by | Mar 28, 2023 | Security
MILAN — The Canadian government is considering the purchase of as many as 16 P-8A surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace company Boeing without a competition, despite objections from Quebec-based Bombardier. On 27 March, Canada announced that Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon...
by | Mar 28, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Singapore has hired a local company to build multirole combat vessels for its Navy, with several foreign defense contractors set to benefit from related work. ST Engineering announced its subsidiary ST Engineering Marine won a contract “for the...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the oldest and the largest of the Pentagon’s unified combatant commands, asked Congress for an additional $274 million to fund offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, as officials seek to fend off hackers and gird for...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
The United States’ most significant challenge in the 21st century is the strategic rivalry with the Peoples’ Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific region. With the PRC’s “One China” policy stating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, a clash over...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial...