A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said.
A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the…
PARIS — Russia and China are increasingly working together in the Arctic region, and their presence there will be a growing threat to NATO allies, said Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaking at a Swedish national security conference on…
MILAN – Sweden has allocated €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) to establish multiple dispersed air defense units equipped with short-range air defense weapons to guard cities and critical infrastructure against aerial threats.
The announcement was made over the weekend during a presentation by the Swedish Minister of Defense, Pål Jonson, and follows a series of recent aerial intrusions across…
Dassault Aviation invests in Harmattan AI at €1.4 billion value
January 13, 2026
PARIS — Dassault Aviation, the French maker of the Rafale fighter jet, led a €200 million ($234 million) funding round by autonomous drone maker Harmattan AI as part of a strategic partnership, valuing the Paris-based startup at €1.4 billion and creating France’s…
Where Trump has threatened to strike next
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump fired rhetorical warning shots at several governments across the globe this week. Nations from Scandinavia to the Middle East found themselves in Trump’s crosshairs, as he also doubled down on his desire to assert U.S. dominance across the Western…
The Department of the Air Force has named five officials to lead some of its most critical programs as its first portfolio acquisition executives. The executives will have more authority to make important decisions and speed up the procurement process.
The officials, who were formerly program executive officers, will oversee the Air Force’s command, control, communications and battle management…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the…
Northrop Grumman and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions are teaming up to build autonomous drone wingmen for the U.S. Marine Corps, the companies announced Thursday.
The two firms will work together on Kratos’ autonomous Valkyrie drone, to rapidly prepare it to fly…
The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on final passage. It has virtually no chance of becoming…
