WASHINGTON --- Irans test of short- and medium-range missiles is a disturbing development and points to the need for a European missile defense system, Pentagon officials said here today.>> Iran tested at least seven missiles yesterday, according to news reports, capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe
BRUSSELS --- European Union governments today endorsed a Capability Development Plan (CDP) defining the future military needs and priorities of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and agreed to use it to guide future national defence investment decisions and to seek opportunities to collaborate so as to address their short-to-longer-term military requirements coherently.>> The CDP, developed over the past 18 months by the European Defence Agency, its 26 participating Member States (pMS), the EU Military Committee and the EU Council General Secretariat, contains a significant body of analysis from which conclusions and an initial tranche of practical proposals for action...
BUDAPEST --- The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement that will allow construction of part of a missile defense shield. The document was signed by U
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The National Audit Office today published its report into the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme, which aims to deliver a single, secure, high quality computer infrastructure across the whole of Defence while maintaining essential operational continuity.>> The report acknowledges that the MOD began with a clear vision of the benefits the DII Programme would bring to Defence
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ST. LOUIS --- Boeing installed two CFM56-7B engines on the U
WASHINGTON --- ICx Technologies, a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today that it has been awarded a $14 million contract as part of the U.S Armys multi-billion dollar Base Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Sensors-Combined (BETSS-C) program, which is run by the Asymmetric Warfare Office