Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and Russian deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin have signed a new defense cooperation program which will last until 2020, along with six other treaties covering technology, aviation, medicine and railroad transport. The defense agreement would largely be of a technical and advisory nature, rather than one ... Read More »
The U.S. and India have signed a key logistics agreement that will enable U.S. and Indian forces to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that he and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar formally signed ... Read More »
As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up its version of the Fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act in the coming weeks, gaps exist between White House and Congressional proposals for ship and aircraft building, as well as for the future organization of the Defense Department. Neither the Senate bill, ... Read More »
Lithuania is to hold talks with Norway on procuring the Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System. The decision on talks for the medium-range defense system was made late last week by the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense. “We have decided to open negotiations with the Norwegian government on possible ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, March 29 — Two U.S. Defense contractors are settling allegations of selling defective counter-measure flares to the U.S. Army in violation of the False Claims Act. The U.S. Justice Department identified the companies as the Kilgore Flares Company of Tennessee and the ESM Group of New York. The two ... Read More »
