Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents. The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions…
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — U.S. President Donald Trump is still holding off approval of a $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan, a potential military rival to Beijing. He pulled back in May after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, who opposes U.S. military aid to Taiwan. But on July 15, the U.S. House of…
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order making it harder for U.S. defense contractors to obtain waivers allowing them to buy critical minerals and other materials from China and other prohibited foreign suppliers, the administration’s latest effort to reduce reliance on overseas supply chains for weapons production. The new rules mean defense contractors…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as the country’s minister of defense after just six months in office as part of a major shake-up in Kyiv’s leadership. The move, which has been the subject of speculation, was confirmed when Fedorov published a farewell social media post on Wednesday. It followed Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko’s…
WASHINGTON —The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space contracts, worth a total of $1.75 billion, to develop 36 satellites for missile warning, tracking, and targeting in support of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile shield. The new birds, dubbed “Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) space vehicles (SVs),” are to be ready…
Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026. Florent Vergnes | Afp | Getty Images Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday delivered a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s latest push for U.S. control of Greenland, saying the Scandinavian country is ready to defend “every inch” of its…
MELBOURNE — Australia has released a new strategy in its latest effort to grow its sovereign defense industrial base, kicking off reforms to how it will develop and acquire platforms in coming years. The Defence Industry Development Strategy (DIDS) released today is the third top-level Australian defense document put out this year, following the release…
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian firm behind many of the long-range drone strikes that now regularly hit Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles inside its borders is moving into missile defense, signing a major deal this month to build a low-cost ballistic missile interceptor with foreign partners — a turn that positions the company as…
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee adopted its $1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal 2027, after Republicans batted back every single Democrat-offered amendment and passed a measure to rename the Defense Department as the “Department of War.” The bill passed in a 34-27 vote, on party lines. In a turn of events that House…
Defense stocks plummeted on Wednesday after a report that Germany will abandon plans to build six warships, fuelling investor fears that the boost to defense contractors from increased government spending may not fully materialize. Berlin is planning to scrap a multi-billion-euro project to build the F126 frigates, according to the Financial Times, citing two people…
