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Japanese military loses data again
Japan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data pertaining to a joint US-Japan military exercise last year, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.
CIO Executive Briefing Government News - Published 4 days, 22 hours ago
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Defence Secretary fires military brass
Australian News.Net Thursday 5th June, 2008 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has dismissed the air force secretary and chief of staff, blaming them for two major nuclear-related blunders.
Topix - Published 1 month ago
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EADS targets US defense acquisitions
EADS, the parent of planemaker Airbus, is seeking acquisitions in the US to increase its presence in the world's largest military market.
The Age - Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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European Union position on Burma just not good enough
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online… 077/290408 European Union position on Burma just not good enough Brussels, 29 April 2008 (ITUC OnLine):The International Trade Union Confederation today released a damning report on Burma that shows the limited European Union and international sanctions against the country’s murderous regime are not enough. The report makes the case for sanctions to be extended to finance and oil and gas, the engines which help keep the military in power. Yet today EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg plan to make minimal changes to those timid sanctions. Burma hit the world’s headlines in September 2007 as thousands of Buddhist monks and ordinary people demonstrated against extreme poverty and widespread starvation. The ruling military junta cracked down hard: at least 110 were killed, thousands were injured, and people in detention were tortured, or disappeared. “Rich Pickings: how trade and investment keep the Burmese junta alive and kicking” details how foreign governments, including the EU, have kept that regime in the lap of luxury, and allowed it to expand the army and police that keep it in power. Virtually all Burma’s big foreign business is conducted via government-owned conglomerates, through contracts that explicitly assure the generals and ...
ACTU - Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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UK defense department loses 11,000 military ID cards
The UK government is at the center of another data scandal after it was revealed over 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the last two years.
CIO Executive Computerworld Briefing - Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Army Taps Westar for Continued Support of Tech Pubs
- The US Army Aviation & Missile Command ( AMCOM ) awarded Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc ., the Systems Engineering Group of QinetiQ North ...
Business Wire - Published 4 months ago
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Boeing says Pentagon to explain tanker decision Friday (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Boeing expects the Defense Department to explain this week its surprise rejection of the US aerospace giant for a tanker contract won by a US-European team, a top Boeing official said Wednesday.
Yahoo!7 Business - Published 4 months ago
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US lawmakers blast Boeing defense contract snub (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers have reacted angrily after the US military awarded a 35-billion-dollar aircraft deal to Europe's Northrop Grumman/EADS group, in a major blow to US manufacturers Boeing.
Yahoo!7 Business - Published 4 months, 1 week ago
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Pentagon decision looms on Boeing, EADS contract battle (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Defense Department on Monday is to weigh rival bids for a huge military aircraft contract that pits US aerospace giant Boeing against Europe's EADS and its US partner Northrop Grumman.
Yahoo!7 Business - Published 4 months, 1 week ago
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BAE to Acquire Tenix Defense for $681 Million to Double Sales in ...
BAE Systems Plc, Europe's biggest defense company, agreed to buy the military-technology business of Tenix Group for as much as A$775 million to double sales in Australia and target markets in Asia.
Topix - Published 5 months, 2 weeks ago
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US aerospace and defense predict record 2008 sales
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US aerospace and defense industries forecast a record 211 billion dollars in sales next year, due in large part to a boost in civil aviation, the Aerospace Industries Association said Thursday.
Yahoo!7 Business - Published 7 months ago
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Carlyle Group Underestimates Credit Crisis
Many people have underestimated the breadth of the credit crisis. Take the Carlyle Group. Before it raised its profile in the private equity world, Carlyle had a shadowy reputation as the private wealth manager for the elite of the world’s military industrial complex. John Major, George Bush the elder, former American-defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, and [...]
The Daily Reckoning - Published 10 months, 1 week ago
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Two Koreas To Reopen General-Level Military Talks On July 24 (Asia Pulse)
South and North Korea will hold three-day general-level military talks starting July 24, the Defense Ministry said on July 16. "The sixth round of general-level talks will be held at the House of Peace from July 24-26," the ministry said in a press release. The House of Peace is on the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom.
Yahoo!7 Political - Published 11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Two Koreas To Hold New Round Of General-Level Military Talks (Asia Pulse)
South and North Korea agreed Tuesday to hold a new round of general-level military talks later this month, the South Korean Defense Ministry said, ending a one-day meeting between their working-level defense officials at the truce village of Panmunjom.
Yahoo!7 Political - Published 12 months ago
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Europes new-style military execise: No soldiers
Last week US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pointed out Europe had trouble honoring its promises to Afghanistan: Gates told the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, a...
Andrew Bolt - Published 1 year, 1 month ago
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