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Israel to deploy four more 'Iron Dome' anti-rocket defencesJerusalem (AFP) April 3, 2011 Israel is planning to deploy four more batteries of its "Iron Dome" short-range missile defence system, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday. Speaking on military radio, Barak said: "With the financial help of the Americans, we hope to equip ourselves with four new 'Iron Dome' batteries so we will have six in operation in the next two years." He added that a second battery would soon be operational on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip. The first battery of the unique multi-million ... read more |
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  Brega battle rages as another Kadhafi man quits The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town of Brega saw heavy fighting, with rebel forces advancing only to fall back after an ambush by forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
  US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Targets Lockheed Martin will design and deliver a second-generation anti-submarine training target under a $5.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The targets, known as MK39 Expendable Mobile Anti-s ... more | .. |
  Euro Hawk Undergoes Testing At Edwards AFB Engineers with the 772nd Test Squadron facilitated electromagnetic interference testing on a Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft at the Benefield Anechoic Facility here March 10 and 11. They teamed wi ... more | .. |
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  Global Military Communications Market In 2010 Despite pressure on defence spending worldwide, military communications look set to remain central to defence procurement and investment in the coming years. Military communications are a vital part ... more | .. |
  Picatinny Fields First Precision-Guided Mortars To Troops In Afghanistan This month, U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan received 120mm GPS-guided mortar precision capability. The Program Executive Office for Ammunition fielded Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges ... more | .. |
  Australian Defense Industry Expected To Grow The Australian defense industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.97% from a value of US$20.8 billion in 2009 to US$24.7 billion by 2015. Indeed, in 2009, the Australian government launched a new m ... more | .. |
  MDA Awards Raytheon Contract For New SM-3 Block IB The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon a $312 million manufacturing contract for the Standard Missile-3 Block IB program. The contract provides the funding necessary to complete the development ... more |
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 Brega battle rages as another Kadhafi man quits The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town of Brega saw heavy fighting, with rebel forces advancing only to fall back after an ambush by forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Global Observer Experiences Mishap During Extended Duration Flight Testing AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that the Global Observer unmanned air vehicle undergoing flight test envelope expansion at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California experienced a mishap at 2:30 ... more | .. |
Two top Libyan leaders defect Two top Libyan officials defected this week, with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa questioned by British authorities in London. ... more | .. |
 China's industry working with military China's military is working with civilian aviation companies to provide integrated support for army aviation equipment. ... more |
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  ASEAN disunity weakening China relations An Indian think tank sees the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's lack of a unified front as weakening member states' negotiations with China over numerous maritime disputes. ... more | .. |
  Iraq's new air force reaches for the sky Iraq's fledgling postwar air force made a leap toward taking to the skies a few days ago when the first Iraqi instructor to graduate from a U.S. training program went aloft with his first student pilot in a Beechcraft T-6A Texan trainer. ... more | .. |
  North Korea addresses Cheonan sinking The sinking of South Korea's Cheonan Pohang-class corvette nearly brought the two Koreas to the brink of war. ... more | .. |
 Gates, Mullen quizzed on Libya U.S. lawmakers questioned top defense officials about military efforts in Libya for the first time Thursday, expressing bipartisan concern about the role and clarity of the U.S. involvement and the composition and strength of forces opposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. ... more |
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 India bans Iran nuclear-related trade India has banned trade in all goods and services with Iran that could help Tehran pursue development of nuclear weapons, a government statement said. ... more | .. |
 Militants warn Israel after three Hamas men killed Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday denied that three of its militants killed in a Gaza air strike were plotting to kidnap Israelis and warned of "consequences". ... more | .. |
 British minister advocates British-French nuclear deterrent A British junior defence minister is calling for London and Paris to develop and build a joint nuclear deterrent, The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Al-Qaeda branch claims Iraq suicide attack: monitor An Al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a recent suicide attack in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit that left 58 people dead, a US-based monitoring service said Saturday. ... more |
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 S. Korea's Lee says N. Korea not sincere on talks South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak Friday dismissed North Korea's offers of dialogue as insincere and said the communist state must apologise for two deadly border incidents last year. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's Lee says N. Korea not sincere about talks North Korea's offers of dialogue are not sincere, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Friday, urging the communist state to apologise for two deadly border incidents last year. ... more | .. |
 Libya's rag-tag rebels badly need training: US US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday Libya's rag-tag rebels needed training more than guns in their battle against Moamer Kadhafi's army but that other nations should do the job. ... more | .. |
 LockMart Awarded THAAD Production Contract Lockheed Martin has received a production contract totaling $789.8 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency. The contract ... more |
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 Symposium Raises Awareness Of Cyberthreats To Utilities Raytheon, the Texas A and M Energy Engineering Institute and the Energy Institute of the University of Texas at Austin sponsored a Cyber Security for Utilities Symposium March 29 in Austin. Th ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman To Supply Bridge And Navigation Suite For Next-Gen UK Aircraft Carriers Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has signed a full production contract for the Integrated Navigation Bridge System (INBS) for the U.K. Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Queen Elizabeth Class ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman's Wins US Navy Marine Design And Engineering Services Contract Northrop Grumman subsidiary AMSEC was one of two contractors awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for marine design and engineering services in support of Puget Sound and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyards ... more | .. |
 LockMart Rolls Out First Special Operations MC-130J Combat Shadow II Lockheed Martin rolled out the first aircraft in a new fleet of MC-130J Combat Shadow IIs for the U.S. Air Force's Special Operations Command (AFSOC) during a ceremony. Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurs ... more |
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  Household Bleach Can Decontaminate Food Prep Surfaces In Ricin Bioterrorist Attack Help for a bioterrorist attack involving ricin, one of the most likely toxic agents, may be as close at hand as the laundry shelf, according to a report presented at the 241st National Meeting and E ... more | .. |
 FARC links in Ecuador raise new concerns Clandestine links between quasi-Marxist armed group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and elements in Ecuador have raised renewed concerns a week after Colombian officials declared the group's adherents might be on the run and losing their grip on the outlying rural areas. ... more | .. |
  Driver killed in Pakistan attack on NATO oil tanker Gunmen in Pakistan's troubled southwest opened fire on a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing its driver and setting the vehicle ablaze, officials said. ... more | .. |
Kuwait trial reveals 'Iran's hidden hand' Death sentences passed on two Iranians and a Kuwaiti for spying in the Persian Gulf emirate on behalf of Tehran has heightened suspicions that Iran has had a hand in the recent political upheaval in the strategic region. ... more |
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