Canadian Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan speaks with the media in Chelsea, Quebec, on Dec. 6, 2018, as defense ministers meet for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. (Photo by Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian defense minister talks fighter competition and geopolitics

Is Canada's foreign policy approach overly passive? Is its defense budget able to keep up with global threats? Defense News asked Harjit Sajjan about these topics and more.

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South Korean K2 tanks fire live rounds during a February 11, 2015, drill in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

South Korea’s K2 tank export plans suffer under transmission failure

South Korea’s arms acquisition agency has decided to equip third batch of K2 Black Panther main battle tanks with a German transmission system rather than a locally built version under development.

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Once the Remote Vision System is overhauled, the KC-46 will be cleared for combat operations. (Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson/U.S. Air Force)

A new design is almost ready for the KC-46′s most troubled system

Once the Remote Vision System is overhauled, the KC-46 will be cleared for combat operations.

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Lloyd Austin III, then commander of the US Central Command, leaves the Pentagon March 8, 2016. Austin is reportedly under consideration to be Defense Secretary, but would require a waiver from Congress. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

After Trump, Congress could chafe at retired officers leading the Pentagon

Getting a congressional waiver let Jim Mattis lead the Pentagon. Getting another waiver might be more difficult.

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