Yearly Archive: 2020

SUAO, Taiwan — Taiwan may become a supplier of weapons to Western democracies, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, praising the island’s ramped up weapons-design ability as she launched an advanced, missile-laden warship and commissioned a new minelayer.

Tsai has made boosting the defence o…

The Bundeswehr has called for approval for armed combat drones for military use. But the controversial technology has been blocked in the German parliament. What does that mean for German defense?

For the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, the timing could not be better: In the next few months, …

South Korea on Tuesday decided to buy U.S. aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter to bolster the Navy’s anti-submarine capabilities, the arms procurement agency said.

South Korea will sign a contract with the Lockheed Martin Corp. subsidiary this year for the 960 billion won (…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, setting the stage for further confrontation between the two nations as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.

The move comes at a delicate ti…

PARIS — Five years after its creation by the merger of Nexter Systems and KMW under a joint company owned equally by France, via GIAT Industries, and the Wegmann family, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery , and Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, announce that …