The head of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) spoke on Tuesday of China’s growing influence in the region, specifically citing his concerns with Beijing’s aggressive economic push across the continent and moves to corner the rare Earth mineral market. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend told lawmakers he ...
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Raytheon Technologies [RTX] said this week that its Germany-based Raytheon Deutschland GmbH subsidiary has developed a passive, digital electronic intelligence (ELINT) system–the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS)–that will allow aircraft to escape detection while collecting ...
A National Academies panel said Monday that monitoring, detection and verification of nuclear weapons and fissile material should be a higher national security priority and more coordination on the issue is needed across federal offices. That is the crux of an interim report from the National ...
Germany’s Rheinmetall announced Monday it has partnered with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to develop extended-range precision guided 155mm artillery ammunition, with plans to demonstrate a new integrated solution for the U.S. Army later this year. The 10-year partnership between Rheinmetall’s South ...
South Korea’s Hanwha announced Monday it has partnered with Oshkosh Defense [OSK] on its proposal to compete for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. “Bringing together the heritage of two innovative, reliable, and successful land systems companies, gives me great ...
The Biden administration on Thursday publicly attributed a cyber espionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that was first disclosed last December by a U.S. cybersecurity firm and the administration also announced sanctions against six companies in Russia’s technology ...