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Filipino military pushes naval base upgrades, fearing Chinese spying
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro wants to speed up work at Balabac Island, a joint Air Force and Navy base in the southern end of Palawan province.
US must invest in emerging tech to keep pace with China, Govini report says
Govini report said the U.S. government needs to put more spending toward emerging tech.
Marine Corps unveils information guidance as US rivals spew propaganda
“Information is key to gaining advantage in all domains, whether during kinetic actions on the battlefield or during day-to-day operations in competition,” said Gen. David Berger, the Marine Corps commandant.
Having visited Pakistan and China, is Argentina ready to buy the JF-17 jet?
Here's what we know about Argentina's progress so far in acquiring the JF-17 fighter, and its related goals for supporting local industry.
The congressional fight to scrap littoral combat ships isn’t over
Congress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.
Face it, NATO: The North Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are linked
The new Strategic Concept should be able to address challenges posed by China robustly and implement some structural changes without undermining European concerns.
By Hans Binnendijk and Daniel S. Hamilton
Paul to oppose small business program Pentagon uses to spur innovation
A key U.S. lawmaker says he will oppose reauthorization of federal small business innovation grants favored by the Pentagon, raising doubts about how Congress will avert their expiration Sept. 30.
Vital mineral markets ‘not functioning’ in wake of Ukraine war, says DoD industrial policy chief
The market for a broad range of critical materials vital to U.S. munitions and other defense industry products is “not functioning” due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official told Defense News in an interview this week.
By Joe Gould
Congress wants to double rare earth mineral fund to free defense supply chain from China
Congress seeks to more than double the net worth of the national strategic mineral stockpile in order to lessen the defense industrial base’s reliance on adversaries such as China in supply chains needed to build everything from bullets to nuclear weapons to night vision goggles.
China launches third aircraft carrier
China has launched its third and largest aircraft carrier to date at a shipyard in Shanghai, the first of its type there to feature a catapult aircraft launch system.
By Mike Yeo
What it looks like when competing with China comes last
It is past time for the Biden administration to answer fundamental questions about how it intends to support Taiwan and secure a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
By Rep. Rob Wittman