Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2015, 02:07
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter awarded $75 million on Friday to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with sensors flexible enough to be worn by soldiers or moulded onto the skin of a plane.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:43
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will head to Silicon Valley on Thursday in a bid to recruit tech gurus for the Pentagon, even if just on a part-time basis.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 10:17
The former number-two ranking official at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, will likely be named as the next US defense secretary, American media reported Tuesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 17:00
As the US initiated a range of country-specific measures to give a new thrust to its defence relationship with India, a top Pentagon official has said that America benefits from a strong and capable Indian military.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 13:34
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Pakistan to shun terrorism to make peace with India, a top US defence official suggested that over time Islamabad "flirted" with terrorism as state policy.
Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 19:52
The US Defense Department is close to launching a roughly 4,000-person cyber squad devoted to conducting cyber offence and defence operations, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 23:03
Deputy Secretary of Defence, Ashton Carter, told a Washington think-tank that the US was not trying to contain China in the region, rather, it was reaching out to the country.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 09:36
India is key part of efforts of Obama Administration to rebalance its Asia-Pacific posture to the broader security and prosperity of the 21st century, a top Pentagon official said.
Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 22:19
Seeking closer military ties with India in high technology areas by "knocking down bureaucratic barriers", the US on Monday said that New Delhi should raise the FDI limit in defence sector for attracting more American investment.
Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2012, 11:35
Ashton Carter is the top Pentagon official to travel to India after the last month`s highly successful India visit of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2011, 15:55
The F-35 fighter jet is set to replace a large part of the US warplane fleet.
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