by | Jan 18, 2023 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have signed two memorandums of understanding to improve bilateral defense ties, during a visit by the South Korean president to the Gulf kingdom. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration...
by | Jan 18, 2023 | Security
HELSINKI — Defense industry chiefs in Sweden, led by Saab’s chief executive Micael Johansson, are lobbying for reform of the country’s strict military materials export laws to help local companies reap maximum advantages from the unaligned Nordic state’s impending...
by | Jan 17, 2023 | Security
HELSINKI — Norway is taking the lead to develop a defense-focused common cybersecurity strategy for the Nordic region. The multinational agreement to develop the strategy followed a meeting of the Nordic Council’s executive committee in December. The council functions...
by | Jan 17, 2023 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — As Eastern European allies continue to invest in expanding their artillery fleets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Estonia’s Ministry of Defence has announced it is placing an order for a further 12 K9 Thunder howitzers from South Korea’s...
by | Jan 17, 2023 | Security
As government officials and business leaders from around the world flock to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting this week, Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight and die to protect their homes — and the rest of Europe — from Russian aggression....
by | Jan 17, 2023 | Security
LONDON — Britain is accelerating a program to update Army artillery capabilities in response to lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine. The move is meant to field a new 155-millimeter howitzer in the British Army’s Mobile Fires Platform program during this...
by | Jan 17, 2023 | Security
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday he will appoint a regional official as the new defense minister following the resignation of the much-criticized Christine Lambrecht. The defense minister-designate, Boris Pistorius, is a member of Scholz’s Social...
by | Jan 16, 2023 | Security
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s much-criticized defense minister announced her resignation Monday, as her department steers the massive project of modernizing the country’s military and oversees expanding weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Christine Lambrecht said in a written...
by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
JERUSALEM — The U.K. has awarded a contract to Elbit Systems to supply the British Army with Magni-X drones, the company announced Thursday. The micro-unmanned aerial system will be provided to the Defence Ministry under a deal with the subordinate Defence Equipment...
by | Jan 13, 2023 | Security
MILAN, Italy — Unmanned technologies could offer the West an opening to catch up with Russia, bogged down in Ukraine, in establishing a foothold in the warming Arctic, according to issue experts. The sea ice covering the Arctic ocean is melting at an alarming rate of...
