“We’re going to step up. We’re stepping up,” US President Joe Biden said. “We’re proving that NATO is more needed now than it ever has been and it’s as important as it has ever been.”
By Aaron MehtaMillennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
A former chairman of the joint chiefs and two former supreme allied commanders of NATO, among others, lay out how it has come to the point Russia felt it could invade Ukraine.
By James Kitfield
“The whole idea that you know, it’s a provocation to Russia that small neighbors join NATO is absolutely wrong. That’s the provocation — that anyone is saying that,” Stoltenberg said.
By Aaron Mehta
“China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept,” said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. “In one [way] or the other, I’m absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the challenges that China poses will be reflected” in the planned 2022 update.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Our budget accounts for ‘over the horizon’ requirements — it creates some space there as we determine what that will look like,” DepSec Kathleen Hicks said.
By Theresa Hitchens
While training in-country will end, “we are looking at how we can provide training outside Afghanistan,” said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “We can train Afghan forces in other countries.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
On the eve of a major meeting with NATO defense ministers, US officials say SecDef Lloyd Austin will bring a public change in the US attitude about NATO.
By Paul McLeary
What’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
“It’s no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. “But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an administration in the United States.”
By Paul McLeary
The confirmation of the first African American SecDef comes after Avril Haines was confirmed Wednesday as the first woman to serve as Director of National Intelligence
By Paul McLeary
The average person in the world doesn’t understand how their way of life is linked to space,” says Gen. Jay Raymond, head of SPACECOM. “I don’t think the average person understands the threat that exists today.”
By Theresa Hitchens
An old Cold War base in Iceland has seen over $80 million in US investments in recent years as the Pentagon flies more surveillance missions in the high north — and plans to do more.
By Paul McLeary
Mark Esper got on a plane to NATO just 24 hours after taking over at the Pentagon. There are two main reasons why.
By Paul McLeary
In a day of optimism at NATO’s 70th birthday bash, tensions over spending, and weapons deals with Russia, make for awkward moments
By Paul McLeary
After five years of talks and a wall of Russian denials, NATO and Washington call Putin’s bluff and say they’re ready to do something about Russian violations of a 31 year-old arms control treaty. But Europe is worried.
By Paul McLeary
