The NewYork Timesreported in 2021 that four Saudis who took part in the 2018 Khashoggi assassination "received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department."
Since then SpaceX has launched astronauts to the International Space Station and benefited from billions of dollars in NASA, military and national security contracts.
The Washington Post's John Hudson wrote that Feinberg has "investments in companies that maintain Pentagon contracts." ... Feinberg has limited military experience other than overseeing military contracts.
Consultants apparently recommended that the contract bar the sale and use of its AI tools to the Israeli military “and other sensitive customers,” the report says ... Ultimately, the contract reportedly didn’t reflect those recommendations.
... the day-to-day lives of Israelis.'The project mirrors Google's previous controversial military contract, ProjectMaven, which was ultimately abandoned after significant employee protest in 2018.
The new contract highlights the military’s ongoing efforts to develop GPS alternatives ... The APFIT program was established in 2022, with a view to accelerate the development of technologies made by relatively small companies for military use.
The SouthKorean military is moving to ... The military aims to finalize a contract to acquire around 100 cardboard drones by the end of this year, with deployment planned for the first half of 2025.
Turkey’s air force has agreed to acquire a total of 12 C-130 military transport aircraft from the British Royal Air Force, previously declined by Greece, to reinforce its transport capacity, according to Turkish media reports.
The majority of Russian military personnel involved in the special operation in Ukraine are volunteer soldiers who sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense to fight of their own free will.
Macron also said that the two countries had “made progress on everything from naval defence to air defence and satellites”, adding that Saudi Arabia and France “have signed some long-awaited contracts”, without giving any further details.
In a statement, the Defence Ministry said it “has completed several contracts with Elbit Systems totaling approximately $40 million.” Under the contracts, Elbit Systems, an Israeli military company, ...
Under the contracts, Elbit Systems, an Israeli military company, will supply the army “with advanced drones and autonomous systems to upgrade the operational capabilities of its forces in the field,” it added.
The Trump administration imposed sanctions in 2020 on the Cuban military, banning it from handling the remittances from the U.S., and the Biden administration has kept the sanctions in place ... Military refusal ... None of its workers are military.
A Russian contract soldier undergoes training in a T-72 tank during military drills held at a firing range in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on December 2 [Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters] Military aid and diplomacy.