defense, drawing on their existing skills ... more BAE To Develop Military Communications Network 
Burlington MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008BAE Systems will develop an "intrinsically secure" mobile military communications network designed to protect against cyber attacks. The company will develop and test network protocols that support the integrity, availability, reliability, confidentiality, and safety of network communications and data. The $8.5 million contract, awarded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ... more Biggest Ever Spending Request From US DoD For FY09 Budget 
Newtown CT (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Overall defense spending has skyrocketed in recent years, both in dollar terms and relative to the size of the economy. The spending surge of the past few years can largely be attributed to soaring war costs, which have most recently run upwards of $15 billion per month. While there is a common perception that the huge costs of defense spending should begin tapering off, the fact is that ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) pril 25, 2008 Azerbaijani customs officials have been keeping a single Russian trailer -- which they describe as a truck convoy -- carrying absolutely safe heat-insulating equipment for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Astara checkpoint on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border since March 29. Russia sees no reason for this. "We have an agreement on the transit of the cargo across Azerbaijan ... more Analysis: Congress attacks Iraq spending 
Washington (UPI) April 24, 2008 Iraqis would be forced to pay for U.S. efforts in their country directly or via loans from the United States if any of at least five similar pieces of legislation introduced on Capitol Hill this month is approved. This comes as Americans deal with -- and politicians respond to -- an unpopular and expensive war, a sinking economy and record gas prices. "Whether or not ... more Analysis: Petraeus on Iraq vs. Afghanistan 
Washington (UPI) April 25, 2008 If Gen. David Petraeus is confirmed as commander of U.S. Central Command, his broader responsibilities may force him to reconsider his thinking about U.S. commitments in Iraq in order to properly resource the U.S. effort in Afghanistan, say some analysts and military observers. In his new role as the senior military officer for U.S. forces across the Middle East and Central Asia, Petrae ... more Obama says he will set timetable for Baghdad 
Washington (AFP) April 27, 2008Democratic Senator Barack Obama warned Sunday that if he is elected president he would set a performance timetable for the Iraqi government and not sit aside "while they dither." Asked in an interview on Fox News how he would handle the US mission in Iraq if he wins the presidency in the November election, he left open the possibility that he would would continue to work with the war's curre ... more US says it does not trust North Korea 
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2008A day after accusing North Korea of helping Syria build a covert nuclear reactor, the United States said it did not trust the hardline communist state, which is negotiating to end its atomic weapons drive. "We are not yet to the trust part, we are still working on the verify part," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday, paraphrasing late president Ronald Reagan's signature ph ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 25, 2008The United States has accused Syria of building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help, charging that the facility had a military purpose until Israel destroyed it in a September raid. Damascus immediately rejected what its ambassador to Washington called "a ridiculous story," while US officials suggested the next step should be for UN inspectors to go to Syria to investigate. ... more Assad denies building nuclear reactor 
Doha (AFP) April 27, 2008Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied in remarks published on Sunday that a site raided by Israel last year was a nuclear reactor under construction as charged by the United States. Last September's Israeli air strike "hit a military site under construction, not a nuclear site as Israel and America claimed," Assad told the Qatari daily Al-Watan in an interview. "Does it make sense that ... more Atomic expert questions US claim over Syrian 'reactor' 
Vienna (AFP) April 26, 2008A nuclear physicist close to the United Nations atomic watchdog cast doubt Saturday on the veracity of US intelligence which claimed that Syria had been building a secret atomic reactor. "When you look at the (US intelligence services) pictures, they show only raw construction," an expert close to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told AFP on condition on anonymity. "It was j ... more Turkish army confirms air raid, shelling in northern Iraq 
Ankara (AFP) April 26, 2008Turkish warplanes and artillery have targeted Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq this weekend, the Turkish army said on Saturday. The strikes, on Friday and Saturday, targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in the Zap, Avashin and Khakurk regions who were trying to penetrate the border for attacks on Turkish territory, the general staff said in a statement on its ... more Bullets flew past president: Afghan minister describes attack 
Kabul (AFP) April 27, 2008Bullets sped past President Hamid Karzai and black smoke and the smell of gunpowder filled the air when militants struck Afghanistan's most important military parade Sunday, a minister told AFP. Gunfire and explosions erupted soon after Karzai had taken his place on a stage with a host of dignitaries, including government ministers, ambassadors and foreign and Afghan military commanders. ... more
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