The U.S. Navy’s new effort to link uncrewed assets across the Middle East for improved maritime surveillance will grow next month when the service includes uncrewed aircraft along with more vessels for an expansion in numbers and capability.

The competing teams led by Lockheed Martin/Boeing and Bell must self-fund the costs or disband the industry teams until the delayed contract award is finalized.

France, Spain and the UK have committed to supplying additional air defense equipment to Ukraine.

The U.S. must effectively compete with China through military modernization, including strengthening the defense industrial base, broad military modernization and new technologies in space, the Biden administration outlines in a long-awaited National Security Strategy. 

U.S. Foreign Military Sales rebounded to about $50 billion in fiscal 2022, driven largely by assistance to the Ukrainian military’s fight against Russia but also the world’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and potential threats in the Indo-Pacific region, according to the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

A joint UK/Qatari squadron set up to train personnel from the Arabian Gulf state on the Eurofighter Typhoon has deployed to the Middle East to protect the upcoming World Cup football tournament.

A week before the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the geopolitical environment has completely changed, yet fear is rising again about a nuclear conflict between Russia and NATO.

Deliveries were halted after the discovery of a Chinese supplier at a low level of the supply chain, but a waiver has now been granted that applies to those F-35s awaiting delivery.