by | Jul 15, 2022 | Security
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria’s defense capabilities will not be seriously affected by Moscow’s decision to suspend Russian helicopter repair certificates to local companies, the defense minister said Friday. Dragomir Zakov said Bulgaria would also continue to repair...
by | Jul 15, 2022 | Security
Correction: A previous headline for this story misidentified the U.S. dollar value of the upgrade deal, which is $2.78 billion. LONDON — Britain’s Defence Ministry has made a deal with industry to upgrade Royal Air Force Typhoon jets with a new active electronically...
by | Jul 15, 2022 | Security
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reshuffled his top officials, naming a new head of the state space corporation and giving new broad powers to one of his top ministers. Putin removed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of the state-controlled Roscosmos space...
by | Jul 15, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker capability must grow to counter Russian and Chinese activities in the Arctic, the service’s commandant told lawmakers Thursday. Polar ice has steadily decreased over the last few decades, opening potential new trade...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Security
ROME — Italian submarines are to monitor and deter attacks on undersea internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea as part of a new deal between the Italian Navy and the country’s largest private cable provider. Amid fears of the threat of sabotage to undersea cables...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal court to move quickly on its antitrust lawsuit against information technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and defense company EverWatch, citing concerns that delays would jeopardize the work of the...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — The Royal Air Force’s experiments with drone swarms show they can overwhelm enemy defenses, and the concept would be ready for action in a war, according to the U.K. military service’s chief of staff. Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston told the...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Security
At a time when China and Russia are seeking to overtake the United States in space — having grown their combined space assets by 70% from 2019 to 2021 — we cannot afford any setbacks in our own space program. That’s why we created the Space Force in 2019 — to maintain...
by | Jul 13, 2022 | Security
Update: This story is updated with clarification about where work on the former HMS Quorn will take place, and comment from the British government. LONDON — Shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has inked a deal with the British government to give an ex-Royal Navy mine...
by | Jul 13, 2022 | Security
ROME — Iran’s foreign minister insists his country opposes Russia’s war against Ukraine, but was vague Wednesday about whether Tehran’s military cooperation with Moscow would include sales of drones that could carry missiles. Earlier in the war, Iran was criticized in...
