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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2009 
Germany's Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) has placed an order with PSM GmbH of Kassel for a major expansion of the Bundeswehr's new infantry fighting vehicle, the Puma. The Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group has a 50% stake in PSM, the company in charge of the Puma project. The order for integration of the multiple role lightweight guided missile system (MELLS) ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2009A US military base in Kyrgyzstan serving as a supply route for US forces in Afghanistan is important but can be replaced, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. "I would say that Manas is important, but not irreplaceable. We are looking at alternatives," Gates told a press conference about the base which the Kyrgyz government has said it has decided to close. "We have not ... more
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Trump says frustrated with Iran, but mediator sees 'breakthrough'
IAEA stresses 'urgency' to verify Iran's nuclear material Trump says frustrated with Iran talks as US personnel leave Israel Sweden's PM rules out hosting French nuclear arms in peacetime Macron to set out how France's nuclear arms could protect Europe IAEA confirms 'technical' discussions on Iran's nuclear programme next week Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal Press Release from Business Wire: Sun Nuclear Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion 
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Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2009US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States and Russia should lead the way in preventing nuclear proliferation by restarting negotiations to cut their atomic arsenals. "I think it's important for the United States and Russia to lead the way on this," Obama told his first news conference. He added that he has told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "it is important for us to ... more  
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2009The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment Team a $75-million, six-month extension to its Risk Reduction and System Definition (RR and SD) contract. Over the next several weeks, the team will focus on delivering an Interim Design Review (IDR) in early April 2009 for the initial TSAT satellite ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Russia sold 8.35 billion dollars worth of arms last year, a new post-Soviet record. And despite a rise of 800 million dollars (around 10 percent) in arms sales on 2007, Medvedev told his top officials to boost further purchases by seeking out new international markets. "It is obvious that this year will not be easy because the whole ... more 
Khost, Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 10, 2009A bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday killed two soldiers from the NATO-led force helping to fight an escalating Taliban-led insurgency, a military spokeswoman said. The blast, similar to scores of others orchestrated by the Taliban against security forces, was on the outskirts of the eastern town of Khost on a road leading to the main US base in eastern Afghanistan, an AFP reporter ... more |
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Ottawa (AFP) Feb 10, 2009The war in Afghanistan will be high on the agenda when the top US military officer meets his Canadian counterpart on Tuesday amid an increasingly effective Taliban insurgency. The visit to Ottawa by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, comes at a pivotal moment as President Barack Obama's administration reviews US strategy in Afghanistan in the face of an emboldened ... more  
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 11, 2009Raytheon Company has received a $246 million Foreign Military Sales contract for Patriot system spares for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued the firm fixed price contract that is initially funded at $123 million, which represents the first delivery order awarded under a five-year agreement for Patriot system spares. ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2009President Barack Obama Monday announced a sweeping review of US cybersecurity to protect the government's information technology systems from security and economic threats. The 60-day review is to be overseen by Melissa Hathaway, a former official in George W. Bush's presidency who coordinated cyber monitoring for the director of national intelligence, according to a White House statement. ... more 
Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2009US President Barack Obama has named a former CIA official to chair a review of US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan before a NATO summit in April, the White House said Tuesday. Bruce Riedel, an expert who is now a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, will lead the inter-agency review of policy for a turbulent region that Obama has called the "central front" against Al-Qaeda. ... more |
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