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Boeing fires defense chief Ted Colbert

Boeing executive Ted Colbert is stepping down as head of the troubled company’s defense division with immediate effect, the company announced on Friday. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a memo to employees that Steve Parker will temporarily lead Boeing…

Drone sightings near bases and infrastructure unsettle German authorities

BERLIN — A series of suspicious events near military bases and critical infrastructure across Germany has sent policymakers and military officials into a panic. This month, repeated nighttime drone flights were spotted over an area of ​​critical infrastructure in the…

Construction begins on 5,000th German military base in Lithuania

BERLIN — Construction has begun on the first German military base abroad. It is to be built in Lithuania. Berlin plans to move a brigade to the Baltic country by the end of the decade. Lithuania and Germany agreed in…

US approves sale of Apache helicopters worth $3.5 billion to South Korea

The US State Department on Monday approved the sale of up to 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters, plus logistics and support, to South Korea in a deal worth $3.5 billion. South Korea would also buy up to 76 GE T700 engines,…

Defense Science Board calls for greater commercial use of space technology

After the Space Force released its high-level strategy for better leveraging commercial technologies this spring, a panel of defense experts is now laying out a more detailed roadmap for how the Department of Defense can better integrate commercially available systems…

US State Department approves sale of Patriot missiles to Germany worth $5 billion

The US State Department has approved the sale of the latest variant of Patriot missiles to Germany. The value of the deal could be estimated at $5 billion, according to a statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday….

Amid regional tensions, the US approves $20 billion worth of arms sales to Israel

The US has approved arms sales to Israel worth $20 billion, including numerous fighter jets and state-of-the-art air-to-air missiles, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Congress was informed of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter…