MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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House subcommittee supports 2.7% pay hike for troops
Jun 29, 2021 (UPI)
The House Armed Services Committee approved the wage hike as part of the 2022 spending package for the military, raises that would affect about 1.35 million tro...
Philippines' human rights record an issue in pending $2.6B military sale
Jun 25, 2021 (UPI)
The largest potential sale involves 12 F-16 fighter planes at a cost of $2.43 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday. In separate sta...
Myanmar junta leader thanks Russia for boosting military
Jun 22, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) government in February. Ru...
Fall in French arms sales blamed on pandemic
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
The report, submitted to parliament and seen by AFP before publication, said the sharp drop "does not reflect a fundamental trend", with significant new deals c...
Israel says military exports hit $8.3 bn in 2020
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
Despite fears the coronavirus pandemic would impact 2020 sales, Israel cited new markets in allowing sales jumping $1 billion from 2019. It's the second highest...
Austin, Milley say $715B defense budget is ample for DoD's needs
May 27, 2021 (UPI)
President Joe Biden's full budget request won't be public until Friday, but a press release issued by the Department of Defense Thursday said it's expected to c...
GAO report: Lack of data causing delays in military spare parts contracts
May 26, 2021 (UPI)
The 31-page report focuses on sole-source spare parts used on military vehicles, ships, aircraft and systems, and notes that the Pentagon relies on cost informa...
US Senate leader pushes bill to boost industry against China
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
A key provision of the proposal aims to address a shortage of semiconductors that has put the brakes on auto production this year. With both American political ...
Grassley, Sanders introduce bill requiring Pentagon to pass audits
May 20, 2021 (UPI)
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, announced the introduction of the Audit the Pentagon...
Boost for European fighter jet as Paris, Berlin, Madrid seal deal
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
Defence ministers of the three countries said they had reached a "balanced" deal on carrying out the research necessary to select the technology that will under...
US Navy says seizes huge weapons cache in Arabian Sea
May 09, 2021 (AFP)
The Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, said the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey intercepted the vessel and discovered the cargo during a routine boardi...
U.S. joins European Union military mobility project
May 07, 2021 (UPI)
EU ministers agreed on Thursday to admit the three countries into the Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, initiative, a Netherlands-led program within t...
EU opens 'military mobility' project to US, allies
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
The decision marks the first time the bloc has opened up an initiative from its Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) pact to involvement from outside nation...
NGOs call on UN to hit Myanmar with arms embargo
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
The call comes despite opposition from China -- the junta's main backer -- and Russia, which both hold veto-wielding power on the Council, to any sanctions amid...
European Parliament approves 7.9-bn-euro defence fund
Apr 29, 2021 (AFP)
The money, equivalent to $9.5 billion, is to be spent over the next seven years on backing joint research and development projects aimed at improving Europe's d...
State Department approves $1.94B in military sales to Australia
Apr 29, 2021 (UPI)
Under the first deal, valued at $1.685 billion the United States would sell 160 M1A1 tank structures to build M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, M1150 Assault...
Study: Total 2020 global military expenditures reached nearly $2 trillion
Apr 26, 2021 (UPI)
The annual study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute pegged the total at $1.981 trillion, despite a 4.4% decrease in global gross domestic p...
World military spending grows despite pandemic
Apr 25, 2021 (AFP)
Global military spending increased by 2.6 percent to $1,981 billion (about 1,650 billion euros) in 2020, when global GDP shrank 4.4 percent, according to a repo...
Lockheed Martin And Thales Australia team up to make weapons locally
Apr 22, 2021 (SPX)
The agreement will see experienced strategic industry partners in Lockheed Martin and Thales Australia cooperate in the design, development and production of Lo...
Guterres and Ban Ki-moon call for ASEAN to act on Myanmar
Apr 19, 2021 (AFP)
"I urge leaders to take immediate and concerted actions," said Ban ahead of a special summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Myanmar on...
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