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Canadian Defense Budget To Reach Twenty Billion By 2015Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 The Canadian defense budget stood at US$16.9 billion in 2009, recording a CAGR of 10.18% during the review period. Estimated to total US$19.2 billion in 2010, the defense budget is expected to grow at a CAGR of 0.44% over the forecast period, to reach US$19.7 billion by 2015. The fall in the growth rate of the defense budget during the forecast period is due to budget cuts announced by the government to reduce its fiscal deficit. As a result, the defense budget is expected to decrease to 1.0 ... read more |
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  LockMart Tactical Reconn Radar Completes UAV Test Flights Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar, TRACER, has completed flight testing aboard a Predator B MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. TRACER is a dual-band (UHF and ... more | .. |
  LockMart Tests JAGM Tri-Mode Seeker On Sabreliner Lockheed Martin recently tested its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) tri-mode seeker in high-speed captive flight tests on a Sabreliner jet at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., demonstrating the robustn ... more | .. |
  RAF Typhoon Project 'Under Control And Back On Track' In response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report into the RAF's Typhoon aircraft, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has described the project as 'under control and back on track'. The PAC ... more | .. |
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  Sea-Based Missile Defense Flight Test Results In Successful Intercept The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy sailors aboard the Aegis destroyer USS O'KANE (DDG 77), and Soldiers from the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command operating from the 613th Air and S ... more | .. |
  NZ Defence Force Deploys LAVs To Bamyan The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs) to Bamyan Province in Afghanistan to support the Provincial Reconstruction Team. "The vehicles bring us the capability ... more | .. |
  Outside View: America strikes out How will - or can - the United States deal with a superabundance of crises from the budget and looming fiscal disaster to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistani instability, the so-called Arab Spring and the Libyan campaign? ... more | .. |
  Iraq panel to probe missing persons Iraq has formed a committee to investigate the fate of people missing since the 2003 US-led invasion, a security official said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Rights groups call on UN to protect Iranian exile camp Human rights groups called Wednesday on the United Nations to protect an Iranian exiles' camp in Iraq, after a deadly Iraqi army raid. ... more | .. |
  'Friends' supplied Libyan rebels with arms: leader Rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi's rule acquired weapons either by buying them with "Libyan money" or they were supplied by "friends", the head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  UN council renews battle against nuclear terrorism The UN Security Council on Wednesday gave a 10-year extension to its main legal weapon to prevent nuclear, chemical and biological bombs falling into the hands of terrorist groups. ... more | .. |
 NATO warns civilians to avoid pro-Kadhafi forces in Libya NATO on Wednesday urged civilians in Libya to avoid forces loyal to strongman Moamer Kadhafi to ensure "greater success" for allied air strikes. ... more |
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 UN not seeking EU troops for Libya aid mission The United Nations has no plans to seek European Union troops to protect humanitarian corridors in Libya, as it fears threats to aid workers who could be linked to the soldiers, a top UN official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Italy sends military staff to aid rebels in ex-colony Libya Italy will send military trainers to aid the rebels in Libya, the defence minister said Wednesday, in the first deployment of army personnel in Libya since the time when it was an Italian colony. ... more | .. |
 US links Pakistan spy agency to Haqqani militants The highest ranking officer in the United States armed forces accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of having ties with terrorists as he arrived for security talks on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan general sacked after failing 'loyalty' test A Taiwanese general has become the first officer to lose his job for failing a "loyalty" test introduced after the island's worst espionage case in 50 years, media and officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
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 Second female British soldier killed in Afghanistan A second female British soldier has been killed in the Afghanistan campaign, the Ministry of Defence announced Wednesday, after she was hit by an explosive device she was trying to disable. ... more | .. |
 Abbas heads to Paris seeking statehood support Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas heads to Paris on Wednesday to seek advice and support from European leaders on the potential creation of a Palestinian state this year. ... more | .. |
 MBDA Demos VL Mica Proficiency Against Stand-Off Weapons On the 13th April 2011, at the French DGA-Essais Missiles test centre in Biscarosse, South West France, a VL MICA missile launched from a ground based vertical launcher and controlled by a Tactical ... more | .. |
  Capabilities Highlighted At Counter Terror Expo 2011 Exhibition Northrop Grumman will highlight a range of its products and capabilities dedicated to civil defence, national security and resilience at the Counter Terror Expo 2011 conference and exhibition being ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon Honored For 50 Years Of Service On March 17, Northrop Grumman joined representatives of the U.S. Air Force in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first delivery of the T-38 Talon trainer aircraft. At an event held at Ran ... more | .. |
 Republic Of Korea Air Force Receives First LockMart Sniper Pods The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) recently received Lockheed Martin Sniper pods for their F-15K aircraft. Delivered to Daegu Air Base, South Korea, these pods will be immediately deployed into ... more | .. |
 New Warhead Reduces Size Of Raytheon Small Tactical Munition Raytheon tested a new warhead for its Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided munition that is appro ... more | .. |
 Iran 'steps up gunrunning to Arab proxies' Iran has reportedly stepped up arms smuggling to its proxies in the Persian Gulf and the Levant to take advantage of the political tumult shaking Arab regimes and expand Tehran's influence. ... more |
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Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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 Saudis 'offer to widen huge U.S. arms buy' As Saudi Arabia's confrontation with Iran swells amid claims Tehran is exploiting political turmoil in the Arab world, Riyadh reportedly has offered to expand its $60 billion arms deal with Washington to keep it on the kingdom's side. ... more | .. |
 Sri Lanka reacts to 'biased' U.N. report Sri Lanka's government is on the offensive against what it says is a biased U.N. report concerning alleged war crimes during the country's civil war. ... more | .. |
 NATO says it struck Kadhafi command sites NATO has fired a barrage of missiles against Moamer Kadhafi's command and control centres near Tripoli, including a brigade accused of leading attacks on civilians, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US rejects Palestinian bid to seek UN recognition The United States again Tuesday rejected Palestinian plans to seek recognition for an independent state unilaterally from the United Nations without reaching a peace accord with Israel. ... more |
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  Kremlin sacks Russian navy chief heading Mistral talks Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday dismissed a top navy commander who led negotiations with France on the purchase of Mistral-class assault warships. ... more | .. |
 Top Iraq Kurd leader offers to resign amid demos A senior politician in Iraqi Kurdistan has criticised missing freedoms in the autonomous region and offered to step down from the party leadership, as new rallies Tuesday left seven hurt. ... more | .. |
 Britain sending military advisers to Libya Britain said Tuesday it is sending military advisers to help organise Libyan rebels, even as western powers denied they could soon break their taboo against putting foreign boots on the ground. ... more | .. |
 Israel eyes used F-15s to fill for F-35s The Israeli air force is reportedly exploring the possibility of buying second-hand Boeing F-15 fighters as a stopgap for 20 Lockheed Martin F-35s it signed up for in 2010 because continuing development problems will mean deliveries as late as 2018. ... more |
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