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Details Still Scant On Trump’s German Plans
“We are in the planning stages at this point,” Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, commander, Air Forces in Europe/Africa, told reporters today.
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Military AI Coalition Of 13 Countries Meets On Ethics
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center convened a dozen foreign partners, ranging from NATO allies to Israel, Japan, Korea, and neutral Finland & Sweden.
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Our Allies Need US To Modernize Nuke Triad: Gen. Ray
“It’s really important that we don’t let these issues get swept up in … political transitions between administrations,” warned the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.
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Trump Forced To Finally Slap Sanctions on Turkey For S-400 Buy
“It’s been a moral hazard to fail to implement CAATSA over the last 18 months, but better late than never,” said Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and...
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Austin Arrives At Pentagon; Votes on State, Treasury Could Come Today
The confirmation of the first African American SecDef comes after Avril Haines was confirmed Wednesday as the first woman to serve as Director of National Intelligence
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Two US Destroyers Enter Black Sea; Russia Responds
The deployment of the two US Navy ships, along with a refueling ship, is the largest American presence in the waterway in three years.
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DIU Turns To Honeypots For Advanced Cyber Defense
“The threat actor is revealing their hand,” said Aymn Gilani of CounterCraft
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Biden Freezes German Pullout Plans; ‘Cradle to Grave’ Review Underway
SecDef Lloyd Austin “is at this moment in the process of conducting a very very thorough review” of planning to move 12,000 troops out of Germany, EUCOM chief Gen. Wolters says.
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NATO Kicks Off New Burden-Sharing, Tech Efforts
“It’s no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. “But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an...
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Austin Starts With New ‘Tone’ For NATO; Hard Stuff Comes Next
On the eve of a major meeting with NATO defense ministers, US officials say SecDef Lloyd Austin will bring a public change in the US attitude about NATO.
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No ‘New Cold War’ As US Bombers Move Into Norwegian Base
“I guess if someone were to take a message [from the basing agreement] it’s that we’re not restricted to one particular location,” said Gen. Steven Basham, deputy commander of Air Forces in...
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UK All In On FCAS Fighter In New Defense Plan
“We’ve committed to 48, we’ll buy 48” F-35s, UK Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, said. The original plan was to buy 138 fifth-generation fighters, but British officials in recent months...
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Ukraine Turns To West For Fighters; Plans To Drop MiG Fleet
KIEV: Ukraine, faced with Russian troops on two fronts, has gone public with plans to buy combat aircraft that are not Russian-made. The vulnerable NATO partner plans to become independent of Vladimir...
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Norway, US Bolster Russian Sub Watching With New Bases
The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.
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Why Biden White House Lifted Arms Sales Freeze To UAE, KSA
“The U.S. continues to systematically state its commitment to the defense of Saudi Arabia so I don’t think arms transfers in general will completely stop,” Yasmine Farouk, Middle East expert at the...
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India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment
“We are committed to delivering offset programs that are in line with India’s Defence Acquisition Procedure and meet the Indian government’s stated goals, including strengthening India’s aerospace...
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Greece, Saudi Arabia Forge Closer Ties In Shadow of Iran & Turkey
“The Saudis might be demonstrating that they can go to other sources and solutions for air defense through building on the worsening of US-Turkish relations, at the heart of which is US unhappiness...
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White House Needs New Arms Sales Approach
President Biden has made clear in his first 100 days that he will pursue a values-based foreign policy that prioritizes democracy and human rights. This is welcome and past due. But his administration...
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Jamming Strikes OSCE Drones Tracking Russian Forces
Since March, the OSCE’s “long-range UAVs have been experiencing increased levels of GPS signal interference on take-off and landing, affecting both of their GPS receivers,” the group said in a statement.
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NATO SecGen Defends Afghan Withdrawal
While training in-country will end, “we are looking at how we can provide training outside Afghanistan,” said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “We can train Afghan forces in other countries.”
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