SEOUL — South Korea has signed a contract worth 170 billion won (US$132.8 million) with a U.S. aerospace firm, Bell Textron Asia, to purchase some 40 trainer helicopters by 2025, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) inked the deal …

Military lessons from the Ukraine war are being absorbed quickly in Asia. The message for democracies arming against the threat from authoritarian regimes is to select weapons that are simple and available rather than small numbers of expensive and complex ships, aircraft and vehicles that may not s…

The destruction of at least eight Russian vessels in recent weeks has provided a morale boost for Ukraine, which managed to take them out despite having little naval capability of its own.

But it also points to an emerging strategic effort to break a Black Sea blockade that is strangling the Ukra…

This study analyzes openly known cases of infiltration or insider espionage in Europe during 2010-2021 carried out on behalf of illiberal state actors. Based on open sources, cases that have resulted in convictions during the time period are studied, with a focus on European citizens as perpetrators…

The U.S. military is spending more than a quarter of a billion dollars to build up a seldom-acknowledged air base in Jordan, with the latest project announced earlier this week.

The construction stems from the increased American military presence in Jordan in recent years, as the longtime U.S. al…

Corruption is endemic in Russia and is pervasive within its defence industrial sector and armed forces. Evidence from Ukraine suggests that it is costing Russian lives.

Corruption in the Russian armed forces, and society in general, has been a long-acknowledged truism. The Russian public sector h…