by | Jan 19, 2023 | Security
ARLINGTON, Va. — Ingalls Shipbuilding has enough contractual orders to keep its workforce and suppliers busy for the next few years, but the situation becomes more uncertain beyond that time frame, according to the shipyard’s president. The yard may see a “lull” in...
by | Jan 19, 2023 | Security
This week the U.K. announced it would be the first country to send Ukraine modern Western main battle tanks. The number of Challenger 2s heading to Ukraine is small – a company of 14 tanks – but the strategic effect of this decision could be very large if it achieves...
by | Jan 19, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Germany’s newly appointed defense minister, Boris Pistorius, on Thursday to push Berlin to approve the transfer of German-made tanks for Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion. Germany won’t send or authorize the...
by | Jan 19, 2023 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed a budget that sustains a high level of defense spending, despite the country’s economic troubles as leader Kim Jong Un pushes for an aggressive expansion of his nuclear arsenal. State media reports...
by | Jan 19, 2023 | Security
A 35-year-old former program administrator for a nonprofit space research company pleaded guilty to a charge that he illegally funneled payments for Army aviation technology that he then exported to a China-based university. From 2016 to 2020, Jonathan Yet Wing Soong...
