While strategic competition with China and Russia remains the main challenge for U.S. Africa Command, the African continent is “the central focus of terrorism in the world,” Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend told the Defense Writers Group today.

Townsend is stepping down as commander of U.S. Africa …

VERMONT — Thirty-five multicapable Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Amari Airbase, Estonia, to exercise Agile Combat Employment July 6-15.

ACE is a U.S. Air Force concept that allows decentralized flying operations w…

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a critical component of the Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC).

The Office of the Chief of Nav…

SEOUL — South Korean defense-to-energy giant Hanwha Group said Friday that it is revamping its business structure to maximize synergy among defense units with an aim to mimic the success of Lockheed Martin, the US-based aerospace and defense company.

Under the scheme, Hanwha Aerospace, its lar…

Norway has donated 14 IVECO LAV III armored patrol vehicles to Ukraine. These vehicles have good mobility and protection, and are of the same type that Norwegian forces used in Afghanistan.

The vehicles are in demand by the Ukrainian authorities, and come in addition to other military equipment s…

Steadicopter – a leader in the Rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (RUAS) industry – announces another win in a significant tender, this time for the Israeli Navy, for its Black Eagle Electric systems.

The Black Eagle Electric family is the first family of unmanned helicopters that are powered by an …