UK competition watchdog approves $7.3B Viasat-Inmarsat merger

LONDON — Viasat’s acquisition of British satellite mobile communications company Inmarsat has cleared a key hurdle with the approval of the deal by the U.K.’s competition authority May 9. The $7.3 billion merger offer, launched in November 2021, has most recently been...

Bentivegna named Space Force’s next top enlisted leader

Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna is set to take over as the Space Force’s next top enlisted leader, the service announced Monday. Bentivegna will become the second person to hold the title of Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force since the newest branch of the...

French vision for an autonomous Europe proves elusive

EUROPE and WASHINGTON — After Russia unleashed the largest land war in Europe since the end of World War II, exposing European defense capabilities as lacking, now may not be the best time to fantasize about the continent standing alone militarily. But French...