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The Military Industrial Complex

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Congress passes US defense bill, Obama to sign
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
A sweeping defense bill that authorizes Pentagon spending passed Congress late Thursday, assuring funding through 2014 while easing detainee transfers from Guan...
EU leaders mull defence cooperation as tight budgets bite
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
EU leaders will tackle the vexed and costly issue of defence cooperation at a summit this week, aiming for modest progress at a time when budgets everywhere are...
Lockheed Martin names CEO Hewson as new chair
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
US defense giant Lockheed Martin Monday announced that chief executive Marillyn Hewson will take over as chairman of the Pentagon contractor in January. Hewson,...
Japan invests in new military kit as China row simmers
Dec 17, 2013 (AFP)
Japan announced Tuesday it will buy stealth fighters, drones and submarines as part of a splurge on military hardware that will beef up defence of far-flung isl...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation funds veteran programs
Dec 17, 2013 (UPI)
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is giving $3.28 million in grants to support the mental health needs of troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ...
Enhancing Competitiveness - EADS Outlines Plan for Defence and Space Restructuring
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
EADS has released a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defence and Space Division (Airbus DS) to the European Works Council. This presentation follows a d...
Obama opens way to Gulf grouping military sales
Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama Monday ruled that a regional grouping of Gulf Arab states should be allowed to buy certain US defense articles, deepening ties with a gro...
Russian arms dealer's partner convicted in US
Dec 14, 2013 (AFP)
A US-Syrian citizen was convicted Friday of conspiring with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to purchase commercial aircraft in violation of American sanctions. ...
EADS details restructuring effect on jobs
Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)
European aerospace and defense conglomerate EADS says nearly 6,000 jobs will be impacted through 2016 by its restructuring but redundancies will be slashed. Its...
EADS vows to limit redundancies in jobs cull
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
European aerospace giant EADS vowed Tuesday to limit the number of redundancies in a programme of sweeping job cuts it insists are essential for its future surv...
EADS to cut 5,800 jobs in Europe in restructuring
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
European aerospace giant EADS, the maker of Airbus aircraft, announced plans Monday to cut 5,800 jobs in its defence and space division over three years. The jo...
Russia indicts former defence minister
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
Russian investigators on Friday formally charged an ex-defence minister with negligence and did not rule out expanding the charges following a further investiga...
U.S., Europeans battle for big Persian Gulf arms deals
Dec 03, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. and European defense companies, hard hit at home by shrinking military budgets, are battling to make big-ticket sales in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf ...
Israel eyes big arms deals with longtime buyer India
Dec 02, 2013 (UPI)
India, long one of the biggest markets for Israel's defense industry, is expected soon to finalize the purchase of the Barak anti-aircraft missile built by Rafa...
Report: German auditors, EU probing procurement of helicopters
Dec 01, 2013 (UPI)
German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere is the target of federal auditors over the procurement of naval helicopters, Der Spiegel reported this weekend. De Ma...
Russia opens criminal probe against ex-defence minister
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
Russian investigators on Thursday brought criminal charges against former defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who was fired a year ago in a major corruption sca...
Bribery scandal: a US naval officer's fall from grace
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
He had an empathetic story that seemed to embody the American dream, and the US Navy was eager to tell it. Born in the rice fields of Cambodia outside Phnom Pen...
Ex-Israel security boss called to testify in China bank case
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
Bereaved families suing Bank of China over allegedly abetting Palestinian militants are seeking a deposition from a former top Israeli security official, their ...
Israel to privatise famed Uzi submachine gun's maker
Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)
Israel plans to privatise loss-making Israel Military Industries Ltd (IMI), manufacturer of the legendary Uzi sub machinegun, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said...
Egypt said to edge closer to Russian arms package
Nov 26, 2013 (UPI)
Speculation persists regarding an emerging Egyptian-Russian military accord that may include the sale by Moscow of a package of weapons systems worth at least $...
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