by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden’s $106 billion defense spending supplemental request to Congress aims in part to bolster munitions production capacity to continue rushing arms to Ukraine and Israel. The Senate Appropriations Committee questioned Defense Secretary...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
LONDON — The British Defence Ministry has revealed details about two artificial intelligence developments ahead of a global summit aimed at managing risks posed by the technology. The two-day summit, which begins Nov. 1 at the World War II code breaking center at...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
BRNO, Czech Republic — The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, which reportedly assisted Ukraine in military successes earlier in the war, are now of limited utility amid Russian forces bolstering their air defenses, according to a Ukrainian military official. The...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
MILAN — NATO member countries have set their sights on securing military 5G communication networks against hacking by adversaries possessing powerful quantum computers. Alliance officials hosted an exercise to that effect earlier this month at a test site in Latvia....
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
There are some who are criticizing Ukraine for taking so long to win, and others who are questioning whether they can win at all. The conflict appears to be mired in a stalemate — a battle of attrition along the lines of World War I that’s heavy on fires but low on...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON and JERUSALEM — When Hamas sprung its deadly assault on Israel in early October, its militants came from land, air and sea. The Palestinian group launched rockets at populous areas, deployed drones to destroy observation posts, used motorized gliders to...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — After L3Harris Technologies acquired one of the two U.S.-based solid rocket motor providers in July, the new division’s chief embarked on a barnstorming tour of the sector. For nearly two months, Ross Niebergall bounced from one newly acquired Aerojet...
by | Oct 31, 2023 | Security
VICTORIA, British Columbia — Boeing had an unfair advantage over other companies in Canada’s competition for new surveillance aircraft, executives at two major firms alleged. Éric Martel, president of Bombardier, and Joel Houde, vice president of General Dynamics...
by | Oct 30, 2023 | Security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Jordan has asked the United States to deploy Patriot air defense systems on its soil, according to Jordanian Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mustafa Hiyari. “This system is an expensive system, and there’s no way to provide it with local...
by | Oct 30, 2023 | Security
Ukraine has shown surprising naval capability in the Black Sea, helping to protect its shores and shipping while keeping its predator’s fleet at bay. This achievement is remarkable because Ukraine is virtually bereft of warships. It has succeeded through the skillful...
