by | Feb 6, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — South Korea and the United States are exploring whether the former’s defense industry could help maintain, repair and overhaul the latter’s warships and weapons, according to a series of news releases from South Korea’s Defense Ministry. The two...
by | Feb 6, 2024 | Security
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s “number one priority” is the “mastery of an entire arsenal of (relatively)...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands scrapped plans to sell six F-16 fighter jets to a U.S. company and will prepare the planes for delivery to Ukraine instead, according to the Dutch Defence Ministry. The agreement increases the number of Dutch aircraft that will be handed over...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s “number one priority” is the “mastery of an entire arsenal of (relatively)...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
LONDON — Thales has signed a 15-year deal with the U.K. to use artificial intelligence and virtual reality to improve maintenance of the Royal Navy’s fleet, the Defence Ministry announced. The £1.8 billion (U.S. $2.3 billion) contract with the French-based company’s...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
The Senate on Sunday released a revised foreign aid bill offering military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after a bipartisan group of negotiators agreed to new immigration restrictions in the legislation. But it’s unclear whether the roughly $118 billion...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
MILAN – Amid calls for a common European military to stand up to an aggressive Russia and other potential threats, EU members Slovenia, Spain, Denmark and Poland say the idea is unrealistic and unnecessary. “The EU should have its own army,” Foreign Minister Antonio...
by | Feb 5, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is expected to work on dozens of projects this year to upgrade military bases as part of an agreement with the United States. Signed in 2014, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement allows the U.S. to allocate funding to...
by | Feb 2, 2024 | Security
SAO PAULO — A leading Brazilian bank will no longer use its own resources to finance defense companies, it announced this week. Banco do Brasil is a key player for the country’s federal government, which owns half of the business. With assets exceeding $1.4 trillion...
by | Jan 29, 2024 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken...
