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Norwegian MoD scrutinises US defence budget and F-35
September 19 by Ministry of Defence NorwayThe difficult economic situation in the United States makes this autumn's budget deliberations closely monitored from the Norwegian side. The House of Representatives has recently finalized the budg...
Australian DoD announces public defence cuts
June 29 by Australian Department of DefenceToday we release a June 2011 electronic supplement to the Public Defence Capability Plan (the DCP). The DCP provides information for Defence industry on Defence’s Capital Acquisition Plans....
Disaster in Den Haag: What Are We Learning from Dutch Defence Cuts?
May 10 by Defence Dateline GroupOn 8 April Hans Hillen, Defence Minister of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, presented plans to re-structure the Dutch armed forces so as to "lower costs and increase efficiency". In an almost comica...
As Europe Wakes to Defence Spending Shortfall, NATO Risks Losing US Investment
March 14 by Defence Dateline GroupBehind today’s recession led military budget debates lies a fundamental truth that is exacerbating the pain of defence retrenchment. This is that much of Europe has been under-investing in def...
UK Defence Secretary announces RAF redundancies
March 02 by Defence IQThe RAF is the first of the three Armed Services to release the details of their redundancy programme to staff today. The Army and the Royal Navy are expected to release similar details at the begin...
'We'll Find the Money': Defence Minister Luff Opens Up About Defence Spending Gap
February 20 by Defence IQ Digital
Trainee RAF Pilots Face Uncertain Future - The Human Dimension of SDSR
February 17 by Paul SmythThe news that the Royal Air Force (RAF) will be making a number of trainee aircrew redundant has unsurprisingly attracted some media hype. Why the paper that broke the story could not wait a couple...
Despite Drive to Cut Costs, US Defence Programmes Deemed Unnecessary May Prove Difficult to Kill
February 16 by Pro PublicaPresident Obama’s proposed budget for next year recommends cutting some weapons programs that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said are unnecessary and wasteful. But don’t hold your br...
Defence Secretary responds to e-mail error
February 15 by Defence IQDefence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken of his 'fury' that 38 soldiers learned by e-mail that their contracts on the long-service list would not be renewed. There is widespread coverage in th...
MoD releases latest UK Armed Forces manning figures
February 10 by Defence IQFigures showing that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 99.1 per cent of their full time Trained Strength requirement have been released today by the MOD. This is up from 98.7 per cent a year ago,...
Defence Requirements Trends for 2011 - 'Writing on the Wall' or 'Fresh Slate'?
January 31 by Defence Dateline GroupAs we place one hesitant foot in front of the other this new year, it seems the timing is right to offer the defence industry some predictions and likely trends in purchasing requirements for the co...