Security

In first, Australian exercise Pitch Black gets dedicated aircraft carrier

MELBOURNE, Australia — Air forces from around the world will descend on Australia’s remote Northern Territory this month for a combat exercise of unprecedented scale there. The Pitch Black exercise is the latest in a biennial series that began 43 years ago as a...

Biden to host NATO summit geared at ‘managing expectations’

The most memorable part of last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania happened before it even began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, upset that his country wouldn’t get a timeline for membership, scolded the alliance online. “Ukraine also deserves...

NATO tests counter-drone playbook amid real-life jamming in Romania

CONSTANTA, Romania — After months of delays, NATO has adopted its first counter-drone doctrine, testing its tenets in an exercise along the Black Sea shore that was marred by real-life interference wafting across the water. The focus of the Ramstein Legacy drill, held...

Latvia, Estonia tap German industry for air defense radars, weapons

BERLIN — Latvia and Estonia are to receive German-made, high-performance radars as part of the Baltic countries’ effort to upgrade their air defense capabilities under the European Sky Shield Initiative. Defense electronics manufacturer Hensoldt will provide the...