International
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Business/FinancialSen. Kyl Says Gates Plan Leaves Boost-Phase Missile Defense Programs In Limbo, On Hold
Meanwhile, Missile Threats Increase; Kyl Warns Nuclear-Missiles-Armed Pakistan Could Fall To Taliban In One To Six Months Gates Plan Involves $900 Million More Cuts To Missile Defense Programs, Beyond The […]
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Business/Financial
China Is Displaying Nuclear Submarines For First Time; Beijing Orders Increased Patrols In Contested Sea Area
China is displaying nuclear submarines in the port city of Qingdao, a first, according to Xinhua, the official government news agency. The muscle-flexing comes as China is in multiple debates […]
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Business/Financial
Blumenthal: U.S. Competition With China Is Now, Not A Future Development; Gates Plan Responds With Weakness To Rising Chinese Military
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has proposed a budget plan that will leave the U.S. military weaker, precisely as the Chinese military is growing stronger. And the Sino military already […]
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Business/Financial
Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System If Gates Agrees To Provide A Unit; Raytheon System Would Kill Rockets From Gaza Strip
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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Homeland Security
China Launches Second GPS-Like Satellite; It Reaches Proper Orbit, Sends Back Signals
China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]
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InternationalCanada Taps Insitu For Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Services
Boeing‘s [BA] Insitu has received a $30 million contract from the Canadian government to provide small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) services to support the Canadian Forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance […]
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International
Supacat and Babcock To Deliver New Armored Vehicles To U.K. MoD
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered a fleet of nearly 200 new armored vehicles under an approximately $108 million contract with vehicle manufacturer Supacat and teammate Babcock to […]
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International
Global Launch For Smiths Detection Chemical Detector
Smiths Detection announced April 24 the global launch of the newest model in its Lightweight Chemical Detector series, the LCD 3.3, an individual hazardous vapor-warning device. The new detector offers […]
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International
Sikorsky Aerospace Services Opens New Facility In Korea
Sikorsky [UTX] Aerospace Services announced this week it has opened a regional spare parts stocking facility with Times Aerospace Korea, LLC (TAK) at Gimpo Aerospace Industrial Complex, Gimpo City, Gyongg-Do, […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Land & Armaments Business Aligns On Market-Driven Strategy
By Ann Roosevelt BAE Systems‘ Land & Armaments unit conducted a strategic review that resulted in realigning its businesses into four main product areas in a process that completed at […]