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  1. An artist's rendering of Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV, which is based on the Bell 407 Jet Ranger airframe. The C version is larger than the MQ-8B Fire Scout already in the fleet. Northrop Grumman

    US Navy's New, Bigger Fire Scout To Fly This Fall

    The Navy's Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle program is undergoing a major change, shedding the small helicopter used in earlier versions for a new model with greater range and payload.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  2. House Committee Cuts Pentagon Budget Request

    A US House panel has put forth language that would cut $3.4 billion from the Pentagon's 2014 base budget request, while increasing funding by $5.3 billion for the war effort in Afghanistan.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  3. Sen. Wyden Suggests Military, Intel Officials Lied About PRISM

    A key US senator on Tuesday slammed senior intelligence and Pentagon officials, suggesting they knowingly lied to Congress about domestic spying efforts by a military agency.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  4. Turkey Launches Rare Turkish Vs. Foreign Competition

    In an extremely rare set-up for a defense contract here, Turkey's procurement authorities have launched a competition involving two Turkish and two Western companies.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  5. Boeing Gets $4B US Army Chinook Deal

    US aerospace giant Boeing announced Tuesday it has received a multi-year $4 billion order from the US Army for 177 more CH-47F Chinook helicopters.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  6. India Takes Possession of First C-17

    India officially became the latest nation to operate Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III transport plane, following a transfer ceremony held in Long Beach, Calif.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  7. Indian Sub Buy Again Delayed

    Questions raised by the Indian Finance Ministry have delayed the Navy's quest to procure six additional submarines equipped with air independent propulsion for more than $12 billion.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  8. Bulgarian Defense Minister Delays Jet Fighter Purchase

    Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov has announced that the much-awaited acquisition of new jet fighters for the Air Force will likely not be launched this year, reported local news agency BTA.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  9. US Proposes C-130J Sale to Libya

    The Pentagon has notified Congress it wants to sell Libya two C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes, strengthening military ties between America and the burgeoning post-Gadhafi government.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  10. France Orders Nuclear Sub Base Security Investigation

    France on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into security at a nuclear submarine base off its western coast following a report that the ultra-sensitive site could easily be targeted by terrorists.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  11. US Lineup: A view of the US military aircraft on display at the 2011 Paris Air Show. From left, an H-47 Chinook helicopter, C-5 transport, Reaper UAV, AH-1 Cobra and and UH-1 Huey helicopters, a pair of F-15s, an F-16 and a C-130 transport. The Reaper will be at this year's air show. Agence France-Presse

    Manned US Military Jets Will Skip Paris This Year

    The automatic budget cuts known as sequestration may not yet have crippled the US military, but they will certainly change the way the group is represented at the Paris Air Show.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  12. Japan wants to buy 42 F-35 joint strike fighters, but the former defense minister believes the annual purchase rate could go down. Here, the seventh Lockheed Martin F-35 takes its first flight in April. Lockheed Martin

    Japan Might Delay F-35 Purchases

    Former Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, the architect of Japan's decision to purchase F-35 joint strike fighters to boost Japan's deterrence against China, now believes cost pressures caused by the recent plummeting value of the yen could delay

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  13. House Panel Denies $442M of $9.6B DoD Reprogramming

    A powerful US House oversight panel has rejected a Pentagon request to shift more than $442 million within its 2013 budget.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  14. US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with ROK Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin at the Shangri-La Dialogue last week. Hagel and other top US officials attempted to build bridges with China while reassuring allies that the US also has their interests in mind. Agence France-Presse

    America's 'Juggling Act' With China

    'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,' said retired US Navy Adm. Timothy Keating.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  15. The 'O' Word: Offense vs. Defense in Cyber

    Offensive attack, attack back, active defense, defensive response. All of these phrases can refer to the same activity — using cyber force to stop an attacker.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  16. UK Says Agency Could Save $311M on Single-Source Deals

    Britain's Ministry of Defence reckons it can save £200 million (US $311.1 million) a year by setting up an independent procurement body to oversee single-source contracts awarded to industry.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  17. Lt. Gen. Qi Jianguo attends the 12th Asia Security Summit Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2. Agence France-Presse

