International
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InternationalNaval Intelligence Increasing Support To SEALs, Expeditionary Warfare
By Geoff Fein While the entire intelligence community changed as a result of the 9/11 attacks, the principle areas where Naval Intelligence expanded were capabilities in the area of human […]
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InternationalTurkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS
Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) recently said. […]
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InternationalNATO Agencies Forge Closer Ties Moving Forward on Interoperability, Transformation
NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) Director Vice Adm. Juan Moreno and the Chief of Staff NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Lt. Gen. Jan Arp March 3 signed a letter of agreement […]
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Air ForceJSF Officials Optimistic On Foreign Partners, Welcome Report On Cost Stability
Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will not drop their […]
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InternationalFLIR Acquires Spanish Sensor Networking Firm
FLIR Systems [FLIR] on recently said it has acquired Spain’s Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million […]
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InternationalNATO Considering Link Between Alliance, U.S. Missile Defense Systems
NATO is examining ways to link its current missile defense efforts to a European-based U.S. missile defense from concerns that the proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to […]
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InternationalCzech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense Radar
The Czech Republic recently agreed to provide the site for a U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar installation to guard against missiles launched by nations such as Iran, the Czechs […]
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InternationalDTRA Completes Elimination of Russian SS-24 ICBMs
The Defense Department’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program announced this week it successfully completed the elimination of final SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and supporting system components in Perm, Russia. […]
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InternationalNew Zealand Super Fund To Divest From Cluster-Munition Makers
Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff welcomes the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s announcement today that it would divest from companies involved in the production of cluster munitions once a […]
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Business/FinancialCanada Rebuffs ATK’s Attempt To Acquire MDA’s Space Business
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit this week when Canada rejected the company’s pending $1.3 billion […]