by | Nov 3, 2022 | Security
NEW DELHI — The Indian Army has launched a series of fast-track drone procurement efforts under emergency powers that will see the service spend up to 3 billion rupees (U.S. $36 million) for each program. The new tenders are for: 163 high-altitude logistics drones.200...
by | Nov 3, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Lumen Technologies, a provider of fiber network, cloud and cybersecurity services, will proceed with work on a U.S. Department of Defense networking and communications contract worth as much as $1.5 billion, after rival Verizon pulled its protest of the...
by | Nov 3, 2022 | Security
Correction: A previous version of this article misrepresented background information on the report. The report was commissioned by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, but it does not reflect the commission’s official recommendations to Congress....
by | Nov 3, 2022 | Security
Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the British Defence Ministry as having a financial hole of £40 billion. It is the government as a whole that is experiencing this fiscal shortfall. LONDON — Britain’s defense secretary appeared before the...
by | Nov 2, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — Singapore has officially inaugurated its fourth military branch as it seeks to combat modern threats in the digital domain, as well as leverage emerging technologies in this domain. The new Digital and Intelligence Service, or DIS, was unveiled...
by | Nov 2, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. has information that indicates North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a “significant” number of artillery shells for its war against Ukraine, the White House’s National Security Council spokesman said Wednesday. John Kirby said North Korea...
by | Nov 2, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — In the days after a mob ransacked Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, some of the world’s largest defense firms announced they would pause and reevaluate their political donations. For a brief moment, they followed through on their pledge. The blanket...
by | Nov 2, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — China is expanding an air base close to a key southern naval base with the addition of a second runway, widened taxiways and two vastly expanded aircraft parking areas, satellite photos show. The imagery, taken Sept. 18 and provided to Defense...
by | Nov 1, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Not all European Union members have enacted national policies for screening foreign direct investments in their critical industries, hobbling attempts at fostering an integrated defense supply chain for the bloc, according to a European Defence Agency...
by | Oct 31, 2022 | Security
ISTANBUL — Production of Turkey’s first indigenous battle tank, the Altay, in development since the 1990s, is pressing ahead amid questions about the supply chain for a key component. BMC, the Turkish-Qatari partnership that makes the Altay, says it will deliver the...
