Reports: Defense News correspondent arrested in India

WASHINGTON —Indian authorities have arrested Vivek Raghuvanshi, a defense journalist and longtime correspondent for Defense News, and accused him of espionage, according to reports in the Indian press. Raghuvanshi’s arrest drew a condemnation from Sightline Media...

Romanian lawmakers vote to approve $1.1 billion Abrams acquisition

WARSAW, Poland — The Commission for Defense, Public Order and National Security in Romania’s Chamber of Deputies, the parliament’s lower chamber, has approved the National Defence Ministry’s request to allow the purchase of 54 used M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the...

A better bridge across the ‘valley of death’

Congress and the nation’s military leaders have perennially expressed frustration with the “valley of death,” the abyss where promising new technologies too often meet their demise before they can be transitioned into major defense programs. The competitively awarded...

North Korea shows Kim Jong Un examining a military spy satellite

North Korean state media circulated images of leader Kim Jong Un’s inspection of what it said was a spy satellite due to launch soon. SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’a leader examined a finished military spy satellite, which his country is expected to launch...