by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
ROME — Italy’s Fincantieri and Leonardo are to work together on underwater drones designed to protect cables and pipelines on the seabed amid a growing awareness of the value and vulnerability of sub-sea infrastructure. With a memorandum of understanding signed on...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department on Friday announced the government is moving forward with developing a new version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb. The bomb, designated B61-13, would have a yield similar to the B61-7 and replace some of those older gravity...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent the ratification protocols for Sweden’s NATO accession to parliament this week, but it’s unclear whether that’s enough to lock down the $20 billion sale for 40 new F-16s that Ankara seeks. That’s because the...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
BRNO, Czech Republic — The Czech ministry of defense has confirmed that it will spend $120 million on the procurement of 48 long-range, air-to-air missiles made by Israeli arms manufacturer Rafael Systems. The contract, which will see Prague acquire the I-Derby ER...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
ROME — Italy is in talks with Indonesia to sell the Pacific nation two of its new PPA multipurpose patrol vessels, an Italian minister has told Defense News. The ships to be sold would be among those already being built for the Italian navy in order to accelerate...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early...
by | Oct 27, 2023 | Security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Kuwaiti Air Force received four Eurofighter Typhoons this week, bringing its fleet size to 13 out of the 28 on order, the country’s official Kuwait News Agency announced. Deliveries began in December 2021 as part of an effort to...
by | Oct 26, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted down a bill 11-86 that would have required President Joe Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., secured a vote on the bill after Niger became the latest west African country to succumb...
by | Oct 26, 2023 | Security
JERUSALEM — Israel’s campaign into the Gaza Strip started Thursday with a brief incursion of armored and engineering forces laying the path for a wider ground entrance. The vanguard mission came after almost two weeks of Israeli bombardments of Hamas targets that are...
by | Oct 26, 2023 | Security
BRNO, Czech Republic — Slovenian drone maker C-Astral recently provided reconnaissance systems to Ukrainian troops, the company told Defense News this week. Slovenia does not shy away from voicing its support for Ukraine. But when it comes to military aid, the country...
