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European NATO countries scrap plan to buy Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AWACS

PARIS — The Netherlands and a number of European NATO partners are scrapping plans to buy six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail…

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Defense Technology

Army introduces sweeping reform of its acquisition structure

he Army is initiating massive organizational reforms for how it buys new weapons and capabilities in an effort to drastically…

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Global Forces

US lifts Cambodian arms embargo after resuming military exercises

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The United States has lifted a four-year arms embargo on Cambodia after announcing a resumption of…

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Air Force

French air force official says FCAS industry kerfuffle is overblown

ROME — Reports of infighting between partners on the French-German-Spanish FCAS fighter program have been exaggerated and the platform will see the…

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Air Force

Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation…

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Global Forces

After Caracas stop, mysterious Russian plane flew to Cuba, Nicaragua

BERLIN — A Russian cargo plane that recently arrived in Venezuela later made several stops in other Kremlin-aligned Latin American…

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Defense Technology

Army takes another step on path toward producing new drone-killing laser weapons

he Army has taken another step forward in its pursuit of new directed energy weapons that can zap small drones.…

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Global Forces

Heavy Russian cargo plane lands in Caracas amid US-Venezuela tensions

BERLIN — A Russian transport aircraft of a type linked to the country’s military and former Wagner mercenary group has…

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Global Forces

US to deploy USS Gerald R. Ford to Latin America

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup…

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Air Force

US, Europe fly the same jets, but can’t always fix each other’s: Rand

In theory, the fact that the United States and Europe fly many of the same jets should be a blessing.…

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