by | Mar 28, 2023 | Security
MILAN – Airbus Defense and Space, in cooperation with the company’s subsidiary UpNext, said it successfully demonstrated autonomous guidance and control of a Do-DT25 target drone using an A310 Multi Role Tanker Transport, or MRTT, aircraft during test flights in...
by | Mar 28, 2023 | Security
MILAN — The Canadian government is considering the purchase of as many as 16 P-8A surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace company Boeing without a competition, despite objections from Quebec-based Bombardier. On 27 March, Canada announced that Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon...
by | Mar 28, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Singapore has hired a local company to build multirole combat vessels for its Navy, with several foreign defense contractors set to benefit from related work. ST Engineering announced its subsidiary ST Engineering Marine won a contract “for the...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the oldest and the largest of the Pentagon’s unified combatant commands, asked Congress for an additional $274 million to fund offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, as officials seek to fend off hackers and gird for...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
The United States’ most significant challenge in the 21st century is the strategic rivalry with the Peoples’ Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific region. With the PRC’s “One China” policy stating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, a clash over...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial...
by | Mar 27, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — China has completed the development of its next generation of indigenous military aircraft engines and will start mass production once supply chain issues with advanced alloys are resolved, according to a senior official from a local aerospace...
by | Mar 25, 2023 | Security
MILAN and WASHINGTON — Milrem Robotics, the EU’s poster child for military robot development, is testing the bloc’s rules for keeping defense-technology cooperation strictly a European affair, after the UAE’s state-owned EDGE Group acquired a majority stake in the...
by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
HELSINKI — The Nordic countries have moved to deepen air force cooperation to bolster the region’s air defenses. The initiative, covered by a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI), takes place against the backdrop of persisting security tensions, provoked by Russia’s war...
by | Mar 24, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is asking Congress for a $3.5 billion plus-up over the president’s budget request as it seeks to bolster its presence in the region to deter China. The command’s wish list is the largest request on the unfunded priorities lists...
