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US President Barack Obama upped the ante in a growing political debate, announcing to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the US nuclear arsenal by one-third, or about 500 warheads, in the coming years.
The future of a long-stymied US Air Force effort to buy new combat search-and-rescue helicopters is once again uncertain as top-level generals are intensely debating the type of aircraft and which arm of the service is best suited to conduct this critical
Officials claimed today that a controversial intelligence-gathering program has helped to foil more than 50 potential terrorist plots against the US or American interests over the past decade.
The increase in defense spending under Pakistan's new defense budget is largely consumed by wages and the cost of anti-insurgency operations, analysts say, providing little real increase for the military.
After more than a decade of almost constant expansion, the Pentagon's policy-making apparatus may be about to experience the bite of the budget-cut fever that is gripping Washington.
Germany’s Rheinmetall has won a decisive share in a new project in the Middle East with a €475 million (US $635.6 million) order from an unnamed Arab country for subsystems and services for Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks and PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers.
Afghan forces took control of security across the country Tuesday, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of fighting the Taliban.
Britain laid off more 4,400 soldiers Tuesday in a third wave of military job cuts intended to help tackle a budget deficit, the Ministry of Defence said.
Efforts to transform the way Britain buys military equipment and services took another step forward last week as the government published an acquisition white paper promising efficiency savings from single-source contracts, and outlined plans for the poss
Discussions by Western countries on arming Syria's rebel fighters are 'incitement to murder,' Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, said on Monday.
Italy's new defense minister has a dire warning for Europe: The Syrian conflict is looking like a replay of the Spanish Civil War, which was fought between 1933 and 1939 and paved the way for World War II.
King Abdullah II vowed Sunday to protect Jordan from the war in Syria, after the United States announced its warplanes and missiles will remain in the kingdom at the end of military exercises.
The United States on Sunday welcomed North Korea's proposal for high-level negotiations but said it must first curb its nuclear program and would not be able to talk its way out of global sanctions.
In 1989, just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre, a US Army captain jumped with the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) 43rd Airborne Division in Kaifeng, China.
Three top European defense firms called Sunday on governments to launch a programme to manufacture drones that European countries are currently having to buy from Israel or the United States.
Conflicted by the need to reduce training costs while retaining a cutting edge among its fast jet crews, the French Air Force is preparing to introduce a two-tier pilot readiness policy, and Chief of Staff Gen.
The revelation of a top secret US National Security Agency intelligence program by a low-level contractor with access to the sensitive data has sparked a spirited defense debate about the people who have access to classified material and whether existing
Norway will soon become the only country in Europe to extend its military conscription to women in peacetime after parliament reached agreement on the issue Friday.
The US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved a Pentagon authorization bill that matches the White House's nearly $527 billion 2014 military budget request.
Congress is unlikely to overhaul the US intelligence community after a Booz Allen Hamilton employee disclosed several highly classified national security programs, says one key senator.
A top Japanese government panel has recommended the country begin widespread monitoring of Internet-based communications, establish a Cyber Defense Corps within Japan's Defense Ministry to protect infrastructure, and ultimately set up a Cyber Security Cen
The US Defense Department's industrial policy chief, Brett Lambert, will step down from his position at the end of the summer, according to sources.
Republicans and Democrats sparred for hours Wednesday over deep cuts to planned Pentagon spending before approving a nearly $513 billion military spending bill.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon leaves on Wednesday for talks with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, his first visit to Washington since taking office in March, the ministry said.
US intelligence agencies and defense contractors should adopt more stringent hiring procedures to prevent future disclosures of classified anti-terrorism programs, lawmakers said Tuesday.
The nation's two top military officers leading the US missile defense enterprise replied to a letter from Sen. Carl Levin today, telling him that there is '
Just as Turkey was working to end three decades of violence with Kurdish separatists, the government has been hit with a surprising new security threat: hundreds of thousands of Turks.
A US House panel has put forth language that would cut $3.4 billion from the Pentagon's 2014 base budget request, while increasing funding by $5.3 billion for the war effort in Afghanistan.
Canada has selected the German Navy's Berlin-class design for its new fleet of supply ships, setting in motion the eventual construction of two vessels that are critical to maritime operations.
A key US senator on Tuesday slammed senior intelligence and Pentagon officials, suggesting they knowingly lied to Congress about domestic spying efforts by a military agency.
In an extremely rare set-up for a defense contract here, Turkey's procurement authorities have launched a competition involving two Turkish and two Western companies.
Former Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, the architect of Japan's decision to purchase F-35 joint strike fighters to boost Japan's deterrence against China, now believes cost pressures caused by the recent plummeting value of the yen could delay
A powerful US House oversight panel has rejected a Pentagon request to shift more than $442 million within its 2013 budget.
'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,' said retired US Navy Adm. Timothy Keating.
Offensive attack, attack back, active defense, defensive response. All of these phrases can refer to the same activity — using cyber force to stop an attacker.
Britain's Ministry of Defence reckons it can save £200 million (US $311.1 million) a year by setting up an independent procurement body to oversee single-source contracts awarded to industry.
The 12th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore could easily have been renamed after Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing,' as Chinese officials offered little information about their defense and foreign policies on the eve of a summit between US Presiden
Overruling MoD efforts to retain tight control over cyber-related technologies and services, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed his national cyber chief to spearhead a new export licensing policy that guards critical technologies, yet
The criminal investigation into who leaked key documents on the government's secret electronic snooping programs had only just started when a 29-year-old federal contract employee came forward and claimed responsibility.
NATO's chief is worried that the alliance lacks military readiness in crucial areas and is urging European members to do more, Germany's Spiegel news weekly reported Sunday, citing an internal document.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a violation of sovereignty.
As part of its policy to strengthen defense ties with countries in the Asia Pacific Region, India plans to improve relations with Australia and Thailand.
South African arms manufacturer Denel Dynamics says it is working toward producing a family of surface-to-air and air-to-air defense missiles amid a larger push to expand collaboration with nations in South America, Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere in
Turkey has selected Saab to help shape its plans to design, develop and manufacture its first national fighter jet.
US Sen. John McCain on Thursday pressed President Barack Obama to launch a more active Middle East policy, including using the military to aid rebel fighters in Syria.
The United States is evaluating information received from France which Paris has billed as proof that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, a US official said Thursday.
NATO defense ministers will be presented with options later this year as to how the organization could help member countries in the event of a cyber attack, according to a NATO official.
The recent disclosure that the Obama administration has secretly been collecting the phone records of millions of Americans is a reminder just how much of a digital trail people leave in modern communications.
Pentagon officials in the coming weeks will examine how to modify the US Defense Department's 2014 budget proposal if sequestration spending caps remain in place.
A key House panel on Wednesday gave a needed endorsement to the embattled F-35 fighter program, killing a measure that would have slapped restrictions on its budget.
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