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    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Aerospace & Defence
      US Coast Guard’s $3.3bn deal boosts Australian shipbuilder Austal

      Contract lifts shares by 25% despite controversy over design faults in boats to counter China in Pacific

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Nato
      Military briefing: Nato brings back cold war doctrine to counter Russian threat

      Ukraine invasion has forced a fundamental sharpening of focus from the security alliance

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      News in-depthBoeing Co
      Air Force One: how Boeing’s prestige project became its albatross

      Aerospace group reworked presidential aircraft after former president’s tweets, but then took $1.1bn in charges

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Rare earths
      Pentagon bankrolls rare earths plant as US plays catch-up to China

      Australia’s Lynas will build facility in Texas with $120mn of funding from Washington

    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      US-China relations
      US pledges to maintain military capacity to defend Taiwan

      Lloyd Austin warns China against ‘provocative’ activity at Asian defence forum

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Brookings Institution
      Brookings places president John Allen on leave amid FBI probe

      Retired four-star general is being probed over whether he failed to register as a lobbyist for Qatar

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      ExplainerWar in Ukraine
      Why does Ukraine need longer-range weapons from the US?

      White House to send rocket systems to help Kyiv fend off Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Vital that west continues to supply Kyiv with weapons, says Johnson

      Peace talks with Putin are doomed, warns UK leader, as parts delivery puts 20 warplanes at Ukraine’s disposal

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      US-China relations
      Pentagon chief holds first talks with senior Chinese military official

      Lloyd Austin had been pushing for call with Beijing’s top general but had been repeatedly rebuffed

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US will send more artillery to help Ukraine repel Russian assault

      Washington expected to announce another round of lethal aid in the coming days

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US and Kyiv warn of new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine

      Pentagon says Kremlin is resupplying and reinforcing units for use in Donbas push

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      US foreign policy
      US and Australia boost space and cyber co-operation to counter China

      Allies seek deeper military integration as Beijing develops hypersonic and satellite technologies

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s plea for Soviet-era anti-aircraft systems goes unanswered

      US plan to provide long-range missile defence runs into resistance from those countries that have the munitions

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Inside BusinessRichard Waters
      Tech start-ups struggle to break into the Pentagon

      US military contracts still favour big, traditional programmes from incumbent companies

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US abandons plans to transfer Polish MiG-29s to Kyiv

      Pentagon rejects deal as overly provocative despite Zelensky’s plea to help Ukrainian air force

    • Monday, 7 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia escalates shelling of cities as land advance stalls

      Ukrainian civilians struggle to flee after Kremlin’s ‘humanitarian corridor’ offer denounced

    • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Military Briefing: Russia gains ground ahead of potential assault on Odesa

      Troop advance in south sparks concerns that Moscow is preparing to attack Black Sea port

    • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
      Aerospace & Defence
      Pentagon warns that mergers in arms industry put US military at risk

      Extreme consolidation in defence sector since cold war has led to higher prices and threats to readiness, report finds

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      LexMergers & Acquisitions
      Merger arbitrage: busted rocket deal shows hedge funds the opportunity in antitrust risk Premium content

      Spreads have widened often beyond 10% but only if traders can predict which combinations will not offend regulators

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US warns Russia is still ramping up military activity near Ukraine

      Pentagon says Moscow is deploying ‘additional capabilities’ despite diplomatic efforts by France

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      US-China relations
      China’s test of hypersonic weapon raised regional tensions, says US defence chief

      Lloyd Austin warns advances highlight why Beijing has become the top challenge for American military

    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Nicolas Chaillan
      The Pentagon needs a new AI strategy to catch up with China

      Defence leaders unfamiliar with artificial intelligence, cyber or hypersonics should educate themselves or get out of the way

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Edward Luce
      US and China must heed Kissinger’s stark warnings

      Cold war strategist says artificial intelligence poses far greater challenge than nuclear weapons

    • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
      Chinese military
      China plans to quadruple nuclear weapons stockpile, Pentagon says

      Forecast of 1,000 warheads by 2030 is sharp increase in estimates and ‘game-changer’ for Sino-US relations

    • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
      US foreign policy
      Allies lobby Biden to prevent shift to ‘no first use’ of nuclear arms

      European and Asian capitals intensify behind-the-scenes pressure amid fears US will change doctrine

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