International
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Homeland Security
Clinton Expresses ‘Great Concern’ As North Korea Prepares To Launch Long-Range Ballistic Missile
United States May Add Missile Curbs To Six-Party Talks With North Korea, Clinton Predicts North Korean moves to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile is "a matter of great concern" to […]
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Business/FinancialNorth Korea Defies Global Pressures; It Readies Long-Range Missile Launch
Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It’s Still Obstinate The West shouldn’t assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range […]
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InternationalCAE and Rotorsim to Train Norwegian NH90 Crews
The Rotorsim consortium between CAE [CGT] and Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland has signed a three-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation training to the Norwegian armed forces, CAE said this week in […]
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International
BAE Systems Receives Additional VIKING Order From British MoD
BAE Systems Monday said it has received an additional order for the armored all-terrain vehicle BvS10 VIKING from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). “This contract recognizes the performance the […]
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International
Canada Awards CAE $265 Million C-130J Training Package
CAE recently said that the Government of Canada has awarded a CAE-led team a contract worth about $265 million for a comprehensive Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J aircrew training equipment and […]
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International
Australia Remains Committed To Afghanistan, Defence Minister Says
Australia’s Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, reaffirmed his nation’s commitment to Afghanistan security when he met with his United States counterpart, Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Krakow, Poland Feb. 20 […]
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International
New Australian Defense Materials Technology Center Opens
Australian Feb. 19 launched a US$55 million Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) in Bendigo, Victoria, aimed at researching futuristic materials for the Defence industry. Minister for Defence Science, the Hon. […]
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International
Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense
The United States shouldn’t completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested […]
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Business/Financial
BAE Posts Solid 2008 Financial Results
United Kingdom-based BAE Systems yesterday posted higher sales and earnings for its 2008 fiscal year led by growth in its defense business in the United States. BAE’s U.S.-led defense work […]
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Air ForceIrregular Warfare Must Become a Core Competency, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Facing the complexity and uncertainty of military operations in the 21st century, the military must make superiority in irregular warfare a core capability, according to a top […]