by | Dec 19, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON, LONDON and PARIS — Several nations have announced their contributions to Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new multinational security initiative in the Middle East to help protect merchant ships in the Red Sea area from drones and missiles. U.S. Defense...
by | Dec 19, 2023 | Security
In early 2023, the U.S. transferred 300,000 155mm artillery shells from its War Reserve Material stockpile in Israel to Ukraine. At the time, it was the only conflict with heavy U.S. involvement. After Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack, that’s no longer true. Now,...
by | Dec 19, 2023 | Security
SAO PAULO — Czech firearms and ammunition producer Colt CZ plans to buy competitor Sellier & Bellot for $350 million, the former announced Monday. Pending “regulatory approval in various countries,” Colt CZ is expected to finalize the deal in the first half of...
by | Dec 19, 2023 | Security
MILAN — The two Nordic countries have signed a joint declaration to send additional combat vehicles to Ukraine in their latest show of support for the embattled country, as another year of repelling Russian forces will soon draw to a close. The letter of intent,...
by | Dec 18, 2023 | Security
PARIS — Germany approved orders for more than $400 million worth of 155mm artillery shells for Ukraine in recent days, in separate deals with Rheinmetall and an unidentified French company. The German army placed an order for several tens of thousands of shells for...
by | Dec 18, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Britain has mounted its first defense trade mission to Ukraine as the government here steps up efforts to secure military business with Kyiv. The mission saw companies including BAE Systems, Babcock, Thales, KBR and AMS join the British government-led trip to...
by | Dec 18, 2023 | Security
If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat of former President Trump to withdraw from NATO did not spur America’s European allies to fix the structural imbalance in transatlantic defense, what could put that security partnership on a sustainable path? During an...
by | Dec 15, 2023 | Security
MILAN — As armed aerial drones and artillery threaten troop movements on the front lines in Ukraine, experts are beginning to see crude ground robots whizz over the battlefield to resupply soldiers. The systems observed so far in shaky footage distributed on social...
by | Dec 15, 2023 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — Argentina’s new president promised on the campaign trail to modernize the country’s defense force, but experts question whether this is possible given the fiscally harsh environment in which the government finds itself. “It is very doubtful, actually...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations Command should reconsider its plan to buy 75 Armed Overwatch aircraft, a government watchdog said Thursday. The Government Accountability Office recommended the command slow down its acquisition of the AT-802U Sky Warden, its...
