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Termination of JP129 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Contract
September 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Minister for Defence, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Boeing Australia have agreed to terminate the contract for the delivery of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) System. Under a contract awarded to Boeing Australia in December 2006, Joint Project 129 sought to deliver the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) I-View 250 TUAV System, for use by the Australian Army in airborne surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition
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Dutch, British Buy Australian Bushmaster Vehicles
August 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGreg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today congratulated Thales Australia on its recent sale of additional Bushmaster vehicles to the Netherlands Army. “The Netherlands has ordered a further 13 Bushmaster vehicles on top of its purchase of 36 Bushmasters
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Indonesia to install four more new radars, defense minister says
July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDefense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has said that the government would have four more radars in the 2010-2014 Strategic Plan program to cover the Indonesian territories. "Previously, we have procured four new radars in the 2005-2009 Strategic Plan program," Minister Juwono said in a hearing with the Parliament (DPR)'s Commission I and Indonesia's Defense Force Chief General Djoko Santoso here on Monday
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India's Minister of State for Defence to speak at the NECE conference...
July 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMShri M. Mangapati Pallam Raju, born 31st August 1962, is currently a Member of Parliament (14th Lok Sabha) and the Minister of State for Defence (Raksha Rajya Mantri (RRM)), Government of India
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European Parliament Approves Military Use of Galileo Satellite
July 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe European Parliament in Strasbourg approved by 502 votes to 83 the military use of the European Union's Galileo satellite. The bill, proposed by German conservative politician Karl von Wogau, aims to create a space surveillance system to watch out for space debris and other threats
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Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement Between the United States and the Czech Republic
July 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOn July 8, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed in Prague the Agreement Between the United States and the Czech Republic on Establishing a United States Ballistic Missile Defense Radar Site in the Czech Republic. This legally-binding agreement calls for the establishment and operation of a U
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Airbus/Boeing Disputes: MEPs Defend the European Aircraft Industry
July 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMEPs support the defence of EU interests in the pending dispute settlement proceedings before the WTO, in a resolution adopted with 589 votes in favour, 53 against and 64 abstentions. Airbus/Boeing disputes over subsidies should be ruled out in the coming weeks
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Russia Warns of Military Response if US Deploys Missile Shield
July 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMRussia reacted angrily to a deal inked Tuesday between the US and the Czech Republic on a missile defense shield. Moscow has said it may respond with military action
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NATO Allies Sign Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia
July 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAllies signed today the Accession Protocols with Albania and Croatia, opening the way for the full NATO membership of these two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, H
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US, Czech Republic Sign Controversial Missile Radar Deal
July 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBUDAPEST --- 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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As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...