by | Feb 16, 2023 | Security
Wars are won and lost well before they even start. The key to victory, if the U.S. is forced to engage in a near-peer fight, will rely on the adoption of attritable weapon systems: simplistic in design, rapidly reproducible and highly lethal. It will also depend on a...
by | Feb 16, 2023 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany – More than half of NATO’s member states, along with its two current invitees, have pledged to take part in a novel initiative that would streamline the alliance’s process to gather data from space. Sixteen members, along with Finland and Sweden,...
by | Feb 15, 2023 | Security
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is considering a new set of sanctions totaling €11 billion ($11.7 billion) against Russia and some third countries providing vital goods that Moscow uses to boost its troops on the battlegrounds in Ukraine. European Commission...
by | Feb 15, 2023 | Security
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. is consulting with its “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing partners and other allies to share and sharpen information-warfare techniques in the Indo-Pacific. Dialogues and exchanges of best practices are ongoing with Australia, Canada, New Zealand,...
by | Feb 15, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― NATO countries will agree to a new pledge this summer to increase defense spending above their previous target, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels. While negotiations over the exact language continue,...
by | Feb 15, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Babcock International has secured a deal to run the ground elements of the British military’s Skynet satellite communications system. The contract, worth at least £400 million ($480 million), will see the British support services company manage and operate...
by | Feb 14, 2023 | Security
Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones will step down from her job, effective March 6, after nearly two years in the role, the service announced Monday. She has overseen nearly 700,000 military and civilian personnel across the Air Force and Space Force as well as...
by | Feb 14, 2023 | Security
Every soldier in a cold and wet foxhole understands the impact of weather on military operations, so it is no surprise that weather is a core element of military planning. But the global impact of climate change means that every warfighter stands to benefit from...
by | Feb 14, 2023 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Latvian Defence Minister Ināra Mūrniece has announced the country’s military expenditure could reach the level of 3% of its gross domestic product earlier than planned, as she aims to sign contracts for the purchase of Naval Strike Missile anti-ship...
by | Feb 14, 2023 | Security
BRUSSELS — With an eye on Ukraine’s needs to defend itself from the ongoing Russian offensive, NATO plans to implement new stockpile guidelines while working with member nations’ defense industries to boost its own arsenals while continuing to fill Kyiv’s. Speaking to...
