Foreign Affairs

Washington: The US and China are locked in a “race” to field the next generation of airpower — and there’s no guarantee America will cross the finish line first, according to the Air Force’s...

Washington: Depending on who’s talking, the outgoing Biden administration’s recently announced “Interim Final Rule” regulating high-tech exports will either protect America’s lead in AI tech from Chinese copycats or cripple the American AI industry...

Milan: Following a series of sabotage incidents against underwater infrastructure, NATO has launched a maritime patrol mission in the Baltic Sea that will include frigates, naval drones, submarines and surveillance aircraft in a show...

Washington: In a speech last August, Kathleen Hicks listed the two most common questions about Replicator, her two-year pledge to buy thousands of drones and help the US military compete with China. “When we launched...

Tel Aviv: While Israel is getting ready to act against the Iranian nuclear program, Tehran continues to point to what it claims is an ongoing Israeli effort to undermine the program. The last such...

Washington: The Army is scouring industry for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to launch from medium or high-altitude platforms that would perform tasks like intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, according to a request for information posted...

Washington: The Naval Information Warfare Centre (NIWC) Pacific awarded space and electronic warfare (EW) company BlueHalo $49.9 million to develop technology and provide support for sensors on uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). The nearly $50 million...

Tel Aviv: The Aerospace Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on January 10 unveiled what state TV called an underground missile city. According to Iran International, the website operated from London by the...

Tel Aviv: Iran is exercising its air defences as Israel is threatening to attack its nuclear sites. In October, carrying out an air strike in Iran, the Israeli air force destroyed four Russian made S-300...

Washington: For the US Navy to achieve a proposed plan to expand its fleet of battle force ships, the service would need to spend $40.1 billion on shipbuilding every year through 2054, for a...

Washington: Laughlin Air Force Base’s last Jayhawk, from the 86th Flying Training Squadron, took off from the base December 17. It joined a pair of T-6A Texan IIs and a pair of T-38C Talons as...

New Delhi: The United Nations Secretary-General’s envoy on Technology, Under-Secretary-General (USG) Amandeep Singh Gill, is undertaking an official visit to India, his first official trip since the establishment of the new UN Office for...

Hong Kong: The US Defence Department has added dozens of Chinese companies, including games and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL, to a list of companies...