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DoD Officials Explain Sequestration Dangers
Pentagon officials continue to work to avoid the looming threat of sequestration, Frank Kendall, the new undersecretary of defense for...
Thales Wins Contract for Omani Patrol Vessels
The Singapore shipyard ST Marine and Thales Nederland have signed a contract for the delivery and installation of sensors and...
LCA Tejas Fighter Jet Won’t Be Combat-Ready Before 2015
At a time when the US is fast-developing hypersonic bombers capable of flying at 20 times the speed of sound,...
Airforce, Navy integrate security at JTF-Horn of Africa
Air Force and Navy personnel at Camp Lemonnier integrated their security forces into one cohesive unit July 1. The overall...
Venezuela’s Chavez Eyes Russian Su-35 Fighters
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he is interested in buying Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E multirole fighter jets from Russia...
Russia and Italy to jointly develop patrol aircraft
Russian and Italian engineers will jointly develop a patrol aircraft with extraordinary technical characteristics. Under the project, intellectual systems of...
US unveils anti-mine operation near Gulf
The United States and about 20 other nations will hold a major anti-mine operation near the Gulf in September, the...
Stryker BCTs in Afghanistan Now Equipped with Precision Mortars
The first-ever Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative, or APMI, round fired from a Stryker vehicle in Afghanistan accomplished what few conventional...
Russian Army to Switch to Wheeled Armored Vehicles
The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to equip the Ground Forces mostly with wheeled rather than tracked armored vehicles, GF...
New Acquisition Chief Describes Goals, Challenges
Frank Kendall describes his new job as all about supporting the new defense strategy and the budget that puts that...
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