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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry

      Detailed supply chain mapping reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian troops to travel to US for Patriot missile training

      Programme in Oklahoma will instruct 90 to 100 soldiers to operate advanced air defence system

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Pentagon splits $9bn cloud computing contract among tech giants

      Google, Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft clinch long-fought deal after previous contract got bogged down in legal challenges

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Ukraine war exposes ‘hard reality’ of west’s weapons capacity

      Nations have been slow to sign contracts companies need to boost supply to Kyiv

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      US foreign policy
      Republicans slam Pentagon plan to pull permanent F-15 force from Okinawa

      Lawmakers argue that withdrawal of fighter jets will send wrong signal to China about US deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      ObituaryAshton Carter
      Ashton Carter, US defence secretary, 1954-2022

      He opened up all combat roles to women and encouraged investment in advanced military technology

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Aerospace & Defence
      Parts shortages dog US defence contractors as war depletes arsenals

      Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon warn over supplies and labour

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      The 90km journey that changed the course of the war in Ukraine

      How Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the north-east dramatically turned the tide of the seven-month-long invasion

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Aerospace & Defence
      US Coast Guard’s $3.3bn deal boosts Australian shipbuilder Austal

      Contract lifts shares by 25% despite controversy over design faults in boats to counter China in Pacific

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Nato
      Military briefing: Nato brings back cold war doctrine to counter Russian threat

      Ukraine invasion has forced a fundamental sharpening of focus from the security alliance

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      News in-depthBoeing Co
      Air Force One: how Boeing’s prestige project became its albatross

      Aerospace group reworked presidential aircraft after former president’s tweets, but then took $1.1bn in charges

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Rare earths
      Pentagon bankrolls rare earths plant as US plays catch-up to China

      Australia’s Lynas will build facility in Texas with $120mn of funding from Washington

    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      US-China relations
      US pledges to maintain military capacity to defend Taiwan

      Lloyd Austin warns China against ‘provocative’ activity at Asian defence forum

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Brookings Institution
      Brookings places president John Allen on leave amid FBI probe

      Retired four-star general is being probed over whether he failed to register as a lobbyist for Qatar

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      ExplainerWar in Ukraine
      Why does Ukraine need longer-range weapons from the US?

      White House to send rocket systems to help Kyiv fend off Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Vital that west continues to supply Kyiv with weapons, says Johnson

      Peace talks with Putin are doomed, warns UK leader, as parts delivery puts 20 warplanes at Ukraine’s disposal

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      US-China relations
      Pentagon chief holds first talks with senior Chinese military official

      Lloyd Austin had been pushing for call with Beijing’s top general but had been repeatedly rebuffed

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US will send more artillery to help Ukraine repel Russian assault

      Washington expected to announce another round of lethal aid in the coming days

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US and Kyiv warn of new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine

      Pentagon says Kremlin is resupplying and reinforcing units for use in Donbas push

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      US foreign policy
      US and Australia boost space and cyber co-operation to counter China

      Allies seek deeper military integration as Beijing develops hypersonic and satellite technologies

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s plea for Soviet-era anti-aircraft systems goes unanswered

      US plan to provide long-range missile defence runs into resistance from those countries that have the munitions

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Inside BusinessRichard Waters
      Tech start-ups struggle to break into the Pentagon

      US military contracts still favour big, traditional programmes from incumbent companies

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US abandons plans to transfer Polish MiG-29s to Kyiv

      Pentagon rejects deal as overly provocative despite Zelensky’s plea to help Ukrainian air force

    • Monday, 7 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia escalates shelling of cities as land advance stalls

      Ukrainian civilians struggle to flee after Kremlin’s ‘humanitarian corridor’ offer denounced

    • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Military Briefing: Russia gains ground ahead of potential assault on Odesa

      Troop advance in south sparks concerns that Moscow is preparing to attack Black Sea port

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