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BERLIN, April 25- The U.S. government will reduce its administrative surcharge on foreign arms sales to 3.2 percent from 3.5 percent from June as part of a broader bid to make U.S. weapons more competitive internationally, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Charles Hooper, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,...
Top defense companies' shares declined Tuesday, erasing earlier gains, amid a broader market sell-off.
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The White House aims to speed up arms deal approvals and increase the role of senior U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump, in closing foreign sales, while giving greater weight to business interests in sales decisions that have long prioritized human rights. "This is a balanced policy," said Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, an official with the State...
The White House aims to cut the time it takes to approve arms deals, lowering the hurdle to bigger sales and sales of more powerful weapons, and increasing the role of senior U.S. officials in shepherding deals across the finish line, as earlier reported by Reuters. The plans have been in the works for a year, with White House trade adviser Peter Navarro playing a...
Speed is undoubtedly the new stealth and the Pentagon's top weapons supplier just got one step closer to handing hypersonic weapons to the U.S. Air Force.
Speed is undoubtedly the new stealth and the Pentagon's top weapons supplier just got one step closer to handing hypersonic weapons to the U.S. Air Force.
A company called EarthNow plans to use satellites to provide "live and unfiltered" footage of almost anywhere on earth.
The U.S. Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, receives $200 million Pentagon contract.
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BERLIN, April 18- Lockheed Martin Corp's Sikorsky has partnererd with more German firms in its bid to win a 4 billion euro heavy-lift helicopter contract from Berlin, and will showcase the industrial team at next week's Berlin air show. The U.S. weapons maker's new Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter will make its global debut at the Berlin air show with a "...
Jim Cramer and technician Rob Moreno inspect the charts of key defense stocks as worries grow about the United States' involvement in Syria.
Jim Cramer lays out how streaming giant Netflix is crushing the competition.
Jim Cramer lays out how Netflix is rising to overtake two other entertainment leaders.
Jim Cramer and technician Rob Moreno inspect the charts of key defense stocks as worries grow about the United States' involvement in Syria.
Jim Cramer and technician Rob Moreno inspect the charts of key defense stocks as worries grow about the United States' involvement in Syria.
WASHINGTON, April 12- The U.S. Navy could build its strength to 355 ships over a decade earlier than previously thought due to an increased shipbuilding budget and tempo as well as extending the service for some ships in the current fleet, a Pentagon official told a Congressional panel on Thursday. The goal of a larger Navy, one of President Donald Trump's...
India last week issued a request for information for 110 combat jets for the air force, marking the first step toward a long-delayed deal that could be worth more than $15 billion. Boeing said it stood ready to build an aerospace manufacturing system in India along with its partners that will help India's own aircraft manufacturing programmes.
NEW DELHI, April 6- India issued a request for information to procure 111 fighter planes on Friday, the air force said in a notice, the first stage of an acquisition process for one of the world's biggest military orders in play at the moment. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab and Dassault are among the global manufacturers expected to compete for the order to equip...
Google employees are protesting the company's involvement in a Pentagon program that uses artificial intelligence, NYT reports.
PARIS, March 27- European missiles group MBDA has won a 400 million pound contract with the British government for its Brimstone air-to-surface missiles, MBDA said on Tuesday. MBDA will manufacture new Brimstone missiles for the UK Armed Forces, which will use them for the Royal Air Forces Typhoon fighter aircraft and in future for the RAFs new Protector RPAS...
The "new rule" of success is co-developing new technologies in China, generating technology in China with Chinese partners, says Laurent Guyot of Thales China.
