New Zealand boosts defence spend to US$6.6 billion and vows increased closeness with Australia
This budget will be spent over the next four years and nearly doubles the country’s defence spending as part of GDP to 2%.
easyJet has announced passenger and load factor data for its services in January 2010.
Passengers carried totalled 3,142,629, a 10.7% increase on the 2,839,617 carried in January 2009. The load factors for the respective months were 79.3% and 75.7%, a 3.6 pp increase year-on-year.
During the rolling 12 month period ending January 2010, the airline carried 46,380,471 passengers, a 3.8% increase on the 44,661,510 in the 12 month period ending 31 January 2009. The load factors for the respective periods were 86.2% and 84.9%.
This budget will be spent over the next four years and nearly doubles the country’s defence spending as part of GDP to 2%.
Rachel Reeves announced port upgrades, protected budgets for innovation and investment in novel technologies.
The Australian Budget was marked by tax cuts and a looming general election which led to little hope that there would be a substantial defence boost even with a big bill for nuclear submarines due.
The communications company Gilat launched its new Gilat Defense division at the Satellite 2025 expo, with future solutions aimed at US military customers.
US services have already conducted multiple tests with military maritime systems fitted with the system.
Europe’s Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) “has to establish itself…as a centre of excellence for cooperative Defence Equipment Programmes” in the face of growing threats and the need for rearmament, according to the organisation’s chairman.