by | Jun 14, 2023 | Security
LONDON — British companies involved in the trinational program to develop the Tempest sixth-generation combat jet have lifted the lid on a fraction of the technologies being employed to fly a demonstrator aircraft within the next four years. A new power plant...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
Marine Gen. Eric Smith said Tuesday that the Corps’ readiness may be hindered by one senator’s hold on military nominations — the same hold that could interfere with Smith’s own process of being confirmed as the next commandant. Two senators asked Smith at his...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
The Pentagon will deliver a new package of military aid to Ukraine that totals up to $325 million and will include a wide range of rockets, missiles and other munitions aimed at bolstering the counteroffensive against Russia, the State Department said Tuesday. The aid...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon aims to speed up its lagging Foreign Military Sales process, in part by fostering better discussions with other nations about their defense needs as well as expanding industry’s capacity to build more military equipment. Defense officials at...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the number of workers Ingalls employs. That number is approximately 11,000. GULF COAST — On an overcast day in April, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson hopped off a large gray van to show off the...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
MILAN — Estonian officials have announced what could prove to be the most expensive defense investments ever made by the Baltic country, as leaders embark on an updated modernization plan shaped in large part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According...
by | Jun 13, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — NATO member nations agreed in 2022 to create the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA, as a means to connect the alliance to startups and academic institutions working on emerging and disruptive technologies relevant to...
by | Jun 12, 2023 | Security
This story has been updated to include comment from the GAO. WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office has denied Oshkosh Defense’s protest of the U.S. Army’s decision to award a nearly $9 billion contract to AM General to build Joint Light Tactical Vehicles,...
by | Jun 12, 2023 | Security
BERLIN — An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO’s history and hosted by Germany got underway on Monday. The Air Defender 2023 exercise that is set to run through June 23 was long-planned but serves to showcase the alliance’s capabilities amid high...
by | Jun 12, 2023 | Security
STOCKHOLM — The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday. “We are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human...
