U.S. Wants to Lease Swedish Submarine
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The United States wants to lease a Swedish attack submarine for naval exercises in the Baltic Sea in a deal possibly worth tens of millions of dollars, defense officials said Sunday.
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Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham raised the possibility Monday that the controversial submarine program could be abandoned in the wake of a submarine tragedy, according to a Canadian Press report.
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New mapping data could bolster any claims the U.S. might make in the Arctic as nations in the region compete for potentially rich reserves of oil, gas and minerals buried beneath the sea floor, federal scientists said Monday.
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The Australian government said Thursday it was negotiating with the U.S. on a plan to build a military satellite communications facility on Australia's west coast.
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Russia will lease to India a nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing nuclear and conventional missiles, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.
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The U.S. Defense Department on  Wednesday notified Congress it plans to provide technical and  logistics support for South Korea's reconnaissance and  intelligence operations as it faces a standoff with North Korea  about its nuclear weapons program.
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Sweden's government presented a contentious plan Thursday to allow a defense intelligence agency to monitor &#151; without a court order &#151; e-mail traffic and phone calls crossing the nation's borders.
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A SECOND-hand submarine, which was handed over to its new owners at Faslane at the weekend, sent out a Mayday call yesterday after a fire broke out as it was making its way to Canada.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration wants to allow ocean farming for shellfish, salmon, and saltwater species in federal waters for the first time, hoping to grab a greater share of a $70 billion aquaculture market.
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The U.S. hopes to focus certain international trading partners on the piracy problem with a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement.
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Aker Finnyards, a part of Aker Yards, has signed a Letter of Intent with Sweden's B & N Nordsjofrakt covering construction of three container vessels.
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The next terrorist threat may come from the deep. In recent years, several homeland security alerts have focused on the danger of scuba-equipped terrorists targeting docked Navy vessels or ocean-side nuclear plants. Now the U.S. military is quietly developing a new generation of underwater weaponry.
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A submarine left stranded in the Atlantic after a fire was seaworthy when it left the UK, the Canadian navy has said. The second-hand vessel was sold to Canada by the Royal Navy who earlier denied a refit was botched.
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MOSCOW. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Russia would like to expand cooperation with the U.S. in space exploration, including for military purposes, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
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Sweden's Ambassador Christofer Gyllentierna here Saturday underlined the need to further expand scientific cooperation between Swedish and Iranian universities.
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Some of the parties involved with undersea power transmission projects connecting New Jersey to New York are also looking into building a line to carry power from Maine to Boston.
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The United States could deploy a system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp. executive said on Monday.