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US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison
A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.
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Pentagon Lifts Ban On Contractors Fixing US-Supplied Weapons In Ukraine
In its final months, President Joe Biden's administration has decided to allow US defense contractors to work in Ukraine to maintain and repair Pentagon-provided weaponry, US officials told Reuters on Friday.
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Boeing Says Business Hit By "Cyber Incident" After Ransomware Threat
Boeing, one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law enforcement probe into it.
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Ukraine's Allies Can't Get Arms Fast Enough As Stockpiles Shrink
With Russia's war in Ukraine in its eighth month, some European nations that have funneled weapons to Kyiv are running low, and it could take years for defense contractors to meet the shortfall.
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US Watchdog Rejects Blue Origin Protest Over NASA Lunar Contract
A US government watchdog on Friday sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.
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'NASA Rules,' Says Elon Musk as SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Moon Lander Contract
Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has secured a $2.9 billion (roughly Rs. 21,616 crores) contract from NASA to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the space agency said on Friday, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics.
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2 Chinese Cyber Criminals Targeted Covid Research, Hacked Hundreds Of Companies: US
Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, including defense contractors, the US Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Israel Aerospace Signs $50 Million Follow-Up Deal With Indian Navy
State-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it signed a $50 million follow-up contract to provide complementary missile systems to the Indian navy and India's MDL Shipyard.
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US Ex-Spy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Selling Secrets To China
A former defense and intelligence contractor who sold classified documents to the Chinese government, and then claimed that he was actually working a reverse sting to expose Chinese spying methods, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for delivering U.S. secrets to a foreign government.
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Elusive $15 Billion India Defense Contract Frustrates Boeing To Lockheed
India -- the world's biggest arms importer, with an annual defense budget of $43 billion -- has been dangling a potential $15 billion fighter jet deal for more than a decade, with Lockheed and Boeing, the world's two largest contractors, vying for the chance to refit India's air force.
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Trump Wants To Keep Lockheed, Boeing, Others In Business With Saudi
Saudi Arabia has long been fertile territory for United States defense contractors, an oil-rich kingdom with an appetite for weapons.
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Private Army In Afghanistan "Not A Wise Idea": US Defence Secretary
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday downplayed the idea of sending private military contractors to Afghanistan to replace American forces.
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Want To Cut Cost Of US Navy Submarines: President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump said the United States needs more submarines but he wants to buy them at a lower cost, resuming his push to get defense contractors to cut the prices they charge the Pentagon.
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Mahindra Unveils 55-Foot Odyssea Made In India Luxury Yacht
Mahindra's boat making division Mahindra Odyssea has unveiled its 55-foot long luxury yacht. The model designed and engineered completely in-house is the biggest that the company has to offer and joins the fleet of recreational boats, apart from patrolling and defense models.
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Singapore Court Allows Extradition In US Navy Bribery Case
A Singapore court approved Wednesday the extradition of two former defence contractor executives at the heart of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy.
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US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison
A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.
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Pentagon Lifts Ban On Contractors Fixing US-Supplied Weapons In Ukraine
In its final months, President Joe Biden's administration has decided to allow US defense contractors to work in Ukraine to maintain and repair Pentagon-provided weaponry, US officials told Reuters on Friday.
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Boeing Says Business Hit By "Cyber Incident" After Ransomware Threat
Boeing, one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law enforcement probe into it.
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Ukraine's Allies Can't Get Arms Fast Enough As Stockpiles Shrink
With Russia's war in Ukraine in its eighth month, some European nations that have funneled weapons to Kyiv are running low, and it could take years for defense contractors to meet the shortfall.
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US Watchdog Rejects Blue Origin Protest Over NASA Lunar Contract
A US government watchdog on Friday sided with NASA over its decision to pick a single lunar lander provider, rejecting a protest filed by Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.
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'NASA Rules,' Says Elon Musk as SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Moon Lander Contract
Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has secured a $2.9 billion (roughly Rs. 21,616 crores) contract from NASA to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the space agency said on Friday, picking it over Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics.
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2 Chinese Cyber Criminals Targeted Covid Research, Hacked Hundreds Of Companies: US
Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, including defense contractors, the US Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Israel Aerospace Signs $50 Million Follow-Up Deal With Indian Navy
State-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries said on Wednesday it signed a $50 million follow-up contract to provide complementary missile systems to the Indian navy and India's MDL Shipyard.
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US Ex-Spy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Selling Secrets To China
A former defense and intelligence contractor who sold classified documents to the Chinese government, and then claimed that he was actually working a reverse sting to expose Chinese spying methods, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for delivering U.S. secrets to a foreign government.
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Elusive $15 Billion India Defense Contract Frustrates Boeing To Lockheed
India -- the world's biggest arms importer, with an annual defense budget of $43 billion -- has been dangling a potential $15 billion fighter jet deal for more than a decade, with Lockheed and Boeing, the world's two largest contractors, vying for the chance to refit India's air force.
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Trump Wants To Keep Lockheed, Boeing, Others In Business With Saudi
Saudi Arabia has long been fertile territory for United States defense contractors, an oil-rich kingdom with an appetite for weapons.
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Private Army In Afghanistan "Not A Wise Idea": US Defence Secretary
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday downplayed the idea of sending private military contractors to Afghanistan to replace American forces.
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Want To Cut Cost Of US Navy Submarines: President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump said the United States needs more submarines but he wants to buy them at a lower cost, resuming his push to get defense contractors to cut the prices they charge the Pentagon.
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Mahindra Unveils 55-Foot Odyssea Made In India Luxury Yacht
Mahindra's boat making division Mahindra Odyssea has unveiled its 55-foot long luxury yacht. The model designed and engineered completely in-house is the biggest that the company has to offer and joins the fleet of recreational boats, apart from patrolling and defense models.
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Singapore Court Allows Extradition In US Navy Bribery Case
A Singapore court approved Wednesday the extradition of two former defence contractor executives at the heart of a bribery scandal that has rocked the US Navy.
