by | Sep 8, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — This year’s multinational air combat exercise Pitch Black hosted the largest number of tankers than previous iterations of the drill. The three-week exercise, which took place Aug. 19-Sept. 8 in northern Australia, saw the aerial refueling...
by | Sep 8, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. unveiled nearly $3 billion in new aid for Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors on Thursday as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with allies in Germany and Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv. Alongside a $675 million...
by | Sep 8, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Estonia on Wednesday signed a deal to acquire the Piorun weapon, a short-range, man-portable air defense system already on order by Poland. Estonia’s Centre for Defence Investment and Poland’s state-owned defense company Mesko signed the agreement,...
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have spent the last year discussing in detail the capabilities that each partner of the so-called AUKUS agreement will bring to the table for a future Australian nuclear-powered attack submarine,...
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders working to revamp the U.S. process of selling arms around the globe are balancing the need to quickly close deals with that of protecting secrets about weapons’ inner workings, a senior official said. The push to flush more American...
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from its old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia. Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” But U.S....
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Security
An increasing number of political attacks on military members is hurting both troops’ morale and force readiness, the Senate’s top defense Democrat warned during a speech at the annual Defense News Conference on Wednesday. “There is a long tradition within the...
by | Sep 7, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has nominated a new leader for Futures Command — Lt. Gen. James Rainey — nine months after its first commander Gen. Mike Murray retired, the service’s undersecretary said Sept. 7 at the Defense News Conference. Lt. Gen. James Richardson,...
by | Sep 6, 2022 | Security
KIELCE, Poland — Ukraine’s defense industry is observing a spike in demand from foreign customers interested in securing weapons proven in combat against Russia’s invasion, according to representatives of leading Ukrainian defense group Ukroboronprom. “Our Skif...
by | Sep 6, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding. A U.S. official, who spoke on the...
