TEHRAN — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Wednesday his government’s desire for closer cooperation with China in remarks made during a visit by the Chinese defense minister, state media reported.

According to the report, Raisi told China’s Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe that T…

TRIESTE, Italy — The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class) of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

The ceremony, held in a rest…

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Europe’s six main defence-aerospace nations – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – declared the urgent goals of avoiding duplication in core defence projects, along with the need for the associated industrial consolidation. Today, those sa…

MOSCOW —. The Russian Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A ‘Antey’ multirole nuclear-powered submarine Irkutsk may be back in service in 2023, a source in the Russian ship-building industry told TASS on Thursday.

“Under the existing plans, the nuclear-powered submarine Irkutsk will be back on combat du…

WASHINGTON — Invoking Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s observation that militaries fail when they are slow and “too late” to change, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall urged Congress April 27 to embrace a $194 billion budget request specifically tailored to “transform” and modernize the Air and Spac…

Switzerland has turned down two requests by Germany to reexport Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine. The move has triggered a debate about Switzerland’s principle of neutrality.

Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), which has the last word on granting and signing off on licenc…