    Chinese Voices Subdued at Shangri-La Dialogue

    The 12th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore could easily have been renamed after Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing,' as Chinese officials offered little information about their defense and foreign policies on the eve of a summit between US Presiden

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  18. The Counter Terrorism Technical Support Office, a small technology development agency under the Defense Department's intelligence undersecretary, recently held a bidders' conference for classified counter-UAV technology. Above, a US Predator unmanned drone is seen in Afghanistan in a file photo. Massoud Hossaini / AFP

    US Seeks To Defend American Officials from UAV Targeted Killings

    The US government, which has used missile-armed UAVs to kill hundreds in Pakistan and Yemen, is looking for ways to ward off the same kind of attacks on its own officials.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  19. President Barack Obama Getty Images

    Hope Fades for 'Grand Bargain' to Avoid Sequester

    Pro-military House Republicans and Barack Obama, the Democratic president with whom they so often are at odds, have something in common after all. Neither side appears interested in voiding deep cuts to planned Pentagon spending in fiscal 2014.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  20. Netanyahu Orders Easing of Cyber Export Restrictions

    Overruling MoD efforts to retain tight control over cyber-related technologies and services, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed his national cyber chief to spearhead a new export licensing policy that guards critical technologies, yet

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  21. Is US Winding Down Spec Ops Mission in the Philippines?

    As US Adm. William McRaven works to expand the reach of his Special Operations Command to include broad intelligence sharing globally among deployed SOF and foreign partners, one key SOF mission of the past decade could soon start winding down.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  22. Bouvier MBDA

    Interview: Antoine Bouvier

    Europe's top missile maker emerged from the recent publication of the French government's austerity-driven defense white paper with three big development programs intact — and an endorsement from the administration of President François Hollande that the

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  23. Ex-PM Says Dutch Still Store US Nukes

    The Netherlands continues to store some 22 tactical US nuclear bombs at a southern air base where they were brought during the height of the Cold War, a former Dutch prime minister has revealed.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  24. German Defense Chief Resists Fresh Pressure To Resign

    Germany's defense minister on Monday resisted mounting pressure to resign over a scrapped spy drone deal as Chancellor Angela Merkel said she continued to back him.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  25. CIA, NSA Contractor Said He Leaked Info on Secret Programs

    The criminal investigation into who leaked key documents on the government's secret electronic snooping programs had only just started when a 29-year-old federal contract employee came forward and claimed responsibility.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  26. Lofty Goal: The Airbus A400M airlifter, seen here taking off on the last day of the Paris Air Show in 2011, is attempting to replace the Lockheed Martin C-130 and Boeing C-17 as the go-to workhorse for militaries worldwide. Agence France-Presse

    Amid Paris' Glamour, Talks of Mergers, Sales

    Behind the glittering showcase of domestic aerospace firms that will commence this month with the 50th edition of the Paris Air Show, talks are being held in the background to secure the future of French defense companies caught in a fiscal freefall.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  27. Finland Looks East Again

    Finland has opened a potentially significant dialogue with Russia with the goal of identifying avenues for industrial cooperation.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  28. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at a press conference June 5. NATO

    Report: NATO Paper Warns Of Military Shortfalls

    NATO's chief is worried that the alliance lacks military readiness in crucial areas and is urging European members to do more, Germany's Spiegel news weekly reported Sunday, citing an internal document.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  29. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock, Md., made a fabricated model of the hospital ship USNS Comfort on Jan. 10. US Navy

    Need a Part? Just Press Print

    The US Navy will start to experiment with 3-D printing this year by setting up printers in Norfolk, Va., and San Diego to produce custom-designed plastic parts and gadgets that crews can use.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  30. Editorial: We'll Always Have Paris

    The world's aerospace industries descend on Le Bourget for the 50th Paris Air Show at a turbulent time.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  31. US Needs More Allies in Fight Against Piracy

    When director Kathryn Bigelow accepted an Academy Award in 2009 for her film, 'The Hurt Locker,' depicting a US Army bomb-disposal team, she thanked 'the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan and aroun

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  32. Protect US Manufacturing Base

