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Fact Sheet: The National Space Policy
Today, President Obama announced the administration’s new National Space Policy. The National Space Policy expresses the President’s direction for the...
Gates: Overhead Savings Would Benefit Warfighters
WASHINGTON: The Defense Department must find $100 billion in savings over the next five years to ensure U.S. warfighters continue...
Obama Issues New National Space Policy
Over the past fifty years, America has led the world in space exploration, broadening humanity’s horizons and our understanding of...
Delivery of New F-16s to Pakistan Shows Deepening Relations
WASHINGTON: The Air Force is set to deliver the first of 18 new F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters to the...
US Defense Officials Questioned About Afghan Trucking Contract
U.S. Defense Department officials say they take any allegation of corruption and wrongdoing seriously in response to a congressional report...
McChrystal Comments Mirror ‘Varying Attitudes About Best Approach in Afghanistan’
An Obama administration official says the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial...
Swedish Parliament Approves Procuring of New Submarines
On June 16 the Swedish Parliament voted in favor of allowing the government to procure two new submarines during 2010....
France Hands Over Night Vision And Comms Technology To Russia
Paris, France: Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Tuesday it had signed several contracts with the French defense firm Thales...
Russia To Buy 10 Billion Euros In Foreign Arms By 2016
Moscow, Russia: The Russian Defense Ministry may spend up to 10 billion euros on European and Israeli weaponry in the...
Air Force takes steps against suicides
WASHINGTON: The Air Force vice chief of staff testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee June 22 to address steps...
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