by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
MILAN — The Finnish government has announced that it will invest over $130 million over the next three to four years to double the country’s production of artillery and mortar ammunition. The decision, touted by the Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen in a Dec. 12...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — The German Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Airbus for 62 H145M light attack helicopters, with a portion of the fleet equipped to fight tanks from afar — a direct lesson from the fighting in Ukraine. Under the order, 57 of the aircraft...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Ukrainian military is repelling attacks from numerically superior Russian forces by combining new-school inventiveness and technology with old-school tactics on the battlefield, according to one official. While Moscow’s war machine dwarfs...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Britain will host the headquarters of government and industrial organizations for the trinational Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), according to a treaty signed Dec. 14 with Italy and Japan outlining the project’s management structure. While the British will...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― Congress today passed its $874.2 billion defense policy bill, sending it to the White House for President Biden’s signature. Thursday’s 310-118 vote in the Republican-held House on the compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year...
by | Dec 14, 2023 | Security
PARIS — Norway will donate more National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, better known as NASAMS, to Ukraine, this time with a value of 335 million kroner (U.S. $31 million), the government said in a statement Wednesday. Air defense is vital to Ukraine, and...
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ROME — Italy’s Leonardo and Franco-German consortium KNDS are forming a “strategic alliance” to build tanks and possibly more, the companies said on Wednesday. The new alliance will focus on kickstarting Italy’s involvement in the long heralded and much delayed...
by | Dec 13, 2023 | Security
The Senate confirmed the government’s second-ever national cyber director on Tuesday, filling a far-reaching leadership position that will shape how agencies move forward collectively on pressing artificial intelligence and cybersecurity policies. Lawmakers voted...
by | Dec 13, 2023 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — South Korea plans to spend 346.7 trillion Korean won (U.S. $262.8 billion) in the next five years to bolster its defense capabilities amid, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. The ministry announced its 2024-2028 midterm defense plan...
by | Dec 13, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The United States sped capability updates to Israel’s F-35 fighters after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, the top officer in charge of the Joint Strike Fighter program said Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, program executive officer for the F-35, declined to...
