by | Feb 29, 2024 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — U.S. military officials are working with the European Union to review an incident in which German frigate Hessen fired twice at an MQ-9 drone earlier this week during a multinational naval protection mission in the Red Sea. The German vessel, newly...
by | Feb 29, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — Singapore’s Defence Ministry plans to order eight F-35A jets, which would bring the country’s Joint Strike Fighter fleet to 20. The F-35A purchase would be on top of earlier orders for 12 F-35Bs from the American defense company Lockheed Martin....
by | Feb 29, 2024 | Security
Anduril Industries and Hanwha Defense USA said they are teaming up to submit a bid for the U.S. Army’s Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport robot competition. Anduril, serving as the prime contractor, plans to deliver “a modified, autonomy-ready Uncrewed Ground...
by | Feb 29, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Several European nations have sourced hundreds of thousands of 122-millimeter artillery rounds from abroad to donate to Ukraine, a move that experts say will help bridge Kyiv’s ammunition shortage against invading Russian forces during a critical time of the...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
The Pentagon is mulling workarounds to arm Ukraine as the country faces severe ammunition and artillery shortages amid recent Russian advances. But the department is limited in its ability to fill the gap given President Joe Biden’s funding request for additional...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Royal Australian Navy will have its largest fleet since the end of World War II if it implements recommendations from a new independent review of its surface combat ships. The government’s “Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Fleet”...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
Two years after invading Ukraine again, Russian President Vladimir Putin has accomplished two things for NATO. First, he has helped to expand and reinvigorate the alliance; Sweden is set to join NATO. Second, and more concerning, he has deepened Europe’s dependence on...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — American company Honeywell has signed an agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia to provide avionics and mechanical products to a planned Black Hawk helicopter program. The memorandum of agreement, inked during the Singapore Airshow last week, includes the...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
LONDON — The British military’s focus on increasing spiral development use means the Ministry of Defence is changing how it assesses new equipment being introduced into service. The MoD will drop the use of the terms initial operating capability and full operating...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
PARIS — France’s defense minister said any potential European military presence in Ukraine would be in non-combat roles, and not to fight Russians, following consternation among several NATO allies after French President Emmanuel Macron left open the option of putting...
