PARIS — Austrian Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner has decided to buy Leonardo AW169M helicopters to replace the Army’s obsolete Alouette IIIs, and an official announcement is expected this week, the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported Sunday.

Austria is reportedly buying 18 AW169Ms to rep…

BRUSSELS — A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in public and does not apportion blame, as Paris and Ankara wage a war of words, diplomats have told Reuters.

The issue underlines NATO’s difficulties with Turk…

LA SPEZIA, Italy — Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini this morning, at the Muggiano shipyard, attended the launch of the first patrol vessel of the Qatari naval program, the result of a €4 billion Qatari order to Fincantieri in 2016. In the morning the bilateral agreement with the Deputy Prime Minis…

China sent almost 20 warplanes into Taiwan’s airspace in an unusually large show of force as a response to a senior U.S. official’s visit to the self-governing island.

Eighteen Chinese military aircraft, including two H-6 strategic bombers and fighter jets, crossed the so-called median line on …

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Bradley armored vehicles rolled into eastern Syria and will be used by service members in support of Operation Inherent Resolve’s mission of working by, with and through Partner Forces to ensure the enduring defeat of Daesh.

The mechanized infantry assets will preserve Coalitio…

SAN DIEGO, CA — USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) successfully completed several certifications, including flight deck certification (FDC) and carrier air traffic control center (CATCC) certification, Sept. 17, after nearly a week of flight deck operations designed to ready the carrier for future operation…