By MICHEL COMTE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
OTTAWA, Canada - Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of NATO, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters. ... full story
19 Nov 06:04 EST (11:04 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
Staff report
U.S. Air Force F-16s and F-22s have deployed to the United Arab Emirates, the service announced Sunday. ... full story
17 Nov 14:26 EST (19:26 GMT)
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI - In a setback to India's indigenous long-range endurance UAV program, a technology demonstrator of the Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, named Rustom, crashed during the first trials Nov. 16. ... full story
17 Nov 10:45 EST (15:45 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
PARIS - French commandos stormed aboard a Somali pirate "mothership" and arrested 12 gunmen, the military announced Nov. 13, adding that the gangs are increasingly operating in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean. ... full story
13 Nov 08:48 EST (13:48 GMT)
By TOM KINGTON
ROME - Italian shipyard Fincantieri has handed over the second of four patrol vessels ordered by the Iraq Navy. ... full story
9 Oct 14:09 EDT (19:09 GMT)
By ANDREW CHUTER
LONDON - British naval shipbuilder BVT Surface Fleet has sealed a deal with Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding to set up a naval support services joint venture in the United Arab Emirates. ... full story
28 Jul 11:46 EDT (16:46 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - The surge in spending on equipment for the U.S. Army over the past several years has likely run its course, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent research organization, told analysts at an investor conference here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 18:12 EST (23:12 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - A lack of coordination and networking of electronic warfare equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan is becoming a hazard for U.S. and allied troops in the two wars, the Army's chief of electronic warfare told defense analysts and investors here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 17:19 EST (22:19 GMT)
By Barbara Opall-Rome
SHIZAFON ARMY BASE, Israel - The chances are "not small" that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) again will be called into battle, and when combat begins, there must be no question as to the outcome of operations, the nation's top commander here said Oct. 13. ... full story
14 Oct 12:50 EDT (17:50 GMT)
By MICHEL COMTE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
OTTAWA, Canada - Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of NATO, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters. ... full story
19 Nov 06:04 EST (11:04 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - A lack of coordination and networking of electronic warfare equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan is becoming a hazard for U.S. and allied troops in the two wars, the Army's chief of electronic warfare told defense analysts and investors here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 17:19 EST (22:19 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
NEW YORK - The surge in spending on equipment for the U.S. Army over the past several years has likely run its course, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent research organization, told analysts at an investor conference here Nov. 10. ... full story
11 Nov 18:12 EST (23:12 GMT)
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
PARIS - South Africa said Nov. 5 that it had cancelled a big contract for Airbus military planes in a new setback for the troubled A400M program that prompted Airbus to insist the plane was almost ready for test flights. ... full story
5 Nov 12:20 EST (17:20 GMT)
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
BAGHDAD - Iraq's tight budget and its dependence on the price of oil is a "challenge" when it comes to equipping the country's fledgling security forces, a senior U.S. military officer said on Wednesday. ... full story
30 Sep 06:20 EDT (11:20 GMT)
The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is ready to test a few components that soldiers may have in their hands by 2010.
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