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US report concerned on Hong Kong trade Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 
A report to the US Congress on Thursday voiced concern about Hong Kong's export controls, fearing that mainland China could use the territory to import sensitive technology. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, in its annual wide-ranging report to advise Congress, also said Beijing has been "chipping away" at the special status of Hong Kong since its 1997 handover by Britain ... read moreRussian defence funding at 'unprecedented' level: Putin 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 18, 2009Russia has provided an "unprecedented" 970 billion roubles (22.6 billion euros, 33.8 billion dollars) to its defence industry this year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. State support for the sector had helped it grow by 3.8 percent since the start of the year despite the economic downturn, Putin said in comments reported by Russian news agencies. "During the recession we ... more
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French-German meeting to discuss A400M
Paris (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 French Defense Minister Herve Morin Wednesday in Paris met with his German counterpart Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to discuss a range of security issues including the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft program. Defensenews.com quoted Morin as saying that zu Guttenberg's first visit to France as defense minister would include talks on the troubled plane program. It is in a ... more Outside View: Diversity an Army euphemism? 
Helsinki, Finland (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 According to the Sept. 18 report from the U.S. Army Diversity Office (yes, there is one) titled "Military Leadership Diversity Commission," diversity is defined as "the different attributes, experiences and backgrounds of our Soldiers, Civilians and Family members that further enhance our global capabilities and contribute to an adaptive, culturally astute Army." Those are wonderful ... more Israeli tycoon slams French arms-smuggling conviction 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 18, 2009Arkady Gaydamak, the colourful Israeli tycoon convicted by a French court last month of smuggling arms to Angola, blasted the case as "pure politics" in an interview published Wednesday. Gaydamak, born in Moscow, professed his innocence to the Russian daily Vedomosti, three weeks after he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to six years in jail for organising arms sales to Angola during ... more Kuwaiti firm charged with defrauding US military 
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2009A Kuwaiti firm with 8.5 billion dollars in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted for fraud, accused of taking elaborate measures to overbill the Pentagon. Public Warehousing Company (PWC) is accused of multiple charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with its contracts to supply food to US troops stationed in the Middle East. ... more |
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South Korea buys EADS IFF systems
Seoul (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 EADS Defense Electronics has been awarded a contract by South Korean company LIG Nex1 to deliver four MSSR 2000 I Identification-Friend-or-Foe systems. The IFF systems, or secondary surveillance radars, collect data such as origin, course and speed of individual incoming aircraft by automatically sending out interrogation signals. These signals are answered by transponders on board the ... more Kuwaiti firm charged with defrauding US military
Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2009A US federal grand jury indicted a Kuwaiti company Monday for overcharging the Pentagon on multi-billion-dollar contracts to supply food to troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan. Federal prosecutors said that Public Warehousing Company (PWC), a logistics firm, conspired to defraud and defrauded the United States, made false statements, submitted false claims and committed wire fraud to inflate ... more France with more UOR defense purchases
Paris (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 The Afghanistan mission and the anti-piracy fight require France to make much more urgent defense equipment purchases this year than in 2008. France will have to spend nearly $390 million in 2009 on urgent operational requirements, according to Francois Cote, the deputy head of the French armament procurement office. This is more than double the figure spent in 2008, Defensenews.com rep ... more Manufacturers unfazed by Latin arms row 
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 State and private manufacturers of weapons in Latin America are going ahead with military regeneration plans despite concerns over arms spending and a continent-wide campaign by Peru to halt weapons purchases. At the same time as Peru intensified its drive to persuade its Latin American neighbors to desist from further arms buying, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezue ... more |
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