Security

US, Singapore air forces to team up at vital Pacific base in Guam

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...

Leonardo eyes an Italian gun for Rome’s new Leopard 2 tanks

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...

Greek Army weighs options for breathing new life into Leopard 1 tanks

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...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy signs security agreements with Germany, France

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...