by | Mar 6, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — India plans to spend about $3 billion on space-related contract awards over the next few years to reduce its dependence on foreign satellites and bolster its counter-space capabilities, according to the head of the military. Gen. Anil...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
A subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America will supply the U.S. Army shot-spotting sensors that can be mounted to watch towers, surveillance aerostats, unmanned vehicles and more. Logos Technologies announced a $19.4 million deal for its Serenity hostile fire detectors...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
VICTORIA, British Columbia — The Canadian government has ordered $1.7 billion Canadian dollars ($1.3 billion) in defense-spending cuts, but it still plans to put emphasis on acquiring new equipment as well as improving North American security. Gen. Wayne Eyre,...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The European Union’s executive branch has proposed a €1.5 billion (U.S. $1.6 billion) plan to boost defense production by promoting joint military purchases among the member states. The European Commission on Tuesday presented its European Defence Industry...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s navy has unveiled changes to its planned air defense vessel and shared details on the ship’s armaments. The commander of the Turkish Naval Forces, Adm. Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, visited the Istanbul Shipyard Command and the Naval Forces Design Project...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Spain’s Indra and state-owned Emirati defense-technology company Edge Group agreed to form an Abu Dhabi-based joint venture that will develop and manufacture next-generation radar systems, the latest in a spate of cross-border defense deals for both companies....
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
KORZENIEWO, Poland — Some one hundred kilometers away from Poland’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, forces from nine NATO member countries were busy setting up the last of their amphibious gear. They are part of a large multi-domain...
by | Mar 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Sweden’s Saab signed a contract with Poland to provide the country with more than $1 billion worth of Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, ammunition and training equipment. Saab expects to book the order, with a value of 12.9 billion Swedish kroner ($1.2...
by | Mar 4, 2024 | Security
ROME — Albania reopened a refurbished Soviet-era air base on Monday which will host NATO jets as fears grow in the Balkans over creeping Russian influence. Italian Eurofighters and U.S. F-16s and F-35s flew in for the inauguration of the base at Kucova, 50 miles south...
by | Mar 4, 2024 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Monday vehemently rejected allegations that Russia’s leak of a conversation by high-ranking German military officers was an indication that Berlin was preparing for war against Russia. At the same time, the government sought to...
