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ViaSat to modify Air Force JSC
Published: May 13, 2008 at 2:07 PM
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force announced it has contracted ViaSat Inc. to implement a new communication link on the joint communication simulator. -
DynCorp International names new president
Published: May 13, 2008 at 1:51 PM
FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 13 (UPI) -- Defense contractor DynCorp International Inc., based in Virginia, has named a new president and chief executive officer. -
HemCon selected for LHP development
Published: May 13, 2008 at 1:30 PM
PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army announced a contract with HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. for the development of battlefield resuscitation lyophilized human plasma.
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Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 1
Published: May 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- The long freeze in Russia's enormously lucrative arms trade with China may be coming to an end as the Kremlin has agreed to sell Mi-171 transport helicopter assembly kits to Beijing. -
Military Matters: A time to cut -- Part 2
Published: May 13, 2008 at 11:03 AM
By WILLIAM S. LIND
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- How can the United States seriously cut its military spending while retaining and improving its national security? -
Defense Focus: Numbers count -- Part 2
Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Wars destroy lots of weapons systems as well as lots of people. That is why major powers still need lots of soldiers and lots of relatively cheap, easily manufactured and easily replaced weapons systems. -
Outside View: Russian-Iran nuke moves
Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:31 AM
By PYOTR GONCHAROV
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 13 (UPI) -- Has Russia decided to join the U.N. sanctions against Iran? Will the new president shift Russia's policy regarding Iran to the West? -
Analysis: European defense contracts
Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:58 PM
By LEANDER SCHAERLAECKENS
UPI Correspondent
BRUSSELS, May 12 (UPI) -- U.K. Ministry of Defense announces FRES contract; After France, U.K. sells to Libya; Saab profits drop on back of Gripen costs -
Military Matters: A time to cut -- Part 1
Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM
By WILLIAM S. LIND
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- At a recent book party for Winslow Wheeler's new history of the military reform movement of the 1970s and 1980s, I was asked for my views on the prospects for genuine reform. I replied, "So long as the money flow continues, nothing will change." Chuck Spinney, a reformer who spent decades as a polyp in the bowels of the U.S. Department of Defense, agreed.
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British select first FRES vehicle design
Published: May 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM
LONDON, May 9 (UPI) -- The British Ministry of Defense says it has selected General Dynamics UK's Piranha 5 design for its new future rapid effect system utility vehicle.
Defense officials selected Piranha 5 as the first design for the new FRES utility vehicle program. The FRES program is part of a new Ministry of Defense initiative to adjust British military vehicles to reflect the reality of new conflict environments around the world by implementing enhanced capabilities in a wider range of operations.
"The provisional selection of PIRANHA 5 as the FRES Utility Vehicle design heralds the start of a new era for the Army in terms of capability," Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, said in a statement.
"Whilst our protected personnel vehicles such as Mastiff are a very successful addition to meet specific operational requirements in both Iraq and Afghanistan, it is the FRES medium weight capability which will allow the Army to conduct a considerably wider range of operations."
The implementation of the new FRES vehicles will fall into stages beginning with the Piranha 5 utility vehicle followed by complex specialist vehicles in five categories including utility, reconnaissance, medium armor, maneuver support and the basic capability utility.
Defense officials selected Piranha 5 as the first design for the new FRES utility vehicle program. The FRES program is part of a new Ministry of Defense initiative to adjust British military vehicles to reflect the reality of new conflict environments around the world by implementing enhanced capabilities in a wider range of operations.
"The provisional selection of PIRANHA 5 as the FRES Utility Vehicle design heralds the start of a new era for the Army in terms of capability," Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of the general staff, said in a statement.
"Whilst our protected personnel vehicles such as Mastiff are a very successful addition to meet specific operational requirements in both Iraq and Afghanistan, it is the FRES medium weight capability which will allow the Army to conduct a considerably wider range of operations."
The implementation of the new FRES vehicles will fall into stages beginning with the Piranha 5 utility vehicle followed by complex specialist vehicles in five categories including utility, reconnaissance, medium armor, maneuver support and the basic capability utility.
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