Militarization
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 06:01
A unit of Fokker Technologies of the Netherlands, a leading aerospace company and Pentagon contractor, has agreed to pay $21 million in penalties to settle accusations that it repeatedly violated American sanctions on sales of aircraft parts to Iran and Sudan, the United States government announced Thursday.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 06:47
Lockheed Martin Corp will deliver the first of 36 F-16 fighter jets to Iraq under a contract from the Pentagon.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 06:21
The United States formally closed its Manas air base in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan today after 12 years of operation.
Monday, May 19, 2014 - 06:19
A group led by a former Pentagon official devised a plan to supply moderate Syrian rebels with weapons sourced in Eastern Europe and financed by a wealthy Saudi, and it ran into flak from the CIA.
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 00:00
Estos son los principales contratistas de defensa, ordenados por las cifras de contratos entre 2012 y el primer semestre de 2013.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 10:35
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 00:00
Under the contract, ManTech will provide a bilingual team to support communications to U.S. air assets conducting counter-narcotics operations in Colombian air space.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 14:15
Below is a list of private companies contracted by the U.S. State and Defense Departments in 2009 to carry out activities related to U.S. military and police aid to Colombia. The source is an annual report (4.78MB PDF file) required by section 694(b) of the 2003 Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 13:18
Since the U.S. Congress first passed the “Plan Colombia” aid package in Colombia, it has required limits on the number of U.S. personnel who could be in Colombia at any given time. The resulting “troop cap” in U.S. law was seen as a safeguard or “tripwire” to prevent an unnoticed escalation in U.S. military involvement in one of the world’s longest-running internal conflicts.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
El Gobierno colombiano explico este martes en el Congreso el acuerdo simplificado de cooperacion y seguridad que Colombia esta negociando con Estados Unidos