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Under-fire defence minister promises German military probe
German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, under fire for a series of incidents involving the armed forces, called Sunday for...
Philippine Navy eyeing purchase from US
The Philippine Navy on Sunday said it was in talks with the United States government to buy a secondhand coastguard...
Lockheed to Demo Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
Lockheed Martin has received two contracts totaling $218 million for the Demonstration Phase of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's...
Emergency Debate on Joint Strike Fighter
THE HAGUE: A request by the Green Left party in the Dutch parliament for an emergency debate has been granted...
No Timetable Set For Brazil To Buy Fighter Jets -Official
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hasn't set any specific timetable to decide on the acquisition of fighter aircraft, a spokeswoman for...
Boeing Completes P-8A Poseidon Static Tests
Boeing today announced that it completed full scale static testing of the P-8A Poseidon’s airframe on Jan. 7. The series...
Boeing to cut 1,100 jobs in C-17 program
US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it will cut about 1,100 jobs over the next two years as it slows...
Rheinmetall Wins Major Dutch Army Ammo Order
The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf, Germany, has concluded a framework agreement with the Royal Dutch Armed Forces to supply the...
Troops in Afghanistan Get New Lightweight Rifle Magazines
More than 100,000 new state-of-the-art lightweight SA80 rifle magazines have arrived in Afghanistan to be used by troops fighting on...
New Combat Armour for Australian Soldiers
The first batch of the new Tiered Body Armour System (TBAS) for Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has come off the...
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