Air Force
B-21 Raider: Annual production to rise 25% with new assembly line at Palmdale
The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have begun expanding the Palmdale plant to raise annual B-21 Raider production capacity…
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Air Force
X-BAT: US and company commitments to Shield AI’s unmanned fighter reach $400 million
The US Navy has added $150 million to its existing agreement for the X-BAT, Shield AI’s AI-piloted vertical-takeoff fighter, and…
Analysis
Analysis: the Stryker 8×8 armoured vehicle, its variants and its combat record
Analysis: the Stryker is not one vehicle but a family. Where it came from, what separates the M1126 from the…
Greece
Rubio in Athens: Turkish press reacts to the $4 billion FMS and Stryker announcement, Yeni Şafak writes “Greece surrendered to the US”
Part of the Turkish press greeted Marco Rubio’s visit to Athens and the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue with sharp headlines.…
Analysis
Analysis: Stryker for Greece, what the US has confirmed, what remains open and what changes for the Army
Analysis: The United States has officially confirmed it will provide Stryker armoured vehicles to Greece, but the joint statement gives…
Drones
USA: Four laser and microwave weapons selected to protect US bases from drones
The Pentagon announced on October 5 the four directed-energy weapons – three high-energy lasers and one high-power microwave system –…
Europe
Lithuania ready to pay for a permanent US base; Trump: “We will certainly look at it”
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on October 6 that Vilnius is ready to cover the cost of a permanent…
Military & Defense
Greece and the US announce $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and the provision of Stryker vehicles to Greece
A joint statement issued after the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue announces $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and the provision…
Asia-Pacific
Keen Sword 27: Japan and the US to drill defence of the south-western islands, with 45,000 Japanese troops and missiles on Yonaguni and Ishigaki
Exercise Keen Sword 27 will run from October 19 to 29 with 45,000 Japanese personnel, 40 ships and 260 aircraft.…
Greece
Rubio in Athens: US secretary of state to deliver a speech on defending Western civilization at the Pnyx, with the Acropolis as backdrop
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will speak at the Pnyx at 18:00 today, October 7, about the defence of…
Europe
Rubio in Athens: Greece is “an indispensable NATO Ally”, with defence and energy at the heart of US–Greece ties
At the opening of the sixth Greece–US Strategic Dialogue, Marco Rubio called Greece an indispensable NATO ally and a pillar…
Politics & Diplomacy
Lithuania backs lifting nuclear weapons and foreign bases ban in first vote; Kremlin warns of escalation
Lithuania’s Seimas passed the first vote to remove its ban on nuclear weapons and foreign bases. A second vote is…