Bulgaria wants to negotiate $1.5 billion Stryker deal with US

WARSAW, Poland — Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said the government aims to negotiate a lower price in the potential deal to buy 183 Stryker combat vehicles from the United States than the $1.5 billion estimate published by the U.S. government. “On the...

AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact

This is the first story of a three-part series. The second will be available Sept. 7, and the third on Sept. 8. WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers traveled to Britain this spring in an effort to get tough on China. But House China committee Chairman...

Finland’s Patria weighs making combat vehicles in Ukraine

MILAN — Finnish armored vehicles manufacturer Patria is the latest European company to consider a production site in Ukraine, following similar plans articulated by officials in Germany and Sweden. As the war in Ukraine drags into its nineteenth month, allies have...