by | Apr 17, 2023 | Security
Israeli defense company Aeronautics, owned by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Stolero Aeron, agreed to supply Greece with Orbiter 3 unmanned aerial systems in a government-to government contract. The deal is part of the sale of Rafael’s Spike missiles to the...
by | Apr 17, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — Sweden has become the third nation to order new armored personnel carriers under a joint European research-and-development effort, following Finland and Latvia, and soon to be followed by Germany. The nation’s Defense Materiel Administration (FMV)...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
MOSCOW — Belarusian Air Force crews have completed their training for using tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy the weapons to its ally amid fighting in neighboring Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said Friday. The ministry released a...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
BEIJING — China won’t sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said Friday, responding to Western concerns that Beijing could provide military assistance to Russia. China has maintained that it is neutral in the conflict, while...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — After several years without an exercise on its territory, the French military is preparing for the final phase of Orion 2023, a new drill focused on multi-domain operations to prepare troops for a realistic warfighting scenario. Orion integrates...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Two years after a Japanese air force pilot and his American instructor died in a military jet crash in Alabama, officials are mulling whether a U.S.-run program that teaches English to foreign aviators is partly to blame. The...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it has successfully test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile powered by solid propellants, a development that if confirmed could provide the country with a harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
MOBILE, Ala. — Blue and yellow machines whirred, autonomously welding the steel that Austal’s Alabama shipyard will need to build nuclear submarine components as the company moves away from aluminum vessels. Two massive yellow cranes moved horizontally across the...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — South Korea’s defense procurement agency has approved two major acquisition programs, paving the way for the country to develop a new electronic warfare aircraft and buy new heavy-lift helicopters. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration...
by | Apr 14, 2023 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — Argentina is involved in “advanced negotiations” to buy three new diesel-electric submarines, according to an official report sent to the legislature last week and made public on Wednesday. The project, with an estimated minimum cost of $1.3 billion,...
