[Defense News] MOSCOW - Russia has purchased its first unmanned drones from Israel after its own manufacturers turned out to be ineffective at making the high-tech reconnaissance aircraft, a newspaper reported April 7.

The deal for an initial purchase of $50 million worth of drones was concluded in early April with Israel Aerospace Industries, the Kommersant daily said, citing a Russian defense industry source.

[Electronic Intifada] It came as no surprise to campaigners in the United Kingdom to hear the British Foreign Minister David Miliband reveal this week that components supplied by Britain were "almost certainly" used by Israel in its recent military assault on Gaza.

[Globes] - A US military order will by used for US Air Force F-15E and F-16, Air National Guard F-15, and several US Navy F/A-18 single seat and dual seat platforms.

Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) and Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) joint venture Vision Systems International, LLC (VSI), has received several new helmet mounted display system contracts with a total value of more than $120 million.

Israeli Apartheid is not Fiction! Cancel the special tribute to Israel in the London Sci-Fi Festival!
PACBI - Open letter to the organizers and attendees of Sci-Fi-London International Festival 2009

Ramallah, 29 April 2009

York Centre for International and Security Studies -Academic Boycotts and Contemporary Conflict
Debate to be held on 11 May 2009

Abe Hayeem [The Guardian] 8 April 2009 - The UK Foreign Office will no
longer rent from Lev Leviev. Now other states must also boycott this builder of illegal settlements.

Defense Industry Daily - Colombia’s narco-terrorist FARC army has reportedly lost some of its military shine recently, thanks to years of unswerving pressure from the Colombian army. Much of that pressure has been led by the popular President Uribe, who has apparently ruled out a bid for constitutional amendments and an attempt at a 3rd term of office.