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 News by Topics: Logistics

  1. 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
  2. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., House Armed Services Committee seapower and projection forces subcommittee chairman, offered an amendment to the 2014 defense authorization bill expressing 'significant concerns' about the LCS program. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    US Panel Raises New LCS, Naval Fleet Size Concerns

    The US House Armed Services Committee is raising new concerns about the Littoral Combat Ship program and is urging the Navy to spend more annually on new ships.

    • Jun. 5, 2013
  3. Israel Prepares for Chemical Attacks

    At midday May 27, piercing sirens sent pupils here and in schools throughout the country scrambling for shelter in a drill designed to test emergency responses to the intensifying threat of chemically armed rockets and missiles.

    • Jun. 5, 2013
  4. US House Panel Would Inflate War Funding To Improve Readiness

    The US House Armed Services Committee wants to boost Pentagon war funding for 2014 by $5 billion, aiming to boost military readiness.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  5. Singapore To Continue Training in India

    Singapore will use military facilities in India for exercise and training of its troops for another five years.

    • Jun. 4, 2013
  6. Pakistan AF's modernization crippled by years of budget woes

    According to a report by the Senate's standing committee on defense released Thursday, the Pakistan Air Force has suspended its upgrade and development plan due to a lack of funds.

    • Jun. 1, 2013
  7. UK Pursues Another Big Privatization Plan for MoD

    The final stage in transforming how Britain's Defence Ministry manages everything from its naval bases to accommodations and catering is set to kick off this month, as industry submits final bids to become the Defence Infrastructure Organisation's (DIO) s

    • Jun. 1, 2013
  8. 'Vibrant' MoD Among Quilter's Goals

    A. I would use 'priorities' instead of 'challenges,' and my first priority was to get to know the people working in the ministry.

    • May. 30, 2013
  9. US Moves Troops Closer as Security Worsens in Libya

    The United States has moved military forces closer to Libya since the Benghazi attack so they will be ready to respond to threats against diplomatic personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.

    • May. 13, 2013
  10. PKK Peace Talks Could Reduce Profile of Elite Turkish Units

    A budding peace process between Turkey and its longtime nemesis, the Kurdish separatist militants, could shrink the prominence and budget of elite Turkish special operations units, officials and analysts agree.

    • May. 11, 2013
  11. Eastern European Armies Boost Spec Ops Forces Cooperation

    Special operations forces troops from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic will organize joint drills and set up a multinational Combat Group operating within European Union structures.

    • May. 11, 2013
  12. Norway Revamps Special Operations Capacity

    Special operations has historically been a fragmented, underfunded, noncore resource within Norway's military organization.

    • May. 11, 2013
  13. Selex Artillery-Pointing System Wins Export Orders

    Selex ES has secured export contracts for its LINAPS artillery-pointing system from armed forces in the United Arab Emirates, Poland and New Zealand, the Finmeccanica-owned company announced Wednesday.

    • May. 8, 2013
  14. Quick Strike: The lightweight BattleHawk loitering munition is designed so a soldier can take the system from his backpack and fire within 90 seconds. A video camera built into its nose allows ground troops to pilot it over rooftops or hills. Textron Defense Systems

    Special Report: Precision Strike

    New fights and new ways of fighting require new capabilities. Designing those capabilities for unknown future combat is a complex challenge, but two attributes find utility on any battlefield: speed and precision.

    • May. 7, 2013
  15. Archer Artillery Project Spurs Nordic Cooperation

    The Archer mobile artillery system is the focal point for Nordic development of a weapon that can be used in close-quarter combat but also could spur cross-border industrial cooperation.

    • May. 7, 2013
  16. Rafael Readies New PGM For Fixed, Moving Targets

    Israel's state-owned Rafael is expanding its SPICE family of autonomous, jam-resistant, surgical standoff weapons with a new 250-pound missile against fixed and moving targets.

    • May. 7, 2013
  17. Japan, Taiwan Upgrade Strike Capability

    Japan's main movements on precision strike involve upgrading its Mitsubishi F-2 fighter jet fleet with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) capability, and working on a more accurate surface-to-surface missile.

    • May. 7, 2013
  18. People gather in a cemetery following a funeral in the central city of Homs, Syria, on April 20, 2013. Senior U.S. House members say American intervention in Syria's civil war is likely, but they signaled the Obama administration has yet to settle on what that will entail. AFP/HO/Shaam News Network

    U.S. Lawmakers: Time for 'Next Step' in Syria — But No Ground Forces

    Senior US House members say American intervention in Syria's civil war is likely, but they signaled the Obama administration has yet to settle on what that will entail.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  19. Report: Chinese Testing Infrastructure with Cyber Intrusions

    Cyber espionage is on the rise, and increasingly Chinese attackers are targeting critical infrastructure, probing networks to see what they can get away with, a new report from Verizon released Tuesday found.

    • Apr. 23, 2013
  20. U.S. Troops To Redeploy After Morocco Cancels War Games

    U.S. troops are to redeploy from Morocco after Rabat canceled annual war games in the kingdom, the U.S. Army said Wednesday, amid sharp disagreement over plans for a U.N. mission in the Western Sahara.

    • Apr. 17, 2013
  21. SIPRI: World Spends Less on Military

    STOCKHOLM — The world spent less on weapons and military services in 2012 than the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, a Swedish think tank said Monday.

    • Apr. 15, 2013
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