Defense News
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:30
The Pentagon has notified Congress of US $13 billion in prospective Middle East arms deals over the past 10 weeks, with Saudi Arabia and Iraq leading the administration’s summertime manifest with $10 billion in pre-approved sales.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 13:29
Sespite the fact that the Egyptian military has killed more than 1,000 pro-Morsi protestors over the last several weeks, it appears unlikely that US military aid will dry up anytime soon, according to analysts.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:39
The US government is poised to sell billions of dollars worth of military equipment and maintenance support to Iraq at a time when the Baghdad government is struggling internally with a resurgent al-Qaida movement and numerous external challenges.
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 10:10
The Pentagon is considering a major overhaul of its geographical combatant commands, possibly realigning oversight within hot-button areas of the world and eliminating thousands of military and civilian positions, according to defense sources..
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 08:47
Monday, July 15, 2013 - 07:46
A US military Reaper drone crashed in Mali in April as it was carrying out a surveillance flight over the troubled west African nation, a US defense official said Friday.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 00:00
On Monday, a senior US State Department official, Roberta Jacobson, said "our goal is certainly to support Colombia as being a capable and strong member of lots of different international organizations, and that might well include NATO"
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
Currently, SISFRON -- a web of drones, radars, sensors and communication systems -- is in the experimental stage.
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 00:00
The Air Force picked the plane early last year as its choice for the contract, but were forced to recompete the program after Hawker Beechcraft lodged a formal complaint
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 00:00
The Rafale fighter, built by French firm Dassault Aviation, is up against the U.S. aviation giant Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet and Swedish manufacturer Saab's Gripen for a contract valued at between $4 billion and $7 billion.