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DefenseBOEING ACQUIRES A 436 USDM CONTRACT TO UPGRADE CANDESE CF-18
CANADA, Us aerospace industry Boeing Corporation acquired a 436 USDm contract to upgrade 80 fighters CF-18 in service with Canadese military aviation. The upgrade will mainly concern weapon and electronic... more
DefenseFIVE ARMAMENTS' DIRECTORS IN A MEETING IN ITALY
CETONA, SIENA, For the first time, Italy is the host of the Italy, United States, France, Germany and Great Britain armaments' directors meeting, which will start tomorrow in Tuscany, in the quiet Cetona... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA (2): THE SUBMARINES PROMISED BY USA TO TAIWAN MAY NOT BE DELIVERED
USA, US President, George W. Bush, program to sell weapons to Taiwan, including eight European built diesel-powered submarines, has received an embarrassing setback. In fact, the Dutch and German companies... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA: IF CHINA INVADES TAIWAN, USA HAS THE DUTY TO INTERVENE
USA, In an interview to the American Abc, President George W. Bush, stated that if China invaded Taiwan, considered by the Chinese government a rebel province, USA would be forced to intervene, with their... more
DefenseLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER 22 USDM AEGIS CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin, Government Electronics Systems, awarded a $22,350,030 cost-type contract for the acquisition of Aegis Weapon System (AWS), for delivery up to April 2004, in support of DDG 51 class destroyers,... more
DefenseSVERDRUP TECHNOLOGIES AWARDED OF A NEAR-200USDM CONTRACT
TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, Sverdrup Technology Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn. awarded of a (maximum) USD 195,200,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for technical support for Air Armament... more
DefenseISRAELI SCIENTIST ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ESPIONAGE
ISRAEL, Retired Brigadier General and Chief Scientist at the Development Ministry, Itzah Yaakov, 75 years old, has been arrested for espionage. General Yaakov, who covered an important rule in the 70s... more
DefenseINDIA WILL ACQUIRE AVIATION AND SPACE KNOW-HOW FROM RUSSIA
NEW DELHI, India is likely to acquire aviation and space know-how technology from Russia, as part of bilateral military-technical cooperation. "In military-technical cooperation we make announcements only... more
DefenseUKRAINE OFFERS TO JOIN EUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Xavier Solana, Foreign and Defence European Union's representative, received formal request from Ukraine's government to join the European Rapid Reaction Force with its army. Solana... more
DefenseCHINA-USA QUESTION: U.S. DELEGATION LEAVES PEKING
PEKING, The two days of talks between the two delegations didn't show any sign of breakthrough on tensions. United States keeps on urging China to give the plane back, while China wants the United States... more
DefenseITALIAN NAVY ORDERS FOUR PODS ''RAFAEL LIGHTENING II'' FOR VTOL AV-8B FIGHTERS
WASHINGTON, Italian Navy has ordered four pods "Rafael Lightening II" from Northrop Grumman for its VTOL fighters. The pods will be used by air-to-air AMRAAM missiles to locate targets. U.S. Marine Corps... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: TALKS HAVE BEEN ''VERY PRODUCTIVE''
PEKING, CHINA, The talks between USA and China, relatively to the difficult diplomatic question, originated by the aircrash occurred last April 1, ended today. "We covered all the items on the agenda... more
DefenseUSAF T-38 ''TALON'' WILL BE OPERATIVE UNTIL 2040
WASHINGTON, USA, The US Air Force twin-engine advanced training T-38 "Talon" aircrafts will remain operative until 2040. Regarding this the Pentagon has improved a contract for the upgrade of J85 turbo-engines... more
DefenseBRITISH DEFENCE MINISTER CANCELS CONTRACT WITH MATRA BAE SYSTEMS
LONDON, UK, ASRAAM air-to air short range missile, being developed by Matra Bae for British Army, is still not ready. The missile is still under construction due to problems with software and hardware... more
DefenseCHINA-USA QUESTION: THREE HOURS OF SECRET TALKS IN PEKING
PEKING, CHINA, The meeting between the American delegation and the Chinese authorities, following the aircrash occurred last April 1, then become a difficult diplomatic crisis, was carried out today.... more
Defense''DELAY'' IN TURKISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS
ANKARA, TURKEY, The mainly aeronautical means and systems modernization programs of Turkish Armed Forces have been "delayed" indefinitely because of the country's critical economic situation and, because... more
DefenseRUSSIAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY FUTURE DICUSSED IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, General Andrei Nikolayev, Moscow Defence Parliamentary Commission President, announced that closed talks will be held inside Russian Parliament to "discuss the situation of nuclear strategic... more
DefenseNEW WEAPONS AGAINST UNDERGROUND BUNKERS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Pentagon announced, through an adviser of Donald Rumsfeld, American Defence Secretary, that it is planning to develop "also nuclear" new weapons capable to destroy underground bunkers,... more
DefenseEUROPEAN UNION AMIDST TWO KOREAS FOR MISSILE QUESTION
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Swedish Prime Minister, Goeran Persson, announced that European Union, within the development of North and South Korea peace process, will insert the matter of North Korean missile program... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (3): DURING TOMORROW'S MEETING ALSO THE RESTITUTION OF THE EP-3E WILL BE DISCUSSED
USA, The American delegation, composed of American high officiers and General Neal Sealock, USA diplomat in China, which will participate to tomorrow's meeting, now is on its way to Beijing, China. During... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (2): STILL UNCERTAIN THE DATE FOR THE RESTITUTION OF THE EP-3E
PEKING, CHINA, Zhu Bangzao, Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, riveted, during a press conference, that "China is the injured party in this accident", adding that, regarding the restitution of the... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: PEKING PROCLAIMS THE MISSING PILOT A MARTYR
PEKING, CHINA, Peking's Government proclaimed the Chinese missing pilot, Wang Wei, a martyr. China ended officially searches of the missing pilot last Saturday. The resumption of the verbal duel between... more
DefenseRUSSIA HOPES FOR A SUMMIT MEETING WITH USA
MOSCOW, Cremlin wants to resume the strategic talks with the White House: anyway they consider Genoa meeting too far and they are pushing for a Putin-Bush summit before G8. Today Ivanov held talks with... more
DefenseAMERICA CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF THE 24 SOLDIERS DETAINED IN CHINA
USA, The American military crew left China last night for Hawaii islands, with a "Continental" flight departured from Haiko airport, after been detained for 11 days in Hainan Chinese island, following... more
DefenseCHINA-USA: AMERICAN CREW FLYING TO HAWAII
USA, The American crew, composed of 24 soldiers, 21 men and 3 women, yesterday, gained from Peking's Government the permission to return to United States but not with the electronic surveillance EP-3E... more
DefenseRUSSIAN BOMBER INTRUDES JAPANESE AIR SPACE
MOSCOW, A russian Sukhoi Su-24, entered Japanese airspace near Aomori briefly intruded into Japanese airspace. The intrusion lasted less than a minute. Japanese fighters were forced to scramble. Another... more
DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION (4): CHINESE MINISTER DOESN'T PUT LIMITS ON USA SUPPLY TO TAIWAN
PEKING, USA, During the press conference given little time ago, the Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, while declaring that the American aircraft crew will be liberated soon, didn't mention the American... more
DefenseAIR FORCES COOPERATION AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, General Anatoli Kornoukov, Russia's Aviation Commander and his Ukraine omologue met to define a major cooperation between the two Air Forces. The agreement follows a previous one reached... more
DefenseUSA-TAIWAN: ARMS SUPPLY MUST NOT BE COMPROMISED BY CRISIS WITH CHINA
USA, A Taiwan's Governtment spokesman confirmed, during a conversation between an American Senator and Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, who recommended that the crisis between China and Usa, caused by... more
Defense''QUALITY OF LIFE'' IMPROVES FOR THE 24 MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT BLOCKED IN HAINAN
HAINAN, CHINA, China has guaranteed new privileges to the 24 members of the American electronic surveillance aircraft, blocked since April 1 on Hainan's Chinese island. As reported by the Usa diplomatic,... more
DefenseUNITED STATES UPGRADE EGYPTIAN AIR DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, USA, The US Defense Department has awarded Lockheed Martin a 16 USDm contract to improve Egyptian air defense. The program will upgrade eight anti-aircraft radars making them smaller in order... more
DefenseINDIA AND IRAN IN DEFENSE COOPERATION
TEHERAN, IRAN, An Indian delegation led by the first minister Atal Vajpayee has begun today a visit in Teheran, the first in seven years. The delegation has met the Iranian Government to talk on defense... more
DefenseCHINA INSISTS IN ASKING FOR FORMAL EXCUSES FROM UNITED STATES
CHINA, The Chinese Foreign minister's spokesman, Zhu Bang Zao, during an official visit to Buenos Aires together with the President Jiang Zemin, confirmed that United States must excuse itself formally... more
