by | Feb 19, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Feb 19, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Turkey and Greece will join the European Sky Shield Initiative, bringing the total number of countries participating in the German-led initiative to 21. The German, Greek and Turkish defense ministers announced the move on Feb. 15 at a Brussels summit of NATO...
by | Feb 16, 2024 | Security
MILAN — A Russian defense industry think tank has reportedly upped a cash reward for the capture of an Estonian-made unmanned ground vehicle operating in Ukraine, as ground robots are becoming prized assets on the battlefield. The Moscow-based Center for Analysis of...
by | Feb 15, 2024 | Security
VICTORIA, British Columbia — Canada is spending $316 million Canadian dollars ($234 million) for new air-defense and counter-drone systems as well as anti-tank missiles for its troops in Latvia as part of shoring up its NATO commitments. Canadian Defence Minister Bill...
by | Feb 15, 2024 | Security
PARIS — Finland’s Patria is teaming up with two German companies, including a unit of KNDS, to offer a local variant of its six-wheeled armored personnel carrier to replace Germany’s fleet of Fuchs vehicles. Patria joined with KNDS-owned DSL Defence Service Logistics...
by | Feb 15, 2024 | Security
LONDON — European nations are setting up a drone coalition, led by Latvia and Britain, to supply and support the production of thousands of first-person-view drones for the Ukrainian military. Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ukraine...
by | Feb 15, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — As the Polish Ministry of National Defence is locked in negotiations with South Korea’s government on weapon deliveries, accusing Seoul of offering “unacceptable” financial terms, Poland’s largest opposition party is calling on the new government here...
