by | Feb 19, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — The U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam is set to open its doors to half of Singapore’s F-15 fleet, as the city state seeks to ramp up its combat readiness. The move to concentrate air warfare capabilities at the remote American installation, located at...
by | Feb 19, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italy will add its own, domestically manufactured components to German Leopard tanks it is buying, possibly including the gun barrel, a senior official at Italian firm Leonardo has told Defense News. Italy has signed to buy the tanks to fill a capability gap as...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
MILAN — German arms manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has partnered with local Greek supplier EODH and Spanish electronics firm Duma to propose an upgrade package for the modernization of the Hellenic Army’s Leopard 1A5 fleet. “The Armored Directorate of the Hellenic...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bilateral security agreement with Germany and planned to sign another with France on Feb. 16, securing a strong signal of long-term backing as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Turkey and Greece will join the European Sky Shield Initiative, bringing the total number of countries participating in the German-led initiative to 21. The German, Greek and Turkish defense ministers announced the move on Feb. 15 at a Brussels summit of NATO...