DefenseMODIFICATIONS ON SWEDISH DEFENSE STRICT CENTERS
SWEDEN, The FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, has asked the SaabTech System for a SEK 28 million order to modify the Strict Center, the Swedish Armed Forces air-defense command and... more
DefenseUSA SAYS ''SORRY'' TO THE WIFE OF CHINESE PILOT KILLED
USA, United States has said "sorry" to the wife of the Chinese pilot killed during the collision occured last April 1. In the accident an American eletronic surveillance aircraft and a Chinese fighter.... more
DefenseDEFENCE: DI PAOLA, ITALY AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HA TO INVEST IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY
ROME, The admiral Giampaolo di Paola, new Eu Defense secretary-general, said that "defence policies have to work in harmony with italian industrial policy and with the plans of allied countries". Di Paola... more
DefenseCZECH GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BUY FIGHTERS
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, It's about of 3 EURbn the total value of the purchase of a number of fighters, contained between 24 and 36 units, that the Czech Government should buy: as announced by a Prague's... more
DefenseCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND TBMD (2)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, ic Missile Defence) feasiblity study compilation, at which eight European and two U.S. industries, inside Janus Team, want to participate, has the following purposes: 1) to determine... more
DefenseABOUT COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EUROPEAN DEFENSE IDENTITY AND US TBMD
BRUSSELS, The today meeting of Eu Defense Ministries, taking place in Brussels, was expected to discuss over the continuation of "common safety identity project", political issue related to the possible... more
DefenseOMAN SELECTS AGUSTA-WESTLAND SUPER LINX AND F-16 FIGHTERS
ABU DHABI, Oman government said it has selected Lockheed Martin F-16 (Block 60) fighters for RAFO, Royal Air Force of Oman. The government has also chosen Agusta-Westland Super Linx 300 for the sultanate's... more
DefenseQUILES REPORT NMD U.S. PROJECT
PARIS, FRANCE, French Defense Commission President, Paul Quiles, in a document sent to French government, reported that U.S. National Missile Defense projecr is only a way to maintain U.S. supremacy in... more
DefenseGENERAL ATOMICS AWARDED 39 USDM CONTRACT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), awarded by USAF of a $39 million contract for seven RQ-1 Predator aircraft including options for up to seven additional aircraft.... more
DefenseZAPPA: C-27J MARKET PRICE REDUCED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, "Flight International" announces that Alenia Aerospazio (Finmeccanica SpA) reduced market price of the twin-engine turbofan C-27J of 30%, aircraft derived from the old G.222, modified... more
DefenseNEW DEFENCE MINISTER FOR RUSSIA
MOSCOW, President Vladimir Putin appointed Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Ivanov ne Defence Minister. Lyubov Kudelina was appointed deputy defence minister. Nikolai Kormiltsev was named... more
DefenseMAYBE FRANCE HAS ''BURNED'' ARPINO
BRUSSELS, For only one vote, Air Force's General Mario Arpino, until next Monday Italian defence's Chief of Staff, hasn't obtained the nomination to President of the European Union's Military Committee.... more
DefenseUSA AIR FORCE RECEIVES ''NEW'' C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, During yesterday's cerimony, U.S. Air force received the first new generation C-17 "Globemaster III". Respect to the previous 71 aircrafts of this type already delivered, this and... more
DefenseCHINA ASKS USA NOT TO SELL ARMS TO TAIWAN
WASHINGTON, USA, An official request from China's President, Jiang Zemin, just when the Vice Premier Quian Quichen is in Washington for military discussions, was sent to the U.S. State Department, in which... more
DefenseCANADA INTENDS TO JOIN ''SPACE SHIELD''
CANADA, General Macdonald, Canadian Air Force's Vice-Commander, in occasion of the visit to Norad, Air Integrated American-Canadian Command, existing since 1958, of the Canadian Foreign and Defence Ministers,... more
DefenseAMERICAN ''SPACE SHIELD'': NO REQUEST TO SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, South Korea will not support the U.S. "space shield" project: is known through an official declaration of the Asiatic Foreign Minister, Lee Joung-binn. But the South Korean Foreign... more
DefenseRUMSFELD WANTS USA TO SHIFT MILITARY STRATEGY
WASHINGTON, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld outlined his plans to shift US military strategy in a meeting with President Bush, the Washington Post reported yesterday. According to Rumsfeld, the Air... more