    The US defense industry has a proven playbook for success founded upon an elite manufacturing base. Today, faced with deep budget cuts, the challenge for the Department of Defense is ensuring that manufacturing base is available when crisis strikes.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  33. Afghan Leader Orders Britain To Hand Over Detainees

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a violation of sovereignty.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  34. Breaking news

    Explosions heard at NATO command HQ in Kabul

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  35. Scheherazade crowdsources likely plot points to create scenarios and could be adapted for military training. Mark Riedl

    Creative Crowdsourcing Meets Military Training

    You're writing a crime novel. It's a bank heist, see, and your protagonist Two-Gun Schmuckatelli is gonna grab a cool 50 grand in cash.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  36. Digital Results Group's Ageon ISR tool integrates video and intelligence from multiple sources. Subjects of interest can be tagged and tracked. Digital Results Group

    Video Haystacks: Boston Attacks Highlight Need For Modern Visualization Tools

    Desperate for clues in the wake of the Boston bombings, law enforcement officials asked the public to deluge them with videos and cellphone photos taken near the Boston Marathon finish line.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  37. US Army Maps Future of the Electronic Battlefield

    In a sense — and in one sense only — American and NATO forces have had it easy in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  38. CEO Mark Aslett Mercury Systems

    Interview with Mark Aslett, Mercury Systems president and CEO

    With an increased emphasis on ISR, the Pentagon is collecting massive amounts of data every day — data that needs to be processed and handled to provide actionable intelligence.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  39. India To Expand Relations with Thailand, Australia

    As part of its policy to strengthen defense ties with countries in the Asia Pacific Region, India plans to improve relations with Australia and Thailand.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  40. Spanish LVC Middleware Gets U.S. Help

    A U.S. simulation center will evaluate a Spanish framework for live, virtual and constructive simulations with an eye toward fitting the technology into U.S. products.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  41. Denel Sees High-Tech Opportunities in Developing Countries

    South African arms manufacturer Denel Dynamics says it is working toward producing a family of surface-to-air and air-to-air defense missiles amid a larger push to expand collaboration with nations in South America, Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere in

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  42. Turkey Picks Saab To Mentor National Fighter Program

    Turkey has selected Saab to help shape its plans to design, develop and manufacture its first national fighter jet.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  43. McCain Urges Syrian Intervention, Bolstering Mideast, N. African Allies

    US Sen. John McCain on Thursday pressed President Barack Obama to launch a more active Middle East policy, including using the military to aid rebel fighters in Syria.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  44. US Evaluating French Chemical Weapons Info

    The United States is evaluating information received from France which Paris has billed as proof that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, a US official said Thursday.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  45. NATO Countries to Mull Options for Mutual Cyber Assistance

    NATO defense ministers will be presented with options later this year as to how the organization could help member countries in the event of a cyber attack, according to a NATO official.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  46. SOCOM-approved Silent Circle Resists Calls For Wiretap Backdoors

    The recent disclosure that the Obama administration has secretly been collecting the phone records of millions of Americans is a reminder just how much of a digital trail people leave in modern communications.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  47. HASC Approves 2014 NDAA, Ignores Next Sequestration Round

    The House Armed Services Committee has approved a 2014 defense authorization bill that largely adopts the Obama administration's Pentagon buying plans and ignores the next year of sequestration.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  48. A Republican-controlled House panel on Wednesday voted to give the Pentagon the green light to erect a missile defense system on the East Coast of the United States. Missile Defense Agency

    HASC Green-Lights East Coast Missile Shield

    A Republican-controlled House panel on Wednesday evening voted to give the Pentagon the green light to erect a missile defense system on the East Coast of the United States, moving the controversial site one step closer to becoming reality.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  49. DoD Looking at Sequestration Impact to 2014 Budget

    Pentagon officials in the coming weeks will examine how to modify the US Defense Department's 2014 budget proposal if sequestration spending caps remain in place.

    • Jun. 5, 2013
  50. An F-35B flies over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in March. Lockheed Martin

    House Panel Kills Proposal To Freeze F-35 Procurement Funds

    A key House panel on Wednesday gave a needed endorsement to the embattled F-35 fighter program, killing a measure that would have slapped restrictions on its budget.

    • Jun. 5, 2013
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