Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR AP (November 19, 2009) HOUSTON (AP) - A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case.
Court gives $1.1B tanker contract back to Boeing AP (November 17, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.
Ex-Lockheed engineer claims F-22 tech 'defective' AP (November 11, 2009) ATLANTA (AP) - A former engineer for defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. claims in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that the company knowingly used "defective" stealth coatings when building its F-22 Raptor stealth jets.
US imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida suspicions AP (November 10, 2009) SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.
2 NYC men accused of offering weapons to Hezbollah AP (October 27, 2009) NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York City men have been charged with trying to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.