Funding levels must enable the United States (US) to preserve its logistical dominance, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, said today at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. “Our organic fleet, along with our commercial transportation partners, must […]
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The Defense Department remains actively engaged with the State Department in monitoring the security situation in Sudan, said Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder during a news conference at the Pentagon today. Ryder underscored the close work between the two agencies in planning and preparing for the evacuation of U.S. citizens who decide to depart
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl each met with Japanese Vice Minister of Defense Suzuki today at the Pentagon to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including U.S. and Japanese strategic reviews and investments in defense capabilities. Vice Minister Suzuki provided an overview of
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President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol outlined new steps aimed at bolstering the longstanding U.S.-South Korean defense alliance in the face of growing nuclear threats posed by North Korea. Under the newly unveiled “Washington Declaration,” the two countries have committed to engaging in deeper dialogue and information sharing efforts and announced the
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The Seventh Coast Guard District and the US Department of State welcomed foreign and federal partners to Miami for the inaugural Northern Caribbean Security Summit (NOCSS), Wednesday through Friday last week. Leaders, military, and law enforcement representatives from The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, the UK and US discussed shared regional security interests and renewed
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Damen Shipyards Group has announced receipt of a Bureau Veritas (BV) Type Approval Certification for Cyber Resilience of its Triton IoT platform. The platform enables the gathering of all available operational asset data from a vessel and its engines, pumps, hydraulics, alarms and other equipment, amounting to over 10,000 signals for a single vessel. This
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Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the war in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime
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The UK, Japan and Italy joined forces at DSEI Japan to showcase the new Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) publicly for the first time since it was announced late last year. Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has been in Tokyo to view some of the ground-breaking technology that is driving this unique programme and meeting with
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Looking to contribute to national security space, IHI Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at DSEI Japan, to cooperate and work together towards providing small, highly manoeuvrable satellites for missions such as Space Domain Awareness (SDA) for Japan. Satellites that are ‘indispensable’ for modern economic and social activities such
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The UK’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston and Japan’s Chief of Staff of the Koku-Kietai, General Shunji Isutzu, have signed a Terms of Reference document after talks at DSEI Japan, which is happening this week (15-17 March 2023) in Tokyo. This arrangement establishes a framework for Space Engagement Talks,
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