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Army Receives First THAAD MissilesAnniston Army Depot AL (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 Lockheed Martin delivered the first two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Missiles to the U.S. Army, capping off years of planning and development. The two missiles arrived at Anniston Defense Munitions Center May 16 and were quickly taken to the ammunition bunker that will be their home until the need arises to ship them to the warfighter. The THAAD missile is a U.S. Army missile system designed to intercept and destroy short, medium and intermediate ballistic missiles. The THAAD missile ... read more |
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  Colt evaluates Metal Storm MAUL for Manufacturing Arrangement Metal Storm has announced that Colt Defense is working with it to evaluate the possible manufacture of Metal Storm's MAUL accessory shotgun system by Colt, the world renowned firearms manufacturer, ... more | .. |
  Production Begins on second UK Aircraft Carrier Construction of HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the two new Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, started at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard on the Clyde. Employees a ... more | .. |
  Arms sales to Arabs states under fire The disclosure that the United Kingdom trained Saudi Arabian forces used to crush protests in Bahrain and has sold to 15 Middle Eastern states military equipment that could be used against civilians is raising questions about the morality of providing arms to repressive regimes. ... more | .. |
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 Dutch Tank History Ends With a Bang With four shots fired on Range 6 at the Bergen-Hohne firing range, the Defence organisation said farewell to the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank on the 19th of may. The Dutch tank history ended on the ... more | .. |
 Navy Helicopters Exercise With USA Newest Aircraft Carrier Helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in a major maritime exercise this week with the United States aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush off the west coast of Cornwall. ... more | .. |
 GD to Deliver Through Life Support for ASLAV, M1A1 and M88A2 Fleets General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia (GDLS-A), a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada in London, Ontario, has received a five year, AU$44.8m Through Life Support contract. The co ... more | .. |
  Libya says NATO raids killed 718 civilians Libya Tuesday accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for a truce stalled and Italy said Moamer Kadhafi's regime is "finished." ... more |
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  Three US troops killed in Afghan bomb attack Three American troops were killed in a weekend bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, the United States military announced on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Israel firm denies Iran trade, cites US 'mistake': report An Israeli firm accused of trading with Iran in violation of sanctions denied the allegations on Tuesday and said they were a "mistake" by the US State Department, Israeli media reported. ... more | .. |
 Al-Qaeda plot to kill Lockheed chief: testimony A Pakistani-based branch of Al-Qaeda was hatching a plot to kill the head of US defense group Lockheed Martin, self-confessed terrorist David Coleman Headley testified in a US court Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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  Pentagon: All options on table in cyber-attack The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare. ... more | .. |
 Kadhafi 'finished,' Italy says amid stalemate Moamer Kadhafi's regime is "finished," Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday in the Libyan rebel stronghold after NATO warplanes struck Tripoli and African efforts for a ceasefire stalled. ... more | .. |
 Iraq arrests suspect in anti-Baath chief murder Iraqi authorities have arrested a man in connection with the assassination last week of the head of Iraq's controversial anti-Baath committee, Baghdad's security command centre said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US to view major cyber attacks as acts of war: report The Pentagon has adopted a new strategy that will classify major cyber attacks as acts of war, paving the way for possible military retaliation, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. ... more |
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Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
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 NATO risks becoming 'occupying force': Karzai Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Tuesday that the US-led foreign military in Afghanistan risks becoming an "occupying force" if air strikes continue to cause civilian casualties. ... more | .. |
  Gates to reassure Asian allies on US military ties Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to reassure anxious allies in Asia this week that the US military will maintain a strong presence in the region despite budget pressures at home, officials said. ... more | .. |
 At Benghazi boot camp, instructor wears mocassins "Volunteers must be aged 18 or over" reads a fresh banner flying over the gate to the military training base in Benghazi, seat of the Libyan insurgency against strongman Moamer Kadhafi. ... more | .. |
 S. Korean troops use Kims as targets Some South Korean army training centres are using pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son as targets on rifle ranges, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Medvedev says Russia, US 'losing time' on missile defense Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday expressed his dissatisfaction with how the negotiations with the United States on the missile defense shield are continuing, saying the sides are losing t ... more | .. |
  West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020 Russian military experts forecast that Western nations will have 80,000 cruise missile by 2020, a deputy commander of the Russian General Staff said on Saturday. "We expect Western countries t ... more | .. |
 Boeing Awarded PAC-3 Seeker Production Contract Boeing has received a $274 million contract from Lockheed Martin to produce more than 300 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile seekers. The firm fixed price contract is Boeing's ninth ... more | .. |
  AeroVironment Receives New Orders for Digital Raven Systems AeroVironment has received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems ... more |
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 NMSU stages successful UAV test over Hatch From May 2-4, New Mexico State University's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center supported AAI Corporation's Shadow 200 Tactical UAS in conducting flights over the skies of Hatch, N.M. These ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Team Completes CANES Critical Design Review CANES, the U.S. Navy's Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program, continued to successfully achieve key milestones as Northrop Grumman, one of two contractors working on the CANES ... more | .. |
 LockMart Delivers AH 1Z Cobra Targeting Systems to US Marines Lockheed Martin recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded softwar ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Deploys Miniature Air Launched Decoys From C-130 Cargo Aircraft Raytheon launched two Miniature Air Launched Decoy instrumented shapes from the ramp of a C-130 Hercules equipped with the new Raytheon-funded MALD Cargo Air Launched System (MCALS). This test marke ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman to Begin Work on Defense Weather Satellite System Northrop Grumman has received authorization and funding to proceed on a Department of Defense weather satellite system projected for launch in 2018. The Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) will ... more | .. |
 ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths Foreign forces in Afghanistan apologised Monday for the deaths of nine Afghan civilians after President Hamid Karzai criticised an air strike which he and officials said killed 14, including children. ... more | .. |
 Obama promotes Dempsey to top uniformed US military post President Barack Obama announced Monday that he has chosen US Army General Martin Dempsey, who commanded an armored division in key battles in Iraq, for the United States' top uniformed military post. ... more | .. |
Outcry as Israel firm accused of trade with Iran After years of pushing for tough sanctions against Iran, Israel has been left reeling by reports that an Israeli shipping company has been actively doing business with the Islamic republic. ... more |
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