Archive for January, 2012

Iranian MPs to write to UN over nuclear assassinations

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The Majlis Human Rights Committee plans to write a letter to the United Nations on behalf of the parliamentarians protesting the assassinations of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan and other Iranian nuclear scientists by the Mossad, the Fars News Agency reported on Thursday.
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New Zealand To Join U.S.-Backed WGS Program

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is joining an international partnership that will give it guaranteed satellite communications for the next 20 years, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman announced Jan. 18.
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U.S. Seeks Russia’s Explanation on Syria-Bound Weapons Ship

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The U.S. Department of State said it was seeking explanations from Moscow over a ship that probably headed from Russia with a cargo of weapons to Syria.
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US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran. Top Iranian officials have said they might close the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would disrupt world oil supplies.
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Russian Air Force Gets First An-140 Passenger Plane

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The Russian Air Force took delivery of the first Antonov An-140-100 passenger/transport plane on Friday, Defense Ministry spokesman Col Vladimir Drik said.
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Libya power struggle tears apart Assabia

Friday, January 20th, 2012

By Gabriel Gatehouse.

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U.S. Air Force Disputes Testers on KC-46 Tanker

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The U.S. Air Force disputes the assessment by the Pentagon’s top tester that the test program for its prized KC-46 tanker program is not executable.
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Aviastar to Build ‘Dozens’ of Il-476 Transports by 2020

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Aviastar SP, one of Russia’s largest aircraft-building enterprises, is to build 10 super-heavy Antonov An-124 and dozens of Ilyushin Il-476 cargo aircraft by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday at a meeting of the United Aircraft Corporation on military aviation.
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‘National Team’ to Provides Command and Control for the U.S. Missile defense System

Friday, January 20th, 2012

A team headed by Lockheed Martin as prime contractor has won a US$980 million follow-on contract for continued work on Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
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Indonesia firm delivers new patrol plane

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The third of four CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft by PT Dirgantara Indonesia has been delivered to the South Korean coast guard.
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