DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: MEADS Partner Nations Approve Flight Test Demonstrations Of Advanced System Capability....NSI News Source Inf

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: MEADS Partner Nations Approve Flight Test Demonstrations Of Advanced System Capability....NSI News Source Info # 2115

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - ORLANDO/MUNICH/ROME, June 21st, 2011: The National Armaments Directors of Germany, Italy and the United States have approved a revised set of development objectives for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program, including two intercept flight tests by 2014.

The refocused development program ensures that key national technologies will be demonstrated and that MEADS will readily mature into the advanced and effective terminal-phase air and missile defense system specified by Germany and Italy, and a viable option for U.S. procurement.

MEADS International (MI) President David Berganini said, “MEADS is a highly robust and flexible system, and that is why it is so important to keep this system moving forward. For example, with just a battle manager, launcher and fire control radar, MEADS provides full 360-degree protection against evolved threats at longer range than any system available today. Additionally, plug-and-fight capability lets other assets seamlessly join the network.”

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DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: U.S.President Barack Obama Hosted Dinner For German Chancellor Angela Merkel At White House...NSI News Source Info # 2054

DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: U.S.President Barack Obama Hosted Dinner For German Chancellor Angela Merkel At White House....NSI News Source Info # 2054

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 8, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, First Lady Michelle Obama and Joachim Sauer, Merkel's husband, poses for a portrait at the White House on June 7, 2011 in Washington, DC. This is the first official visit by a European leader to the White House since Obama became president. Merkel will be presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom at a state dinner tonight.

　

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DTN News - WORLD NEWS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel At The White House Washington DC....NSI News Source Info # 2050

DTN News - WORLD NEWS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel At The White House Washington DC....NSI News Source Info # 2050

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 7, 2011: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama stand as the German national anthem is played during State Arrival ceremonies June 7, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.

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DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: Iran Blocks Merkel's Plane Enroute To India....NSI News Source Info # 2022

DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: Iran Blocks Merkel's Plane Enroute To India....NSI News Source Info # 2022

(NSI News Source Info) BERLIN, Germany- May 31, 2011: Iran temporarily withdrew flyover rights for the plane carrying German chancellor Angela Merkel to India on Tuesday, forcing it to circle over Turkey for two hours before the rights were restored and she could land in New Delhi.

"An unusual start to the India trip," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert wrote on his Twitter account. "Iran temporarily denied flyover rights for the Chancellor's plane. A late landing in Delhi."

A Reuters journalist travelling with Merkel reported that Iran had withdrawn the previously granted rights shortly before the plan reached Iranian territory.

Officials in the German delegation travelling with Merkel attributed it to "coordination problems." The plane, carrying a large group of industry representatives and reporters, was forced to circle over Turkey before Iran gave it permission to fly over the country.

A second German government plane that left Berlin earlier reached India without any problems.

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DTN News - GERMANY DEFENSE NEWS: Germany Wants Nuclear Exit By 2022 At Latest....NSI News Source Info # 2018

DTN News - GERMANY DEFENSE NEWS: Germany Wants Nuclear Exit By 2022 At Latest....NSI News Source Info # 2018

(NSI News Source Info) BERLIN, Germany - May 30, 2011: Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday it would shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy u-turn drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on highly polluting brown coal, said it planned to cut power use by 10 percent by 2020. But Merkel may be hard pressed to present the plan as anything but a political defeat at the hands of Social Democrat and resurgent Green rivals.

The proposal may be even more ambitious than the nuclear exit planned when the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens were in power in 2000. It takes eight of 17 nuclear plants offline now and six by 2021.

But it could still face opposition from utilities.

Only nine months ago Merkel announced an extension of the lifespan of unpopular nuclear plants by an average 12 years. In March, after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, she reversed that and put Germany's entire energy strategy under urgent review.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Probe into German-Greek Arms Deals Reveals Murky Side Of Defense Sales....NSI News Source Info # 1753

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Probe into German-Greek Arms Deals Reveals Murky Side Of Defense Sales....NSI News Source Info # 1753

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Defense News

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March 29, 2011:

Despite being heavily in debt, Greece keeps spending on arms. A probe into its accounts has led to an investigation into submarine deals with Germany and alleged corruption in the grey areas of the EU's defense sector.

Greek financial investigators have ascertained that more than $140 million in bribes were paid by a German submarine maker to local politicians and officials to facilitate a lucrative defense contract.

The deal focused on the purchase of four submarines, a $1.5 billion controversial contract that had drawn heated political debate.

Sources told the Greek Kathimerini newspaper that "numerous bribes were paid before the contract was signed," alleging that some of the ways in which the final bill was inflated involved requests by the Greek navy and Defense Ministry for extra equipment on the submarines.

The first submarine, named Papanikolis, was commissioned for development by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel, Germany, with the remaining three scheduled for construction at Greece's Hellenic Shipyards, west of Athens.

Shortly after the Papanikolis was built in 2001 and launched three years later, Greek navy experts determined a host of technical problems with the T-214 diesel-electric submarine. The most severe: excessive rolling in bad weather conditions when the submarine surfaced for sea keeping in high seas.

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