by | Jul 7, 2022 | Security
LONDON — A Royal Navy frigate intercepted speedboats carrying missiles and parts off the coast of Iran on two separate occasions earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence announced July 7. It’s the first time a British warship has interdicted vessels carrying such...
by | Jul 6, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Aerojet Rocketdyne’s chief executive, Eileen Drake, has won control of the embattled company after several months of turmoil. The contractor’s shareholders on June 30 elected an independent slate of candidates to serve as directors on its new board,...
by | Jul 6, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — National Guard teams from across New England partnered with other military services and the private sector to practice fending off cyberattacks and dealing with their fallout. The annual Cyber Yankee exercise, held June 5-18 at Camp Nett in Connecticut,...
by | Jul 5, 2022 | Security
WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt was sworn in as the new program executive officer for the F-35 Joint Program Office on Tuesday. Schmidt, who was previously PEO for command, control, communication, intelligence and networks at Hansom Air Force Base in...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
STUTTGART, Germany — NATO plans to approve increased readiness objectives and provide more support to Ukraine, as well as formalize a key strategic document at its annual summit this week, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. At the summit held...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
This week President Joe Biden will meet with other NATO leaders in Madrid for what Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg promises will be a “transformative” summit, coming four months into the war in Ukraine. NATO, for the first time since 2010, will adopt and release a...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
MADRID — Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders’ summit in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine. “We now have an agreement that...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
MADRID (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. will significantly increase its military presence in Europe for the long haul, including by establishing its first permanent presence in Poland, to bolster regional security after Russia’s invasion of...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Slovakia will sign a government-to-government deal to purchase 152 CV90 MkIV tracked infantry fighting vehicles fitted with 35mm cannons by BAE Hägglunds, the country’s ministry of defense has announced. Bratislava plans to acquire the vehicles from...
by root | Jul 4, 2022 | Security
SEOUL — The Philippine Defence Department has awarded a contract to Hyundai Heavy Industries to build six 2400-ton offshore patrol vessels, the South Korean company announced June 27, as well as a deal for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of two frigates that the...
