by | Mar 12, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italy’s Leonardo has promised double-digit order and revenue growth by 2028 with a new five-year plan emphasizing investments in space, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, as well as corporate streamlining. The state-controlled defense giant predicted...
by | Mar 12, 2024 | Security
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Defence Ministry released its annual report on March 7, detailing activities it carried out in 2023 and its future goals. The ministry listed 49 ongoing modernization and acquisition projects across the military. Here are some that stood out: Land...
by | Mar 11, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The results of Indonesia’s recent presidential election could be a boon for military modernization programs, as the current defense minister is in the lead, an expert told Defense News. The Feb. 14 presidential election saw Defense Minister...
by | Mar 11, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Russian weapons exports have dropped dramatically under the shadow of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the global sanctions that followed, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The sale of Russian weapons to other...
by | Mar 11, 2024 | Security
Editor’s note: Vivek Raghuvanshi, a journalist and freelancer to Defense News for more than three decades, was jailed in May 2023 by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of espionage. The Indian government has released minimal information on his arrest....
by | Mar 9, 2024 | Security
In silent orbit around Earth, a potentially hostile satellite approaches an allied communication node, intentions unknown. French Space Command has determined the move is deliberate, and intelligence shows the enemy spacecraft is equipped with a robotic arm that would...
by | Mar 8, 2024 | Security
Korzeniewo, POLAND – “We are ready.” The three-word statement was highlighted in bold letters at the opening of NATO’s March 4 briefing, on the occasion of the Polish-leg of the alliance’s largest military exercise since 1988. But even amid the resolute and calm tone...
by | Mar 8, 2024 | Security
Development and deployment of directed-energy weapons would enhance defense across the Greater Middle East, where Iran-backed militants are targeting U.S. troops with missiles and explosive drones, according to the leader of U.S. Central Command. Army Gen. Michael...
by | Mar 8, 2024 | Security
LONDON — A powerful U.K. parliamentary committee has reported what it says is the “largest affordability gap” since 2012 between the Defence Ministry’s budget and equipment requirements. The Public Accounts Committee’s review, released March 8, comes two days after...
by | Mar 8, 2024 | Security
The U.S. military will establish a temporary port in the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians, while continuing to send weapons to Israel, President Joe Biden confirmed in his State of the Union address Thursday. “No U.S. boots will be on...
