The next year will start to feel the shadow of 2027 — the year by which the US says Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he wants to have the ability to execute an armed takeover of Taiwan.
This article is one of many in a series in which Breaking Defense reporters look back on the most significant (and ...
The Chinese military itself wasn't free from drama, as Beijing cycled through defense ministers and senior officials fell ...
President Donald Trump had a hands-on approach with the defense industry during his first administration. This time? Don't rule it out.
WASHINGTON — Austria has taken the next step in shoring up its small and aging fleet of jet fighters, with the formal announcement that Vienna will procure 12 Leonardo M-346FA aircraft.
BEIRUT — As the war drums fade in Lebanon and to the east the half-century Syrian regime has toppled, I’ve leaned toward labeling 2024 as “the year the Middle East was reshaped.” ...
BELFAST — This year Russian President Vladimir Putin ramped up threats to his enemies across the NATO alliance by lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike — a move that directly followed ...
BEIRUT — Turkish firm Baykar has been approved by the Italian government to buy Italian aviation giant Piaggio Aerospace in a move that the company says will expand its reach in the European Union.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act, continuing resolutions and the presidential election kept big changes for defense spending in limbo this year.
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department today announced a new package of military assistance for Ukraine collectively worth roughly $2.5 billion, as the Biden administration in its waning days ...