by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italian shipyard Fincantieri is in talks with Italy’s Leonardo to buy the latter’s torpedo unit for €200-€300 million (U.S. $218-326 million), a source with knowledge of the negotiations told Defense News. The move by Fincantieri reflects the state-controlled...
by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
FARNBOROUGH, England — Mining rare minerals on the moon could mark a new area of competition in space, though it’s too early tell whether the prospect would entail military involvement, according to the U.K.’s top military officer for space. A scenario of nations...
by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Brunei, a small Southeast Asian sultanate bordered by Malaysia, is significantly raising its 2024 defense budget amid concerns over how to protect its territory. In the coming fiscal year, the government has allotted 796.3 million Brunei...
by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
The top Marine general returned to full duty status Tuesday, a little more than four months after he experienced a cardiac arrest that scrambled the Marine Corps’ leadership. Gen. Eric Smith, the Marine commandant, hadn’t been performing the Corps’ top job since he...
by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
KORZENIEWO, Poland — Poland’s president says the government stands ready to defend Lithuanian territory in the eventuality of an attack, following comments made by Lithuania’s prime minister implying Polish laws may prevent it from protecting the Baltic state. The...
by | Mar 7, 2024 | Security
France’s defense-procurement agency said it awarded contracts to five domestic computer-research startups to develop technology that will allow the country to have two universal quantum computer prototypes by 2032, with the goal of developing quantum systems usable...
by | Mar 6, 2024 | Security
To forecast the Pentagon’s fiscal 2025 budget is tricky when Congress is still debating the fiscal 2024 version, which is in progress under a continuing resolution. But with the Biden administration set to unveil its FY25 budget request in the first half of March, the...
by | Mar 6, 2024 | Security
Spain’s Indra Sistemas SA said it will focus on its defense and aerospace businesses as part of a new 2030 strategy, seeking to become an international player at a time of increased military spending by European NATO members. Indra plans to lead consolidation of the...
by | Mar 6, 2024 | Security
KORZENIEWO, Poland — Militaries should be wary of applying lessons from the war in Ukraine and instead adapt for the battle yet to come, according to a top general in the Polish military. While the war between Ukraine and Russia has emphasized the crucial role drones...
by | Mar 6, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — China is raising its defense budget by 7.2% for 2024, the government announced March 5 during the second annual session of the 14th National People’s Congress. The new budget is nearly 1.7 trillion yuan (U.S. $236.1 billion) and continues a...
