Bilateral trade has doubled to €124 billion since 2015 as Brussels and Seoul deepen cooperation on semiconductors, digital trade and supply-chain resilience Economic security emerged as the defining theme of the 11th European Union–South Korea Summit in Brussels, where leaders celebrated the conclusion of a landmark Digital Trade Agreement while expanding cooperation on semiconductors, critical…
The new Scout-S radar will remain operational after Valiant Shield ends July 1, and already is contributing data to LeoLab’s space monitoring network, the company said.
The Pentagon is looking to procure dozens of unmanned surface vessels (USV) to deliver to support U.S. Army logistics operations under contested environments in the Indo-Pacific. According to a release from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last month, the Defense Department wants to bolster the ground branch’s maritime logistics arm and greatly increase the fleet’s ...
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New Zealand could receive five Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk helicopters as well as airborne low-frequency sonars.
“Norway’s action has created more than just a bilateral contract dispute. It raises a deeply troubling question about whether international agreement and strategic partnership can still be trusted at all,” Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore.
By reintroducing US theater nuclear forces first in South Korea, and then more gradually in Japan, Washington can reassure its anxious allies and bolster its own national security interests, argue Kyle Balzer and Robert Peters.
Shinjiro Koizumi says arms sales, more visible regional military presence aims to help partners defend themselves
Australia will now forgo the purchase of a new build Virginia-class submarine and acquire another ex-US Navy boat instead.
Indo-Pacific countries investments in their defense an example of how burden sharing works, says Hegseth
Rep. Don Bacon sounded the alarm to Breaking Defense about China’s purported 10:1 workforce advantage when it comes to “offensive” cyber operations.
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense expects its first nuclear-powered submarine to enter service in the mid-2030s.
“[F]uture American space security is at risk. China’s military-led human space flight progression is positioning the People’s Liberation Army to achieve strategic advantage in lunar access, infrastructure, and resources,” Kyle Puma, Mitchell Institute senior resident fellow for space studies, said today.
The program will keep the submarines in service to the 2040s, 20 years longer than originally planned.
India has also been approved for howitzer, helicopter sustainment packages
This is the latest in a series of semi-regular columns by Robbin Laird, where he will tackle current defense issues through the lens of more than 45 years of defense expertise in both the US and abroad. The goal of these columns: to look back at how questions and perspectives of the past should inform decisions being made today.
This year’s budget represents a six percent increase over last year’s defense spending.
The approved supplemental budget is much lower than the NT$1.25 trillion proposed by the Lai administration, with the funding going towards two separate US arms packages for Taiwan.
The contract covers the three Aussie frigates that will be built in Japan.
On May 3, 2026, the Italian Navy ‘s fourth Thaon di Revel-class Multi-purpose Combat Ship, ITS Giovanni delle Bande Nere (P 434), departed Taranto Naval Base for Indo-Pacific region deployment. The multi-purpose combat ship (MPCS, Multi Purpose Combat Ship), already known as Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA), Giovanni delle Bande Nere (P 434), the fourth unit ...
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Malaysia and Kongsberg signed a deal in 2018 for supply of an undisclosed number of NSM weapons to equip six new Littoral Combat Ships.
It will also work with DefendTex, Black Sky Industries and Anduril Australia to explore novel manufacturing methods
The HIMARS buy will come to $2.3 billion AUD, as the Australian military aims to “significantly enhance” its long-range strike capability.
Findings also claim that the Royal Navy’s Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines have been “stretched” to, or “even beyond,” their limits.
Tokyo’s shift clears the way for arms exports to partners and allies.
The US ally will add $53B AUD in defense spending from earlier projections over the coming decade
The Army has spent years evolving itself for a China fight and now needs Congress to back the systems it requires for a fight in the Pacific.
Japan joins live-fire drills for first time, deepening defense ties with Manila Australia, Canada, France, and New Zealand also contribute forces, expanding multinational scope Philippines says drills not aimed at any country amid South China Sea tensions with China MANILA — The latest round of military drills involving the Philippines, the United States and several partner nations […]
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Lieutenant General Susan Coyle will take up her new appointment in July
The government-to-government deal is expected to bring Finland’s total K9 inventory to over 200 systems.
The Pentagon already closely tracks dual-use technology, but The Heritage Foundation’s Brent Sadler and Allen Zhang write in this op-ed that it’s past time to keep an eye on potential dual-use maritime infrastructure.