Air Force employee pleads guilty to leaking classified defense information on foreign dating site
OMAHA, Neb. — A 64-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force has pleaded guilty to conspiring to disclose classified national defense information to an individual he believed was a foreign national…
Cuba and Russian defense ministers discuss joint ‘technical military’ projects
HAVANA (Reuters) – The defense ministers of Cuba and Russia discussed the development of joint “technical military” projects this week at a meeting in Moscow, according to media reports and Russia’s defense…
Russian Defense Minister Appears In First Video Since Attempted Coup
Russian Defense Minister Appears In First Video Since Attempted Coup Jake Smith on June 26, 2023 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared in video for the first time since the Wagner Group,…
Senate GOP Works In Anti-‘Woke’ Provisions To Defense Bill Despite Democrat Majority
Senate GOP Works In Anti-‘Woke’ Provisions To Defense Bill Despite Democrat Majority Micaela Burrow on June 23, 2023 The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a defense policy bill that includes provisions aiming…
US-Made Air Defense System Cleared To Deploy In South Korea, Angering China
US-Made Air Defense System Cleared To Deploy In South Korea, Angering China Micaela Burrow on June 21, 2023 A powerful U.S.-made missile defense system cleared a review that stalled its deployment in…
‘I Have A Bridge To Sell Him In Brooklyn’: Ex-Trump Defense Official Mocks Biden For Chinese Spy Balloon Comment
‘I Have A Bridge To Sell Him In Brooklyn’: Ex-Trump Defense Official Mocks Biden For Chinese Spy Balloon Comment Harold Hutchison on June 21, 2023 Former Trump administration official Keith Kellogg ripped…
Marketmind: Hawkish Powell keeps markets on defense
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Alden Bentley, Breaking News Editor for Finance & Markets, Americas. The week’s main attraction, Fed Chair Jerome…
US imposes sanctions on Myanmar’s defense ministry, two banks -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday levelled sanctions against Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense and two banks used by the Southeast Asian country’s military to purchase arms and other goods in…
Thyssenkrupp should consider industrial players in sale of defense division – IG Metall
By Tom Käckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp should explore a sale of its warship division to peers, in addition to private equity players and a potential stock market listing, according to influential…
CEO Of One Of America’s Largest Defense Contractors Says It’s ‘Impossible’ To Stop Relying On China
CEO Of One Of America’s Largest Defense Contractors Says It’s ‘Impossible’ To Stop Relying On China Micaela Burrow on June 19, 2023 The head of a major U.S. defense contractor said his…
Chinese Defense Firms Seek To Flood Arms Market While US Is ‘Preoccupied’ With Ukraine: REPORT
Chinese Defense Firms Seek To Flood Arms Market While US Is ‘Preoccupied’ With Ukraine: REPORT Micaela Burrow on June 19, 2023 Beijing sees an opportunity to flood the market with Chinese-made military…
‘Long Overdue’: House Defense Bill Is Chock-Full Of Items With An Eye Toward Countering China
‘Long Overdue’: House Defense Bill Is Chock-Full Of Items With An Eye Toward Countering China Micaela Burrow on June 18, 2023 Bipartisan lawmakers stressed provisions they said would bolster U.S. defenses against…
House Republicans’ New Defense Bill Takes Aim At LGBTQ Policies In The Military
House Republicans’ New Defense Bill Takes Aim At LGBTQ Policies In The Military Jake Smith on June 16, 2023 House Republicans have introduced new funding and policy changes for defense spending bills…
U.S. Dept of Defense signs deal to boost cobalt supply chains
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has entered into a $15 million agreement with the U.S. unit of Australian miner Jervois Global Ltd to conduct feasibility studies on expanding cobalt extraction…
‘There’s A Bribe Sitting On The Defense Table’: MSNBC Host Claims Trump-Appointed Judge ‘Must Not’ Hear Documents Case
‘There’s A Bribe Sitting On The Defense Table’: MSNBC Host Claims Trump-Appointed Judge ‘Must Not’ Hear Documents Case Harold Hutchison on June 13, 2023 MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell claimed on Tuesday that…
GOP Defense Bill Aims To Make EV Batteries Less Likely To Burst Into Flames
GOP Defense Bill Aims To Make EV Batteries Less Likely To Burst Into Flames Jack Applewhite on June 13, 2023 New GOP provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal…
Lockheed Martin collaborates with GlobalFoundries to secure defense chip supply
(Reuters) – Chipmaker GlobalFoundries and missile manufacturer Lockheed Martin on Monday announced their partnership to secure domestic semiconductor supply for defense systems. The strategic collaboration will secure manufacturing across a range of…
White House Sounds The Alarm On ‘Full-Scale Defense Partnership’ Between Russia And Iran
White House Sounds The Alarm On ‘Full-Scale Defense Partnership’ Between Russia And Iran Micaela Burrow on June 9, 2023 Russia is providing billions of dollars in military aircraft and equipment in exchange…
McCarthy Pushes Back Against Senate GOP On Defense Spending
McCarthy Pushes Back Against Senate GOP On Defense Spending Arjun Singh on June 6, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has signaled that he will not support an increase to the defense spending…
Biden Wants To Give Power Over Defense Contracts To Climate Activist ‘Cabal’ Bent On Curtailing Economic Growth
Biden Wants To Give Power Over Defense Contracts To Climate Activist ‘Cabal’ Bent On Curtailing Economic Growth Micaela Burrow on June 6, 2023 The Biden White House is pushing to give veto…
US debt ceiling deal strands $16 billion of defense side-projects
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $16 billion list of lower-priority defense items like tanks, helicopter upgrades and a ship, that would normally be paid for as part…
GOP Senators Slam House Republicans For Defense Spending Levels In Debt Bill
GOP Senators Slam House Republicans For Defense Spending Levels In Debt Bill Arjun Singh on June 1, 2023 Several Republican senators are criticizing their counterparts in the House of Representatives for including…
Bankman-Fried hints at blame-the-lawyers defense in criminal case
By Alison Frankel (Reuters) – Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seems to be gearing up to blame the lawyers who helped him establish the crypto exchange. That’s the subtext of a motion…
China Abruptly Shuts Down Pentagon Request For High-Level Defense Meeting
China Abruptly Shuts Down Pentagon Request For High-Level Defense Meeting Micaela Burrow on May 29, 2023 China on Monday officially shut down the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) request for a meeting…
NATO Countries Are Talking Big About Beefing Up Defense Spending, But Most Haven’t Backed Up Pledges
NATO Countries Talk Big About Beefing Up Defense Spending, But Most Haven’t Backed Up Pledges Micaela Burrow on May 24, 2023 Most NATO countries have failed to meet pledges to inflate defense…
Silicon Valley Is Using Ukraine As A Proving Ground For Cutting-Edge Defense Tech
Silicon Valley Is Using Ukraine As A Proving Ground For Cutting-Edge Defense Tech Micaela Burrow on May 22, 2023 Tech startups are looking to Ukraine as a testing site for their cutting-edge…
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