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Government Split Over Cuts to Swedish Military
The Swedish armed forces will have to pay for the next generation of “super-JAS” warplanes without any new grant from the government, meaning that cuts in other areas are inevitable, reports Swedish Radio News. Svenska Dagbladet has seen a leaked budget memo from the government saying that no new grant will be awarded. Peter Hultquist, [...]
Turkey ex-army chief held for alleged bid to topple govt
Turkey’s former army chief Ilker Basbug was arrested Friday over an alleged bid to topple the Islamist-rooted government, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday. “The 26th chief of staff of the Turkish republic has unfortunately been placed in preventive detention for setting up and leading a terrorist group and of attempting to overthrow the [...]
DoD officials seek balanced cloud computing solution
Defense Department officials are looking to balance efficiency, effectiveness and security while moving away from the department’s decentralized network of computer servers and data centers and into “cloud” computing, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer said Sept. 7. “We must balance all three,” said Robert J. Carey, who is also the deputy assistant secretary of [...]
Message to DoD workforce on potential government shutdown
The Department of Defense released this statement from Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III: “The department remains hopeful that a government shutdown will be averted. The President has made it clear that he does not want a government shutdown, and the administration is working to find a solution with which all sides can [...]
Pentagon makes plans in case of government shutdown
Defense officials believe that a government shutdown can be avoided, but they are making prudent plans in the event one does occur, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said April 5 here. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III is formulating guidance for the military services and defense agencies in the event that Congress does not [...]
Battles in Tunis as new government takes shape
TUNIS: Tunisia’s interim leadership prepared to unveil a new government of national unity Monday after soldiers fought loyalists of ousted strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali near the presidential palace. An opposition leader told AFP the government would be announced on Monday and would exclude parties close to the disgraced former president, who fled to [...]
UK National Security Strategy Published
The Government has published its National Security Strategy, ‘A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty’, today, which outlines our reappraisal of Britain’s role in the world, the risks to our security and the implications for the UK. Together with the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) which will be published tomorrow, the National Security [...]
No US government takeover of economy: Geithner
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday refuted charges President Barack Obama planned to use the financial bailout of troubled US firms to increase the government’s stake in the US economy. “President Obama adopted a strategy designed to get the government out of the private sector as quickly as possible,” Geithner wrote in an [...]
Communications & Government Satellites Drive Launch Market
NEWTOWN, Conn.: Forecast International projects the worldwide expendable launch vehicle (ELV) market to be worth $47 billion over the 2010-2019 time-period. The “Market for Expendable Launch Vehicles” study projects 621 individual launch vehicles will be produced during that time. The study notes that many of the large communications satellite companies are in the midst of [...]
