* US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responds to the debt ceiling agreement by declaring that the Department of Defense's spending choices must be based on sound strategy and policy and not result in the weakening of national security. * The deputy chief of Russia's...
Latest updates: $313 million to KBR for LOGCAP work in Iraq; 2009 contracts backfilled. Fluor builds LOGCAP housingin southern Afghanistan(click to view full) The US Army's sole provider LOGCAP 3 contract, which provided food, housing and fuel for U.S. troops...
Iraqi Mi-17, armed(click to view full) Iraq's Mi-17 medium transport and multi-role helicopters currently form the high end of the IqAF's rotary-wing fleet, and their use has paced the air force's slow rebuilding. They support both regular and special forces, flew...
* President Barack Obama announces his intent to promote Ashton B. Carter from Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to Deputy Secretary of Defense. * The House of Commons Defence Select Committee publishes its report on the...
* Brookings Institution and University of Maryland scholars tell the National Bureau of Asian Research that the United States and India should co-develop weapons technology to overcome technology transfer restrictions. They also argue that India's rejection of US bids...
* EADS follows up its bid to purchase Satair by announcing that its Astrium subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire satellite communications provider Vizada for $960 million. * Boeing delivers the UAE's 3rd C-17 heavy airlifter. * Sikorsky intends to begin...
Walter Reed Army Hospital(click to view full) July 25/11: Medical care is becoming a significant item in the US defense budget, and its growth is a source of concern. Most of that relates to health care benefits, but the US military also pays to staff its facilities...
Latest updates: Article closed after 2011. Located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the British Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia is a key strategic base that acts as a staging area for navy ships, long-range bombers, aerial tankers, and other military assets...
USAF C-37A(click to view larger) On July 27/11, the Pentagon announced a $26.8 million contract to Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. in Savannah, GA to buy 1 leased aircraft, in accordance with option terms of the contract. Research reveals that the plane is a C-37A...