by | Jul 3, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Germany authorized the export of more than €7.5 billion (U.S. $8 billion) in military goods during the first half of the year, nearing the total amount in 2023, according to recently released government data. Last year, Germany exported a total of €12.2...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Security
The Air Force’s E-11A airborne communications relay planes have been referred to as “WiFi in the sky” for their ability to share battlefield data with faraway aircraft as well as troops on the ground, including across the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan for which...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Security
U.S. Air Force crews from the Japan-based 353rd Special Operations Wing started flying the CV-22 Osprey once again Tuesday, seven months after one of the aircraft crashed during a training mission, killing all eight airmen on board. The return to flying followed a...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Security
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas businessman has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting sensitive aviation technology to Russian companies in violation of U.S. sanctions. Douglas Edward Robertson, who lives in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, was the second Kansas business...
by | Jul 3, 2024 | Security
ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has signed a deal with Italy’s Leonardo to discuss the development and building of hundreds of new tanks and tracked fighting vehicles for Italy, weeks after European giant KNDS walked away from a similar deal with Leonardo. Rheinmetall...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Security
Marines on Okinawa, Japan, have received their first batch of amphibious combat vehicles ― the Corps’ upgrade for the assault amphibious vehicle that has been in service since the Vietnam-era. III Marine Expeditionary Force received the shipment of amphibious combat...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italy has seized Chinese military drones disguised as wind turbines that were heading to Libya in violation of a U.N. embargo, Italian authorities said. Components making up the two drones were concealed in six containers sent on two container ships from China...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Security
The criminal investigative arms of the Pentagon and the U.S. Army descended on Florida last week to execute search warrants, officials confirmed to Army Times. The raid took place June 25 and involved multiple facilities of the Orlando-based Cole Engineering Services,...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Security
ISTANBUL — Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria have activated a naval task force dedicated to countering mine warfare in the Black Sea. The move comes as Ukraine fights off a Russian invasion, which has involved clashes in and around the body of water. The top officers of...
by | Jul 2, 2024 | Security
BRUSSELS — In late May, the Biden administration announced a major policy change: Washington would now let Ukrainian forces fire American-provided weapons into Russia — though only around one region in the northeast. This had long been a bright red line in the...
