International
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InternationalNew Aircraft Wiring Facility Opens in Turkey
Stork Aerospace‘s Fokker Elmo recently opened its new wiring systems facility during the Global Aerospace Conference in Izmir and in the presence of Turkish defense officials. The facility, which was […]
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InternationalBen Gurion Official Highlights Airport Security Layers
TEL AVIV–Similar to what passengers traveling into and through airports in the United States see routinely in the post-9/11 world, Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport boasts multiple layers of security, […]
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InternationalTo Improve Security, Iraq Requests As Much As $6 Billion In Arms Sales
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency Dec. 9 notified Congress of eight potential Foreign Military Sales to Iraq with a combined total value of approximately $6 billion. The sales would allow […]
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InternationalU.K. Restructures Future Utility Vehicle, Disengages With General Dynamics
By Ann Roosevelt To rebalance its equipment programs, the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) yesterday withdrew its provisional selection of General Dynamics [GD] UK’s provisional preferred bidder status for the […]
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Business/FinancialTo Improve Security, Iraq Requests As Much As $6 Billion In Arms Sales
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Security Cooperation Agency Dec. 9 notified Congress of eight potential Foreign Military Sales to Iraq with a combined total value of approximately $6 billion. The […]
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CongressLawmakers To Explain Congress’ Missile Defense Views On Overseas CODEL
By Emelie Rutherford A Democratic lawmaker planning to visit Polish, Czech, and Russian officials said she will explain Congress’ mandate for not deploying a European missile-defense site without adequate testing […]
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ArmyNew Army Contract Extends EADS N.A. LUH Production Through 2010
EADS North America has received a $207.7 million contract from the Army for 39 additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters, extending production under contract of the twin-engine rotary-wing aircraft through […]
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Business/FinancialGround-based Missile Defense System Scores Major Success, Killing Target By Using Multiple Radars For Accuracy
Glitch Occurs In Target Missile, But GMD Interceptor Works Flawlessly; Win Bolsters European Missile Defense Plan Test Success Comes As Obama, Congress, Poised To Consider Funding For Missile Defense In […]
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Business/FinancialUnited States Has Lost Attempt To Block Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons; ‘We Have Lost This Race:’ Bolton
Only Possibility Of Blocking Iranian Nukes Is That Israel Might Launch Military Strike European Missile Defense System Would Become Final Bulwark Against Nuclear Iran The United States has failed to […]
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CongressWeapons Of Mass Destruction Pose Increasing Terrorist Risk To Nation
There is more than a 50 percent chance that an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) will be perpetrated by the end of 2013, a threat emanating from […]