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ROME — The CEO of a unit under Italian defense group Finmeccanica has been arrested on suspicion of seeking to rig Naples police department public contracts, following a five-year investigation.
LONDON — Britain has ordered a French-built anti-sniper system to help protect troops in Afghanistan, even as spending on military equipment to defeat the Taliban is in decline as the drawdown of combat troops gathers pace.
LONDON — Britain’s Ministry of Defence got a better grip on equipment program costs in 2011-12 but its control over delivery times was as bad as ever, according to a report on major projects by the governments spending watchdog.
Determined not to be labeled as the villain in a report on how the British Ministry of Defence managed its major equipment programs, in-flight refueling contractor AirTanker has released an open letter to the government’s spending watchdog distancing itself from accusations that its Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft program is responsible for a hike in overall procurement spending.
LONDON — The British government is not doing enough to address the military opportunities and vulnerabilities of cybersecurity, the Parliament’s defense committee has warned.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will travel to Europe next week where he will discuss the war in Afghanistan and cooperative efforts with defense leaders in four countries.
PARIS — An impending wave of cuts in public spending in France calls for a debate on the elements that make up the country’s nuclear deterrent, with a big question mark over whether to maintain the carrier-borne air wing, a report from influential think tank Centre d’Etude et de Prospective Stratégique (CEPS) said.
IZMIR, Turkey — The U.S. deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey began Jan. 5 to help the country defend itself against any threat from neighboring Syria which is in the throes of a deadly 21-month civil war.
NEW DELHI — India and Russia did not discuss the BMP-3 infantry vehicle program during a Dec. 24 visit here by Russian President Vladimir Putin with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, despite the program being on the agenda, said Indian Defence Ministry sources.
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