Italian government and industry leaders are rushing this week to figure out how to spend a European Union-backed windfall of billions of euros in defense cash as Italy seeks to reach new NATO spending targets.
In a week when most Italian politicians were heading for the beach, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni summoned the CEOs of state-controlled defense firms Leonardo and Fincantieri on…
The Space Force is launching its annual, future-facing Schriever Wargames this week, and the service’s chief operations officer said the exercise could help create a framework for better information sharing with allies and partners on sensitive programs and capabilities.
MILAN — Donald Trump’s push for a Ukraine-Russia peace deal to be reached by the end of this week is unrealistic, experts say, as substantive progress is improbable without a major shift on the battlefield.
On July 28, the U.S. president announced that he was shortening…
The U.S. Air Force has begun transferring F-16 Fighting Falcon warplanes from South Korea’s Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, located about 80 miles closer to the North Korean border.
The transfer, which began July 31, is in preparation for the Air Force’s “super squadron” test, which began its initial phase last October. At the time, nine F-16s and 150 Airmen moved to Osan.
The second…
Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, past disappointments have been turned on their head after Japan navy won selection for a lucrative Australian frigate requirement worth up to US$6.5 billion.
With its shortlisting confirmed by Canberra on…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Lockheed Martin, the developer of the Next Generation Interceptor designed to protect the homeland from intercontinental ballistic missile threats, is looking for ways to accelerate the program amid a delay, according to Sarah Reeves, company vice…
The Space Force expects to launch its first ground moving target indicator satellites in the next year — but until then, it’s working to craft operational concepts and experiment with enabling technologies that will shape the future constellation.
The service has been working closely with the intelligence community to develop a framework for managing a layered moving target indicator…
The Pentagon awarded $7.8 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin and RTX Corporation at the end of July to produce thousands of new missiles for the Air Force and Navy, as well as a host of international allies.
The contracts include $3.5 billion to RTX Corporation for the…
Army plans to grow Patriot battalions, plus one for Guam
August 6, 2025
The Army is planning to grow its operational Patriot air-and-missile defense force from 15 to 18 battalions, plus a composite battalion which includes Patriot capability in Guam, an Army spokesperson told Defense News in a statement.
In 2023 the service announced a plan to…
Many think “war in the Pacific” and immediately think “U.S. Marine Corps,” and indeed, the Marine Corps has a long and storied history of operating and fighting in the Pacific.
Yet the U.S. Army — three field armies, six corps and 21 divisions — fought 24 campaigns in the Indo-Pacific in World War II. That’s more campaigns than the Army fought in all other theaters combined in that…
