Monthly Archive: Giugno 2020

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said US troops in Germany is central to transatlantic and European security. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that security was “not a commodity.”

Germany’s top officials on Tuesday voiced concerns about the possible withdrawal of US troops, for …

China has deployed a network of sensors and communications capabilities between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands in the northern South China Sea. These capabilities are part of a “Blue Ocean Information Network” developed by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a state-owned c…

TOKYO — Japan’s decision to halt the deployment of the U.S.-made Aegis Ashore missile defense system will weaken the nation’s ability to counter the North Korean threat and could also strain the security partnership with Washington, its most important ally.

The move upends Japan’s plan to add a…

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The next ten years will see steady funding for the U.S. Navy’s Electromagnetic Systems Applied Research program. According to government funding documents, the effort addresses the need for new capabilities in electro optical/infrared sensors, surveillance, electronic warfare, nav…

MADRID — Indra has made significant progress in its role as national industrial coordinator and leader of four of the eight pillars of the European Defense Program NGWS / FCAS (Next Generation Weapon System / Future Combat Air System), in parallel to signing today the General Protocol that establi…

NEW ORLEANS — The Navy’s next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Land Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 101, concluded acceptance trials the week of June 8 after successfully completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Surv…