by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — The German Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Airbus for 62 H145M light attack helicopters, with a portion of the fleet equipped to fight tanks from afar — a direct lesson from the fighting in Ukraine. Under the order, 57 of the aircraft...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Ukrainian military is repelling attacks from numerically superior Russian forces by combining new-school inventiveness and technology with old-school tactics on the battlefield, according to one official. While Moscow’s war machine dwarfs...
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LONDON — Britain will host the headquarters of government and industrial organizations for the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), according to a treaty signed Dec. 14 with Italy and Japan outlining the project’s management structure. While the British will...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― Congress today passed its $874.2 billion defense policy bill, sending it to the White House for President Biden’s signature. Thursday’s 310-118 vote in the Republican-held House on the compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year...
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PARIS — Norway will donate more National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, better known as NASAMS, to Ukraine, this time with a value of 335 million kroner (U.S. $31 million), the government said in a statement Wednesday. Air defense is vital to Ukraine, and...