MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Boeing Centralizes Defense, Space Development Efforts to Improve Performance
Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)
Boeing is consolidating management of key defense and space development programs into a new organization to enhance its performance on the pre-production develo...
China to probe army spending in corruption crackdown: report
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
China's ruling Communist Party will launch a year-long probe into the incomes of military staff, state media said Thursday, following revelations of widespread ...
Iran Hopes to Receive Russian S-300 Air Defense Systems in 2015
Feb 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
Tehran hopes to receive deliveries of the Russian S-300 air defense systems in 2015, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Tuesday. "I hope that our Ru...
Guidance kit improves accuracy of artillery rounds
Feb 09, 2015 (UPI)
A kit that improves the accuracy of artillery has been approved for low-rate production following the passing of First Article Acceptance Tests. The tests on AT...
Harris Corp. buying Exelis in deal worth more than $4B
Feb 07, 2015 (UPI)
The Harris Corporation, maker of Falcon III tactical radio and other communications systems, is buying defense electronics firm Exelis. Under a definitive purch...
US Military 'Losing Race' in Technological Superiority
Feb 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
The United States is being outpaced in the technological advantages of potential allies such as Russia and China, but the solution to that problem does not nece...
New arrest in US Navy bribery scandal
Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)
A former top US Navy officer was arrested Tuesday over a bribery scandal centered on a Singapore-based contracting firm, in which seven people have already plea...
US Wants NATO Allies to Spend More on Defense
Feb 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Pentagon's statements about Russian and Chinese improving military capabilities may be a message to the United States' NATO allies that they should spend mo...
Pentagon asks for more funds for high-tech weapons
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
In a bid to keep the US military's technological edge, President Barack Obama's proposed budget for 2016 calls for an increase in defense spending to pay for hi...
Russia in Talks With Iran on Tor-M1 Missile System Upgrades
Jan 30, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol is in talks with Iran on modernizing the short range Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile defense syste...
Iran expects Russia to deliver S-300 missile systems
Jan 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
Iran expects Russia to meet its contractual obligations to deliver the S-300 air defense systems, canceled by Moscow after international sanctions were imposed ...
Brazil Hopes to Ink Pantsir-S1 Air Defense Deal With Russia by Mid-2015
Jan 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
Brazil and Russia could sign a contract on the delivery of Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to the Latin American country as early as in the first half of...
Germany halts arms exports to Saudi Arabia: report
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
Germany has decided to stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia because of "instability in the region," German daily Bild reported on Sunday. Weapons orders from Saudi...
Airbus DS sells Belgian electronics factory
Jan 23, 2015 (UPI)
A Swiss-based equity firm is entering the defense-related business sector through the acquisition of an Airbus Defense and Space electronics plant in Belgium. T...
NATO chief urges Germany to lead way on defence spending
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged Germany on a visit to Berlin Wednesday to mirror its leadership role in Europe as the bloc's biggest economy in its defence sp...
Global arms treaty enters into force on Wednesday
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
A treaty laying down international rules for the $85 billion dollar global arms trade goes into force on Wednesday, with campaigners vowing to make sure it is s...
Four Afghan Guantanamo detainees repatriated: Pentagon
Dec 20, 2014 (AFP)
Four Afghans held for more than a decade at Guantanamo Bay have been sent home, the Pentagon said Saturday, edging President Barack Obama closer toward his goal...
Plunging oil price to reset global defence budgets: IHS
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
Global defence spending is likely to remain constant for the next two years as tumbling oil prices cut the budgets of Middle East exporters, but swell the coffe...
British military sells its Defense Support Group
Dec 17, 2014 (UPI)
Britain's Ministry of Defense has sold to Babcock International its organization that maintains and repairs key military equipment. Babcock International, an en...
India clears $700 million defence purchase
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
India's defence ministry cleared Wednesday proposals worth nearly $700 million to buy military equipment but deferred a key multi-billion dollar decision on rep...
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